With wrestlers such as Triple H in this new faction, Shane feuded with his father and a new faction made up of former Corporation members, The Union. McMahon later gave the title to Mideon, who found it in McMahon's duffel bag, thus reactivating it.Īfter WrestleMania, Vince briefly made his second face run and Shane took control of the Corporation. McMahon then retired the title, wanting to retire as an "undefeated champion". The two met in a rematch at WrestleMania XV McMahon got help from his childhood friends the Mean Street Posse and Triple H, who turned on X-Pac during the match, to retain the championship. In February 1999, McMahon moved away from the commentary role on Heat and became a key component in the Corporation angle, winning the European Championship from X-Pac. Yet at Survivor Series, Shane turned heel by turning on Austin and became an official member of The Corporation. Concurrently with this, Shane took on the role as a regular character, turning on his father by signing Austin to a contract after Vince demoted him to the position of referee. McMahon was a color commentator on Sunday Night Heat alongside Jim Cornette and later Kevin Kelly, and announced with Jerry Lawler on the 1999 videogame WWF Attitude. In the early days of that angle, McMahon offered support for his father in cameo roles, but he did not become an enforcer like Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson. He became a recurring part of his father's on-air feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Shane McMahon made his first appearances as a regular on-air character in early 1998, when he was one of the main WWF executives negotiating with Mike Tyson during Tyson's heavily-hyped involvement in WrestleMania. Main articles: The Corporation and The Corporate Ministry McMahon would then mainly work behind the scenes, launching WWF.com in 1997. McMahon soon left behind his refereeing duties and took on the role of a backstage official at WrestleMania VIII in an attempt to break up a storyline brawl between Randy Savage and Ric Flair. As Shane Stevens, McMahon refereed during the inaugural 1988 Royal Rumble match, and in 1990 he was the first performer to walk out to greet the audience at WrestleMania VI. McMahon began his on-screen career as a referee named Shane Stevens.
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Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment Early years (1988−1997)
After graduating from Greenwich High School in 1987, he attended Boston University and in 1993 earned a degree in communications. Shane Brandon McMahon was born on Januin Gaithersburg, Maryland to Vince and Linda McMahon.
On July 12, 2013, McMahon stepped down as CEO of YOU On Demand and appointed Weicheng Liu as his successor, while remaining the company's principal executive officer and Vice Chairman of the Board. Later that year, he became CEO of entertainment service company YOU On Demand. On January 1, 2010, McMahon announced his resignation from WWE. As a wrestler, he has won the European Championship once, the Hardcore Championship once, the SmackDown Tag Team Championship once, and the WWE World Cup in 2018. McMahon was also a referee, producer, announcer, and eventually a wrestler on-screen, while also becoming WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Media behind the scenes. He began working in WWE at age 15, starting in their warehouse, where he filled merchandise orders. The son of Vince McMahon, he is a fourth-generation wrestling promoter as a member of the McMahon family. He is the founder and executive vice-chairman of Ideanomics, formerly Seven Stars Cloud Group. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he is a wrestler, producer and minority owner. Shane Brandon McMahon (born January 15, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and businessman.