10 Times Shane McMahon's Ego Ran Wild In WWE

10. AJ Styles At WrestleMania

It’s worth noting up top here that Shane McMahon vs. AJ Styles at WrestleMania 33 was actually a really decent match. Shane turns up with a point to prove and gives perhaps his best in-ring performance. While much of the quality is down to a superstar of Styles’ incredible skill shepherding the lesser McMahon through the bout, it’s one of the better matches on the card.

What’s less easy to swallow is the booking. Shane pretty much goes hold for hold with Styles, even taking control for decent portions of the match. He has been studying MMA holds and is as eager as a kid at show and tell to demonstrate them.

The lead up to the match was pretty flimsy, too, with the “beef” between Styles and the then-Smackdown commissioner difficult to believe. It’s pretty obvious that McMahon wanted a match against someone as reliably great as AJ to ride that wave of acclaim.

And the thing is, it worked! Judging the match on its own merits, it’s good, fun pro wrestling. Really it’s only the behind the scenes stuff that can leave a bit of a bad taste.