Why Is Shane McMahon So Popular?

[Y 2 Jake]

Loads of people like him, but why? He's terrible. WWE promotes him like he's a superstar. But all he is, is Vinnie Macs chubby son. I'm sure it takes balls to jump of a stage onto a large sponge. But that doesn't make you a great wrestler, or even a hardcore wrestler.

When Kane removed his mask he was super over. Almost on par with how he was when he made his debut. So what do WWE do? Put him in a feud with Shane McMahon. A non wrestler. Somebody who doesn't know the concept of selling. In the 2001 Survivor Series match he recieved finishers off every supertar on the WWE team. Chokeslam, Last Ride, Rock Bottom etc. The next night on Raw he came out as if he was fine. Which makes a mockery of each wrestlers finisher.

Could somebody (preferably with a vocabulary of + 10 words) please explain what is so good about Shane McMahon?

[HartsyThaiFood]

I've always enjoyed Shane McMahon matches because for being "the boss' son," he is surprisingly athletic. Especially for someone his age...he's no youngster any more.

While no, he's not a great wrestler per-say, you know whenever he has a match, he is going to try and do something to make it memorable or special. Sure, he has a tendency to do a big spot, like a suplex off a ladder to the outside of the ring, falling off the Titantron, or the "coast-to-coast" or whatever it's called, Shane will always deliver at least a pretty entertaining and memorable moment in his matches.

Personally, I'd rather watch him over some of the garbage schlepped at us week after week (eg: Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly versus the rednecks for the um-teenth week in a row). He has good mic skills, he's charismatic, and is surprisingly athletic. Really, he's not as bad as you think.

[a7xoff]

I wish I could tell ya Jake, but I agree with you. I see nothing special about the guy. I mean he's not a wrestler. The only cool thing I've seen him do was the elbow drop off of the titantron at Unforgiven a few years back. I guess the dropkick to the trash can into someone from across the ring is pretty cool. Otherwise Shane really does not do much that nobody else does... Of course you have Daddy backing him which always helps with crowd reaction.

[ChaseDavis]

Some people out there think of Shane as being much more than he really is. The respect that I have for him is the amount he has been willing to go through when he honestly doesn't have to. He is the bosses son so he could sit in the back and put his feet up and relax. There are guys that should be working their asses off that don't and here he is putting in 110% when he is out there.

My respect for him was built on the KOR match with Kurt Angle. You can't tell me that those Belly to Belly suplexs through the plate glass didn't take something.

Is he as great as some people want to build him up to be? No, is he a breath of fresh air whenever he is on screen. - You bet

[Armagedon]

Originally Posted by ChaseDavis

He is the bosses son so he could sit in the back and put his feet up and relax. There are guys that should be working their asses off that don't and here he is putting in 110% when he is out there.

Chase, I think you hit it right on the nail. This is the exact reason why I like Shane Mcmahon. He is just like his dad in ensuring that when he is out there performing, everybody is enjoying it. although, I think he has a better ration of success than Vince does.

[Agrex]

I don't understand why he's so popular. Sure he's crazy, mabe even Foley crazy (wait...nevermind), but that doesn't make him a great wrestler. Sure you need balls the size of grapefruits to jump of a 20 foot titantron, but that doesn't make you a great wrestler. His matches may catch your eyes, but that's only because your only waited for him to do a fucking crazy move. I don't hate him, but I don't get why everyone loves him.

[justinsayne]

He's popular cause he does big spots, that's pretty much it, people love big spots, that's why most of the time, Ladder/TLC matches are so loved, cause they scream for big spots, personally I love his match with Angle form KOTR 2001, because it was a crazy match, and I found it entertaining, Shane went out and put on a great show, granted he had Angle helping him out, but still the end result was a great match IMO, same goes for his LMS & Ambulance matches he had with Kane, they were violent, and filled with big spots but showed a story, and were entertaining, now if you put him in a singles match without some sort of gimmick stipulation, than most likely the match is gonna be crap, but other than that he can pull out a big stop, and entertain which is more than you can say for most guys on the roster, Shane is by no means a great wrestler, but he can at times be a great entertainer like Foley, Jeff Hardy, Sabu, etc.

[RebelWithoutACause]

GUTS!!! he jumped 50 feet in that FCA with Show, and honest to god, ive seen most WWE PPV matches and his Street Fight with Angle is DEFINITLY one of the best EVER, If you havent seen it you must it was just great. I dont love him and its not really fair that he can afford to take those bumps b.c he does not have to maintain his body to make a living so I can understand some annimosity, but that match with Angle was something else man......

[cuckfena]

Shane to me is almost as much of a spot monkey as Jeff Hardy. He is entertaining for a non wrestler but I wouldn't be undulely bothered if I never saw him in the ring again. It was a great match with Angle but then again Angle could have a good match with a wardrobe, or ever Hogan!

i think he is good as well. i don't think he is a good wrestler but i like him because he has got that "i don't worry about tomorrow" thingy majig in him. i liked his fued with kane it was good but i don't like the way the shane beat kane. it's like saying shane can beat umaga or stone cold. shane reminds me of jeff and rvd not great wrestlers but very entertaining!!!