People are quick to point to the egos of Vince and Stephanie McMahon, what with their insistence insistence on being on TV and the way they're booked to look oh so very strong, but they often forget about Shane. Shane McMahon, the man who was booked stronger than Stone Cold Steve Austin in the summer/autumn of 2003. Shane hadn't been on WWE TV in almost two years, deciding to focus on his office job after the whole Invasion thing and was written out of storylines. When the recently-unmasked Kane Tombstoned his mother Linda, however, Shane O'Mac couldn't exactly just sit behind his desk in Stamford, could he? Well, I wish he would have, because it would have spared us some sub-Friday the 13th style WWE TV (Kane was Jason and Shane was some nimble Final Girl, I guess). 'Super Shane' was a farce. Kane should have been feuding with credible top level talent, not some spoiled rich kid whose favourite pastimes included hanging out with the Mean Street Posse and jumping off really high things. Credit to Shane, because as usual he did take some punishment (and even worked house shows for a little bit), but the way he was booked as an indestructible, never-say-die hard man would have made John Cena blush. Kane and Shane finally settled their dispute in an Ambulance Match at Survivor Series, a good three months after the feud began. And a good two after everyone stopped caring.
