Shane McMahon’s 10 Most Ridiculous Ego Trips
10. Toe To Toe With Taker
Over a year has passed since Shane McMahon fought The Undertaker for the right to run Monday Night Raw and reveal the incriminating of a mysterious lockbox. Inevitably, he lost, ensuring that the deadly secret remained undisclosed, but he got to take over Monday Night Raw (and eventually SmackDown Live!) anyway because he's the bosses son and that's how it works whether you like it or not.
If reneging on a stipulation wasn't annoying enough, it came after an absurd festival of indulgence dressed up as a competitive battle inside what was once the company's most devastating structure.
As evidenced in his match with Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 33, The Undertaker has to be cast as the tired veteran now because...well, he is. It stretches believability for his character to be competitive against performers half his age and double his skillset, but Shane McMahon was neither of those things.
The insulting spectacle of a millionaire douchebag knuckling up against one of the industry's most esteemed figures was ludicrous, not least considering the fact that Undertaker (only five years Shane's senior) made p*ss easy work of upper card mainstay Bray Wyatt on two separate pay-per-views the previous year and hadn't worked a match since...