Stephanie McMahon shares heartfelt message following rare appearance outside WWE

Stephanie McMahon took to social media to send a heartfelt message after making a rare appearance outside WWE over the weekend. McMahon is married to WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H in real life.

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon attended UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York this past Saturday night. She took to her Instagram account after the event and thanked UFC president Dana White in a heartfelt message. McMahon noted that the show was incredible and shared an image with Triple H while in the crowd at UFC 309.

"Thank you @danawhite @ufc for taking such great care of @tripleh and I last night at #UFC309! Congratulations @Jonnybones @charlesdobronxs @viviaraujomma ujomma @nobickal1 @ruffy_mma and all the fighters who competed last night @thegarden It was incredible," she wrote.

Check out her post below:

World Wrestling Entertainment and Ultimate Fighting Championship officially merged last year to form TKO Group Holdings. UFC star Alex Pereira attended WWE SmackDown earlier this month and traded merchandise with Roman Reigns.

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WWE legend comments on Stephanie McMahon potentially changing her name

Hall of Famer Teddy Long recently claimed that Stephanie McMahon changing her name would be unnecessary.

Vince McMahon resigned from the company earlier this year after allegations against him by former WWE employee Janel Grant were made public. Speaking on Sportskeeda's The Wrestling Time Machine podcast, Long was asked if he thought McMahon should change her name.

The legend noted that Vince McMahon's controversy had nothing to do with her and that Stephanie McMahon had nothing to worry about and definitely didn't have to think of changing her last name.

"If she used her name, I wouldn't let these people worry me. She ain't got nothing to do with that, that situation is with her dad and other people. She is not involved in that, so why change her name because of something that somebody else done. She has nothing to do with that and I wouldn't change my name," he said [2:09 onwards]

You can check out Long's comments in the video below:

Stephanie McMahon has previously served as an authority figure in the company but departed the promotion last year. And although she has made fleeting appearances in WWE since her departure, it will be interesting to see if the 48-year-old ever returns to the company in an official capacity again.