WRESTLER OF THE DAY: SHANE MCMAHON

[RIPPA]

Yes - today is Vince's birthday. No I am not picking him.

 

Shane however has always been fun. Lord knows why he had a death wish.

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4j4a4_summerslam-shane-mcmahon-vs-test-st_sport

(Bad VQ, English announcers)

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxxjq7_shane-mcmahon-vs-test-summerslam-1999-german_sport

(Better VQ, German announcers)

 

 

[Jingus]

I always thought Shane was a tremendous performer. Okay, maybe not in that last feud against Orton where he looked rustier than the current-day Titanic. But before that, he was a terrifically sharp athlete and had more sheer charisma and It Factor than most of the wrestlers he employed. And oh my GOD was he not afraid to DIE for our pleasure, taking some of the most horrific bumps and beatings I've ever seen in wrestling.

[Web Conn]

vs Cody Rhodes

[ChrisM]

Shane's Street Fight against Kurt Angle from KOTR 2001, is seriously one of my favorite matches of all time. 

[odessasteps]

I shouldnt still love the Summerslam match vs Test, but i do.

[cool arrow]

[Curt McGirt]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqon6o_wwfkurt-angle-vs-shane-mcmahon-king-of-the-ring-2001-street-fight_sport

 

Well if we're gonna talk about it somebody better post it.

[DreamBroken]

[RIPPA]

 

Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon - The Street Fight-Sicko Circus Act 

By Tom Karro-Gassner and Phil Schneider

“Your total disregard of the human consequences is almost sickening. We were just talking about the DVDVR boys~! and their inability to appreciate wrestling as an art and not some sicko circus act.” 

- Randall – [email protected]

 

“Unlike WWF wrestling, the popularity of extreme wrestling is driven by the bloodlust of its spectators, who clamor for the participants to continually cut, hit and slash each other with all types of implements... Although extreme wrestling is rehearsed, it is nonetheless quite dangerous for its participants, who voluntarily subject themselves to bleeding wounds, many of them self-inflicted to keep the blood flowing.” 

- New Jersey State Assembly Bill 2304

 

Phil and me re-watched the “Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon Street Fight-Sicko Circus Act” a second time Sunday night. These are our thoughts after second viewing.

 

Match starts with Angle dominating for first minute, than Shane wins an exchange scores a leg takedown and an armdrag and than does an amateur ride on Angle. Shane's punches had that Bill Alfonso vs. Todd Gordon untrained stiffness thing going for them, not quite Marc Curtis vs. Randy Hales stiff.  It looked like on slow-mo that Angle got cut on the leg sweep not on the punches, as Shane hit him with his forearm on the way down and bounced his face on the mat with his weight on top of him. 

 

Angle then goes to par terre position and challenges Shane to mount. Angle controls completely. Really dug the punishing crossface attempts, Ross or Heyman should have got over that being a legit way to hurt someone in the amateurs. After a 12 match series with Benoit, odd that Angle chooses this match to show stiff tendencies.

 

Angle goes to the par terre a second time at about the five-minute point in match. We really dug Shane’s kick into wrestler in par terre. It is one of the great classic old school wrestling spots. 

 

They then brawl to outside of ring as Shane dominates the next ten minutes of offense as we enter the portion of match where the crowd should have chanted “Money Mark! Money Mark!”. Coolest spot of the match was definitely Shane’s nasty armdrags into the ring barrier, very innovative stuff and looked very neat. Second was Angle countering the pinning attempts with great looking bridges.

 

The WWF ring apron is like Captain Caveman's body hair ---you just reach in and pull out anything. Also Angle really should have reversed the sharpshooter (which was early Rocky bad, as was the floatover DDT, Shane seemed to be doing an homage to crappy 90's Rocky) rather then just using the Kendo stick. It looked like Shane landed wrong on the SSP on the garbage can as he hit his ribs on the corner when he should have probably taken it on the middle. After missing the SSP onto the trashcan, Angle should have transitioned into power offense. Instead he just tossed Shane over the top rope (Shane needs to study Nigel Fairservice to learn how to do this properly) and then kicked Shane down the aisle. Seemed weak. Also ridiculous that Shane counters Angle with suplex, there should have been no point in the match where Shane outwrestled Angle. There were far too many. 

