Stephanie McMahon
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| Stephanie McMahon-Levesque | |
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| Ring name(s) | Stephanie McMahon |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 ½ in (174 cm) |
| Billed weight | 135 lb (61 kg) |
| Born | September 24, 1976 Hartford, Connecticut |
| Billed from | Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Debut | September 20, 1999 |
Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut), better known by her maiden name Stephanie McMahon, is the daughter of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon. She is the wife of Paul "Triple H" Levesque and the sister of Shane McMahon. She is Senior Vice President of Creative Writing for WWE.
McMahon-Levesque regularly appeared on WWE television between 1999 and 2003, and has made several appearances since then. She is both a former WWE Women's Champion and a former SmackDown! General Manager.
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[edit] World Wrestling Federation
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Stephanie first appeared on WWF programming as part of a Roddy Piper vignette in her early teens. After that, she modeled some of the WWF merchandise. In early 1999, she became involved in an onscreen storyline involving her father, Vince McMahon, and The Undertaker. The Undertaker stalked and abducted Stephanie and "married" her in the middle of the ring in an "Unholy Wedding" ceremony performed by Paul Bearer, but Stephanie was saved by Austin. He did this to torment Vince, or so it seemed but later it was revealed that Vince and The Undertaker had been in cahoots the entire time. Stephanie and her mother Linda sided with Vince's nemesis Steve Austin. Vince responded by having the Undertaker kidnap Stephanie a second time.
Stephanie began a relationship with wrestler Test which led to a heated feud between Test and her brother, Shane, who viewed Test as not being good enough for Stephanie. After Test defeated Shane at SummerSlam 1999 in a "love her or leave her" Greenwich Streetfight, Shane stopped objecting and went out of his way for his sister and for Test, proving to them he was on their side. Stephanie and Test went on to team together in a match on September 20, 1999, with the couple defeating Jeff Jarrett and Debra. The couple were eventually engaged, but their original wedding date had to be postponed after The British Bulldog accidentally hit Stephanie with a thrown trash can, giving her a concussion and amnesia. A later date was set, but during the in-ring ceremony, Triple H showed a video which revealed that he had drugged Stephanie and taken her to Las Vegas, Nevada where they were married in a drive-through ceremony. This effectively ended the relationship between her and Test. Stephanie abhorred Triple H at first, but eventually sided with him, turning on Vince in the process by slapping him in the face.
[edit] McMahon-Helmsley Era
In 2000, with Vince McMahon absent as a result of injuries inflicted upon him by Triple H at the 1999 Armageddon event, Triple H and Stephanie became the onscreen owners of WWE, a period known as the "McMahon-Helmsley Era" and dominated by the McMahon-Helmsley Faction. Triple H held the WWF Championship and Stephanie held the WWF Women's Championship after several interferences and a DDT from Tori against her opponent, defending champion Jacqueline. Stephanie reconciled with her father and brother at WrestleMania 2000 when they helped Triple H defend his title against The Rock, leaving Linda McMahon as the only face in the McMahon family. Linda and Stephanie would exchange slaps throughout the summer of 2000. Throughout 2000, Stephanie would use heel wrestlers to try and eliminate her enemies: The Rock, Chris Jericho and Lita. Jericho in particular enraged Stephanie by calling her a "Filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, skanky, bottom-feeding trash bag ho," leading to a series of matches between him and Triple H. Stephanie lost the WWF's Women's Championship to Lita in the first women's RAW main event match on August 21, 2000
In late 2000, a love triangle storyline began featuring Stephanie, Triple H and Kurt Angle. One of the most memorable points of the storyline took place during the Summerslam 2000 Pay Per View as Triple H inadvertently knocked Stephanie out before Angle carried her unconscious from the arena. The storyline was resolved officially at Unforgiven when Triple H defeated Angle with a pedigree following a low blow from McMahon, proving her loyalty to him. However, after taking several shots from both men accidentally during a segment on "Raw," Triple H demanded Stephanie stay away from ringside during his matches. Upset by this, McMahon became Angle's manager and was in his corner when he defeated The Rock for the WWE Championship at the '00 No Mercy. The alliance was short lived, as Triple H demanded she withdraw her services.
