10 People Most Likely To Succeed Vince McMahon As WWE Owner Ranked
2. Stephanie McMahon
The Billion Dollar Princess, Stephanie McMahon has blossomed into the sort of WWE role many had previously earmarked for Shane McMahon.
Rather than Shane, it was Stephanie who became heavily involved in the day-to-day running of WWE, progressing from one of the company's old catalogue models, to receptionist, to account executive, to working on the creative team, to running the creative team, to becoming Executive Vice President, to her current position as Chief Brand Officer. All jobs, of course, that McMahon held while often being an on-screen talent on WWE programming.
Where Shane decided to explore pastures new and try his hand in other industries, Stephanie instead doubled-down and put all of her attention and focus on climbing the WWE ladder and positioning herself as next in line for whenever the time comes when Vince isn't running the show.
From a public perception standpoint, Stephanie - or even the combination of Stephanie and Paul Levesque - seemed the nailed-on successor to the WWE throne. That was, of course, until August 2020 shook things up in a major, major way...