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4. Shane McMahon
The crowd reaction (and legitimate surge in WrestleMania ticket sales) to Shane McMahon's surprising 2016 return created a misunderstanding so gross it remains at large over two years later. There was a clear hunger for the 'Boy Wonder' around that time, but his persistent presence in main events since has rubbed many observers up the wrong way. McMahon's ability (or lack thereof) has never been in doubt to anybody other than the man himself - most that have dined on his mashed potatoes over the year admire his fighting spirit if not if his overly-spirited fighting style.
That said, it's hard to argue against the logic of constantly dropping him into matches in order to drop him off things. Through only earning limited exposure on the SmackDown Live! brand he's actually the commissioner of, use of McMahon in high profile matches has nonetheless added huge drama to the end result.
Doom inevitably awaited him in his Hell In A Cell clash with Kevin Owens just as it had done The Undertaker a year earlier, whilst two consecutive Survivor Series sh*tkickings in 2016 and 2017 have fed both his ego and the audience's bloodlust.