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Painting of Stéphanie Anne Donnell de Beauharnais by François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard (1806)

Stephanie or Stefanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown".^[1] The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the Italian, Czech, German, Polish, and Russian "Stefania" ^[2], the Portuguese Estefânia, and the Spanish Estefanía. The form Stéphanie is from the French language, but Stephanie is now widely used both in English- and Spanish-speaking cultures. Stephanie - (Greek) "Crowned one" Also, Stephania, Etienette, Stefa, Stefania, Stefanie, Stefanina, Steffie, Stepania, Stepanie, Stephana, Stevena, Teena, and Tiennette.^[3]

Given names[link]

Royalty[link]

• Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789–1860), French consort of Karl Ludwig Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden
• Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (Stéphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) (1864–1945), wife of Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the Austrian imperial throne, daughter of King Léopold II of Belgium
• Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1837-1859), Consort queen of Portugal, married to King Pedro V
• Stephanie of Milly (died 1197), lady of Oultrejordain and an influential figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• Princess Stephanie of Windisch-Graetz (1909-2005), Austrian artist, daughter of Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, daughter of Crown Prince Rudolf
• Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (born 1965), youngest child of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco
• Princess Stephanie, the daughter of a chief in the Yasawa Group archipelago in Fiji

Others[link]

• Stephanie (born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Saint Stephanie, virgin and martyr in Amalfi, Italy, honored on September 18
• Stephanie Abrams, on-camera meteorologist on The Weather Channel
• Stephanie Arnold, American athlete
• Stephanie Beacham (born 1947), British actress
• Stephanie Beard, a.k.a. Sugar and Suga BayBee (born 1980), Canadian actress, voice actress and television and radio personality
• Stephanie Bellars, a.k.a. Gorgeous George and George Frankenstein (born 1976), American professional wrestling valet
• Stephanie Berto (born 1953), Canadian track and field athlete
• Stephanie Bendixsen (born 31 March, 1985), Australian television presenter and video game reviewer
• Stephanie Birkitt, assistant to David Letterman on The Late Show with David Letterman
• Stephanie J. Block, American actress and singer
• Stephanie Cheng (born 1984), singer and starlet in Hong Kong
• Stephanie Cole (born 1941), British actress
• Stephanie Dosen, American singer
• Stephanie Fearon (born 1989), British singer and actress
• Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830), French writer and educator
• Stephanie Finochio, a.k.a. Trinity (born 1971), American stuntwoman and professional wrestling valet
• Stephanie Forrester, British triathlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Stefani Germanotta, a.k.a. Lady Gaga, American recording artist
• Stefanie Maria “Steffi” Graf (born 1969), German tennis player, former World No. 1 woman tennis player
• Stephanie Graf, former Austrian middle distance athlete, competed in the 2000 Olympics
• Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (born 1970), American lawyer and politician, U.S. representative from South Dakota
• Stephanie Horner (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
• Stephanie Hwang, a.k.a. Tiffany (born 1989), Korean-American singer, a member of Korean pop group Girls' Generation
• Stephanie Jaramillo (born 1982), American professional boxer (retired)
• Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008), American politician, representative from Ohio
• Stephanie Kim (born 1987), Korean singer, a member of The Grace
• Stephanie Kwolek (born 1923), Polish-American chemist and the inventor of Kevlar
• Stéphanie Lapointe (born 1984), Quebec singer and actress
• Stephanie Laurens, romance author
• Stefanie Lawton (née Stefanie Miller), Canadian curler from Saskatchewan
• Stephanie Luzie, German gothic metal singer
• Stephanie March (born 1974), American actress
• Stephanie Pace Marshall, American educator and founder of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
• Stephenie Meyer, American author of the Twilight series
• Stephanie McIntosh (born 1985), Australian actress
• Stephanie McMahon (born 1976), daughter of World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman Vince McMahon, former in-ring performer
• Stephanie McMichael (born 1989), Big Brother 2008 contestant
• Stephanie Miller (born 1961), American actress and radio talk show host
• Stephanie Mills (born 1957), American R&B and soul singer and former Broadway star
• Stefani Morgan
• Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, American psychotherapist and author
• Stephanie Nicks, also known as Stevie Nicks (born 1948), American singer and songwriter member of Fleetwood Mac
• Stephanie Pakrul, a.k.a. StephTheGeek (born 1982), American blogger
• Stephanie Pohl (born 1978), German beach volleyball player
• Stefanie Powers (born 1942), American actress
• Stefanie Paula Newman Rabinowitz (1967-1997), American attorney, whose high-profile uxoricide is the subject of the Scorned: Love Kills episode on Investigation Discovery, titled "The Salesman and the Stripper" (January 27, 2012)
• Stephanie Rice (born 1988), Australian swimmeran
• Stefanie Ridel, American singer with the band Wild Orchid
• Stephanie Romanov (born 1969), model and actress
• Stefanie Scott (born 1996), American actress
• Stephanie Seymour, supermodel
• Stephanie Sheh, (born 1977 Stephanie Ru-Phan Sheh) American voice actor
• Stephanie Storp (born 1968), German shot putter
• Stefanie Sun (born 1978), Singaporean popular singer
• Stephanie Wilson, (born 1966), American astronaut
• Stephanie Zimbalist (born 1956), American actress, daughter of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

