3. Bullying Drake
One of the most irritating aspects of WWE is the constant self-congratulatory back patting they give themselves every time they do something charitable or morally decent.
The acts themselves are certainly laudable but whatever happened to charity being something large corporations did because it was the right thing to do, rather than for PR purposes?
Oh, that’s right . . .
"philanthropy is the future of marketing, it's the way brands r going 2 win" –@biz Stone co-founder @twitter #WWEBPS pic.twitter.com/KEI3i4zdbg
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) March 28, 2015
I bring that up because of the recent angle involving Drake Maverick pissing his pants at Survivor Series and the mocking he received for it on Raw.
One of the charitable ventures WWE shouts loudest from the rooftops about is anti-bullying support group Be A Star, for which the promotion often sends babyfaces into schools to talk about bullying.
It was fairly jarring then, when Rhyno, Heath Slater, Chad Gable and Bobby Roode – the good guys, remember – ganged up on pint-sized Maverick and mercilessly ripped into him for wetting himself.
For anyone who has been bullied – and one would assume that is a large percentage of the fan base – it was uncomfortable to watch and seemed like a direct contradiction of the message WWE is trying to sell.
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