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Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September
24, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut) 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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Ring name(s) Stephanie McMahon,
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
Height 5 ft 8 ½ in (174 cm)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg)
Born September 24, 1976
Hartford, Connecticut
Billed from Greenwich, Connecticut
Debut September 20, 1999
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World
Wrestling Federation
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 to torment Vince, or so it seemed. However, it was later
revealed that Vince and The Undertaker had been in cahoots the entire time.
Originally a face, Stephanie and Linda sided with Vince's nemesis "Stone Cold"
Steve Austin. Vince responded by having The Undertaker kidnap Stephanie a second
time. The Undertaker attempted to marry Stephanie in the middle of the ring in a
"Unholy Wedding" ceremony performed by Paul Bearer, but Stephanie was saved by
Austin.
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.
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 RAW main event on August 21, 2000
In late 2000, a love triangle storyline began
featuring Stephanie, Triple H and Kurt Angle. The storyline was never
satisfactorily resolved, with Stephanie remaining Triple H's onscreen wife.
Stephanie and Triple H were separated in early 2001 when Triple H was badly
injured.
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.
Invasion
Stephanie later "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.
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 (falsely) 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 WWE 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 25th 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.
World
Wrestling Entertainment
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 stole 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.
2005
return
Stephanie returned to WWE 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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
WWE Entertainment's music publishing company,
Stephanie Music (established back in the days when the parent company was named
Titan Sports), is named after her.
On October 25, 2003, she married Paul Levesque
(better known by his ring name, Triple H) at the St. Teresa of Avila Catholic
Church in Sleepy Hollow, New York and now goes by the name Stephanie
McMahon-Levesque.
Stephanie has appeared on the Howard Stern show,
Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Opie and Anthony show and The Weakest Link. On August
14th, 2005, Stephanie (misspelled as "Stephani") appeared on the season five
finale of MTV's Punk'd, where she assisted the prank played on her husband, Paul
"Triple H" Levesque.
By her own admission (on an episode of the Howard
Stern Show), Stephanie got breast implants in the summer of 2001. 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.
Stephanie and Triple H have one dog, an English
Mastiff named Bluto.
Stephanie took motorcycle riding courses along with
Triple H a few years ago when he was preparing for his role in Jornada del
Muerte. They own a 2006 Harley Davidson Fat Boy and in the past owned a 2004
Custom Iron Horse, bought from Ric Flair.
On January 8, 2006, WWE announced that Stephanie
and her husband, Triple H, are expecting their first child, due on July 27,
2006. The public announcement broke kayfabe in that it contradicted WWE
storylines, which saw Stephanie and Triple H divorce in 2002. Stephanie
continued to work and travel with WWE throughout her pregnancy.
[Update by PSP: On July 26, 2006, Stephanie
and husband Paul Levesque (Triple H) announced the arrival of their baby girl,
Aurora Rose Levesque weighing in at 8 lbs, 7 oz. - see
Stephanie McMahon Gives Birth To
Baby Girl (Ian Ripley: PopStarsPlus.com: July 29, 2006]
Championships and accomplishments
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Woman of the Year Award (2000)
PWI Feud of the Year, versus Eric Bischoff (2002)
WWF Women's Championship
Preceded by:
Jacqueline First Followed by:
Lita
General Manager of SmackDown!
Preceded by:
First Ever July 18, 2002
- October 19, 2003 Followed by:
Paul Heyman
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