Shane McMahon’s 10 Most Ridiculous Ego Trips
8. Fire With Fire
In 2003, Triple H defeated Kane in a match that resulted in 'The Big Red Machine' being forced to remove the mask he'd worn since a fire left his face apparently too hideous for human consumption.
Following his dramatic facial reveal, it turned out that Kane had nothing but a bit of muck around his eyes, with the mask actually hiding some deep-rooted psychological problems stored up from his utterly bonkers backstory.
The whole idea was ostensibly crafted to reinvigorate his career as a heel having grown dreadfully stale as a babyface. He went about destroying anybody and everybody, including former partner Rob Van Dam, Raw co-General Manager Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Linda McMahon. Tombstoning the traditionally untouchable matriarch highlighted how unrelenting his path of rage really was, but the debt of the mother was about to be repaid by the son.
Much like how Triple H needed the win that started the entire angle the least, Shane McMahon should not have been the one to benefit from finally getting the upper hand on the deranged monster. But benefit he did. Shucking, jiving and barely staying alive-ing, Shane engaged in a fiercely competitive blood feud with a superstar that should have literally killed him on night one.
Even his testicles were tougher than most midcarders, surviving a direct electrical charge enough for Shane to have the cajones to run Kane's car into a truck then push him into a massive pit of fire before losing a inconceivably competitive Ambulance Match in their second consecutive pay-per-view battle.