Match 7 - Shane McMahon vs. Vince McMahon
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I’m going to be honest now: I remember not looking forward to this match at all. And this was when I was 11. However, I also remember not hating it, so I approached it this time with a far more open mind. Remember what I said earlier about the placement on the card being key?
This rings completely true for this match - it could hardly be worse than the women's match, could it?
Built centrally around the idea that Shane had bought WCW from under Vince’s nose after he had declared the crushing of his former rivals, but also plucked on the heartstrings as Shane was portrayed as a character standing up for his mother after Vince had drugged her and then taken every single opportunity to kiss Trish Stratus.
With Mick Foley as guest referee, a guest referee who had unceremoniously been fired earlier in the year by Vince, it was bound to be a savage fight. Vince started stronger, but Shane came back with his usual death-defying spots, including a clothesline from the security fencing and a spot with the TV monitor from the Spanish announce table.
Vince brought the tide back his way, however, after Shane failed with a flying elbow onto the announce table. This led to Trish wheeling out Linda, still in her wheelchair, leading to a brawl between Stephanie McMahon and Trish, which wound its way back up the entrance ramp.
Seemingly to protect Linda, Foley attempted to wheel her from ringside, only to be slammed in the back of the head with a chair by Vince. The crazed owner then put his wife (very easy to forget that these two are married during this) in the corner in order for her to watch as he slams his son over the head repeatedly with a garbage can.
Who says family reunions aren’t fun?
Linda then stood, achieving a huge pop and delivered a low blow to end all low blows to her husband, before a returning Foley then obliterated Vince with punches and a running knee.
Shane ended the match with a Coast-to-Coast to the garbage can-protected face of his father before covering. A genuinely very enjoyable match, with a really good back story and a lot to find yourself invested in, which is sadly more than you can say about quite a few McMahon storylines.
The camera cut to a box where various WCW talents applauded the big boss’ win, and you just knew something big was just over the horizon; something history making; something that would take fantasy booking to the next level; a ready-made storyline that the WWE couldn’t possibly mess up...
Dave Meltzer Rating: 3/5
Eyes On Rating: 6/10
