WWE's new boss 'attacked her dad with a steel pipe before he choked her unconscious'

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READ MORE: WWE Raw Results: Bobby Lashley defends US Championship against Seth RollinsBut in 2003, the pair did actually face off for the seat of power in front of millions on television and an audience of more than 10,000 in a huge arena.The WWE's first ever father vs daughter match happened on the No Mercy pay-per-view, with Stephanie's job as general manager of the Smackdown brand on the line.Before we go any further, let's not pretend – this was all scripted and has no relevance to the fact that she would actually take over from her father nearly 20 years later.Anyway, back to the madness of WWE in the early 2000s.In an era when men vs women wasn't shunned by WWE bosses in the way it has been in recent years, Stephanie and her bodybuilding dad battled it out in an I Quit match.The simple rule of this is that the loser has to scream “I QUIT” into a microphone when they can't take any more punishment from their opponent.So how did this insanity come to be?Well, it was a strange love rival battle between Vince, who had decided to go an have an in-ring...maybe...affair with Sable, and wife Linda McMahon.She was represented by Stephanie, who was so angered by her dad's actions – something he had done many times before, however – that she was defending her mother's honour.And Vince being Vince, who played Mr McMahon on screen, had zero issues beating up his daughter in front of a watching audience.And interesting, the match took place just six days before Stephanie was getting in-real-life married to WWE legend Triple H.Speaking to the First Things First podcast recently about the build-up, she recalled: “Oh my goodness.“Well, I did have to wrestle my father in what may be the first-ever father - daughter match, six days.