10 Things We Learned From WWE Photo Shoot: Shane McMahon

4. He Had To Reassure His Sons About “Uncomfortable” WrestleMania 32 Match

Shane McMahon The Undertaker WrestleMania 32 Hell in a Cell
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At WrestleMania 32, wrestling fans saw Shane McMahon throw some hideous-looking rabbit punches that the legendary Undertaker had to sell for. Oh, and of course, Shane famously jumped off the Hell in a Cell structure in which him and The Phenom did battle.

In a nice look behind the curtain, Photo Shoot saw McMahon reveal how he got his wife to gather their three sons together five minutes before their old man was due to get out and battle The Deadman.

Here, aware of the insane stunt he was about to try and pull off, Shane O’Mac explained to his sons how he was going to do some things out there that they might find “uncomfortable” – yet he assured them that he would be fine.

It was also here that he dropped the bombshell to the excited trio that he wanted them to be a part of his ring entrance. Proud at how well that entrance went, Shane had to take a moment of realisation to put his game face on ahead of ‘Taker making his own chill-inducing entrance.

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