Top 5 Stephanie McMahon moments in WWE

#3 Refusing to submit to her father

Stephanie McMahon vs. her father was certainly a unique spectacle.

Years removed from the Attitude Era, Stephanie McMahon took on a different role when she played the general manager of SmackDown as a straightforward face figure. Besides her last name, she came across as a relatively level headed adult, specifically for the WWE Universe, which made her a figure instantly worthy of respect.

Her father disagreed.

In a story about a woman standing up for herself against her boorish, bullying father, Stephanie found herself ultimately cast against her father in an I Quit Match with her job at stake. As discussed in WWE’s McMahon documentary, there was the added subtext that the match happened mere days before Stephanie’s real life wedding.

The match itself was as limited as the performers involved would suggest. Nonetheless, it was fine farewell to this particular iteration of Stephanie’s character as she got choked out but refused to submit, thus both functioning with a degree of realism for Vince winning, while also protecting her never say die character nicely. Stephanie would leave TV for the wedding, honeymoon, and beginnings of her own family for the years to follow before returning at full force.