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

#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.

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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...

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