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Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque
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Ring name(s)	Stephanie McMahon[1] Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley[1]
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight	135 lb (61 kg)[1]
Born	September 24, 1976 (1976-09-24) (age 31)[1] Hartford, Connecticut
Resides	Greenwich, Connecticut
Billed from	Greenwich, Connecticut
Debut	September 20, 1999

Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque^[2] (born September 24, 1976)^[1] better known by her maiden name Stephanie McMahon, is World Wrestling Entertainment's Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, Live Events and Creative Writing.^[2][3] She is the daughter of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon, and is the younger sister of Shane McMahon. She is married to Paul "Triple H" Levesque, with whom she has one daughter, Aurora Rose Levesque.^[4]

McMahon regularly appeared on WWE television between 1999 and 2003. She is both a former WWF Women's Champion and a former SmackDown! General Manager.

Contents 1 World Wrestling Federation 1.1 McMahon-Helmsley era 1.2 Invasion 1.3 Divorce 2 World Wrestling Entertainment 2.1 General Manager of SmackDown! 2.2 Returns 3 In wrestling 4 Championships and accomplishments 5 Backstage roles 5.1 Criticisms 6 Personal life 7 Other media 8 References 9 External links

World Wrestling Federation

McMahon was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She first appeared in an on-camera role by modeling WWF merchandise. In early 1999, she became involved in an on-screen storyline involving her father, Vince McMahon, and The Undertaker. The Undertaker stalked and abducted McMahon and almost "married" her in the middle of the ring in an "Unholy Wedding" ceremony performed by Paul Bearer, until Steve Austin, her father's then nemesis, rescued her. The Undertaker did this to torment Vince, or so it seemed - but later it was revealed that he and Vince had been in cahoots the entire time. McMahon and her mother Linda sided with Vince's nemesis Austin. Vince responded by having the Undertaker kidnap McMahon a second time.

McMahon began a (kayfabe) relationship with wrestler Test which led to a heated feud between him and McMahon's older brother, who viewed Test as not being good enough for her. After Test defeated Shane at SummerSlam in a "love her or leave her" Greenwich Streetfight, Shane stopped objecting and began to side with Test and McMahon to prove he was supportive. McMahon 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 McMahon 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 McMahon 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. McMahon seemed to abhor Triple H at first, but eventually revealed that she had sided with him and that the wedding was real - a revenge plot against her father for the aforementioned kidnappings.

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 McMahon became the on-screen owners of the WWF, a period known as the "McMahon-Helmsley Era" and dominated by the McMahon-Helmsley Faction. Stephanie underwent a complete character transformation with her Girl next door image turning much more cold hearted and sinister complete with revealing outfits and wild, curly hair from her previously straightened hair. Triple H held the WWF Championship and McMahon held the WWF Women's Championship after several interferences and a DDT from Tori against her opponent, defending champion Jacqueline. McMahon 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 McMahon would exchange slaps throughout the summer of 2000 (she admitted in an interview that she cried because of this). Throughout 2000, McMahon would use heel wrestlers to try and eliminate her enemies which included The Rock, Chris Jericho, and Lita. Jericho in particular enraged McMahon by him, Edge and Christian calling her a "Filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding trash bag ho", leading to a series of matches between him and Triple H. McMahon 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 angle began featuring McMahon, 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 Angle out before EMTs carried him 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 McMahon 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 WWF Championship at No Mercy 2000. The alliance was short lived, as Triple H demanded she withdraw her services following The Rock using his signature Rock Bottom maneuver on Stephanie at No Mercy due to her constant interference.

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. McMahon 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 McMahon over Stratus, even allowing McMahon 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 McMahon from ringside, apparently upset with Vince's constant misogynistic treatment of her.

Following Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H's alliance with Vince McMahon, McMahon returned as Triple H's manager at ringside. Following Triple H's injury in May 2001, she disappeared from WWF television.