Fictional persons[link]

• Stephanie (LazyTown), a fictional character in the children's TV show LazyTown
• Stephanie Brown, a.k.a. Spoiler (comics character), costumed hero in DC Comics, part of the Batman Family
• Stephanie Crawford from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Stephanie Douglas Forrester, character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Stephanie "Steffy" Forrester, character on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Stephanie Johnson, from the American soap opera Days of our Lives
• Stephanie 'Stevie' Lake from Australian-Canadian children's show The Saddle Club
• Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter and title character from the Janet Evanovich series
• Stephanie Powell of the U.S. TV series No Ordinary Family
• Stephanie Scully from Australian TV drama Neighbours
• Stephanie Speck from the movie Short Circuit
• Stephanie Tanner, character on the U.S. TV series Full House
• Stephanie Vandergosh of Better Luck Tomorrow
• Stephanie Vanderkellen from the U.S. TV series Newhart
• Stephanie Zinone (played by Michelle Pfeiffer), the leading female character in the American movie, Grease 2

See also[link]

• Stefania

References[link]

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Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie McMahon
Ring name(s)	Stephanie McMahon[1] Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley[1]
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight	135 lb (61 kg)[1]
Born	(1976-09-24) September 24, 1976 (age 35)[2] Hartford, Connecticut
Resides	Greenwich, Connecticut
Billed from	Greenwich, Connecticut[3]
Debut	September 20, 1999

Stephanie McMahon Levesque^{[4] [5]} (née Stephanie Marie McMahon; born September 24, 1976)^[1] better known by her maiden name Stephanie McMahon, is an American corporate executive who is currently the Executive Vice President, Creative, for World Wrestling Entertainment,^[5][6]. She is also a former professional wrestling valet and occasional wrestler. She is the daughter of WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon, the younger sister of Shane McMahon, and wife of WWE wrestler and executive Paul "Triple H" Levesque.

McMahon began appearing regularly on WWE in 1999 as a part of a storyline with The Undertaker. After a brief on-screen relationship with Test, she was engaged to Triple H—who she married both on-screen and later in real life—which resulted in the McMahon-Helmsley Faction storyline. She has held the WWF Women's Championship once. In 2001, she was the on-screen owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling during The Invasion. The following year, she was the SmackDown General Manager, but stopped appearing regularly on television after an "I Quit" match with her father Vince. After making part time appearances for several years, she began appearing regularly on Raw in 2008 as the Raw brand General Manager.

