Shane McMahon

[10.0] "In terms of determination, love for the business, & work ethic, Shane McMahon is one of the toughest performers in the history of professional wrestling. He is HARDCORE dammit. I have so much damn respect for Shane, he is incredibly entertains & amusing to watch on WWF TV. To this day, Shane McMahon vs Kurt Angle at King of the Ring 2001 is one of the greatest matches & brutal fights that I have ever witnessed. Shane has been involved in several, yes, several iconic bumps & spots ever in wrestling, he is an entertainment genius, one of my favorites of all time, & I have so much love for Shane McMahon! <3"

[7.0] "His technical work was sub-par, but the maniacal bumps & falls made up for it in spades, it's really simple as that. He's infinitely better on mic than his sister will ever dream to be, & I found his super daring, " Jackass" -esque style to be infinitely far more interesting & fun than anything his father ever, ever laid out in the ring. This guy would have really, really fit in in the original ECW locker room, & I think that it's a shame that we live in a reality where Shane spent that early 90's - early 2000's period in the trim and proper WWE, and not the " Jackass" -esque, rough-around-the-edges ECW. Could you imagine what the hell a Shane McMahon promo on a shittily-shot ECW program would have been like? I definitely think about that shit sometimes."

[2.0] "I wish I liked Shane but everything after 2001 was just miserable with this guy, imo. The matches with Angle and Blackman are legendary but on a week-to-week basis he was so lame. The 2003 feud with Kane was literal torture and that pales in comparison to his 2016 return. The comically long HIAC match with Undertaker has gotta be one of my least favorite Mania matches ever, though I do respect him for the insane bump off the cell. I respect the risks he's willing to take but I just find his actual matches and his promo work very underwhelming."

[8.0] "Even though Shane Mcmahon has never been a full time wrestler, every wrestling fan has to give him credit for some amazing moments in the history of the Attitude Era like that time he went trought two glass panels during the match against Kurt Angle at King of the Ring or that time in which he fell after Steve Blackman gave him a kendo stick shot. All those moments needed someone willing to take that risk and Shane Mcmahon accepted it so once again credit to him"

[7.0] "Shane McMahon was never a full-time wrestler, but he consistently delivered memorable performances that exceeded expectations for someone in his position. From the "Coast to Coast" to wild bumps off Hell in a Cell, he showed guts and athleticism, even if his technical skills were limited. His matches were more about spectacle and emotion than precision, but fans often got behind him. As a performer, he was a solid special attraction--never elite in-ring, but always willing to go the extra mile to entertain."

[6.0] "In the attitude era and in his initial return, Shane O'Mac was surprisingly passable in ring, willing to take the craziest bumps and played his character to a tee. The heel run he had with the best in the world nonsense made no sense and was legitimate go away heat. If he's willing to go out there and wrestle, all credit to him, but he shouldn't be booking himself to win tournaments. As an exec, he over time was way more versed with what fans want than his dad"

[8.0] "In his early days Shane was a great heel as the young, over privileged McMahon and he grew into his daredevil persona. Not as smooth in the ring as a fulltime worker understandably but for the amount of matches he's had, he never fails to deliver. Great on the mic either with the Corporation, Corporate Ministry or the Mean Street Posse, Shane leaving WWE did nothing but hurt the product. While he might not be HBK in the ring, if you see Shane's about to fight, you're guaranteed a great match of high flying, risk taking from the X-Punk himself"

[6.0] "Shane is honestly better in the ring than he has any right being, considering his background and the fact that he didn't need to do any of the crazy stunts he would eventually end up doing. Super athletic, solid on the mic, easy to hate as a heel. Really enjoyed his feud with Kane and the match with Kurt Angle at KOTR. Also a huge fan of the WM17 match against Vince. Rather decent worker and part of me honestly wishes he got creative control over HHH when Vince left."

[7.0] "Most of the points i'm giving him on this one are due to the fact that he did it all for the love of the game. Son of a billionaire, and still did things that nobody else on the roster would agree to do for any kind of money"

[6.0] "He was amazing in '98-'01 because they let him get trained with the great guys. His match with Angle at KOTR is historic and the best match of his career. If you want to wash the bad taste of Shane post-WM 32 out of your mouth, watch that match. Sadly, he was protected more lately than in the Attitude era? ! How does that work? His late years have also been really bad. Vince was way better at 50 yrs old as a wrestler. Anyway, Shane in the Attitude era gets an 8, but I have to lower it because of how bad he was at later years. Wish he got to book WCW in 01 or ECW in 06."

[4.0] "Shane is pretty bad as a wrestler. Mediocre talking skills, and not imposing in the ring at all. While he can somewhat work his way through a match, the only real thing he has going for him are his crazy stunts. And no, he is definitely not the best wrestler in the world. Not by a longshot."

