6 photos of Shane McMahon he might prefer you didn't see

There may be no truer example of ‘like father, like son’ than Vince and Shane McMahon – certainly if Shane’s WWE exploits are anything to go by.

Much like Vince has always been happy to chip in and get his hands dirty in the ring, on the microphone or just about anywhere else, it would be an understatement to say that Shane has followed suit.

Whether he’s Shane O’Mac or The Boy Wonder, the 50-year-old has more than done his fair share of creating headlines and leaving a lasting impression, be it his accomplished career as an active, in-ring competitor, or his formative years doing pretty much every other job possible to do in the world of professional wrestling.

Under the tutelage of his father, Shane pretty much started at the bottom of the ladder and worked his way up to being, at one stage, a main event level talent; his list of accolades including the European Championship, Hardcore Championship and – who can forget – his Best in the World trophy.

As ever, though, WWE’s cameras have been there to capture every step of his journey and, unfortunately for Shane, not everything they snare is necessarily flattering. To that end, we’ve compiled 6 photos of Shane McMahon he might prefer you didn’t see.

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#6. Keepin’ time

There's an incredible amount of work put in to any WWE live event - that much has been true since the dawn of time. A big part of that, of course, is the company's production value. Shane will have learned a great deal of that as part of their technical crew early on in his career.

In this classic snap, Shane O'Mac sits aside Tony Chimmel - another WWE jack-of-all-trades, ready to produce the sights and sounds of another live event. It looks like Shane has his trigger finger ready to hit the music of one of the company's big stars - he certainly looks happy enough!

#5. Shane's no mug!

There's a little bit of detective work needing to be done to age this photo but, never fear, we're on to it.

Your first instinct to guess that Shane looks about 12 years old here isn't massively wide of the mark, but is, nonetheless, a little off. By the looks of the background set, this is possibly a photo taken at a taping of Prime Time Wrestling, of which his father, Vince McMahon was a host alongside the legendary Bobby The Brain Heenan.

If that's the case, you'd be looking at the mid to late 1980s, meaning Shane is most likely to be in his late teens or early twenties when this picture was snapped. Those vintage WWF mugs aren't too bad either, are they?

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#4. Get tappin'

One might consider this one to be a little bit of a harsh selection, but in a cheeky way, there's loads we love about it. Shane's facials are just magnificent here. So invested in crunching in what looks to be a Boston Crab of some sorts, he's not exactly concerned with the fact that he's almost panting.

Then there's the fact that it barely looks like it's a successful attempt at a submission, either - those are arguably the biggest thighs known to man, and there's surely no way that McMahon Jr. managed to get his opponent to tap here?

#3. Julius McMahon

It might just be a case of 'answers on a postcard, please...' for this one. Despite our research, we're not able to pinpoint exactly what Shane McMahon is doing here, why he's doing it, and why he's doing whatever it is dressed as some sort of modern-day Julius Cesar.

We know that his sister, Stephanie McMahon, was also on hand (stay tuned for her gallery coming soon), but little else is available. Sometimes you have to just sit back and admire the view. Shane, you do look a picture!

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#2. Our broadcast colleague...

This is a rare photo to say the least. We've all seen the shots (well, we hope you have now, at least) of Shane being an attendant, technician and whatever else at live events, but it would appear that he did a spot of interviewing as well.

This snap of him doing the microphone duties during a segment with WWE Champion Yokozuna was taken in either 1993 or 1994, those being the only two years in which the mammoth Yoko held the title. It's hard to imagine Shane as the Renee Young of his day, but there you go...

#1. Champion of Europe

Of all of our slightly embarrassing photos of Shane, we think this is the best of the bunch - not least because it brings back so many memories of just how good a smarmy heel he was 'back in the day'...

More than 20 years ago, a slick, dark-haired Shane McMahon defeated X-Pac to win what was then the WWF European Championship. He even went on to successfully defend it against the D-Generation X member at WrestleMania that year.

Now a retired title, it was, to give it some modern-day context, the second mid-card championship in WWE. It sat alongside the Intercontinental title in the same way the US Championship does now, adding a goal for talents to pursue who may not have been quite ready for a run with the WWE Championship.

Shane, as part of Vince McMahon's Corporation, was dastardly, slimy, and was one of those heels you just wanted to slap - much like this photo probably explains. Two decades on, what Shane makes of the all-black ensemble and the shades to match is anyone's guess...