50 Must-See WrestleMania Matches

37. Shane McMahon Vs. Vince McMahon – WrestleMania X-Seven (17)

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From quite possibly the best WrestleMania of them all, the battle between the McMahon men is one of the best car wrecks you will ever see in WWF/E. Shane has proven through the years that he can hang in the ring, but putting two non-wrestlers out there, even with Mick Foley as guest referee, was a risky proposition.

But with the specter of Shane buying WCW out from under Vince hanging over the match, the younger McMahon managed to triumph in this spectacularly overbooked match. The sight of Shane hitting a Van Terminator alone is worth the price of admission.

One word of advice: If you’re going to view this for the first time, watch the promo video before the match as a primer. It would be good to know why Linda McMahon is in a wheelchair.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.