Vince McMahon presented the WWE story in which he impregnated his daughter

This was especially evident during WWE's “Attitude” era in the late 1990s, when the promotion's ratings soared thanks to stars like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock. But it was also because fans couldn't stop watching the despicable antics of McMahon as his in-ring character Mr. McMahon.

The character of Mr. McMahon, portrayed as a bombastic, power-hungry billionaire, did everything from wrestling to being the center of sexually explicit storylines on the weekly televised matches and pay-per-view shows, including forcing female talent to undress in the ring and sometimes even kissing them.

McMahon also involved his wife, Linda, and two children, Shane and Stephanie, in the storylines. In episode five of the docuseries (titled “Family Business”), Stephanie is interviewed and asked if her father had any suggestions for action that she turned down.

“Yes, there were a few,” she replies, laughing. “But I won't tell you.”

Related Posts

The documentary then switches to McMahon, who reveals in an interview what the storyline was.

“One of my plot ideas was that Stephanie gets pregnant, and I think I was the one who impregnated her, my character,” he said. “No, that didn't work out.”

Business Insider reached out to WWE for comment but did not receive a response.

In January 2024, McMahon resigned from the board of WWE's parent company TKO Group Holdings after a former employee filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing him and another former executive of sexual misconduct, including claiming that he solicited sex from a star wrestler.

“I stand by my previous statement that Ms. Grant's lawsuit is full of lies and obscenely fabricated incidents that never occurred and represents a vindictive distortion of the truth,” McMahon said in a statement at the time. “I intend to vigorously defend myself against these baseless allegations and look forward to clearing my name.”

“Mr. McMahon” is now running on Netflix.