The internal disputes between the McMahons led to Shane siding with his mother against Stephanie and Vince. Linda was in a comatose state due to the stress of being asked for a divorce by Vince, and Vince took the opportunity to have a public affair with Trish Stratus. Stephanie briefly feuded with Stratus, defeating her at No Way Out 2001, but eventually both settled their differences and sided with Vince. Over the next few weeks, Vince made it clear that he favored Stephanie over Stratus, even allowing Stephanie to cover Stratus with mud using a mop in the middle of the ring. At WrestleMania X-Seven, Shane defeated Vince in a Street Fight. During the course of the match, Stratus slapped Vince and chased Stephanie from ringside, apparently upset with Vince's constant misogynistic treatment of her.
[edit] Power Trip
Following Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H's alliance with Mr. McMahon, Stephanie returned as Triple H's manager at ringside. Following Triple-H's injury in May of 2001, she disappeared from WWF television.
[edit] Invasion
Stephanie later returned and "betrayed" Vince on July 9, 2001 by revealing that she had purchased ECW and intended to bankrupt the WWF (in reality, the ownership of ECW assets at this time was highly disputed), along with Shane, who had become the onscreen owner of WCW. She was made unemployed when her wrestlers were defeated by the WWF at the 2001 Survivor Series, as she had sold her "WWF stock" to Ric Flair. The night after The Alliance was defeated, Shane and Stephanie came to the ring to confront Vince. While Shane earned Vince's trust by admitting that he had lost and then leaving quietly, Stephanie tried to say that Shane put her up to it, and it was all his fault. In the end, she was dragged from the building by security personnel.
Furthermore, this particular time frame of Stephanie's career would showcase a few other noteworthy moments. On the September 13, 2001 edition of SmackDown!, Stephanie caused a bit of controversy, albeit unintentionally, by comparing her father's early 90's steroid trial to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Stephanie said, "A few years ago, some people tried to destroy my family. They attacked my father's reputation, they attacked my mother's reputation, and they attacked the World Wrestling Federation. They tried to rip us apart...but all they did was make my family stronger. And that's exactly how America feels right now. Because on Tuesday, America was attacked. Because America is a united nation. And together, we stand strong. I am incredibly proud to be an American citizen, and I will stand up for my rights and my freedom." [1] On the lighter side of things, a few weeks earlier, Stephanie would lead The Alliance in singing "Wind Beneath Our Ring", a take off of Bette Midler's hit song, "Wind Beneath My Wings". Moments later, Kurt Angle would put an end to the group song by spraying The Alliance with milk via hose -- including Stephanie. Jim Ross would declare the drenched Stephanie as being a "Dairy Queen" and a subsequent video package would highlight a brief snippet of Stephanie's reaction in slow motion because her pendulous breasts inadvertently jerked around while she was throwing a temper tantrum. A few weeks earlier, Chris Jericho would humiliate Stephanie by pieing her in her face. Stephanie would continue to be tormented as Jericho would make light of her recent breast augmentation the very next week on RAW. On the TitanTron, Jericho put up a video still of less-endowed Stephanie from the prior year in contrast to a recent shot of much more buxom Stephanie. Stephanie denied his allegations by saying that she had no idea what he was talking about and that he was using his imagination. Moments later, a shy Stephanie would follow up her comments by folding her arms over her chest. By her own admission, Stephanie would confirm the breast augmentation rumors on the Opie and Anthony Show the very next day.
