10 Twisted Times WWE Rewarded A Wrestler For Being A D*ck

8. Stephanie McMahon (2014)

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The lines are always blurred between where the character stops and real life person begins with Stephanie McMahon, to the point where she's abused it somewhat - even her Twitter account lists her as a "TV Villain" and "philanthropist" within one comma.

Without warning or explanation, she'll often be both - charitably giving women matches such as their first ever Royal Rumble in her self-penned role as creator of all opportunities for females within WWE, she'll also turn on a dime if there's a WrestleMania or SummerSlam programme to be had.

Such was the case in the summer of 2014 when, after months of being a complete d*ckhead to Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella during one of the most challenging years of their personal and professional lives she got her comeuppance by...winning a match with the Twin.

Worse still is that it came as result of a Nikki Bella turn, despite her being decked by Stephanie during the build. The narrative was that the two idiot sisters could be distracted with each other, leaving "villain" Stephanie to escape the series almost entirely unscathed.

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