Early life[link]

Born on September 24, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut to Linda and Vince McMahon,^[2] Stephanie Marie McMahon appeared at the age of 13 in World Wrestling Federation (WWF) merchandise catalogs, modeling T-shirts and hats.^[7] Later, Stephanie attended Boston University, where she earned a degree in Communications.^[8] After graduating in 1998, she began working for the WWF full time.^[9]

Involvement in storylines[link]

Abduction by the Undertaker; relationship with Test (1999)[link]

In early 1999, at the suggestion of WWF writer Vince Russo,^[10] Stephanie McMahon debuted as the sweet and innocent daughter of Vince McMahon during an on-screen storyline involving Vince and The Undertaker.^[11] The Undertaker stalked and abducted McMahon, culminating in almost marrying her in the middle of the ring before being rescued by Stone Cold Steve Austin.^[12]

McMahon then began an on-screen relationship with wrestler Test, which led to a rivalry between him and her older brother Shane.^[13] After Test defeated Shane at SummerSlam in a "Love Her Or Leave Her Match",^[14] Stephanie and Test went on to team together in a match on September 20, 1999, with the couple defeating Jeff Jarrett and Debra.^[15] The couple were eventually engaged, but during the in-ring ceremony, Triple H showed a video which revealed that he had drugged McMahon and taken her to Las Vegas, Nevada where they were married in a drive-through ceremony.^[16][17] McMahon seemed to abhor Triple H at first, but eventually revealed that she had sided with him and that the wedding was real—a revenge plot against her father for the aforementioned kidnappings, thus turning her character into a villain.^[17][18]

McMahon-Helmsley era (2000–2001)[link]

McMahon as WWF Women's Champion at King of the Ring in 2000.

In 2000, with Vince McMahon absent as a result of injuries inflicted upon him by Triple H at the Armageddon event in 1999, Triple H and McMahon became the on-screen owners of the WWF, a period known as the "McMahon-Helmsley Era" and dominated by the McMahon-Helmsley Faction.^[19] Triple H held the WWF Championship and McMahon held the WWF Women's Championship after defeating champion Jacqueline with the help of Tori and D-Generation X on the March 28 edition of SmackDown!^[20] McMahon reconciled with her father and brother at WrestleMania 2000 when they helped Triple H defend his title against The Rock, leaving Linda McMahon as the only fan-favorite in the McMahon family.^[21] Stephanie lost the WWF's Women's Championship to Lita on Raw on August 21, 2000.^[22]

In late 2000, a love triangle storyline began featuring McMahon, Triple H and Kurt Angle.^[23] The storyline continued at Unforgiven when Triple H defeated Angle with a Pedigree following a low blow from McMahon, proving her loyalty to him.^[24] McMahon later became Angle's manager and was in his corner when he defeated The Rock for the WWF Championship at No Mercy.^[25] The alliance was short lived, however, as after The Rock performed his Rock Bottom maneuver on Stephanie at No Mercy, Triple H attacked Angle, considering it his fault that Stephanie was hurt due to her managing Angle at the time.^[26]

The internal disputes between the McMahons led to Linda McMahon being in a comatose and wheel-chair bound state due to the stress of being asked for a divorce by Vince, who took the opportunity to have a public affair with Trish Stratus.^[27][28] Stephanie briefly feuded with Stratus, defeating her at No Way Out.^[29] Over the next few weeks, Vince made it clear that he favored McMahon over Stratus, allowing McMahon to bully and verbally abuse Stratus.^[28] At WrestleMania X-Seven, Shane McMahon defeated Vince in a street fight.^[28] During the match, Stratus slapped Vince and chased Stephanie from ringside, apparently upset with Vince's constant misogynistic treatment of her.^[27][28]

The Invasion and divorce (2001–2002)[link]

McMahon later revealed that she had purchased Extreme Championship Wrestling and intended to bankrupt the WWF (in reality, the ownership of ECW assets at this time was highly disputed), along with her brother Shane, who had become the on-screen owner of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the two rosters merged to form a "supergroup" known as The Alliance.^[13][30]