[7.0] "It's more than obvious that Shane would never ever have gotten even near the opportunities he had in wrestling if his last name was a different one, but the fact when he did get those opportunities he decided to flat out endanger himself makes me respect him. He didn't have to ever get in the ring, and if he ever wanted to get in it he could have simply refused to take any hard bumps, but instead he puts his body on the line in spots that honestly half of the boys would either flat out deny or demand the biggest payday of their lives. Honestly, I wonder if that was because he knew the only way fans would respect him and look past his family's name was to do something actually impressive, and considering he wasn't exactly the best worker, this was the best option. Well, if he did, I'd say he succeeded."

[7.0] "The least slimy and most athletic of the McMahon family and frankly the one who came across like someone, besides Triple H, who actually likes pro wrestling. Shane was never going to have a hold for hold classic match but his fearless and frankly reckless approach to matches made for plenty of memorable moments and bumps. On or off camera he never came across as disingenuous as Stephanie or Vince."

[7.0] "Certainly better than his dad, that's for certain. His reputation was badly tarnished due to his last run in WWE, which was essentially from 2016 to 2022, where a mixture of his own ego that practically plagues everyone in the McMahon family including those who are married into it, as well as some of the absolute worst booking and story writing that the company has seen in it's entire history. Being egotistical and wanting to be involved is such a manner is one thing, but if the stories aren't already good, that's a completely worse thing entirely. His match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania 32 really made no fucking sense at all, but at least there was a cool bump in the middle, getting involved with Daniel fucking Bryan with the co-manager stuff was shit, being classified as the best wrestler in the world in a tournament to determine as such when he wasn't even in the fucking tournament on a propaganda show right after the death of Jamal Kashoggi was so bizarre and fucked it was almost comical, and we can't forget about the Royal Rumble 2022 fiasco. So, yeah, his last stint definitely takes him down a couple points for me, but I don't think anyone really should forget how incredible of a character he was from 1998 to the early 2000s. He played his role spectacularly, whether he was with Vince or against him, whether he was a face or a heel, and he was especially great as a heel. And of course, he has some of the most legendary bumps in WWE. Ultimately, I can't say I hate Shane McMahon. At least he is probably the best one in his family, which isn't saying much."

[4.0] "Shane McMahon is a glorified stunt-man who has possibly the worst offense of any professional wrestler in history, some of the worst gimmicks in history, and wouldn't have been anywhere near wrestling if it weren't for his daddy. His matches in the attitude era were passable, and he did some pretty awesome spots. His more recent run however, sans a few cool table bumps, was for the most part, terrible."

[6.0] "I believe Shane McMahon is overhated in terms of in-ring work. Apart from the laughably bad "Best In The World" gimmick, Shane had some really good moments in his career especially during the Attitude Era, and I believe that he is the best McMahon in-ring that isn't named Triple H (obviously Triple H is the best in-ring in the entire family). Shane took some incredible bumps during his time as a wrestler and he was actually a quite likeable authority figure until he turned heel with the previously said gimmick."

[0.0] "He was fun to watch in the early 2000s but since his return he was regularly the worst part of any WWE show he appeared on and was so over exposed. He is not a wrestler so being treated as one for a few years when he was just an old man who couldn't work was the worst part of WWE for a long time. Please stay gone."

[9.0] "Not every wrestler needs to be the world's greatest worker. Not every wrestler needs to put on five star clinics every time they step through the ropes. As long as you are competent and believable, you'll get the job done. Now its clear that Shane McMahon wouldn't have had the career he did without his dad's help, but Shane has always played a believable daredevil well. He's probably up there as a top 10 bump guy of all time. He got carried to great matches with people like Styles, Owens and Angle. He doesn't have the best strikes in the business, and the Best in the World character didn't really do much besides bury Elias and get the Miz's dad on an indie show. While Shane has had his fair share of moments, but he's a legend in my book."

[3.0] "Annoying personality got him over as the guy you wanted to see get his head ripped off. But the idea a barely trained "wrestler" could take on a guy like Kane was just laughable. One of the best stuntmen in the biz, but that was usually his limit. Weak crappy jabs, then go climb some scaffolding and free fall onto a stunt mattress. A lot of people were sick of him after the InVasion angle wrapped up."

[3.0] "The thing about being the most likable McMahon is that you're still a McMahon. His best match was against Angle. Otherwise he's only as competent as his opponent. Decent entertainer, but we've been seen the same thing for decades. Even when he's gone for a while, his shine wears off real fast."

[2.0] "If my dad ran the industry, I'd probably look to get my foot in the door, too. He gets to play wrestler, that's about it. I'll give him some credit for being willing to do some of the stuff he's done over the years. It's bought him a lot of goodwill with the WWE fanbase, but even that seems to be running out for him."

