WWE Fastlane 2019: 5 Reasons why Shane McMahon turned heel

This week, WWE hosted a pay-per-view, WWE Fastlane 2019.

On the fifth edition of the WWE pay-per-view, the opening match on the main show saw Shane McMahon team up with The Miz to face The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.

The match was an incredible one, and even had a spot where Shane McMahon jumped down from the top rope to intercept the splash of Jimmy Uso's in midair with a dropkick. Unfortunately, it was all to no avail, as Shane McMahon and The Miz were handed their loss when the A-Lister's Splash was reversed into a pinfall by the Usos.

After the match, while talking with the Miz' father, a change came over the eyes of Shane McMahon, and he assaulted The Miz from behind. After laying out the Miz he then turned on The Miz' father, putting his hands on him and taunting him.

The turn seemed to come out of nowhere, but there were actually several reasons why Shane McMahon turned his back on The Miz and the WWE Universe. In this article, we will talk about 5 reasons why Shane McMahon turned on Miz.

#5 Frustrated with The Miz

The Miz and Shane McMahon have been teaming up together and paired off together ever since WWE Crown Jewel, where Shane replaced The Miz in the final of the Best in the World tournament.

Since teaming up together on WWE SmackDown Live, Shane McMahon and the Miz were mostly successful, with the two even won the SmackDown Tag Team Titles after defeating The Bar.

Unfortunately, their title run would not last. At the very next pay-per-view at Elimination Chamber, they lost the title to The Usos. As if that was not enough, they then lost tonight at WWE Fastlane as well.

Both times, the person who was pinned with a roll-up? The Miz.

Both times, the person who had sacrificed their bodies earlier trying to save the match for their team? Shane McMahon.

Naturally, the frustration built up as McMahon was not ready to keep losing, so he turned his back on the A-Lister.

#4 Wanted to prove he's the only best in the world

Shane did not want to share the trophy anymore

Shane McMahon replaced The Miz at the WWE Crown Jewel event in the final of the Best in the World Tournament.

He then went on to celebrate the win, as if it had nothing to do with anyone else.

Ever since then, The Miz has insisted that they are both together, the best wrestlers in the world. This is because The Miz believes that he did all the hard work in getting there, and Shane McMahon closed the deal for them.

The Miz seemed perfectly happy to share the title.

Shane McMahon seemed less than thrilled about that, and now it became a difficulty for him to put up with the Miz on a regular basis. However, when they were not even able to win back the SmackDown Tag Team Titles Shane had enough, and turned his back on the Miz.

He now seeks to establish himself as the actual one and only best wrestler in the world.

#3 Jealous of The Miz

The Miz and his father have not always had the best of relationships -- that is one thing we have found out in the buildup to WWE Fastlane.

We learnt that The Miz and his father had actually reconciled, and his father had said that he was proud of him. This was the first time apparently that he had said it in his life after the Miz was able to team up with Shane McMahon and win the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles at the WWE Royal Rumble.

On top of that, The Miz' father was at ringside supporting his attempt in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.

All of this was pecking at Shane McMahon throughout the build to the match. The reason was that he had never received the same sort of love from his father, throughout his life in WWE.

Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon have had a notoriously strained relationship over the years and seeing The Miz' father supporting him in that fashion even after losing proved to be too much for Shane, and he turned on his partner.

The green-eyed monster called jealousy found a house in Shane McMahon's heart.

#2 Wants a match at WrestleMania 35 at any cost

Shane has had a huge WrestleMania match every year since coming back

Ever since he returned to the WWE in 2016, Shane McMahon has had a match at the Grandest Stage of them all.

In the first year, it was a huge Hell in a Cell match against The Undertaker. In 2017, it was a huge match against AJ Styles at WrestleMania 33. This continued to be a trend, as at WrestleMania 34, he teamed up with the returning Daniel Bryan to take on Sami Zayn and Kofi Kingston.

He has always been at the forefront of WrestleMania since returning, and the chance of not featuring this time proved to be too much. He had been hoping that winning the SmackDown Tag Team titles would allow him to compete on the show, but unfortunately, they lost the opportunity.

This was the final straw that broke the camel's back, and he did not stop himself from attacking Kofi Kingston to take out his rage on him.

#1 Shane is a McMahon

Shane McMahon has been one of the biggest parts of WWE ever since he was old enough to enter a WWE ring.

Being at his father's side in his early formative years, and seeing how he ran the WWE with an Iron Fist, that's where Shane McMahon picked up all his lessons in life.

Vince and Stephanie McMahon have both proven to be manipulative to get exactly what they wanted. They never hesitated to sacrifice someone with a smile on their face so as to get their own way.

Now, Shane McMahon has always appeared to be far friendlier than either his sister or his father, with him often representing the more reasonable side of the McMahon family. Since returning, he has been the favorite of the WWE Universe, but in the end, he is a McMahon.

The Miz was taking the spotlight away from Shane McMahon with his storylines. As a result, he finally cracked and turned on the Miz in a calculated move to establish himself as the better wrestler in front of Miz' hometown and his father.