10 Most Infuriating Stephanie McMahon Moments

5. Steph Suspends 'The Beast'

Stephanie McMahon slaps Roman Reigns
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Imagine that you're the de facto owner of a large-scale wrestling corporation, one of the biggest stars of which is violently throwing around non-wrestling talent in a furious rage. This star is one of the biggest and definitely the legitimately toughest on your roster - he half-killed your most decorated star in a massacre just over half a year earlier.

He could easily snap you in two if he so desired, and in that moment, he was at his most wronged and unhinged. Rather than talk him down and sell the palpable fear that would have been running through anybody's veins, what do you do? You puff your chest out, put on your best tough guy growl, and snarl at him to get out of your ring, undermining what was, up to that point, a white-hot segment - because you're Stephanie McMahon, dammit!

Honestly, it's a wonder hard-man Steph didn't book herself to win the WWE World Heavyweight title, like her father before her, after that inexplicable post-'Mania RAW segment.

It's no wonder, then, that Lesnar hilariously responded to Steph's proclamation that WWE weren't 'necessarily' supporting his upcoming UFC 200 fight against Mark Hunt with a withering 'I don't really care what she thinks'.

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