[3.0] "During the Attitude Era Shane McMahon could be a funny guy and could fill a role. Always willing to take a dangerous bump got fans behind him His return to the company was a surprise that was interesting for a while before his heel turn where he became the most unwatchable thing in WWE at the time. He was consistently pushed over the actual talent and just annoyed the crowd. His booking of the Royal Rumble was so bad his own family got rid of him. His comeback at Wrestlemania 39 was sad. Hope he recovers quickly though but think he should stay away from pro wrestling."

[2.0] "Nothing I hate more than watching a wrestling PPV and a Shane McMahon match comes on. The storyline tied to it is going to be unnecessarily convoluted and overbooked. He's not trained to be a wrestler and never put in the time and energy to be a good wrestler, so his timing is terrible, his moves will be sloppy as hell and he'll often potato other wrestlers because he's an asshole that doesn't care. To make up for his limited moveset and low psychology, he'll often do some stupid mega bump for cheers. Ugh."

[3.0] "From a persona standpoint and maybe to an extent wrestling politics, I don't like Shane. His character takes the spotlight so much that he has screwed other great wrestlers like Sami Zayn , Kevin Owens and AJ Styles while being a babyface. What Owens said about Shane just hit the nail. He is like a disease that has infected WWE by always being in the centre. When he won the best in the world, it was sn insult to his employees, an insult to the fans and an insult to all the great Legends and the Wrestlers all around the world. I used to like him but he should have never come back. 3 is because his in ring abilities aren't too bad."

[8.0] "Despite having a good pedigree, training with real wrestling trainers for years and training in shoot arts with real trainers, his move set and skills in the ring were always straight side-show and rather boring. If it was just what he did in the ring and his skills give him 4-5 just on that. However, as a mud-show, plunder brawler and out-of-the-ring menace, he is straight up there with Mick Foley and late Era Funk. The show stopping bumps, scaffolding falls and the like were mind blowing. Despite being a wrestler better suited for the chaos of Mid 90s ECW, he had a not-small number of great matches with absolute superstars in the WWE, especially that ghoulish match with Angle."

[10.0] "One legitimately tough son of a bitch. Not necessarily from a shoot fighting stand point (although shane doesn't seem like the kind of guy that would back down from a real fight), but his ability to take a lot of punishment and keep going. I would put him up there with Foley, Funk, whoever else you wanna name when it comes to that. One of the best in ring performers in WWE history. There are very few who can go out there and knock it out of the park against some of the biggest names in wrestling history when the bases are loaded like Shane McMahon does. And a big part of that is that there is nothing that he won't do or no risk he won't take to ensure that the fans who watch his matches leave with something to talk about. Some say he's a spot monkey, I say he leaves it all in the ring every time he's in there. He's also had a lot of memorable segments, moments, and matches again against some of the biggest names in wrestling -- Taker, Austin, Rock, Foley, Triple H, Big Show, Shawn Michaels, Roman Reigns, etc, .Definitely should be higher than a 7 something."

[6.0] "Glad the era of appeasing Shane mcmahon is over. Bad wrestler and ok promo made worse by the fact that I'm sure everyone there was telling him he is amazing. Those big spots were beyond masturbatory."

[6.0] "Certainly the most talented of his family. He is famous for his difficult, dangerous movements. From both the past and the recent times, you can see that he gives good, cool fights. He is pleasant as a face - as an opposition to his sister and father. However, it's very annoying and tiring as a heel - and it's not the kind of annoyance you want. At the same time, he is selfish - I didn't notice it before, but he is. He set himself a place in the final three of the Royal Rumble 2022."

[10.0] "I'm glad my criteria is HOW WATCHABLE ARE THEY? Because, yah - just try to take your eyes off the screen when he's doing any number of batsh! t crazy absurd things. the way to get a zero with me is to be fast forward fodder with no remorse. a 5 means I'm kinda in - kinda out, regardless of the situation/opposition. a 10 means I'm just staring and totally lost in the moment and i will probably watch the match over and over and over. Is he a Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Bill Eadie, Scott Casey, Steiner Brothers etc in this regard? Not quite... see also: Sabu."

[4.0] "I do not like Shane because I personally think that he takes the place of a wrestler who is perhaps much more talented than him."

[5.0] "A really really memorable character during the attitude era and invasion storylines, the later Shane matches and storylines are just simply not that compelling for me."

[4.0] "hes had a lot of pretty good matches, but that was in spite of himself. his offense looks emberassing and his high flying was impressive in the 90s and just meh nowadays, he has no business being in the same ring with guys like the Undertaker and AJ"

[9.0] "For someone who's "not a wrestler", he sure has a lot of memorable matches. Legit one of the greatest daredevils in WWE history; the fact that he's the son of the boss just makes me respect the guy even more. Truly a McMahon."

