10 WWE SummerSlam Matches That Should Have Happened At WrestleMania

8. Test Vs. Shane McMahon - 1999

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At both WrestleMania XV and 2000, Test found himself forgettable tag matches with a partner he had been somewhat thrown together with. The former saw him allied with D-Lo Brown, whereas T & A was a thing come early new millennium. Somewhere in the middle there was a time where he was on course to become a genuine superstar.

It was Test who was the first to be allied with Stephanie McMahon onscreen, and SummerSlam 1999 saw the big guy take on Shane McMahon in a match to determine whether the romance could continue. The stipulation was weird, but the match stands today as a hugely underrated summertime thriller.

This was also Shane McMahon's first truly decent showing inside the ring. The two told a story that stands above what we came to expect from them both, and surely the match and the story was worthy of a big WrestleMania showcase.

The match was a SummerSlam bout, however, and Test never truly went over the top in the company like many had hoped for/predicted.

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