8 Fourth Generation Pro Wrestlers

5. Shane McMahon

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Parent: Vince McMahon

Grandparent: Vince McMahon Sr

Great Grandparent: Jess McMahon

The same blood running through Shane McMahon's veins successfully promoted wrestling in the North East for two generations when the global domination masterminded by his Father would have been more of a pipe bomb than a pipe dream. No wonder he's so brave when he's got a massive f*cking thing to jump off.

Vince Sr (often referred to on air as "The Godfather" of the company) and his Father Jess paid no mind to the physicality of the industry of course, but generations three and four simply couldn't help themselves.

Shane's WrestleMania 32 entrance teased the fifth generation perhaps eventually becoming part of the family business - there was something sweet yet insidious about all of his progeny skipping to the ring for Dad's match with The Undertaker. It was a soft-launch of sorts - there's every chance we'll one day see them compete too...quite possibly against The Undertaker at WrestleMania, as it happens.

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