Update On Shane McMahon's WWE Royal Rumble 2020 Role And Current Status

Shane O'Mac worked as a producer at last month's Rumble PPV.

by Andrew Pollard
Shane McMahon
WWE.com

Having been off WWE TV since his rivalry with Kevin Owens came to an end last October, Shane McMahon’s recent involvement behind the scenes in helping to put together the men’s Royal Rumble match came a little out of left-field.

As previously reported over the years, Shane’s only presence in WWE is as an on-screen talent – with him not being involved in running the company or having any creative input. This recent work at last month’s Royal Rumble PPV has seen speculation running wild (brother!) that the former European Champion could now be working in a backstage capacity as an agent or producer.

Courtesy of Dave Meltzer, that is not the case.

Advertisement

According to Uncle Dave, McMahon helping out at the Rumble is viewed as a one-off thing where he was just lending a hand.

Shane worked alongside Lance Storm, Jamie Noble, and Chris Park (Abyss) in producing the men’s Royal Rumble contest. There was also select input from Paul Heyman and WWE Champion Brock Lesnar on how the match should play out.

Advertisement

For now, this is very much seen as a one-off occurrence, with there currently no plans to have Shane McMahon involved in the behind the scenes happenings of WWE.

Senior Writer
Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.