Stephanie McMahon has become one of the most powerful and important people in the wrestling industry. The daughter of Vince McMahon joined the company during the Attitude Era as an on-screen character with the rest of the McMahon family. Stephanie showed a desire to join the creative side and become one of the people in charge of the creative team in the early 2000s.
We will look at some of the myths to form about Stephanie throughout the years. Fans get misconceptions shared on their social media feed that can be easily believed, but many have proven to be untrue. Various reports and stories have exposed them. Find out just which stories and rumors on the internet provide little facts. These are ten myths about Stephanie McMahon that are just not true.
10 Heat With Paul Heyman
The working relationship between Stephanie McMahon and Paul Heyman has seen many ups and downs throughout the years. Things grew hostile during the era of Heyman running the Smackdown creative team and later running the new ECW rebranding show.
Stephanie reportedly clashed with Heyman for a long time leading to his eventual exit from WWE in 2006. Even if the heat was strong at one point, the two are on good terms today. Stephanie revealed on a DVD about Heyman that he reached out to her after the passing of Mae Young leading to their friendship forming.
9 She Always Wanted To Join WWE
The dream of joining WWE wasn’t always the path of Stephanie McMahon. WWE productions have stated that Shane always had the desire of entering the family business, but Stephanie wanted to chase her own path in college.
The debut of Stephanie as a character came after her college years ended and she agreed to try something new. Stephanie started to fall in love with working in the wrestling world and eventually surpassed her brother in the pecking order.
8 Was Always A Natural Actress
Stephanie McMahon has thrived as a tremendous heel character for two decades with great acting skills. The portrayal of her character is as good as a traditional actor playing a villain in a television series. This wasn’t always a skill Stephanie possessed when starting in wrestling.
WWE started Stephanie off in the face role and it was a horrible sit. Many of the segments showing her relationship with Test or expressing fear of The Undertaker would feature some of the worst acting in WWE. Stephanie started to improve when turning heel as the love interest of Triple H.
7 Randy Savage Rumors
One of the most controversial wrestling myths features online chatter about a potential past romance between Randy Savage and Stephanie McMahon. Savage was banned from WWE for an undisclosed reason. The rumor circulated that Savage had a relationship with Stephanie that made him an enemy of Vince.
Randy’s brother Lanny Poffo has stated on multiple occasions that there is no truth to that story. No one in the wrestling world with any credibility had ever vouched for it. The story was so juicy that it just picked up steam to become an urban legend with zero facts behind it.
6 Disliked Backstage
The belief from many fans is that wrestlers all hate working for WWE and having to deal with people like Stephanie McMahon. There are many stories about talents clashing with Vince McMahon, but few have ever had anything negative to say about the management style of Stephanie and Triple H.
Quite a few wrestlers have gone out of their way to praise Stephanie in interviews. Most of the female wrestlers like Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Paige and Sasha Banks have had positive words to share about Stephanie being helpful and great to work with.
5 Blocked Vince Russo From Joining WWE
Vince Russo is one of the few former successful minds for WWE to never get hired after leaving for WCW. Names like Eric Bischoff, Bruce Prichard and Chris DeJoseph have returned over the past years, but there are never rumors about Russo.
An old story was out there that Russo almost returned to WWE in 2002 until he clashed with Stephanie causing the offer to be removed. The other side of the story was that Vince McMahon was told about some of Russo’s awful ideas during his WCW time and didn’t want that foolishness in WWE.
4 Responsible For Firing Chyna
The love triangle between Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Chyna was one of the most volatile backstage stories in WWE history. WWE opted to no longer negotiate a contract extension with Chyna after Triple H left her to start a relationship with Stephanie.
Triple H and Stephanie have each claimed they never tried to block Chyna from remaining with the company. WWE even reportedly had interest in bringing her back in future years, but the personal animosity on her end prevented the contract talks until things spiraled out of control.
3 Always Followed Vince's Plans
Vince McMahon has always been the one in charge of WWE for almost four decades. Stephanie does offer creative insight and plans, but Vince is the one making or breaking the pitched ideas. There is an assumption that Stephanie says yes to every Vince idea and sucks up to her father.
Stephanie however has revealed she has shut down ideas she felt went too far. One confirmed story from her on a WWE DVD set featured her revealing Vince wanted to run an incest storyline when she was pregnant. Stephanie flat out refused and wanted no part of the gross angle.
2 Hostile Relationship With Shane
The tension between Stephanie and Shane McMahon has been a story since Shane left WWE for a few years back in 2010. It became apparent that Stephanie was going to be Vince’s choice as his successor and Shane left to focus on other plans.
Shane however claimed there was no issues between him and his sister when asked about it on a podcast with Mick Foley. The two even seem to have grown closer following his WWE return with many pictures or videos of them bonding backstage.
1 Hated AJ Lee
Fans assumed the hatred between Stephanie McMahon and AJ Lee was as strong as the issues between their respective husbands Triple H and CM Punk. Lee added extra juice to this story when calling out WWE for sexism on social media after Stephanie praised an equal rights speech from Patricia Arquette.
Stephanie gave a response respecting Lee’s opinion, but AJ left the company shortly after to retire from the industry. A recent interview saw Stephanie reveal she’d love to see CM Punk and AJ both return to the ring if they were interested. Stephanie never tried to hold back Lee during her rise to the top of the women’s division.