10 Superstars Who Could Debut (Or Return) On WWE Raw After WrestleMania 42

2. Shane McMahon

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Here comes the...moany!

Seriously though, there likely isn't much call for another Shane McMahon run in WWE, but that doesn't for a second mean it's never going to happen. Shane coming out on the Raw after 'Mania 42 would get a pop, and it would play before a volley of posts on X etc. Sure, many of those folks would be ranting and raving, but they'd be talking about it and that's often all the powerbrokers care about.

Gotta chase those impressions! Shane made a bad one during his last match vs. The Miz at WrestleMania 39 a few years back. He shredded his quads during a leapfrog spot early on and had to be replaced by Snoop Dogg. Before that, McMahon reportedly let his ego run wild heading into the 2022 Royal Rumble and was thoroughly chewed out by his own father behind the curtain.

In fact, Shane probs hasn't worked a decent bout since doing the job to Kevin Owens in a ladder match on the 4 October 2019 SmackDown, and WWE's product has moved on a fair bit since then. Do not rule out the chances of a comeback though. Never do that with this family. Case in point: Stephanie's segment with Cody Rhodes on Raw recently.

Triple H and Shane haven't always seen eye to eye, but business is business. If Hunter sees any value at all in Shane-O-Mac doing his thing as either an occasional wrestler or authority figure, then it's bound to happen. He's been away long enough that it'd grab attention too.

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