10 Most Unprofessional Performances In WWE History

6. Every Stephanie McMahon Promo Since August 2013

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When watching practically any episode of RAW, Stephanie McMahon's motivations are impossible to decode.

She'll begin the show with one of her interminable 15 minute promos, so hyped to be there that she'll contort her face in a snarling, feral expression, welcoming everybody to 'Monday Night RRRRAAAAAAWWWWURRGH!'. She'll perhaps run through some of the card, when they bother to announce it ahead of time at least. She might seem disingenuous at times, but she's heel (mostly), so that's acceptable.

Then, she'll act as though simply being there - on the flagship show presented by the company she has done all manner of awful acts to control - is a gigantic headache. She'll patronise a babyface here and there, which again, is fine, if slightly counterproductive. She is a heel. More than half the time. Then, she'll belittle a heel, for reasons still inexplicable nearly three years after she debuted her Authority character.

So, what we have here is a heel(-ish) authority figure who doesn't want to be there and places no value on any talent, regardless of their face/heel alignment. At least, like every heel ever, she'll get her comeuppance, and we as the audience will get some catharsis out of this puzzling and maddening act. Except, we won't - she's been struck, intentionally or otherwise, just three times. If you're counting, that's a rate of once per year. Her dad would p*iss his pants and take Stone Cold Stunners in the space of a week.

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