Stephanie McMahon Makes Emotional Confession On WWE Hall Of Fame Induction
Stephanie McMahon is feeling emotional as she prepares for the WWE Hall of Fame.
The 2026 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on Friday, April 17th at 9 p.m. PT in Las Vegas, which is at Midnight on April 18th for fans watching in the Eastern time zone. It’s a late-night start that takes place one hour after SmackDown ends.
At the 2026 Hall of Fame, Stephanie McMahon will be one of the headline inductees along with former WWE Champion AJ Styles. The Hall of Fame will also induct Demolition, Dennis Rodman (Celebrity), Sid Eudy (Legacy), and Bad News Brown (Legacy). Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant will be recognized as the Immortal Moment as well. It will be hosted by Michael Cole and The Miz.
During her WWE career, Stephanie McMahon began working for the company as a child, when her father, Vince McMahon, was the company’s Chairman.
Stephanie eventually became an on-air talent, a Women’s Champion, the head of the creative team under Vince, pushed for women’s wrestling to get more time, and held many executive roles, including former Co-Chairman of WWE.
On a new episode of Stephanie McMahon’s “What’s Your Story?” podcast, her husband, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, served as host and asked his wife questions throughout. Triple H was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2025, and now it is Stephanie’s turn, so she spoke about what it feels like.
“My God, it feels — it’s such an honor. And I’m so grateful. It’s the biggest, I never, ever imagined it. And it’s just the biggest thing ever in my career. And, you know, I’m really proud.”
Triple H went on to talk about how Stephanie felt like maybe she wasn’t worthy of a WWE Hall of Fame induction. Stephanie went on to explain her feelings now.
“Well, I don’t know that worthy is a word I would use. But like I definitely am accepting and I’m in such a great place and I’m so excited and I’m just so grateful. You know, that’s the thing. It’s like, no matter what happens in WWE moving forward, this has been my life.
And I’m so grateful to have had this remarkable, incredible life surrounded by these characters and people who are probably the most honest sort of truthful versions of themselves, right? Because when you’re on the road with people and I don’t know, I love our community.”
As she continued, Stephanie made the point that WWE is her life.
“So to have had all of this, you know, this is my world. WWE is my actual world and always has been.”
Triple H Credits Stephanie McMahon For Having A Huge Impact In WWE
Later in the discussion, Triple H spoke about how his wife Stephanie McMahon has helped shape WWE in a positive way, and wanted her to know it.
“There’s very few people that I could look at and say deserve it more. Like, truly. I don’t say that because you’re my wife. I don’t say that because it’s you. I say that because of your accomplishments and what we’ve done and, you know, the things you’ve accomplished and especially the stuff that you’ve accomplished that people don’t even see.
People come along and participate in the business. People come along and add to the business. Very few people change the business… You put the culture in what we do. It didn’t exist before that. It was just the f**ing Wild West. It’s just what the business was. And then you came in and sort of changed it.”
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