 

The first suplex attempt through the glass was easily the rudest bump of the night, Shane lands on the top of his head right on the steel grate. He had to have concussed himself. Shane and the bookers were looking for this to be visually impressive but physically safe (even safer then the big falls) so he was wearing three shirts and god knows how many pants - little did he know. Angle adjust the second suplex to insure that it goes through the glass, by throwing Shane HEADFIRST, kind of an odd way to protect someone.  Shane gets cut right above ear at the temple, which of course would kill him instantly if it were any deeper.

 

Angle then goes to overhead belly to belly through the second glass panel. When prop doesn’t break, Angle decides to protect Shane from taking another headfirst bump to the floor on the belly-to belly. His strategy is to adjust so as to catch Shane’s head flat on his own face to keep it from hitting the floor. Not smart. This is where I would guess Angle got his tooth knocked out, and apparently lodged in the back of Shane's head. 

 

Angle tries another belly to belly this time this time keeping it a back bump but throwing with more force. Again panel doesn’t break.  Although the back bump into the solid glass was nasty, this time Angle rather skillfully catches Shane on the way down. After the third failure of the spot, Angle tosses Shane face first through the glass, at this point Shane is super bloody (all hardway) and Angle's back is approaching Yamakawa, especially after he falls down try to drag Shane (which may have been a planned fatigue spot, but he fell onto broken glass).

 

Ross comments on Shane's bloody face, saying that his father would want the match stopped. Heyman mentions that Mass Transit's dad wants it stopped too. They go back to the Ring and Shane is rolled in leaving a blood spot on the mat with what appears to be Angle’s tooth in the middle of it. Angle then gives an agonized grimace where you can see his now Benoitish hockey smile. Truly one of the great visuals in garbage wrestling history.

 

About 24 minutes into the match at this point and Shane delivers an “Angle Slam” to Angle but Angle clearly has the momentum. The final spot has Angle placing a Balsa wood plank on the top rope (which was terrifying after all the previous hideous prop issues) Angle hits Shane twice with the already warped piece of wood. Mike Chioda shows some nice ring sense (the only person in this match to display any) by holding the board while Angle climbs up. Chioda seemed reluctant to do this, while a Nick Patrick would have jumped right on it (heck, Patrick would have kicked his leg through the glass panel to get it to break). Angle executes a pretty swanky Angle Slam off the top rope, with the extra spice of both guys landing on the broken glass chunks, which dotted the ring at this point. They show a close up of a defeated Shane McMahon and he has the thousand yard stare and apparently had blood in his left eye, Angle walks back from the ring and also has that John Matua look in his eyes.  This is the point in the match where I am used to seeing Onita and his opponent each enter their ambulances.

 

“The Legislature further finds and declares that, because its principal purpose is to entertain by having its participants intentionally cause bleeding, or perform acts which reasonably could be expected to cause bleeding, extreme wrestling should be distinguished from professional wrestling. The emphasis on dangerous stunts that cause injury and bleeding makes extreme wrestling potentially harmful to its participants. Furthermore, the atmosphere of base violence and depravity that prevails at an extreme wrestling event has a deleterious effect on children and young adults. Moreover, the liberal bloodletting that characterizes many extreme wrestling events constitutes a public health hazard not only for the participants, but also the spectators. For all of these reasons, extreme wrestling should be subject to strict State regulation. Because the creativity of those who seek to profit from vulgarity cannot be underestimated, the State Athletic Control Board should be given a proper amount of latitude to regulate the attendant excesses of extreme wrestling that presently exist and that could be incorporated into extreme wrestling events in the future.” 

New Jersey State Assembly Bill 2304

 

If it weren’t for the visuals caused by the missed spots and failed props, this would have been a poorly booked and booked too long money mark match. Meltzer said "Angle was phenomenal here" but Shane appeared to be calling the match (very loudly) and Angle really showed a failure to improv properly and his decision-making skills were pretty poor.  Very fun but very not good. The WWF could have really used a crowd killing match before main, too bad they fired Chyna.

