Over the months leading up to this confrontation, Vince McMahon had completely lost his mind… again. He had divorced his wife Linda and had her put into care where she sat in a wheelchair, constantly sedated under medication. During this time, Vince took the liberty to fire Mick Foley as Commissioner and acquaint himself with the sexy Trish Stratus to the chagrin of his daughter Stephanie who took part in a popularity contest of sorts against Stratus, vying for the attention of her father. Her brother and Vince’s only son Shane however, was disgusted with the way his mother Linda was being treated and was out to put a stop to his father’s cold hearted actions. After a physical exchange between father and son, Shane came out to the ring saying that he’d sat back for years “watching his father do whatever he wanted to do to whomever he wanted to do it” and challenged his father to a match at Wrestlemania.

Vince whole-heartedly accepted, signing the paperwork at ringside before Triple H would enter the ring, assisting Vince in handing out a beating to the Boy Wonder. As an incapacitated Shane sat in the middle of the ring, Vince got in his face, screaming at him “I will never forgive your mother for giving birth to you!” Upon this, Shane decided to hit Vince where it really hurt. As the greatest rivalry in the history of professional wrestling came to a close with the demise of World Championship Wrestling, Vince had announced that he had decided to purchase the fledgling organisation and that he would sign the final paperwork at Wrestlemania. Shane had other ideas however as he would appear on what would be the final episode of Monday Nitro to announce that he had beaten his father to the punch and had purchased WCW just one week before the two were scheduled to meet at Wrestlemania.

Vince would go into this match, whilst having plenty of tricks up his sleeve, at a disadvantage when close personal friend of Linda McMahon and a recent victim of Vince’s evil power trip, Mick Foley, was announced as the match’s special guest referee. Both McMahons made the trip to Houston with fire in their bellies and revenge on their mind as Stephanie would accompany her father out to the ring wearing a jumpsuit saying ‘Daddy’s Girl’ on what a sign in the crowd would declare as ‘Family Night 04-01-01’. The match would open with Vince slapping Shane in the face before the two would exchange some strike based offence before Stephanie would enter the ring, slapping Shane in the face. The two male McMahons would go to the outside of the ring, bringing into the equation all sorts of foreign objects, leaving Vince down and out on the Spanish announce table.