17. The Princess And The Pudding (Raw, June 23, 2014)
For nearly a year, Stephanie McMahon had stood side-by-side with husband Triple H, ruling over World Wrestling Entertainment and humbling any Superstar or Diva gutsy enough to cross them. Daniel Bryan, Brie Bella, Big Show and John Cena had all experienced great suffering under The Authority's reign of terror. Outside of a disastrous WrestleMania XXX that saw Bryan capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, everything had gone Triple H and Stephanie's way leading into the June 16 episode of Raw. That night, Roman Reigns doctored Stephanie's coffee, causing her to become violently ill and vomit all over general manager Vickie Guerrero. The following week, Stephanie fired Vickie, then revealed that she could earn her job back if she could defeat the Billion Dollar Princess later in the night. That only way to win said match, as the boss would reveal later in the night, would be to toss the other in a giant pool of pudding that had been set up near the stage. A distraction provided by Rosa Mendes, Alicia Fox and Layla allowed Stephanie to deliver a knee to the back of her opponent and shove her into the pool. She taunted Vickie, singing and swaying until realizing that the widow of Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero no longer had anything to lose. Her attempt to escape the fury of the fiery Guerrero failed miserably and within seconds, Stephanie found herself face-first in the pool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDbxKHhotus It was a fine way to dish out some comeuppance to one-half of The Authority and a suitable way to send off Vickie, who had given the company a decade of service.
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