Stephanie McMahon has had a long journey in the WWE. Starting as Daddy’s Little Girl in the company, she went on to become the Chief Brand Officer that means she is one of the head honchos.
She’s often been used as the face of the company on a global stage. But there was a time when her father Vince McMahon could barely imagine that her daughter would want to join this business of professional wrestling for good.
While speaking to SPORTNET’s Top Of Her Game show alongside Charlotte Flair, Stephanie McMahon revealed her father’s reaction when she finally expressed her desire to be a part of this empire.
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She had a conversation with Vince when she decided to get to the pro wrestling business. After hearing this, McMahon was a bit shocked because he assumed his son Shane would want to be a part of this business instead of his sister.
“It was funny,” Stephanie McMahon recalled. “When I was about 16, he pulled me aside and we were taking a walk. And he said, ‘So, what do you think you want to study? What do you want to do?’ And I was like, ‘Dad, I want to be in the business [of pro wrestling]!’
And he looked at me so shocked because I think he assumed that about my brother, but he didn’t think that about me. And I was like, ‘Dad, why do you think I sat in all of your creative meetings?”
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Vinnie Mac’s reaction was justified back in those days when the professional wrestling industry used to be dominated by the male pro-wrestlers. However, a name like Stephanie McMahon has changed the course, gradually which later gave birth to the Women’s Evolution in WWE.
Stephanie McMahon posed for old school WWF Magazine catalogs as a model during her teenage as seen in the included pictures. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston University and thereafter joined her father’s company as.
She’s had been posted on different backstage roles before getting brought on TV. Since then, the Billion Dollar Princess has always maintained a prominent position in the company.
At first, WWE used Stephanie McMahon in different valet characters on TV who for once ended up becoming the WWF Women’s Champion by beating Jacquline. After getting married to Triple H, she was promoted to become the SmackDown general manager. Except for maternity leaves in the WWE, she’s maintained that leadership role for her on-screen character.