10 Things That Made Us Embarrassed To Be Wrestling Fans In 2017
3. Wrestling Machine
Most people assumed that Shane McMahon wanted a match with AJ Styles in order to show the 'Phenomenal One' what an incredible flier he was en route to another stunt-filled defeat. That, in hindsight, would have been more palatable.
'The Boy Wonder' didn't soar from the ginormous ring-above-the-ring stationed in the Orlando sky, nor scale the roller coaster stage to loop and drop like the prop itself. No, Shane McMahon...wrestled.
The fix was in early doors, as commentators waxed lyrical about Shane's technical prowess as if he were Dennis Rodman pulling off a sweet leapfrog. In a year bursting with incongruent vanity from 'The Money', Shane chose the richest occasion to try and go measure for measure with the finest performer in the company and one of the best wrestlers in the world.
It was an absurdly booked match most enjoyed in spite of themselves thanks to Styles' incredible ability to draw an engaging battle over any old pillock. McMahon was that old pillock, hitting his Van Terminator ripoff as well as thankfully not injuring himself with the ugliest shooting star press this side of the one Billy Kidman concussed Chavo Guerrero with in 2004.