5 WWE Superstars who have feuded with a McMahon

Not the first time.
Not the first time

#2 AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon

Better than expected.
Better than expected

While many storylines involving McMahons fail to live up to expectations, the one between Shane and AJ Styles from 2016 actually surpassed them. Their meeting at Wrestlemania 33 felt very much like a pointless, thrown together programme that benefitted nobody, but when the bell rang, fans across the world were treated to arguably the match of the night.

The feud essentially stemmed from AJ Styles's dissatisfaction with not being able to challenge for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania.

After defeating Luke Harper to earn the number one contendership, Randy Orton, the 2016 Royal Rumble winner, announced that he would now like to face champion Bray Wyatt despite previously refusing to.

This led to a match between Orton and Styles which Orton won. Despite actually backing Styles in the debate, Shane McMahon got the brunt of AJ's wrath, claiming that the Smackdown commissioner wasn't utilising his greatest star correctly.

In one memorable backstage incident, Styles threw Shane's head through a car window leading to his suspension. Shane then convinced Bryan to lift it so that the two could face each other at the show of shows.

As previously mentioned, the match delivered in a big way and it also led to AJ's face turn where he now enjoys huge amounts of popularity on the blue brand and looks set to someday lead the WWE again as its signature champion.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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