 

 A MILLION BILLION STARS~!

[BrianS81177]

I'm going off of a really rusty memory here, but didn't Shane have a match against one of the Posse on Smackdown that he won with what we now call The Red Arrow?

[Spritenaut 32]

Lord knows why he had a death wish.

 

Beats spending years as Vince's ventriloquist's dummy and slowly dying inside?

[Ryan]

This would appear to be every match he ever had in reverse chronological order. Spoilered for size. There could be some missing. Edit: I think some are definitely missing. 82 on this list, 102 on another site, but I think some of those are house shows. There's some real dregs on there. I had blocked out most of his career past 2001 from my memory.

 

United States WWE Monday Night Raw
May 4th 2009 Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton & Ted DiBiase, Jr. draw (NC) Shane McMahon handicap tag
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
May 4th 2009 Randy Orton draw (NC) Shane McMahon 
United States WWE Backlash '09
Apr 26th 2009 Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton & Ted DiBiase, Jr. def. (pin) Batista & Shane McMahon & Triple H © 6-person tag WWE Championship
(title change)
United Kingdom WWE Smackdown! Taping
Apr 21st 2009 Batista & Shane McMahon def. (pin) Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Jr. 
United States WWE Superstars Taping pt. 2
Apr 14th 2009 Cody Rhodes def. (DQ) Shane McMahon 
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Apr 13th 2009 Batista & Shane McMahon & Triple H def. (pin) Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Jr. handicap tag
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Feb 16th 2009 Randy Orton draw (NC) Shane McMahon unsanctioned
United States WWE No Way Out '09
Feb 15th 2009 Randy Orton def. (pin) Shane McMahon no holds barred
Canada WWE Monday Night Raw
May 28th 2007 Shane McMahon & The Great Khali & Umaga def. (pin) Bobby Lashley & John Cena handicap tag
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
May 21st 2007 Bobby Lashley def. (pin) Shane McMahon 
United States WWE Judgment Day '07
May 20th 2007 Bobby Lashley def. (pin) Mr. McMahon © & Shane McMahon & Umaga handicap tag ECW World Heavyweight Title
United States WWE ECW Taping
May 8th 2007 Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon & Umaga def. (pin) Rob Van Dam handicap tag
United States WWE Backlash '07
Apr 29th 2007 Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon & Umaga def. (pin) Bobby Lashley © handicap tag ECW World Heavyweight Title
(title change)
United Kingdom WWE Monday Night Raw
Apr 23rd 2007 Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon & Umaga def. (pin) Robbie Brookside no disqualification handicap tag
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Apr 9th 2007 Bobby Lashley © def. (DQ) Shane McMahon hair vs. title ECW World Heavyweight Title
Canada WWE Unforgiven '06
Sep 17th 2006 Shawn Michaels & Triple H def. (pin) Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon & The Big Show handicap "Hell In A Cell"
United States WWE SummerSlam '06
Aug 20th 2006 Shawn Michaels & Triple H def. (pin) Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon 
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Jul 17th 2006 Shawn Michaels def. (DQ) Shane McMahon 
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Jul 10th 2006 Eugene def. (pin) Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon no disqualification handicap tag
United States WWE Backlash '06
Apr 30th 2006 Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon def. (pin) Shawn Michaels no holds barred handicap tag
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Mar 20th 2006 Shawn Michaels draw (NC) Shane McMahon & Triple H handicap tag
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Mar 20th 2006 Shane McMahon & Triple H def. (DQ) John Cena & Shawn Michaels 
United States WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Mar 18th 2006 Shane McMahon def. (sub) Shawn Michaels street fight
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Mar 6th 2006 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Shawn Michaels 
United States WWE Survivor Series '03
Nov 16th 2003 Kane def.  Shane McMahon ambulance
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Oct 27th 2003 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Test street fight
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Oct 13th 2003 Booker T. & Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley & Shane McMahon def.  Chris Jericho & Christian & Rene Dupree & Rob Conway 8-man tables
United States WWE Unforgiven '03
Sep 21st 2003 Kane def. (TKO) Shane McMahon "Last Man Standing"
United States WWE Monday Night Raw
Aug 25th 2003 Shane McMahon draw (NC) Chris Jericho 
United States WWE SummerSlam '03
Aug 24th 2003 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Eric Bischoff no disqualification falls count anywhere
Canada WWE Monday Night Raw
Aug 4th 2003 Eric Bischoff def. (pin) Shane McMahon no disqualification
United States WWF Survivor Series '01
Nov 18th 2001 Chris Jericho & Kane & The Big Show & The Rock & The Undertaker def. (pin) Booker T. & Kurt Angle & Rob Van Dam & Shane McMahon & Steve Austin "Survivor Series"
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Oct 29th 2001 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Mr. McMahon street fight
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Oct 8th 2001 Rob Van Dam & Shane McMahon def. (pin) Chris Jericho & The Rock 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Oct 1st 2001 Kurt Angle def. (sub) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Unforgiven '01
Sep 23rd 2001 The Rock © def. (pin) Booker T. & Shane McMahon handicap tag WCW World Heavyweight Title