Her team "the Alliance" consisting of her brother Shane, former WCW Champion Booker T., Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle and Steve Austin was defeated by "Team WWF" consisting of The Undertaker, Kane, Big Show, Chris Jericho & The Rock at the Survivor Series in a five-on-five, Winner Takes All elimination match.^[31] The night after The Alliance was defeated, Shane and Stephanie were banished from WWF television.^[32] McMahon returned in January 2002 when Triple H made a comeback as a fan-favorite, but the good couple began having problems, as McMahon began acting like a nagging and clingy wife.^[17] As part of the storyline, the couple "divorced" after McMahon claimed to be pregnant in order to trick Triple H into renewing their marital vows.^[33] Triple H later discovered that she was lying through a phone call from Linda McMahon and left her at the altar during the renewal ceremony.^[34] As a result, after Triple H won the Royal Rumble, McMahon appointed herself special guest referee in a match between Kurt Angle and Triple H at No Way Out with Triple H's WrestleMania WWF Undisputed Champion shot on the line.^[34] Though Angle won thanks to McMahon's biased officiating,^[35] Triple H defeated him the next night to regain his title shot.^[36] McMahon then aligned herself with former enemy, Chris Jericho.^[13][36] Despite interference by McMahon, Jericho lost to Triple H at WrestleMania X8 on March 17.^[37] On the March 25 episode of Raw, Jericho and McMahon lost to Triple H in a Triple Threat match for the Undisputed Championship, with the stipulation that, if McMahon was pinned, she would be forced to leave the WWF; In the match, Triple H pinned McMahon.^[38]

General Manager of SmackDown (2002–2003)[link]

On July 18, 2002, McMahon returned to the WWF (renamed WWE following a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund) as the General Manager of SmackDown!.^[39] In contrast to her McMahon-Hemsley era villain character, Stephanie became a fan favorite, as she began to favor fan favorite wrestlers at that time. She feuded with Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff throughout 2002, though the enemies inexplicably shared a kiss at a Halloween party in which McMahon was dressed as a witch and Bischoff was disguised as her father underneath a mask.^[40] McMahon was given credit for the return of the WWE United States Championship and for the creation of the WWE Tag Team Championship.^[41] She was also credited with signing Hulk Hogan back to SmackDown!, which caused friction between herself and her father.^[42]

Meanwhile, Vince McMahon began to resent Stephanie's attempts to stop him from pursuing an affair with Sable.^[43] The feud culminated in the first ever "Father–Daughter 'I Quit' match" at No Mercy.^[44][45] McMahon was accompanied by her mother, the CEO of WWE Linda McMahon, and Sable accompanied Vince McMahon in their match.^[44] Stephanie lost when Linda, at ringside threw in a towel on her behalf because Vince would not release a choke he had on her with a lead pipe.^[44] As a result of losing the match, Stephanie disappeared from WWE television for two years.^[46]

Sporadic appearances (2005–2007)[link]

Stephanie returned as a villain once again in October 2005, she, along with her father and, in a surprise twist, her mother fired Raw announcer Jim Ross.^[47] A visibly pregnant McMahon also returned on the March 6, 2006 episode of Raw, approaching Shawn Michaels backstage and claiming to have abdominal pains.^[48] When Michaels left to get her some water, McMahon pulled out an unmarked substance out of her brassiere and poured it into his bottle of water.^[48] This substance caused him to become groggy during his match against Shane later in the night, which he lost as a result.^[48] McMahon also appeared at the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 1, 2006 and in a backstage vignette with her immediate family at WrestleMania 22.^[49]

McMahon returned during a backstage segment in April 2007 at WrestleMania 23, visiting her father before his "Battle of the Billionaires" match.^[50] After her father returned to Raw after faking his own death,^[51] Stephanie publicly revealed that her father had an illegitimate child, who was among the WWE roster.^[52] On the taped edition of Raw that aired September 3, 2007, Stephanie, along with her mother Linda and her brother Shane, made several appearances to confront Mr. McMahon about the child, who was later revealed to be Hornswoggle, turning into a fan favourite.^[53] On Raw's 15 Year Anniversary episode, she appeared along with Shane in a segment—also involving her father Vince and Hornswoggle—which ended with her kissing her real life husband Triple H, to humiliate her father.^[54]

