#3 Trish Stratus and Stephanie McMahon
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Stephanie McMahon, despite her lack of talent inside the ring, has been involved with numerous high-profile angles over the years, owing mainly to the fact that her father likes to write himself and his family into storylines. One noticeable storyline involved the legendary Trish Stratus, during her time as Vince’s on-screen love interest.
Stephanie became angry at her father’s infidelity, continuously trying to break up the pair and attack Stratus as a way to exact revenge. This was typical WWE Attitude Era television, with the upset daughter somehow playing a heel role despite her father disrespecting her mother so publically. Stephanie and Trish’s rivalry almost came to physical blows a few times, but the WWE creative team always found ways to prevent the match from happening, perhaps as a way to hide Stephanie’s limited in-ring skills.
The feud turned ugly later on when it transpired that Stephanie and Vince were actually working together, and Trish was double crossed in their tag match on RAW. Vince then spent the next few weeks making Trish's life hell, making her strip and bark like a dog in the middle of the ring, and Stephanie pouring sewage over her.
Despite the uncomfortable lengths that this feud went to, having the number one women’s wrestler in the company face to face with the boss’s daughter was actually a great way to showcase the women’s division in WWE. They were not blessed with a deep roster, and it was clear the writers were not interested in coming up with feuds for them anyway. At least Stratus and Stephanie kept the women partially relevant in a time that was dominated by the male performers.