[edit] Divorce
Stephanie returned in 2002 when Triple H made a comeback as a face, but the couple began having problems. The couple "divorced" after Stephanie (kayfabe) claimed to be pregnant in order to trick Triple H into renewing their marital vows. The split was acrimonious to say the least; Triple H literally complied with the "fifty-fifty" divorce settlement by giving Stephanie the front half of her Corvette and Stephanie claimed that Triple H had abused his bulldog Lucy, in order to gain custody to spite him. Lucy was later run-over by a limousine, much to the distress of Triple H.
In order to gain revenge upon Triple H, Stephanie began foiling his attempts to become the WWF Undisputed Champion. After Triple H won the Royal Rumble, Stephanie appointed herself special guest referee in a match between Kurt Angle and Triple H at No Way Out 2002 with Triple H's WrestleMania title shot on the line. Though Angle won thanks to Stephanie's somewhat suspect officiating, Triple H defeated him the next night to regain his title shot. Stephanie then aligned herself with current champion and former enemy, Chris Jericho. Despite Stephanie's best efforts, Jericho lost to Triple H at WrestleMania X8 on March 17. McMahon also received a pedigree from her "ex" during the contest. On the March 25 episode of RAW, Jericho and Stephanie lost to Triple H in a Triple Threat Match for the Undisputed Title, with the stipulation that, if Stephanie was pinned, she would be forced to leave the WWF.
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment
[edit] General Manager
On July 18, 2002 Stephanie returned to the WWF (renamed WWE following a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund) as the general manager of SmackDown!. She acquired talents such as Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, Matt Hardy and Crash Holly from the RAW brand, but in return lost Triple H, Chris Jericho, Christian, Lance Storm, Test, Stacy Keibler, Rico, Gregory Helms, Randy Orton, Batista, and Al Snow. She feuded with RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff throughout 2002, though the enemies inexplicably shared a kiss at a Halloween party at which Stephanie was dressed as a witch and Bischoff was disguised as her father. Stephanie was given credit for the return of the WWE United States Championship and for the creation of the WWE Tag Team Championship. She was also credited with signing Hulk Hogan back to SmackDown!, which caused friction between herself and her father in the storyline that followed.
Stephanie was involved in an amusing segment with Triple H at the RAW 10th Anniversary show, where the two were winners of the "Shut Up and Kiss Me" award. Stephanie jokingly stated that "where else can you get drugged up at your own wedding, marry a loser, fake a pregnancy, get divorced and then make a comeback to head up the greatest wrestling show on TV today, SmackDown?"
Stephanie was ousted from her position after losing an "I Quit" match to her father, Vince McMahon on October 19, 2003 at No Mercy. Vince was a heel once again; though he originally had been the one to appoint Stephanie as the General Manager, he began to resent her growing independence as well as her attempts to stop him from pursuing an affair with Sable and decided that he wanted her to quit. Stephanie did not say "I Quit", but lost when her mother, Linda, at ringside threw in a towel on her behalf (mimicking the 1994 Survivor Series WWF Championship match between Bret Hart and Bob Backlund where Hart's late mother Helen, at the behest of his brother Owen, threw in the towel when Bret was trapped in Backlund's crossface chicken wing). She was succeeded by Paul Heyman.
On March 13, 2004, Stephanie attended the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and on September 23, she appeared on the fifth year anniversary episode of SmackDown! and talked about her favorite SmackDown! moments.
[edit] 2005 return
Stephanie returned to WWE TV on October 3, 2005 at WWE Homecoming, when she confronted Stone Cold Steve Austin after he had stunned her father and brother. She slapped Austin, but was then herself stunned. She appeared on RAW for two weeks thereafter, and was involved in the firing of Austin's friend, RAW announcer Jim Ross and the booking of a match between Ross's replacement, Coach, and Austin at Taboo Tuesday 2005, with Ross's WWE future on the line. However, the match was cancelled after Austin suffered a minor injury that, combined with his unwillingness to job to Coach, led to him no-showing the subsequent episode of RAW.
