10 WWE Nightmares That Thankfully Never Came True
4. Boy Wonder Blunder
After Brock Lesnar has gleefully left half of the contents of Randy Orton's skull on the SummerSlam 2016 canvas, he elected to extend the beatings to SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon.
'The Boy Wonder' had arrived at ringside to try and protect his investment. A month or so before the August supercard, WWE had reverted to the split brand format, with the Lesnar/Orton clash facilitating a Raw vs. SmackDown element to the pay-per-view as well as offering name value atop the card.
Standing up to the fearsome Lesnar (as just about nobody on the roster would ordinarily be permitted to do), Shane went nose to nose with 'The Beast' and ultimately took an F5 for his moxie.
Astonishingly, despite 'The Beast' being the most destructive and fearsome force the company has managed to promote for over a decade, this pedestrian beatdown of the boss' boy was designed to lead to a WrestleMania match between the pair.
Wrestling Observer doyen Dave Meltzer reported that only Bill Goldberg's October signing resulted in the bout being scrapped, so it's the former WCW Champion who should really be thanked for sparing an embarrassing scene.
As per rules of booking 'Shane-O-Mac', he'd have to look on par with Brock's hybrid style. And then perhaps even threaten to tap him out. Fortunately, the impending Goldberg feud spared viewers of such a ludicrous conceit.