Paul Heyman and Stephanie McMahon talked about how Vince McMahon pitted them against each other when they were on the WWE creative team. McMahon: “So, I wanted to be with you so badly and then it would get shut down, and then I’m like, but why doesn’t it work? I don’t get it.”Heyman: “So, when I came aboard, I was told, ‘My daughter runs the writing team. Take her out of her game. I want you to be the disruptor in the room. I want you to be the contrarian opinion. Do not make that easy. There’s no nepotism here. She earns that right to manage you, or she doesn’t get to do it.’ At the same time, so I’m walking in to be the disruptor, I’m walking in to be the bowl in the china shop, I’m walking in to just say, here’s the f*cking answers, she’s told, ‘God goddamnit Stephanie! You gotta manage that Heyman guy! He’s out of control. He thinks this is his company, and it’s not!”McMahon: “This is true.”Heyman: “‘Rein him in. If you wanna be respected — if Stephanie Marie McMahon — if you want people to respect you as an executive, and as a professional, and as a manager of people, you can’t let Heyman take you out of your game. You have to show that you can manage someone like him.’”McMahon: “This is true. This is all true.”Heyman: “Completely pitted against each other.”McMahon: “I know, but it’s fascinating in hindsight, right? And we figured it out anyway.”Heyman: “One day, in one of those count sessions… I just sat there and went –”McMahon: “‘So you’re f*cking with me at 3 o’clock in the morning?’ I guess I was a little upset so I lash out at you.”Heyman: “Oh, blasted me. ‘What the f*ck is wrong with you? Who told you to make my life so f*cking difficult!?’ ‘Your father!’ ‘Oh.’ ‘He told me to rein you in.’ ‘Oh really?’ It was an interesting lesson for both of us.”