If you know anything about the McMahon family which runs the WWE – and most of the professional wrestling world – then you know that they aren’t the easiest bunch of people to work with. By all accounts, Shane McMahon is the nicest of the lot whereas Stephanie and Vince are nightmares to work with.
Stephanie, especially, has been known to have a short fuse for someone who technically isn’t the head of the promotion. There have been rumours that she is quite difficult to work with and has been known to take her anger out on staff and wrestlers according to various ex-employees of the company. After all, who can forget when a story emerged that she forced a staff writer to apologise to the whole locker room when he used a wrestling term in her presence.
So, there is very little surprise that she isn’t a fan of a number of current and ex-WWE superstars. But, which ones does she hate the most? Well, that’s what we’re here to find out. So, without any further ado, here is our list of 5 WWE superstars Stephanie McMahon hates the most:
#5 Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam was poised to break out as a huge star back in 2002 and win the WWE Championship, but that never came to pass and instead, it was Triple H who ascended to the top of the mountain. Various rumours have stated that it was because of Stephanie McMahon stepping in on behalf of The Game to end RVD’s chances.
Van Dam himself has claimed that he had multiple issues with the way the WWE was being run back in those days and implied that Stephanie had a problem with him personally. There is a good chance that it was his fondness for marijuana as well as Steph’s personal connection to Trips that caused problems between the pair.
RVD finally got his chance at greatness in 2006 but blew it all away when he was found to be in possession of marijuana when crossing the Canadian border. That truly spelt the end of his chances as a main event star, and one does imagine that Steph wasn’t too heartbroken about it.
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#4 Paul Heyman
Not technically a superstar but still a person who plays a huge role in the storylines for one of WWE’s biggest stars Brock Lesnar is one Mr Paul Heyman. If rumours are to be believed, he does not enjoy a great relationship with Stephanie McMahon.
Their dislike for each other apparently stems from their days in the 2000s when Heyman was working on Smackdown creative while the McMahon heiress was working on Raw’s creative. The two have reportedly clashed on multiple occasions, and this eventually led to Heyman being ousted from the company.
Now, they are forced to work together as Heyman is The Advocate for The Beast Incarnate while Stephanie is an authority figure. If Heyman’s documentary is anything to go by, they don’t send Christmas cards to each other.
#3 CM Punk
To be fair, just about every member of the McMahon household hates CM Punk and everything to do with him. While Punk’s major issues are actually with Triple H and Vince McMahon, Stephanie hasn’t escaped his wrath, either. During the infamous Pipe Bomb promo, Punk branded her an idiot.
When he questioned the WWE’s charitable initiatives – something which Stephanie is personally responsible for – Mr Chicago Made ensured that he had earned the wrath of the Princess.
This is a heady combination of hate by association due to the problems Punk has with her husband and her father as well as direct hatred due to Creamy Mango Punk’s words against her.
#2 Kaitlyn
Do you guys remember Kaitlyn? That one wrestler who won the Divas Championship? Well, she’s pretty high on Stephanie McMahon’s I Don’t Want to See Your Face list. She was forced to apologise and was later forced to drop her Divas title to AJ Lee after a brief interaction with Stephanie. What had she done that warranted such a venomous response?
She apparently interrupted Steph when the latter was having a discussion with someone else backstage. The McMahon heiress followed this up with an on-air segment where she told Kaitlyn not to interrupt her and berated her on live television.
Needless to say, Kaitlyn was gone shortly after the incident.
#1 AJ Lee
Who else was it going to be, right? Firstly, all the CM Punk I said above? Well, AJ Lee becomes a part of that considering that she is married to Mr Crisp Money Punk. But, even on her own, she has done enough to warrant a place on this list.
She took shots at Steph on Twitter asking her why she wasn’t doing more to improve the state of the WWE Women’s Division before the onset of the Women’s Revolution and had numerous alleged clashes with Stephanie during her time with the company.
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