10 Wrestlers That Can't Exist In Real Life

7. Shane McMahon

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For the longest time, Shane McMahon appeared to represent the affable branch of his bizarre family tree, but that might just have been because he didn't appear on television for the better part of seven years.

It took that big a gap to create any sense of nostalgia for any of the McMahon clan, but it didn't take 'The Money' long to get back to putting that where his constantly-running mouth was.

The signs were evident before his comeback match against The Undertaker. What should have been booked as a pummelling reframed itself as a fair fight thanks to McMahon flashing his abs and posting videos of his intense MMA training. Going blow-for-blow in an artless stinker with 'The Deadman' turned into being the only man fit to lead SmackDown's 2016 Survivor Series team against Raw and matching AJ Styles' wrestling pedigree at the following WrestleMania.

None of this felt remotely believable even if the stunts looked good - but that paradox has preserved his drawing power somewhat as a result. There's no world where McMahon's the best wrestler in the world, other than the insane one in which his father literally hands him a trophy to confirm it.

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