Summary

Big E looked back on one of his favorite behind-the-scenes memories involving Stephanie McMahon during WrestleMania weekend, recalling how she personally walked him through part of his 2013 on-screen storyline with Kaitlyn.

Speaking on the WWE Hall of Fame red carpet, Big E revisited the angle that saw AJ Lee and Big E try to convince Kaitlyn that he was her secret admirer while AJ and Kaitlyn were moving from friends to rivals.

The story came up as Big E praised McMahon ahead of her Hall of Fame spotlight, with the conversation landing in the same weekend as Stephanie McMahon's Hall of Fame speech.

Quote from Big E

"I think a lot of people don't know how much, like, Stephanie has done in fact like one of one of my favorite Stephanie moments is, so I did the storyline years ago with Kaitlyn and with AJ, where I was a secret admirer, and we were walking through, so Stephanie was walking me through how to seduce Kaitlyn and she was dipping her, and she was just killing it. So I just have this moment, I'm like, Stephanie McMahon is showing me how to seduce Kaitlyn right now before we go out and do it live, but no to see her, and she's such a warm person, has been so good to to all of us for so long, so to see her as the headliner is very very cool."

Stephanie McMahon's influence on that Big E angle

Big E's recollection adds a little more texture to how hands-on Stephanie McMahon could be with WWE presentation, even in storyline details that fans mostly remember for the AJ Lee and Kaitlyn rivalry itself. The anecdote also helps explain why Big E framed the memory as one of his favorites while reflecting on McMahon's Hall of Fame recognition.

For fans who remember that 2013 run, the comment is a reminder that the Kaitlyn secret admirer angle was not just a throwaway subplot. It was part of the wider character work around AJ Lee at the time, and Big E's story shows McMahon was directly involved in helping those live television moments come together.

Sources

Big E while speaking with Denise Salcedo