[7][8] As Shane Stevens, McMahon refereed during the inaugural Royal Rumble match on January 24, 1988, and he was the first performer to walk out to greet the audience at WrestleMania VI on April 1, 1990.

McMahon stopped performing as a referee and became a backstage official at WrestleMania VIII on April 5, 1992, in an attempt to break up a storyline brawl between Randy Savage and Ric Flair.

In the early days of that angle, McMahon offered support for his father in cameo roles, but he did not become an enforcer like Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson.

McMahon was a color commentator on Sunday Night Heat alongside Jim Cornette and later Kevin Kelly, and announced with Jerry Lawler on the 1999 video game WWF Attitude.

Concurrently with this, Shane took on the role as a regular character, turning on his father by signing Austin to a contract after Vince demoted him to the position of referee.

[10] The two met in a rematch at WrestleMania XV on March 28; McMahon got help from his childhood friends the Mean Street Posse and Triple H, who turned on X-Pac during the match, to retain the championship.

He was thrown off the stage in a gang-style attack, in which Billy Gunn and Road Dogg prevented members of the Corporation from saving Shane.

Later in the year, Stephanie turned heel, siding with her new kayfabe husband then-heel, Triple H (the two began their off-screen relationship around this time, but did not marry in real life until 2003).

[20] At Backlash on April 29, McMahon debuted his theme song "Here Comes The Money" and was in a Last Man Standing match against Big Show.

He returned as a face in the summer by getting involved in a feud with Eric Bischoff, who had made improper remarks and gestures to Shane's mother Linda.

At WrestleMania XX on March 14, 2004, McMahon appeared briefly on camera during the opening of the event with Vince and his newborn son, Declan.

[citation needed] The following week, Vince demanded an apology from ringside commentators for not coming to his family's aid, which developed into a new feud.

[33] About a month later at Unforgiven on September 17, The McMahons and then ECW World Champion Big Show faced DX in a Hell in a Cell match.

[citation needed] During the "Battle of the Billionaires" match at WrestleMania 23 on April 1, Shane's attempt to interfere on his father's behalf was stopped by Austin.

[citation needed] At Backlash on April 29 in a handicap match for the ECW World Championship, Shane along with Vince and Umaga defeated Lashley for the title.

[citation needed] On the taped episode of Raw that aired on September 3, Shane, along with his mother Linda and his sister Stephanie, made appearances to confront Vince about his illegitimate child.

[citation needed] Shane returned at Survivor Series on November 18 to accompany Hornswoggle, alongside his father, in his match against The Great Khali.

Shane returned on the March 30 episode of Raw, alongside Triple H and his father Vince McMahon, to confront and attack The Legacy (Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes).

[46] On the May 4 episode of Raw, Shane's character suffered a broken leg and ankle at the hands of Orton and Legacy as a way to write him out of the story.

[52] On the November 8 episode of SmackDown Live, Shane agreed to replace an injured Baron Corbin in the traditional Survivor Series tag team elimination match between the two brands.

On the February 21, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live, after AJ Styles and Luke Harper simultaneously eliminated each other in a number one contender's battle royal as the final two entrants, McMahon made singles match between the two for the February 28 episode of SmackDown Live with the winner going on to face Bray Wyatt for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 33 on April 2.

[53] On the August 1 episode of SmackDown, McMahon had a serious argument with Kevin Owens due to losing to AJ Styles for the United States Championship.

At the Crown Jewel event in November, he replaced The Miz after the latter suffered a (kayfabe) injury in the finals of the WWE World Cup, and won by defeating Dolph Ziggler in under three minutes, winning the tournament.

[67] In February, incensed at being left out of Raw's Elimination Chamber match, Braun Strowman started to take issue with McMahon.

McMahon returned at the 2022 Royal Rumble event in the namesake match at number 28, as a face, lasting until the final three, but was eliminated by the eventual winner Brock Lesnar.

McMahon was a referee, producer, announcer, and eventually a wrestler on-screen, while becoming WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Media behind the scenes.

[79] On October 21, 2006, McMahon attended Pride 32 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada[80] resulting in speculation that WWE were considering promoting MMA events.

[83] Later in November 2006, McMahon and WWE Canada President Carl De Marco traveled to South America to finalize a major TV deal in Brazil, which allowed their television station to air Raw and SmackDown.

McMahon stated in the WWE press release, "Having been associated with this organization for the majority of my life, I feel this is the opportune time in my career to pursue outside ventures."

"[citation needed] Outside of his WWE business ventures, McMahon founded a financial technology company called China Broadband Inc, on October 19, 2004.