Shane McMahon

On September 14, 1996, Shane McMahon married Marissa Mazzola, who was his high school sweetheart. They have three sons—Declan James, Kenyon Kenny Jess, and Rogan Henry.

In July 2017, he was involved in a helicopter crash. He was rescued relatively unhurt from the helicopter that made an emergency landing near New York.

Shane McMahon was born on January 15, 1970, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to WWE majority owner and chairman Vince McMahon and his wife Linda McMahon. His younger sister is WWE executive Stephanie McMahon, and his brother-in-law is WWE executive, and wrestler Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque. He is the great-grandson of Jess McMahon, and grandson of Vincent J. McMahon, who founded WWE.

Shane was trained under Phil Nurse. In 1988, he graduated from Greenwich High School, and later attended Roger Williams University, where he studied media and marketing. He also attended Boston University, from where he graduated in 1993.

Shane McMahon started working in WWE when he was 15 years old. He initially worked in the warehouse, filling merchandise orders and mailing merchandise. After his father refused to give him a raise, he left WWE and started looking for a job. He eventually landed a construction job starting at $400 a week, triple what he used to earn at the WWE warehouse.

After he returned to WWE a few years later, he became serious about the family business. He accompanied his father to meetings, sat in production meetings, took notes, and even asked questions afterward. He learned the little details of the business from his father’s top lieutenant, former wrestler Pat Patterson. However, he also considered other career paths like architecture, investment banking, and even pro football.

In WWE, he worked in a number of divisions like television production, sales, marketing, and international business development. In 1989, he became WWF referee at the Survivor Series. He also refereed during the 1991 Royal Rumble match.

In August 1998, he became the inaugural color commentator for Sunday Night Heat, announcing along with Jerry Lawler, Jim Cornette, and Kevin Kelly. He even got to step up and announce at an episode of Monday Night Raw. However, critics believed that he was a mediocre commentator and could not make the commentary interesting.

In 1998, Shane McMahon helped in developing the company’s Digital Media Department, and created WWF.com, which in 2002 became WWE.com, turning the site into a major business platform for WWE.

In 1999, Shane McMahon was ranked No. 245 of the 500 top singles wrestlers in the PWI 500.

He won the WWF European Championship once and the WWF Hardcore Championship once as a professional wrestler.

In 2006, Detail magazine listed him as one of ‘50 Most Powerful Men Under 42’.