{"id":143338,"date":"2022-07-22T20:07:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T01:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=143338"},"modified":"2022-07-22T20:07:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T01:07:23","slug":"stephanie-mcmahon-opens-smackdown-thanks-vince-mcmahon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/22\/stephanie-mcmahon-opens-smackdown-thanks-vince-mcmahon\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie McMahon opens Smackdown, thanks Vince McMahon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-601012803\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Stephanie McMahon opened this week&#8217;s episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/22\/7-22-wwe-smackdown-results-kellers-report-on-stephanie-addressing-vince-mcmahon-retirement-summerslam-hype\/\">WWE Smackdown<\/a> &#8212; the first since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/22\/vince-mcmahon-announces-he-is-retiring-from-wweamidst-sexual-impropriety-allegations-making-headlines-cites-his-age-as-reason-for-retirement\/\">Vince McMahon<\/a> announced his retirement from the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephMcMahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StephMcMahon<\/a> addresses the WWE Universe to kick off Friday Night <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7PgqTuqSi8\">pic.twitter.com\/7PgqTuqSi8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1550633314154938373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McMahon welcomed the audience <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/22\/7-22-wwe-smackdown-tv-results-mcdonalds-alt-perspective-report-on-lesnars-return-morgan-and-rousey-face-to-face-nakamura-kaiser-maxine-dupri-debut\/\">to the show<\/a> and then discussed Vince McMahon leaving the company. McMahon talked about Vince&#8217;s passion for the WWE and how he founded the company. She said Vince would want to thank the entire WWE Universe &#8212; fans, camera techs, and even Michael Cole. From there, McMahon led the audience in a &#8220;thank you, Vince&#8221; chant.<\/p>\n<p>Vince McMahon announced his retirement on Friday afternoon and will walk away from all of his responsibilities in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE<\/a>. 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