10 Ups And 13 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 35

9. A True Jerk Heel

Shane McMahon faces a fair amount of criticism in these columns, but let’s give credit to him embracing his heel tendencies.

We’ve seen McMahon lash out at ring announcer Greg Hamilton before for not introducing him with enough gusto. That happened again at WrestleMania, with Shane stopping mid-entrance and making him redo the intro, then accost Hamilton in the ring to do it a third time.

This time, Shane conducted Hamilton’s intro, making him build on “Best in the Wooorrrrllllddd!” It was a nice little touch, and then he went one step further, fixing the ring announcer’s tux lapel that he had grabbed moments earlier.

It’s a shame that these mannerisms and actions are being used to put the SmackDown commissioner over as a top heel rather than a wrestler like Samoa Joe.

Scott Carlson

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.

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