50 Ups & 50 Downs For WWE's Decade: The 2010s

42. Shane McMahon Returns

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Shane McMahon isn't your writer's favourite...anything, but his impact upon returning was undeniable from the moment his obnoxious music hit.

A mammoth pop greeted his return on the February 22nd 2016 Raw ahead of a match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania 32 - the announcement of which shifted tens of thousands of tickets for the 'Show Of Shows' itself.

'The Money' went on to have a post-return run as up and down as this list, but the impact of his bizarrely brilliant welcoming back into the family business was somehow instant video package fodder.

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