Shane McMahon’s 10 Most Ridiculous Ego Trips
7. The (Baddest) Man In The Middle
Not since Vince McMahon himself has somebody looked so desperate to stand out in the zebra stripes, despite the biggest compliment a referee can receive is when they're not noticed at all.
Whilst Shane's dad first went sleeveless in 1998 to literally and figuratively flex his muscles during Stone Cold Steve Austin's WWE Title defence against Dude Love, the 'Boy Wonder' instead customised one of his not-at-all-annoying baseball jerseys, but his actions spoke louder than his obstreperous words in the build-up to the Kevin Owens/AJ Styles SummerSlam match.
As if the match wasn't already around the former's impending rivalry with the SmackDown Live! Commissioner, the build-up too had to remind fans that Shane McMahon was indeed the toughest guy in the world.
Breaking up a scuffle between the combatants a little too vigorously, Shane was cuffed by both men at various points, apparently giving him free reign to suggest that if things went the same way on the August supercard he wouldn't be able to restrain himself as he had previously. Not that he was trying to be a tough guy.
Why, having lived through all this first-hand, Kevin Owens would even want to incite anger from such an untamed beast, has never been adequately explained.