General Manager of Raw (2008–2009)[link]

After the scripted severe injuries sustained by Vince on the June 23 3-hour edition of Raw, Shane appeared requesting for the Raw Superstars to stand together during what was a 'turbulent time'.^[55][56] Shane's plea was ignored, and subsequently, for the next two weeks, Stephanie and Shane urged the superstars to show solidarity.^[57][58] The following week, Shane announced Mike Adamle as their choice to be the new Raw General Manager.^[59]

After Adamle stepped down as General Manager, Stephanie soon became in charge of the brand and (reignited her feud) and had altercations with Chris Jericho in the following weeks, which involved her firing him (although he was later reinstated).^[60] After her father Vince returned, the family began a feud with Randy Orton, who began the storyline by punting Vince in the head.^[61] After a few weeks of feuding, Orton and his alliance, The Legacy, punted Shane in the head and performed an RKO on Stephanie.^[62] Following the attack, he was chased out of the ring by Triple H, who is her real-life husband.^[62] The rivalry between Orton and The Legacy against Triple H and the McMahons continued at WrestleMania XXV, where Triple H defended the WWE Championship against Orton.^[63] The following month, Orton won the championship at Backlash.^[64] After Backlash Stephanie left Raw and took a hiatus from WWE television.

Return to television (2010–Present)[link]

Stephanie made a surprise appearance on the November 1 episode of Monday Night Raw. During her segment, Vince McMahon awoke from a coma after his doctor, played by actor and one-time WWE employee Freddie Prinze Jr., informed him that his wife Linda had invested millions in her campaign as she runs for senate. Vince's heart rate elevated more and more as Prinze informed him on what was "wrong" with WWE since he went into a coma. After beginning to feel better, Vince realizes that he has a serious case of "the runs", in which he gets out of bed and walks to the bathroom, in which he is covered in campaign signs, that block his backside. Stephanie suddenly wakes up from her dream and asks her husband, Triple H, if Vince was still in a coma, in which Triple H replies that Vince and the doctors believed that he was brain dead; Stephanie responds by saying "thank God," and then lays back down. Triple H in this segment only did voice work as he was never actually seen in the segment.

Stephanie made an appearance as a guest speaker at the WrestleMania XXVII Press Conference. Several months later, she appeared in a backstage segment at SummerSlam to wish CM Punk luck in his match. Upon offering to shake his hand, Punk declined with the insult, "I would, but... I know where that hand's been." The following night on Raw, Stephanie appeared backstage with CM Punk and with a sadistic glare threatened, "...in the end, people get what they deserve."

Backstage roles[link]

McMahon began her WWE career as an Account Executive for the WWE sales office in New York.^[5][6] In her early years with the company, she did reception work, creative design, television production, and acted as a ring performer.^[65] After spending time as the Director of Creative Writing, a job she had by 2002,^[65] she was promoted to Senior Vice President of Creative Writing in 2006.^[5] According to a WWE SEC filing in March 2008, McMahon's approximate salary in 2007 was $677,125.^[5][66]

McMahon was promoted to Executive Vice President of Creative in 2007. She is responsible for overseeing the creative process for all television and pay-per-view programming. Stephanie also oversees all aspects of talent management and branding as well as live event booking and marketing.^[67]

Personal life[link]

McMahon got breast implants in July 2001.^[68] In an October 2001 interview, her mother Linda commented on her daughter's enhancement, saying, "My first concerns are always with health issues. Stephanie had thoroughly investigated the procedure, and she had answers to all the questions that I asked, and so I felt comfortable that if that was something that she wanted to do, then she should proceed, and she had my full support."^[69] During her October 2002 appearance on The Howard Stern Show, McMahon stated that she was contemplating getting an even larger set of implants because she had recently lost weight at the time, thereby making them smaller.^[70]

