Stephanie McMahon has explained why she stepped away from WWE in 2022.
The WWE Executive sat down with John Cena for a chat on the latest episode of her podcast. They talked about things such as Cena's issues with his father, his retirement tour and more.
During the session, McMahon also opened up about her husband Paul 'Triple H' Levesque's 2021 cardiac event. The Game underwent a heart procedure following it that led to his retirement from the ring. Stephanie mentioned how Levesque almost lost his life:
I almost lost Paul, my husband, and what's weird and I haven't talked about it, is I always had a feeling that I was going to lose him early. I just had that feeling. After we got through everything, that feeling went away. It's like a pattern that was supposed to happen changed.
There's Nothing More Important: Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie McMahon then explained how the whole event led to a change in her perspective and prompted her to step away from the company in May 2022:
It was such a gift, truly. Then I started going through all this stuff in the company and I realized - there is nothing more important to me than my family, than my husband and my kids. That's what matters most. I want to give as much time as I possibly can [to them].
I've given everything I possibly have to the business my whole life. And I wanted to give back to them. And that's when I took that first leave of absence, which didn't last very long.
