18 Things We Learned From Shane McMahon's Tell-All WWE Network Podcast

5. The Love & Toughness Of His Father

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Mick praises the tremendous chemistry that Vince and Shane have always enjoyed as onscreen characters and their attention to detail. He says that comedian Jim Norton once told him about his stint working Shane's bachelor party, and the two things he remembered most were how badly his set bombed and the closeness between Shane and Vince, adding that he'd never seen a father/son bond like that.

Mick says that despite all that he'd always heard that Vince is extremely tough on his son behind the scenes and asks Shane to elaborate.

Shane responds that "tough" is not the word. He says that he asked his father to be the best man at his wedding because he truly felt that he was the man for the job. As far as being tough on him, he said he can come up with a lot more creative words than that such as brutal.

Vince has extremely high expectations and always wanted to use Shane as an example to everyone else.

He says that it drove him to be better, but every once in a while people crave a pat on the back and to be told "good job" and that never came.

Foley is surprised by this, saying that he did receive those congratulatory moments from Vince and Shane just views it as another example of Vince holding him to a different standard.

"But don't get me wrong, he was still a great dad."

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