Stephanie had nasal surgery to help her breathing several days before the Eddie Guerrero RAW tribute show that prevented her from appearing in person. She returned to RAW on December 5 as a witness in the mock trial of Eric Bischoff, and claimed that Bischoff had "violated" her by kissing her three years earlier. She called the judge, Vince McMahon, "daddy."
[edit] 2006 return
A visibly pregnant Stephanie McMahon returned on the March 6, 2006 episode of RAW, approaching Shawn Michaels backstage and claiming to have abdominal pains. When Michaels left to get her some water, Stephanie added some powder to his water, causing him to become groggy during his match against Shane McMahon later in the night, which he lost as a result. Stephanie also appeared at the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 1, 2006 and in a backstage vignette with her immediate family at WrestleMania 22. She is now expected to reappear at Survivor Series on November 26th.
[edit] Backstage roles
In addition to her on-air character, Stephanie, like others in Vince McMahon's immediate family, is deeply involved in the business operations of WWE. She began her backstage work as a model for merchandise items before progressing to working in the WWF advertising department. In November 2000, she became one of the individuals chiefly responsible for the creative direction taken by the television programming and was named Vice President of Creative Writing in July 2003, which was more of a promotion in name only as her duties remained basically the same as before. She was promoted to Senior Vice President of Creative Writing in 2006. She oversees the hiring of scriptwriters, supervises the writing team, and is involved in the long-term booking of WWE. Her other responsibilities, not related to her position as leader of the writing team, include having a voice in the hiring and firing of employees and helping to produce and direct RAW, SmackDown!, and pay-per-view events.
The efforts of the creative team have often been criticized. Stephanie has been accused of favoring her husband Triple H, and storylines in recent years have contained elements of necrophilia and rape (notably the Katie Vick storyline, which included Triple H) among other unsavory subjects.
[edit] Personal life
Stephanie is a graduate of Greenwich High School and Boston University, as is her brother Shane McMahon. She holds a degree in Communications.
Stephanie has appeared on the Howard Stern show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Opie and Anthony show and The Weakest Link. On August 14, 2005, Stephanie (misspelled as "Stephani") appeared on the season five finale of MTV's Punk'd, where she assisted the prank played on Triple H.
By her own admission (on an episode of the Opie and Anthony Show), Stephanie got breast implants in the summer of 2001. Stephanie also stated that her bra size was a D cup. [2] Her fuller figure was the subject of jokes on the part of Chris Jericho for several weeks after she returned to television later that year.
Her entrance theme is currently "All Grown Up" by Jacki-O. She has used her theme since her introduction as General Manager of SmackDown! in the summer of 2002. She previously used Triple-H's old theme "My Time" and briefly "Bodies" by Drowning Pool during the Alliance storyline.
Stephanie and Triple H have one dog, an English Mastiff named Bluto.
On January 8, 2006, WWE announced that Stephanie and Triple H were expecting their first child, due on July 27, 2006. The public announcement contradicted WWE storylines, in which Stephanie's and Triple H's marriage ended in 2002. Stephanie continued to work and travel with WWE throughout her pregnancy, giving birth to an 8 lb, 7 oz (3.8 kg) baby girl, Aurora Rose Levesque, on July 24, 2006. The birth was announced live on RAW by Todd Grisham.
It was reported on November 13 she had returned after maternity leave and she has now resumed her duties as Senior Vice President of Creative Writing.
[edit] Wrestling facts
- Wrestlers Managed
- Nicknames
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- The Billion Dollar Princess
- Mrs. Game
- The Bitch
- The Most Dominant Female
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- PWI Woman of the Year Award (2000)
- PWI Feud of the Year, versus Eric Bischoff (2002)
[edit] External links
- Stephanie McMahon-Levesque at the Internet Movie Database
- Photo Of Stephanie McMahon Pregnant With Linda
- Stephanie Levesque Online.net fansite
| The McMahon wrestling family | |
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| Jess | Vincent J. | Vincent K. | Linda | Shane | Marissa | Triple H | Stephanie | |
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