Invasion

McMahon later returned on the July 9, 2001 edition of RAW by revealing that she had purchased Extreme Championship Wrestling and intended to bankrupt the WWF (in reality, the ownership of ECW assets at this time was highly disputed), along with her brother Shane, who had become the on-screen owner of WCW. The two groups then merged to form a "supergroup" known as The Alliance. McMahon was suddenly unemployed after her wrestlers were defeated by the WWF at the 2001 Survivor Series in a five-on-five, Winner Takes All elimination match. 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 because she refused to leave the ring by her own accord. It was revealed later that night that she had sold her "WWF stock" to Ric Flair.

Furthermore, this particular time of McMahon's career would showcase a few other noteworthy moments. On the September 13 2001 edition of SmackDown!, McMahon caused a bit of controversy, albeit unintentionally, by comparing her father's 1994 steroid trial to the September 11, 2001 attacks. McMahon 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."^[5]

On the lighter side of things, a few weeks earlier, McMahon 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 McMahon. Jim Ross would declare the drenched McMahon as being a "Dairy Queen" and a subsequent video package would highlight a brief snippet of McMahon's reaction in slow motion.

A few weeks earlier, Chris Jericho would humiliate McMahon by pieing her in her face. McMahon would continue to be tormented as Jericho would make light of her chest's apparent sudden growth (it had been speculated in recent weeks by fans that McMahon had undergone breast augmentation) the very next week on RAW. On the TitanTron, Jericho put up a video still of a less-endowed McMahon from the prior year alongside a recent shot of much more buxom McMahon to compare and contrast. Jericho would continue the torment by saying, "It seems like our little billionaire princess sure has grown over the last year...well, in two specific places at least - talk about foreign objects - you wanna say let the bodies hit the floor? I would say let the boobies hit the floor!" By her own admission, McMahon would confirm the breast augmentation rumors on the Opie and Anthony Show the very next day. Behind-the-scenes, amid much discussion and speculation regarding her chest, McMahon gave her approval for it to be acknowledged on WWE programming.^[6]

Divorce

McMahon returned in 2002 when Triple H made a comeback as a babyface,^[7] but the couple began having problems, as McMahon was still a heel. The couple "divorced" after McMahon (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 McMahon the front half of her Corvette and McMahon claimed that Triple H had abused his bulldog Lucy, in order to gain custody to spite him. Lucy was later run-over (kayfabe) by a limousine, much to the distress of Triple H, who chased McMahon around the ring and humiliated her by pulling her into the ring by the seam of her pants, in the process revealing part of her buttocks.^[8]

This revealed a darker, even more sinister side to McMahon. In order to gain revenge upon Triple H, McMahon began foiling his attempts to become the WWF Undisputed Champion. After Triple H won the Royal Rumble,^[9] McMahon 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, which included her correcting Howard Finkle in his announcing her as Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley to simply Stephanie McMahon. Though Angle won thanks to McMahon's somewhat suspect officiating,^[10] Triple H defeated him the next night to regain his title shot.^[11] McMahon then aligned herself with current champion and former enemy, Chris Jericho.^[12] Despite McMahon'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.^[13] On the March 25 episode of RAW, Jericho and McMahon lost to Triple H in a Triple Threat match for the Undisputed Championship, with the stipulation that, if McMahon was pinned, she would be forced to leave the WWF.^[14]

World Wrestling Entertainment

General Manager of SmackDown!

On July 18, 2002, McMahon returned to the WWF (renamed WWE following a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund) as the general manager of SmackDown!.^[15] She acquired talents such as The Undertaker, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Brock Lesnar, Matt Hardy, and Crash Holly from the RAW brand, but in return lost Triple H, Chris Jericho, Christian, Lance Storm, Test, Stacy Keibler, Rico, The Hurricane, Randy Orton, Batista, and Al Snow.^[16] She feuded with RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff throughout 2002, though the enemies inexplicably shared a kiss at a Halloween party in which McMahon was dressed as a witch and Bischoff was disguised as her father underneath a mask.^[17] McMahon 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.

McMahon 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. McMahon 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?"

