5 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE WrestleMania XV
2. The Money
Long before Shane McMahon realised he could simply jump from or off great heights to generate the pops and ego-boosts he craved, he genuinely attempted respect the storytelling art of professional wrestling. Fortunately, he was in there with the industry's finest fabulist.
X-Pac and 'Shane O Mac' assembled a glorious war in which the former European Champion got to be goliath in an effort to take back his stolen prize. The title didn't normally matter, but was the second most-treasured prize on the entire event as a result of the electric chemistry between the two.
It all ended in heartbreak for the challenger - his best friend and DX leader revealed the true nature of his reunion with Chyna. They had both turned heel. A Pedigree floored X-Pac long enough for Shane to steal the win, before a DX/Corporation war triggered Kane's remergence and the first embers of yet another powerful programme later that year. This, in defence of the much-maligned (elsewhere in this piece, no less) Vince Russo, was Very Good Sh*t.