10 Embarrassing Times Wrestlers Tried To Be Badass
7. Shane McMahon Is Basically Muhammad Ali, When You Think About It
Shane McMahon isn't a badass.
He does things the average person won't: reckless things that take not inconsiderable courage to do. He risks his wellbeing for your entertainment - he's too jumped-up a little sh*t to use the first person there - but, and not to undermine that entirely, because he is a bit brave, he essentially used the WWF environment as a big bouncy castle to show off his big balls.
The heel Shane was an excellent TV character back in the day, when he leaned on his rich brat disposition to play an entitled, slimy pissant. But his babyface badass role was laughably bad, insulting even, and this was most famously illustrated by the air punches he threw somewhere near the vicinity of Randy Orton in 2009.
Look at him. He doesn't just think he's hard. That's cringeworthy enough. The man actually thinks he's skilled. He's not throwing worked wrestling punches, which is just as well, because he can't. He's trying to box. He thinks he's Muhammad Ali.
He got the float like a butterfly part right at least.