Throwback: When Vince McMahon Pitched an Incest Storyline Involving Stephanie McMahon

Vince McMahon is, without a doubt, one of the most important figures in the history of professional wrestling. After all, he was the ‘brain’ behind taking the WWE to where it is today. Let it be iconic feuds through his ‘Mr. McMahon’ character against Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, or his lengthy ‘Monday Night Wars’ battle with Eric Bischoff and WCW, the former WWE CEO has done it all. But this genius has come at a cost, and during his illustrious term, McMahon has given the green signal to certain storylines or ideas that have not sat well with the majority of the fans. However, there was one instance where a member of his family said a big no to McMahon’s plan for a storyline. And it is none other than his own daughter, Stephanie McMahon.

Stephanie McMahon Flat Out Refused to Be Part of the ‘Incest’ Storyline

In the mid-2000s, a pregnant Stephanie was in a storyline that involved her real-life husband and now WWE CCO, Triple H, Vince, and her brother Shane.

It had an element of mystery related to the unborn child’s parentage. This is when Vince came up with a rather gross idea and pitched an incest storyline in which he would be revealed as the child’s father. This is something Stephanie flatly refused, and sometime later in a documentary produced by WWE, she recalled the embarrassing incident. “My dad did approach me about wanting to be the father of my baby in the storyline for TV, which was actually only the second time I’ve said ‘no’ to him for something he wanted to do.”

“That one was just a little too gross, actually. It was completely disgusting, and I don’t find the entertainment value in it at all. And he’s actually my father, so how could I even play that out? I can’t fake kiss my dad like we were in love or something. It’s just revolting all the way around,” she added.

And if this wasn’t enough, Vince further pitched the idea of revealing Shane as the father of Stephanie’s child. “Then he came up with the idea of Shane to be the father of my baby, my brother.

Again, I [just said] ‘no’. I know that happens in this world, but it’s not going to happen with us. I can’t do that. It’s too much.”Moreover, the former WWE CEO confirmed this himself during one of the episodes of ‘Mr. McMahon’ docuseries on Netflix. Vince revealed, “One of my storyline ideas was that Stephanie gets pregnant. I think...I was the one who impregnated her. My character. I think it was something like that. It [Stephanie’s response] was like ‘No’. That one didn’t make it.”Also read: Is Vince McMahon the most controversial boss? Shocking cases that have been filed against WWE's former CEO