It's not enough that Emma shoplifted an iPad case from a Hartford, CT Wal-Mart in 2014. It's the fact that she was summarily fired the quickly re-hired by the company with hours of the occurrence that is embarrassing. As evidenced by this list, pro wrestlers committing admittedly stupid crimes is a fairly commonplace occurrence. However, it's WWE's possible over-reacting in its new-found ultra-corporate state that makes this arrest quite embarrassing. In the company first showing itself to be super stern, then immediately back-tracking given negative public opinion of the firing, it showed WWE as being potentially unsure of itself in it's current corporate state.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
