20 Ways WWE Killed CM Punk And AJ Lee's Passion For Wrestling
7. Why Would You Want To Work In A Company Where Nobody "Gets" You?
When you're a progressive-minded and heavily-tattooed straight edge "millennial or a free-thinking feminist, maybe the last company you'd want to work for is World Wrestling Entertainment in 2015. CM Punk and AJ Lee were quite possibly viewed as pariahs by their employers. Let's remember that Vince McMahon is a nearly 70-year old man who could easily be out-of-touch with modern culture. As well, Stephanie McMahon is a chief branding officer of a publicly-traded corporation. When you're absolute polar opposites of who and what your superiors stand for and are as people, being happy while also being gainfully employed is likely impossible.
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.