Other Names Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, The Billion-Dollar Princess, "Daddy’s Little Girl"
Date of Birth September 24, 1976
Weight:
135 lb
Height: 5 ft 9
Signature Move Slap
Federations WWF/WWE (World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment)
Titles Held WWF Women’s (1), ECW Owner (Story Line Only, 2001), Leader Of The WCW/ECW Alliance (2001), SD! General Manager (2002-2003), Raw General Manager (2008-Present), WWE Director Of Television Writing (2002), WWE Senior Vice-President Of Creative Writing (2006), WWE Executive Vice-President Of Talent, Creative Writing & Live Events (2008-Present)
Short Bio
Stephanie McMahon was born into wrestling. Not only that, she was born into the biggest and most powerful wrestling company in the world. As Stephanie grew, so did her father’s company, The World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
During Stephanie’s childhood, the WWF become an international phenomenon. Vince McMahon’s idea of turning wrestling into "Sports Entertainment" (with all-American hero, Hulk Hogan at the forefront) was paying off dividends and giving his company some incredible mainstream exposure.
When Stephanie (now 21) graduated from Boston University in the summer of 1998 with a degree in business studies, it appeared as if the youngest member of the McMahon family would not be pursuing wrestling as a career option. At least that’s what her mother Linda had hoped.
But Stephanie wanted to get involved with the company that she grew up around. However, she didn’t get any "special treatment" for being the boss’s daughter. Steph had to work from the bottom and earn her place as a member of the advertising sales team.
By the end of 1998 (a year in which the WWF reached new record-breaking heights with it’s "Attitude" campaign), Shane McMahon was an on-screen character, standing up against (and later joining forces with) his own father, Vince (who, by now, had openly admitted to being the WWF Chairman).
Stephanie liked what she saw and decided to get more directly involved with the product as well. Her TV debut occurred during a brief segment on the November 30 Raw, where she was approached backstage by Steve Austin, who was trying to track down The Undertaker.
After being "kidnapped" by The Undertaker in the horror-flick-inspired "Ministry Of Darkness" angle in April 1999, Stephanie got involved in a love story with Corporation reject, Test. But this being wrestling, it was far from a fairytale romance.
Shane McMahon disapproved of his sister’s relationship and challenged Test to a "Love Her Or Leave Her" Street Fight at Summerslam 99’. Following a brutal and surprisingly enjoyable (considering Shane was a non-worker) bout. Test got the duke, which meant the relationship was still on.
The couple was then set to marry, until Stephanie got amnesia after being hit in the head by a flying waste bin at the UK PPV, Rebellion (the late British Bulldog had thrown it, after being denied a WWF Title shot). The wedding was rescheduled for November 29, but then HHH interrupted the ceremony and announced that he had married Stephanie in a drive through chapel in Las Vegas (some were disgusted by the implication that "The Game" had "date-raped" Stephanie, although it later emerged that she had been in on the plan all along).
At Armageddon in December 1999, Stephanie turned on her father Vince and revealed that she’d been "in" on the whole "fake wedding" to HHH all along. She shed her sickly-sweet "charming daughter" routine and became a heat garnering "bitch from hell" who was driven by power and money.
For the next year, "The McMahon Helmsley Era" dominated proceedings (Steph even captured the Women’s Championship, though she rarely defended it) and portrayed HHH and Steph as the ultimate "power couple".
At No Way Out in February 2001, Stephanie & Trish Stratus had a shockingly entertaining arena-wide scrap, based around the story line that Trish had become Vince’s "bit on the side" and Steph strongly disapproved.
Stephanie & HHH remained at the forefront of WWF TV, until "The Game" suffered a devastating quadriceps injury in May. Steph made a shocking return on the July 9 Raw, Stephanie returned as the new owner of ECW (the return of ECW gave the bungled "Invasion" angle the shot in the arm that it needed, although problems soon arose when it emerged that the WWF hadn’t actually bought the rights to ECW, and so were forced to change the WCW/ECW faction to "The Alliance").
Steph remained "ECW Owner" and "Alliance Leader" (and participated in one of the most rip-roaringly hilarious angles of the year, "Austin Appreciation Night" on Raw), until the mighty WWF drove "The Alliance" out of business at Survivor Series.
Stephanie soon returned to TV, but her on-screen marriage to HHH was crumbling. They soon embarked on a story line divorce, which while entertaining, unfortunately came at the expense of Chris Jericho and his Undisputed Championship reign.
After becoming the Undisputed Champion, HHH forced Stephanie to take another little (although it was alleged to be "forever") break after beating her and Jericho in a handicap match.
Three months later, Vince McMahon appointed Stephanie as the GM of SD! (in a much bigger story, he had also appointed former WCW Vice President, Eric Bischoff as the GM of Raw).
Away from the ring, Stephanie married HHH (for real) and has since continued to work behind the scenes under various titles (she’s now Executive Vice-President Of Talent, Creative Writing & Live Events) . Of course, with this comes resentment from co workers, especially when Stephanie has the authority to end other story lines that don’t affect her or her husband, and has chosen to do so on occasion (i.e. Steven Richards’ "Stevie Night Heat" gimmick; Stephanie wasn’t even aware of it at first).
Stephanie is currently serving as the Raw GM and has recently been involved in the Randy Orton/HHH feud on TV (with WWE openly admitting that Steph and "The Game" are man and wife).
With HHH, Stephanie has two young children (Aurora Rose and Murphy Claire Levesque) and it appears that the "power couple" are destined to take over the reigns of WWE after Vince and Linda McMahon.
