10 Questions Stephanie McMahon Must Answer In Her Autobiography
Tell-all or puff piece?
WWE.com announced Monday that Stephanie McMahon, Chief Brand Officer and minority owner of WWE, will be writing a memoir about her life growing up in the world of professional wrestling and her career ascending to the top of the industry. No release date has been announced, but Regan Arts will be handling the publishing duties.
Stephanie will be the first member of the McMahon family to write an autobiography, as well as the first high-ranking official of the company to do so. She undoubtedly has no shortage of fascinating stories to tell about the inner workings of the promotion her grandfather started and her father globalized, and plenty of wisdom about what it means to be - and what it took to become - the most powerful woman in the history of pro wrestling.
Of course, given the source of the book, it's possible that some things will be sugar-coated - there's a lot of unsavory history in the past of the McMahon family, and while Stephanie herself has remained largely above it all, there are still topics that involve her, and about which readers will hope to read. Given the famous fearlessness of both McMahon and her family, though, it's likely that she won't shy away from even the toughest of subjects.
Here are 10 questions we hope Stephanie McMahon answers in her autobiography:
10. Why Did You Become An On-Screen Character?
Stephanie McMahon graduated from Boston University in 1998 and immediately went to work at WWE. Though she started as an account executive in the company's sales department, she became an on-screen character within a year - first, she was targeted by The Undertaker, who tried to marry her in an infamous Raw segment, then courted by Test, and finally, wed to Triple H. Since then, there's been no turning back.
According to legend, it was former WWE writer Vince Russo who first proposed the idea of Stephanie becoming a character, but surely it was a huge decision on her part. By the time she was introduced, her father had already urinated in his pants in the ring and been smacked in the head with a bedpan, and her brother had been European Champion. Stephanie was surely aware of the action and humiliation that came with being a McMahon on WWE TV.
So what was it that made her decide to jump in? Was it a tough decision? Hopefully we get some insight into it.