Kammala jumla mai zuwa: McMahon ya fara fitowa a allon a cikin shekaru biyu a cikin wani labarin "SmackDown!" kafin WrestleMania XIX, yana kallon horon mahaifinsa a dakin motsa jiki don shirya wasan sa da Hulk Hogan. A WrestleMania XIX, ya tafi don duba lafiyar mahaifinsa bayan yaƙin Street tare da Hulk Hogan, tare da Hogan yana maraba da Shane a cikin wasan sannan ya fita. Ya dawo a matsayin fuska a lokacin rani na 2003 ta hanyar shiga cikin rikici tare da Eric Bischoff, wanda ya yi maganganu marasa kyau da kuma nunawa ga mahaifiyar Shane Linda. Ya doke Bischoff a cikin Falls Count Duk wani wasa a
Ƙungiyar SummerSlam. McMahon ya kuma shiga cikin mummunan kishi da Kane bayan Kane ya ba Linda "Tombstone Piledriver" saboda ba ta sanya shi a matsayin mai neman lambar farko a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ba. Rikicinsu ya ƙare da McMahon ya rasa wasan Man Last Man Standing a Unforgiven da kuma wasan Ambulance a Survivor Series.