10 WWE Storylines That Were Only Good For One Moment

9. The McMahons, The Undertaker & The Lockbox

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It's easy to be critical of the criminally boring Hell In A Cell match The Undertaker and Shane McMahon had at WrestleMania 32, even with 'The Money's bananas dive from the top of the ginormous structure.

It's easier still to land a potshot at WWE's pathetically lazy retconning of the stipulation the very next night, and a never-again-referenced lockbox that apparently contained some dark McMahon family secret.

It's frustratingly impossible to knock Shane McMahon's amazing return.

Rocking up on the February 22nd 2016 Monday Night Raw to interrupt his father Vince giving sister Stephanie a clandestine award, 'Shane O'Mac' received a thunderous response from the crowd, and ticket sales soared following the announcement that he'd take on 'The Deadman' at the 'Show Of Shows'.

Ultimately, the whole thing was pretty weird, which is perhaps why it peaked here. McMahon existed in a unique space as somebody with a huge Attitude Era following that hadn't been over-exposed through relentless nostalgic pandering. His departure from the company years earlier had been shocking, but made this surprise all the sweeter.

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