Former WWE CEO Stephanie McMahon says she would fully support any of her daughters if they decided to become WWE wrestlers.
Speaking on her "What's Your Story?" podcast, Stephanie, who has three daughters with WWE CCO Paul "HHH" Levesque ages 19, 17 and 15 says that while her eldest daughter Aurora is pursuing a physical therapy in college with goals of earning a doctorate degree, she doesn't rule out an in-ring career after previously beginning to train as a wrestler.
Stephanie's response on whether she would be supportive of a wrestling career for her daughters:
"Oh, totally. I mean, they would have to work really hard, right? And I think, you know, when you are the child of, you have to earn it more, quite frankly, in order to appreciate the business, appreciate the people in the business. Respect is earned, not given. And you have to earn it every day. And I think it would be harder for them in that respect, but I would completely support it."
"We’re a family. And I feel even our fans are a part of this family. And wrestling fans are my people, you know, that’s what I feel like anyway. And I just feel it’s such a special environment of people who, you know, really are down to earth, just have a particular set of values and they know what they believe in. And I just feel very fortunate to be a part of it. And I would definitely encourage my kids if they wanted to be a part of it."
Stephanie reminisced about an situation when Aurora was young and told her she wasn't interested in either her mother or father's job but instead wanted her grandfather, Vince McMahon's job of being the boss and running the company. The younger McMahon even began training with current stars Natalya and Charlotte Flair but stopped after the Vince allegations came to light and her mother resigned.
"She’s naturally gifted, like in the ring. Nattie used to train her. She did, you know, a long time ago, like, and then everything happened, you know, with my dad and the business and I left."
"And I think I don’t realize necessarily the impact that it had, especially on Aurora, but on all of my kids, because Aurora always saw a path forward through the business. And when everything happened suddenly, that wasn’t there anymore. And she had to shift her focus and what she thought she was going to do. And that happens in life anyway. I mean, you constantly change and all of that. But it was a path that she felt suddenly wasn’t there anymore. So who knows? She might find her way back to it. But Charlotte had a couple of matches with her, trained with her. Nattie trained her. And they both said what a natural in the ring she was."