McMahon was ousted from her position after a long feud with her father, Vince McMahon. Though he originally had been the one to appoint his daughter 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. McMahon wanted him to fire her but Vince wanted her to "respectfully resign". When McMahon refused, Vince put her in a series of matches with such superstars as A-Train and Brock Lesnar which led up to the first ever "Father Daughter I Quit match" at No Mercy 2003. McMahon was accompanied by her mother, the CEO of WWE Linda McMahon and Sable accompanied Vince McMahon in their match. Throughout the match Linda and Stephanie exchanged slaps with Sable when she tried to interfere. She did not say "I Quit", but lost when Linda, at ringside threw in a towel on her behalf because Vince would not release a choke he had on her with a lead pipe. After the match, Vince put his hand over Linda's face and shoved her to the canvas when she tried to check on her daughter. Paul Heyman succeeded McMahon as the new SmackDown! General Manager.

On March 13, 2004, McMahon 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.

Returns

McMahon returned to WWE TV (as a blonde) 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; she 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 canceled 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.

McMahon 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". Later on in the program, she and her "ex" Triple-H had a stare-down backstage. This was the first time the two had been seen together on television since 2003.

A visibly pregnant 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, McMahon pulled out an unmarked substance out of her brassiere and poured it into his bottle of water. This caused him to become groggy during his match against Shane later in the night, which he lost as a result. McMahon 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.

McMahon returned at WrestleMania 23 (now a brunette again) backstage, visiting her father before his Battle of the Billionaires match. She brought her "daughter" with her to wish him good luck. On June 18 edition of RAW, McMahon addressed the fans about her father, Vince McMahon’s "death". She also announced that the following episode of RAW would constitute a three-hour tribute to Vince McMahon (the tribute was canceled in lieu of a tribute to Chris Benoit, due to the then-unknown murder-suicide). When her father returned to RAW on the 3rd of August, he accused his daughter of faking sympathy for his death as well as checking his last will and testament. The following week, out of retaliation for her father's words, Stephanie publicly revealed that the illegitimate child of her father was among the WWE roster.

On the taped edition of RAW that aired September 3, 2007, Stephanie, along with her mother Linda and her brother Shane, made appearances to confront Mr. McMahon about his bastard child. Vince called her a "hell cat" and said that even though her and Vince have had their differences, they have had some tender times together. He then played a video of what he claimed highlited his loving relationship with Stephanie. The clip was actually footage of Vince and Stephanie's "I Quit Match" from "No Mercy" back in 2003. Stephanie told Vince that no matter what footage he played, she loved him but he was sick and needed help. She then said that if he didn't get help then Vince should step down as Chairman of WWE. The family then said that they were behind Vince not against him but he needed to change and seek mental help. On Raw's 15 Year Anniversary episode, she appeared along with Shane McMahon, in a segment which involved her father Vince and Hornswoggle, which ended with her kissing her real life husband Triple H, to humiliate her father.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Billion Dollar Slap (High Impact Slap)
  • Low blow
  • Hair-pull snapmare
  • DDT
  • Rolling neck snap
  • Clothesline
  • Spear
  • Monkey flip
  • Snap suplex

• Wrestlers managed by McMahon
  • Test
  • Shane McMahon
  • Vince McMahon
  • Triple H
  • Kurt Angle
  • Rhyno
  • Chris Jericho
  • Rob Van Dam

• Nicknames
  • The Billion Dollar Princess
  • Mrs. Game
  • Daddy's Little Girl

• Entrance themes
  • Beginning with her storyline marriage to Triple H, she used "My Time" when walking to the ring. After Triple H received a new theme, "My Time" became exclusive to Stephanie, which was slightly modified by removing the intro.
  • During the The WCW/ECW Invasion, she used both the ECW theme music, as well as "Bodies" by Drowning Pool.
  • Her current entrance theme is "All Grown Up" by Jacki-O. She has used her theme since her introduction as General Manager of SmackDown! in the summer of 2002.

