Stephanie McMahon is a former WWE Women's Champion, but hasn't wrestled since WrestleMania 34 when she and Triple H teamed up to take on Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle.
Stephanie has been on and off television over the years as an authority figure, but has no plans to return to the ring.
"Well, no one’s boots are ever officially hung up. But that being said, Ronda put me in my place about four years ago, so I highly doubt I would make a return to the ring unless it were exactly the perfect right thing that everyone needed me to do," she told Mike Piellucci of D Magazine when asked about a potential return.
Vince McMahon has been on television since Survivor Series 2021 and there were reports that he would be returning to the ring at WrestleMania 38. Vince is not booked for a match, but has helped set up multiple matches including Austin Theory vs. Pat McAfee.
Asked about Vince possibly wrestling again at 76-years-old, Stephanie said, "So I’m neither confirming nor denying anything, but in the hypothetical, if I were to see my father get into the ring, I would say probably the same thing I would as an employee working for the company: I feel bad for whoever he’s in there with! Vince McMahon doesn’t lose! Vince McMahon will pull every trick out of the book, and he’ll create some new ones along the way! I am not worried about Vince McMahon at all. I worry about everyone else in there with him."
Stephanie also noted that she does not see Vince retiring from his current position as WWE CEO anytime soon.
"He has said, I think, publicly that he will ‘die in the chair.’ We’ll see. Who knows? Life is long and unpredictable, but somehow, I don’t see him retiring any time soon," she said.
Due to the pandemic, WrestleMania shifted from one nights to two at WrestleMania 36. The format stayed for WrestleMania 37 with limited capacity both nights. WrestleMania 38 marks the first time WWE is operating at full capacity and will be running for two nights.
Speaking about the future of a two-night WrestleMania, Stephanie said, "It remains to be seen. The prior two nights were in the middle of the pandemic, so we shall see as we move forward into an endemic world. It allows us to tell more stories and feature more talent. In the non-pandemic era, we had fans who traveled from over 60 countries, all 50 states, all coming to share this passion. To give them two nights of WrestleMania versus one, we hope to overdeliver on their expectations and blow them away with our storytelling and athleticism in the ring."
Fans can check out the current lineup for WWE WrestleMania 38 at Fightful's events section.
Fightful will have live coverage of WWE WrestleMania 38 on Saturday and Sunday beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