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Sep 17th 2001 Booker T. & Shane McMahon def.  Tazz handicap tag
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Aug 6th 2001 The Rock def. (pin) Shane McMahon street fight
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
Jul 10th 2001 Kurt Angle & The Undertaker draw (NC) Diamond Dallas Page & Shane McMahon 
United States WWF King of the Ring '01
Jun 24th 2001 Kurt Angle def. (pin) Shane McMahon street fight
United States WWF Backlash '01
Apr 29th 2001 Shane McMahon def. (TKO) The Big Show "Last Man Standing"
United States WWF WrestleMania X-Seven
Apr 1st 2001 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Mr. McMahon referee: Mick Foley
street fight
United States WWF SummerSlam '00
Aug 27th 2000 Steve Blackman def. (pin) Shane McMahon © hardcore WWF Hardcore Title
(title change)
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Aug 21st 2000 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Steve Blackman © hardcore WWF Hardcore Title
(title change)
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Aug 14th 2000 Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley & The Rock draw (NC) Kurt Angle & Shane McMahon & Triple H 6-person tag
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Jul 24th 2000 Lita & The Big Show def. (DQ) Shane McMahon & Stephanie McMahon 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Jul 3rd 2000 The Rock def. (DQ) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF King of the Ring '00
Jun 25th 2000 Kane & The Rock & The Undertaker def. (pin) Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon & Triple H © 6-person tag WWF World Heavyweight Title
(title change)
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
Jun 20th 2000 Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon & Triple H def.  Kane & The Rock & The Undertaker 6-person tag
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Jun 12th 2000 Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon def.  Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley tag team tables
Canada WWF Monday Night Raw
May 29th 2000 Rikishi def. (DQ) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
May 23rd 2000 The Undertaker draw (NC) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
May 22nd 2000 The Rock def. (pin) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Judgment Day '00
May 21st 2000 Shane McMahon def. (pin) The Big Show falls count anywhere
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
May 16th 2000 Shane McMahon def. (pin) The Big Show 
United Kingdom WWF Insurrextion '00
May 6th 2000 The Rock © def. (pin) Shane McMahon, Triple H triple-threat WWF World Heavyweight Title
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
May 1st 2000 The Rock def.  Shane McMahon steel cage
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Apr 3rd 2000 The Rock def. (pin) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Mar 27th 2000 Mr. McMahon & The Rock def. (pin) Shane McMahon & The Big Show 
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
Nov 23rd 1999 Triple H & X-Pac def. (pin) Shane McMahon & Test 
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
Nov 9th 1999 Kane & Shane McMahon & Test & The Rock def. (pin) Billy Gunn & Road Dogg & Triple H & X-Pac 8-person tag elimination
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
Nov 2nd 1999 Billy Gunn & Road Dogg & Triple H & X-Pac def. (pin) Kane & Shane McMahon & Steve Austin & The Rock 8-person tag elimination
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Nov 1st 1999 Triple H def. (pin) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Sep 20th 1999 Shane McMahon & Test def. (DQ) Chyna & Triple H 
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
Sep 14th 1999 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Joey Abs 
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
Aug 31st 1999 Mankind & The Rock def. (pin) Shane McMahon & Triple H 
United States WWF Smackdown! Taping
Aug 24th 1999 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Mankind 
United States WWF SummerSlam '99
Aug 22nd 1999 Test def. (pin) Shane McMahon "Love Her or Leave Her"
United States WWF King of the Ring '99
Jun 27th 1999 Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon def.  Steve Austin handicap ladder
United States WWF Sunday Night Heat
Jun 27th 1999 Ken Shamrock draw (NC) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Jun 21st 1999 Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon draw (NC) Gerald Brisco & Pat Patterson 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Jun 7th 1999 Kane & X-Pac def. (DQ) Shane McMahon handicap tag
United Kingdom WWF No Mercy
May 16th 1999 Shane McMahon © def. (pin) X-Pac  WWF European Title
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
May 10th 1999 Mr. McMahon & Steve Austin & The Rock def. (pin) Shane McMahon & The Undertaker & Triple H 6-person tag
United States WWF Monday Night Raw Taping
May 2nd 1999 Mr. McMahon def. (pin) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Apr 26th 1999 The Rock def. (DQ) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF WrestleMania XV
Mar 28th 1999 Shane McMahon © def. (pin) X-Pac  WWF European Title
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Mar 22nd 1999 X-Pac draw (NC) Shane McMahon 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Mar 15th 1999 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Gerald Brisco & Pat Patterson handicap tag
United States WWF Sunday Night Heat Taping
Feb 16th 1999 Shane McMahon def. (pin) Gillberg 
United States WWF Monday Night Raw
Feb 15th 1999 Kane & Shane McMahon def. (pin) Triple H & X-Pac ©  WWF European Title
(title change)
United States WWF Monday Night Raw Taping
Dec 15th 1998 Mankind def. (DQ) Shane McMahon