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Woman of the Year (2000).^[18]
  • PWI Feud of the Year, versus Eric Bischoff (2002)^[19]
• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Women's Championship (1 time)^[20]
  • SmackDown! General Manager
  • Winner of the "Shut up and Kiss Me" Award at the RAW X Anniversary show (w/her husband Triple H)

Backstage roles

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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 WWF career as an Account Executive for the WWE sales office in New York.^[2][3] In November 2000, she became one of the individuals chiefly responsible for the creative direction taken by the television programming replacing Chris Kreski, and was named Vice President of Creative Writing in July 2003. She was promoted to Senior Vice President of Creative Writing in 2006.^[2] 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!, ECW, and pay-per-view events. According to a WWE SEC filing in April 2007, McMahon's approximate salary in 2006 was $353,000.^[2][21] McMahon was promoted to Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing in 2007.^[3] McMahon is also responsible for overseeing WWE.com.

Criticisms

The efforts of the creative team have often been criticized. McMahon has been accused of favouring 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 controversial subjects. She has also been said to have butted heads with Paul Heyman on several occasions. She did, however, turn down a potential incest angle, as revealed on the McMahon DVD. (According to her, Vince was to reveal himself as the father of her baby; when she said no, he pushed for Shane to be the father, but she turned that idea down as well.)

She has also been accused of having initiated the firing of Joanie Laurer (Chyna, who left the WWF in 2001).^[22] Laurer, who was romantically involved with Triple H for several years, claimed her departure was not due to pay, but because McMahon wanted her out of the company.^[22] Laurer claimed that during her relationship with Triple H, McMahon had an affair with him and stole him away from her.^[22]

In the course of the September 13, 2001 episode of SmackDown!, McMahon commented on the September 11, 2001 attacks, comparing them to the indictment of her father for the distribution of anabolic steroids in 1994.^[23]

Personal life

McMahon is a graduate of Greenwich High School and Boston University, as is her brother Shane McMahon. She holds a degree in Communications.

By her own admission (on an August 2001 episode of the Opie and Anthony Show), McMahon got breast implants in July 2001, shortly before she became the on-screen owner of ECW. McMahon also stated that her bra size was a D cup.^[24] Chris Jericho and The Rock brought this fact to light on the August 13, 2001 edition of RAW, showing before-and-after pictures and taunting her. In an October 2001 interview for the WWF's official website, her mother Linda McMahon would also comment on her daughter's enhancement. Linda said, "My first concerns are always with health issues. Stephanie had thoroughly investigated the procedure, and she had answers to all the questions that I asked, and so I felt comfortable that if that was something that she wanted to do, then she should proceed, and she had my full support."^[25] During her October 2002 appearance on The Howard Stern Show, McMahon stated that she got the augmentation because, in her opinion, her breasts looked like "two melted packets of butter." During the same interview, McMahon stated that she was contemplating getting an even larger set of implants (by one cup size) because she had recently lost weight at the time, thereby making them smaller.^[26]

She is an aunt to Shane's sons: Declan James and Kenyon Jesse. Her sister-in-law is Marissa Mazzola-McMahon. She is also an aunt to Triple H's sister's two children, Peter and Nayssa, by marriage.

On January 8, 2006, WWE announced that McMahon and Triple H were expecting their first child, due on July 27, 2006.^[27] The public announcement contradicted WWE storylines, in which McMahon's and Triple H's marriage ended in 2002. McMahon 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.^[28] The birth was announced live on RAW by Todd Grisham.

McMahon's godfather is Pat Patterson.

McMahon is currently expecting her second child with Triple H due in July 2008.^[29]

Other media

McMahon has appeared on the The Howard Stern Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Opie and Anthony Show, and The Weakest Link. On August 14, 2005, McMahon (with her name misspelled as "Stephani"), along with fellow Diva Stacy Keibler (misspelled as "Stacey") appeared on the season five finale of MTV's Punk'd, where she assisted the prank played on Triple H.

References

External links

• Stephanie McMahon-Levesque at the Internet Movie Database
• Stephanie McMahon's Biography on WWECorporate.com

McMahon wrestling family v • d • e
Jess | Vincent J. | Vincent K. | Linda | Shane | Marissa | Stephanie | Paul "Triple H" Levesque

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NAME	McMahon-Levesque, Stephanie Marie
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DATE OF BIRTH	1976-9-24
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hartford, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH
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