Shane McMahon worked in professional wrestling.
The 1980s professional wrestling boom ( more commonly referred to as the Golden Age ) was a surge in the popularity of professional wrestling in the United States and elsewhere throughout the 1980s . King of the Ring ( 1999 ) was the seventh annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . Shane Brandon McMahon ( born January 15 , 1970 ) is an American businessman and part-time professional wrestler who is a minority owner of WWE and the vice-chairman of Wecast Holdings Inc. . He is currently the on-screen commissioner of WWE 's weekly television show SmackDown Live . He began working in WWE at age 15 , starting in their warehouse , where he filled merchandise orders .