She has also been accused of having initiated the firing of Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, who left the WWE in 2001.^[71] Laurer, who was romantically involved with Paul "Triple H" Levesque for several years, claimed her departure was not due to pay, but because McMahon wanted her out of the company.^[71] Laurer claimed that during her relationship with Triple H, McMahon had an affair with him and stole him away from her.^[71] McMahon and Levesque began dating in 2000 during their scripted romance, and they were engaged on Valentine's Day in 2003.^[72] In a radio interview with Opie and Anthony in 2004, Triple H claimed that he began dating Stephanie after being apart from Chyna for some time.^[73] The couple were married on October 25, 2003.^[74] After their marriage, Stephanie took her husband's surname and legally changed her middle name to 'McMahon'.^[75]

She and Levesque have three daughters together.^[76] On January 8, 2006, WWE announced that McMahon and Levesque were expecting their first child, due on July 27, 2006.^[77] McMahon continued to work and travel with WWE throughout her pregnancy, giving birth to an 8 lb, 7 oz (3.8 kg) baby girl, Aurora Rose Levesque, on July 24, 2006.^[78] The couple had their second child, a daughter named Murphy Claire Levesque, on July 28, 2008,^[79] and welcomed their third daughter, Vaughn Evelyn Levesque, on August 24, 2010.^[80]

Other media[link]

McMahon has appeared on The Howard Stern Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Opie and Anthony. In November 2001, McMahon appeared on a special episode of The Weakest Link where WWF personalities competed against each other for their respective charities. She made it to the final two but lost to Triple H.^[81] On August 14, 2005, McMahon (with her name misspelled as "Stephani"), along with Stacy Keibler (misspelled as "Stacey"), appeared on the season five finale of MTV's Punk'd, where she assisted the prank played on Triple H.^[82] On March 28, 2009 McMahon appeared alongside her mother on BNN's The Market Morning Show. McMahon as well has made several appearances on various ESPN shows. On November 11, 2009 McMahon appeared on an episode of Dinner: Impossible alongside the WWE wrestler Big Show.

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves:
  • DDT
  • Pedigree
• Signature moves:
  • Billion Dollar Slap
  • Monkey Flip
  • Clothesline
  • Spear
• Wrestlers managed
  • Test
  • Shane McMahon
  • Vince McMahon
  • Triple H
  • Kurt Angle^[25]
  • Mr. America^[42]
  • Zach Gowen^[45]
  • Rhyno
  • Chris Jericho^[13]
  • Rob Van Dam
  • Booker T
  • Bradshaw

• Nicknames
  • "The Billion Dollar Princess"^[65]
  • "The Billionaire Princess"^[3]
  • "Daddy's Little Girl"

• Entrance themes
  • "My Time" by DX Band (2000-2002)
  • "Bodies" by Drowning Pool (Used during The Invasion)
  • "All Grown Up" by Jacki-O
  • "No Chance in Hell" by Jim Johnston & Peter Bursuker (Used while in McMahon family)
  • "Break it Down" by DX Band (Used while in Degeneration X)

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Woman of the Year (2000)^[83]
  • PWI Feud of the Year (2002) vs Eric Bischoff^[84]

• World Wrestling Federation/WWE
  • WWF Women's Championship (1 time)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Worst Non-Wrestling Personality (2001–2003)

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Guttman, James (2006). World Wrestling Insanity: The Decline and Fall of a Family Empire. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-728-9. 
• Keith, Scott (2006). Wrestling's Made Men: Breaking the WWE's Glass Ceiling. Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-2771-4. 
• Keith, Scott (2004). Wrestling's One Ring Circus: The Death of the World Wrestling Federation. Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-2619-X. 
• Oppliger, Patrice A. (2004). Wrestling and Hypermasculinity. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-1692-0. 
• Peterson Kaelberer, Angie (2003). The McMahons: Vince McMahon and Family. Capstone Press. ISBN 0-7368-2143-0. 

