10 WWE Storylines From 2016 That Will Never Be Resolved

3. The Shane-Stephanie Feud

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Most of the top unresolved storylines from 2016 revolved around the money match at WrestleMania 32. In a nutshell, Shane McMahon returned to the company and challenged Vince for control of Raw, and Vince said Shane could have it if he beat Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match.

Shane lost at WrestleMania, but Vince let him run Raw anyway. When Stephanie McMahon protested, she was made Shane's partner, and the McMahon siblings were forced to run the show together. Stephanie then adopted a saccharine-sweet personality, pretending to ingratiate herself to her brother while clearly plotting against him. A reckoning was coming.

The brand split prevented that from happening. When Vince announced that Raw and Smackdown would be made into separate promotions, both Shane and Stephanie angled for control of the blue brand. Ultimately, Shane got it - but Stephanie was given sole control of Raw.

Since then, the siblings have been apart, with no blowoff save for the occasional cross-brand potshot.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013