During a WWE segment in the early 2000s, Stephanie McMahon was reportedly unhappy with how Kurt Angle kissed her. The segment was part of a love triangle storyline involving Stephanie, Kurt Angle, and Triple H. The backstage scene showed Angle kissing McMahon.
Kurt Angle recently revealed in an interview with Inside The Ropes that Stephanie McMahon was not pleased with how he kissed her during a segment. Angle recounted that McMahon told him he “kissed like a fish” shortly after the incident. Angle expressed his surprise and frustration, stating that he couldn’t have done more given the presence of McMahon’s father in the room.
WWE Hall of Famer was completely awestruck by Stephanie’s comment and his mind couldn’t process what he just heard. Kurt’s actual words went like this:
‘Wait a minute! What the f*ck Steph? Your dad was in the room, what did you want me to do, stick my tongue down your throat?’ It was crazy, wow.”
WrestleMania 34, Stephanie McMahon vs. Kurt Angle
The last time Stephanie McMahon stepped inside the ing to fight was against the former champion Kurt Angle. It happened five years ago at WrestleMania 34. The match was a Mixed Tag Team match between Stephanie and Triple H against Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle. Despite low expectations, it turned out to be the most exciting match of the night and was praised by the WWE Universe. Ronda Rousey spoke highly of Kurt Angle as her mentor in the match. She states that she could never expect a better mentor than Kurt Angle.
The Thrilling WrestleMania 34, claimed a massive win for Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle by breaking Stephanie McMahon and Triple H in the rings. The victory of Ronda and Angle ended the aspirations of Stephanie McMahon.
Top Controversies of Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie McMahon and Eric Bischoff’s unwilling kiss
In 2002, Stephanie McMahon, the SmackDown General Manager, had a feud with Eric Bischoff, who was leading Monday Night RAW. During the storyline, they shared a kiss on an episode of SmackDown. Bischoff revealed on his podcast that McMahon reluctantly did the segment and probably felt like he did when he had to take a Stink Face from Rikishi. Despite Bischoff thinking the storyline would have been great, WWE surprisingly dropped the angle after the controversial segment.
Stephanie Slaps her mother on Television
In mid-2000, Stephanie McMahon began a feud with her mother Linda on-screen. On an episode of SmackDown in March of that year, Stephanie confronted Linda in the ring. She accused Linda of being jealous and trying to control her and stated that there was only room for one dominant female in the McMahon family.
Stephanie then called her mother a “conniving b****” and slapped her in the face. In 2018, Stephanie tweeted about the segment, admitting that slapping her mother was one of the hardest things she had to do on television. She used the hashtag “bad decisions I have made” in her tweet, suggesting that she regretted doing the storyline.
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