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Stephanie McMahon

Professional wrestling portal

• Stephanie McMahon-Levesque at the Internet Movie Database
• Stephanie McMahon at WWECorporate.com
• Stephanie McMahon's WWE alumni profile at WWE.com

Trish Stratus
Ring name(s)	Trish Stratus
Billed height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1][2]
Billed weight	125 lb (57 kg)[1]
Born	(1975-12-18) December 18, 1975 (age 36) Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Resides	Toronto, Ontario[3]
Billed from	Toronto, Ontario[2][4]
Trained by	Ron Hutchinson Dave Finlay[5][6]
Debut	March 19, 2000[7]

Patricia Anne Stratigias ( /strætɨˈdʒiːəs/; born December 18, 1975), better known by her ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler, actress and television personality currently signed with WWE.^[8] She is also a former fitness model.

After beginning her career as a fitness model, Stratus began working for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Early in her career, she was involved in sexually themed storylines, such as managing the team T & A and an affair with Vince McMahon. As Stratus spent more time in the ring, her wrestling skills and popularity strengthened. Because of this, she was a one-time WWE Hardcore Champion, three-time "WWE Babe of the Year" and was proclaimed "Diva of the Decade".^[9][10] After nearly seven years in the business, Stratus retired from professional wrestling at WWE Unforgiven on September 17, 2006, after winning her seventh WWE Women's Championship, the most in WWE history. Since retiring, Stratus has occasionally come out of retirement to compete in one-off matches.

Aside from professional wrestling, Stratus appeared on a number of magazine covers and has been involved in charity work. She has also hosted several award and television shows, Stratigias grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada where she attended Bayview Secondary School.^[11][12] She enrolled at York University, where she studied biology and kinesiology and played soccer and field hockey.^[2][6][9] Due to a faculty strike in 1997, she was forced to change her plans.^{[2][6][9][11][12]} She was working as a receptionist at a local gym when she was approached by the publisher of MuscleMag International to do a test shoot for the magazine.^[12][13] She later appeared on the cover of the May 1998 issue and was signed to a two year contract.^[13] For the next six months, she worked on her body and appeared on numerous magazine covers.^[12] During this time, she joined Big Daddy Donnie & Jeff Marek as the third host of Live Audio Wrestling on Toronto Sports Radio, The FAN 590.^[2][14][15]

Stratigias had been a fan of wrestling since childhood and her modeling work caught the attention of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).^{[2][11][14][15][16]} In November 1999, she was signed to a multi-year contract with the company, who sent her to Sully's Gym where she was trained by Ron Hutchinson.^{[2][11][12][15]}

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment[link]

Stint as a Manager (2000–2001)[link]

Along with T & A, Stratus briefly managed Val Venis.

Stratigias made her debut as a heel on the March 19, 2000 episode of Sunday Night Heat, under the ring name Trish Stratus.^[2] She appeared on stage to scout WWF Superstars, in particular Test and Prince Albert. The next night on Raw Stratus began her first role in the company, managing Test and Albert in the tag team T & A.^[2][17] It was during her stint managing T & A that Stratus took her first major bump in the ring, being driven through a table by the Dudley Boyz at Backlash after she had been taunting Bubba Ray Dudley for several weeks.^[18] Then on June 6 taping of Raw she was given the Stink Face by Rikishi after she slapped him after a match.^[19] She also began managing then-heel, Val Venis to win the Intercontinental Championship but their partnership ended at SummerSlam after Venis lost the title.^[11]

Stratus made her in-ring debut on the June 22 taping of SmackDown!, winning a tag team match with T & A against the Hardy Boyz and Lita. A storyline feud between Stratus and Lita developed after the match with Stratus attacking Lita on episodes of Raw and SmackDown!, leading to an Indian Strap match on the July 24 edition of Raw which Stratus won with help from Stephanie McMahon.^[1] She finished the year competing unsuccessfully for the WWF Women's Championship numerous times, and leaving Test and Albert when the team disbanded.^[20]