[4.0] "Shane in the 1990's and 2000's was great, and put on surprisingly enjoyable hardcore spotfests and enjoyed a regular presence on TV as part of the corporation. That Shane gets a 7. Since his return in the 2010's however, boy has he fallen from grace. How is it a 50 year old man suffers from "promoters kid" syndrome? He just doesn't put on good matches anymore, alway seems to go over when he doesn't need to and he breaks out into a downpour of sweat at a moment's notice."

[4.0] "I would rate him as a 7 or 8 up until like the mid 2000s, everything after that is pretty terrible and drags him down much further"

[7.0] "A pretty decent worker in the ring, known for taking some insane bumps a normal wrestler wouldn't dare. Very good on the mic as both face and/or heel. An awesome personality on TV to have, although recent appearances suggest his time as an on-screen character is pretty much over."

[4.0] "Shane McMahon has created some very memorable moments. That said, his mic skills are not good and he hasn't had a proper feud or angle with any degree of heat, at least to me, in almost 20 years. The last time I can recall caring about one of his programs was when he feuded with Kurt Angle in the early 2000's. He is a below-average worker who is great at doing stunts but the rest of his offense and defense looks very weak to me. For a guy who's wrestled probably less than 100 total matches in his career, he's could be a lot worse."

[4.0] "he had some very memorable moments in the Ruthless aggression era such as his matches with Kurt Angle and Steve Blackman, and his matches against DX. But his second act (post-2016) has mostly been bad, outside of a few nostalgia moments when he first returned and his use in tag bouts he has largely been an unwanted place in already stacked PPV cards. His protracted programmes with the Miz and Kevin Owens were unbearable and his match with AJ at mania while good, could have gone to a full-time professional wrestler."

[4.0] "In the ring he was a spot guy. He'd go into a match, do a huge spot, and then kind of make the real wrestlers who wouldn't do that crazy stuff look bad by comparison. Guess that's easy to do when you wrestle one match ever 18 months. Anyway, aside from that he wasn't anything special as a wrestler, but he could cut a good promo if needed."

[6.0] "Kinda hard to rate Shane McMahon. His matches were all about insane spots but he didn't have much going for him in rings where that wasn't really an option. I guess he should get some credit for how he was always willing to put his body on the line, and I think he had moments of brilliance on the mic as well."

[8.0] "Underrated. Had lame punches but did great as a highflyer. Great babyface, not that good as a heel but had heat. Mad respect for taking insane bumps."

"His modern work would rate him at a 0 but during the Attitude Era his matches were legit fun for the kind of stunt shows that were popular at the time. Today he just sucks up TV and match time with little actual benefit to anyone he goes against."

[6.0] "I hate Shane almost as much as I like him. I respect him for putting his body on the line in this industry. I respect that he is actually capable enough to be involved in some great matches (ex. vs Angle, vs Styles, vs Owens) even if he has to be carried to a good match. He can also play a very good heel authority figure, but that being said, he has been involved in some very strange decisions and cringeworthy moments, which became especially apparent last year. 6/10 from me"

[7.0] "Put his body on the line immensely just like his father did, and far more often than not, took the pinfall instead of constantly going over people. Basically a high level stuntman. Had memorable storylines, and even took part in nice matches and feuds. Far more entertaining and appealing than his sister."

[4.0] "Shane McMahon is a great heel authority figure and his stunts are amazing to watch but, that's about it. Shane has mediocore in-ring skills and sometimes screwed many talented wrestlers like AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Dolph Ziggler. Don't get me started on his "Best in the World" run from last year."

[4.0] "Shane gets some points for doing some stupid bumps despite being set for life as the son of a millionaire. The guy was willing to put himself through anything to entertain the fans, and that's really respectable. His in ring work OUTSIDE of the crazy stunts however, is terrible. He's gotten arguably worse overtime as he's been shown to be a "serious" wrestler who can beat up AJ Styles. It's just horrible booking. Less said about his punches, the better."

[4.0] "Gotta respect some of the insane bumps he's taken, but he isn't that good. He's been involved in some good matches no doubt about it, mainly due to his bumping ability, but a few good matches is not enough to justify a higher rating. On top of that his offence just looks like trash."

[4.0] "Shane McMahon is adequate because he is not "satisfactory". He plays his role as heel very well; I hate him, but I still recognize his ability, despite being a failure in the ring."

[4.0] "While taking some of the most outrageous bumps you've ever seen he was hardly appealing otherwise, not as a character and certainly not as a wrestler."

[10.0] "The man could have gone his whole career by just being the son of Vince McMahon and letting that be his scape-goat , but instead he put his body on the line more than enough times to earn the respect of alot of people , even just by looking at the stats , most people rate him an 8 , 9 & 10. He truly cares for the fans and he had some amazing matches. Love the Hell out of Shane."