[Kuetsar]

 

Lord knows why he had a death wish.

 

Beats spending years as Vince's ventriloquist's dummy and slowly dying inside?

 

Not taking anything away from him, but its a hellava lot easier to take those sick bumps when you can rest in bed for two weeks afterwards, instead of house shows. Full marks for guts though. . . .

[Brian Fowler]

That Angle match managed to actually rival Mankind/Taker for sickest and stupidest match in KOTR history.

Both are entertaining in a disturbing way.

[Jingus]

82 on this list, 102 on another site, but I think some of those are house shows.

I wonder how many people still pretend that he "isn't a wrestler" despite him having over a hundred matches? To put it in perspective, that's a much longer career than Volk Han ever had. Yet I've still seen plenty of smarks who bizarrely insist that Shane should be treated like a total no-offense jobber whenever he stepped into the ring with any established wrestler. (Especially despite the fact that he's bigger and more athletic than half the guys in the industry.)

[RIPPA]

 

 

http://youtu.be/Ivw33CrpwSA

[J.T.]

DISA hates Dailymotion so I cannot see if anyone has posted a montage of Shane-o-Mac's various leaps off of the Titantron.

 

I love the guy and I will personally contribute freely to his knee surgery and wheelchair funds even though he does not need my money.

[twiztor]

LOVE Shane-O-Mac.

 

i know i brought it up in another thread a month or so back, and it's been discussed here, but his KotR street fight with Kurt Angle remains one of my favorite matches of all time. SOOOO sadistically brutal. the suplexes to (not through) the glass panes are cringeworthy. when this match is on, i am transfixed.

 

his match with Shawn Michaels on SNME leading up to WrestleMania 22 was better than the HBK/Vince match.

 

i don't remember the match, but i definitely remember hating his run as European Champion. that "X-Punk" jersey is ridiculous. looking forward to revisiting 1999 next year.

 

his series of matches with Kane in 2003 were a lot of fun too. they really don't get enough love.