In early 2001, Stratus became involved in an angle with WWF Chairman Vince McMahon, during a time when Vince's wife Linda was kayfabe institutionalized following a demand Vince had made for a divorce during an episode of SmackDown! on December 7, 2000.^[11][21] Vince and Stratus' relationship increasingly angered the boss' daughter, then-heel, Stephanie McMahon.^[2][4] At No Way Out on February 25, Stratus and Stephanie squared off, with Stephanie scoring the victory after a run-in by William Regal.^[22] In the midst of a tag team match that pitted Vince and Stratus against Regal and Stephanie the next night on Raw, Stratus was the victim of a set-up by Vince, Stephanie and Regal. Regal executed his finisher, the Regal Cutter, on Stratus and Stephanie then dumped sewage over Stratus' body. Vince stood over Stratus, and he told her she was a toy with which he had grown tired of playing and that it was over.^[23] The angle continued the next week on Raw with Vince forcing Stratus to strip down to her black underwear in the ring and bark like a dog.^[24] The storyline came to an end at WrestleMania X-Seven when Stratus slapped Vince during his match against his son Shane,^[2] becoming a fan favorite in the process.^[11][25][26]

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with Lita against then-heels, Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson at InVasion.^[4] After suffering an ankle injury in the summer, however, she was sidelined for the following three months. This interrupted not only her recent venture into wrestling, but also an on-screen romance with Jeff Hardy and budding storyline with Team Xtreme.^[27] As she rehabilitated, she kept herself visible by co-hosting Excess on TNN.^[4] After returning in autumn, Stratus appeared at Survivor Series where she won the WWF Women's Championship for the first time in a six-pack challenge.^[2][28][29] Stratus was next involved in a feud with Jazz over the Women's Championship, where she was booked to retain the title at the Royal Rumble but being booked to lose the belt to Jazz two weeks later on the February 4, 2002 edition of Raw.^[30][31][32] Stratus then went after the title for several months, even competing in a Triple Threat match at WrestleMania X8 against Lita and Jazz in her hometown of Toronto, Canada but failed to win the match.^[6][33] While chasing after the Women's title, Stratus won the WWE Hardcore Championship on May 6, pinning Crash Holly after Bubba Ray Dudley hit him over the head with a trash can.^[11][28] She, however, lost the title to then-heel, Steven Richards soon afterward due to the stipulation that the belt was defended 24/7 as long as there was a referee present.^[11][28] One week later, she regained the Women's Title in a tag team match with Bubba Ray Dudley.^[34] During this time, Stratus began wrestling solely on the Raw brand after being drafted in the WWF Brand Extension.^[35]

Stratus' second reign as champion came to an end on June 23 when she was defeated at King of the Ring by the heel gimmick of Molly Holly.^[36] The two Divas continued their storyline feud for the next three months. After a failed attempt to win the title in July, Stratus won back the championship at Unforgiven.^[37][38] While feuding with Holly, Stratus was also involved in an angle with new Diva the heel gimmick of Victoria who held a storyline grudge against Stratus, claiming she was betrayed by Stratus when they worked as fitness models.^[11] The two competed in several title matches, with Stratus retaining until Survivor Series where Victoria won the belt in a Hardcore match.^[39][40] On March 17, 2003, Victoria and Steven Richards defeated Jazz and Stratus in tag team competition when Jazz walked out on Stratus. After the match, Jeff Hardy saved Stratus from an attack by Victoria and Richards and then kissed her.^[41] Stratus would become Hardy's on-screen girlfriend once more. The two would talk and kiss backstage, compete as an intergender tag team, and come to each other's aid when in danger during single's competition. At no point was their previous relationship acknowledged.^[42] The storyline was suddenly dropped when WWE released Hardy in April. This marked the second time in two years that a romance between Stratus and Hardy was abruptly scrapped due to a setback in one of their personal lives. In neither instance did the angle fully play out or reach a conclusion.^[11]