5 Times Wrestling And Social Media Got Awkward
4. Stephanie McMahon: Hypocrite
Upon accepting her Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 2015, for Boyhood, Patricia Arquette delivered an impassioned acceptance speech.
"To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights. It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America."
Stephanie McMahon retweeted the quote, despite overseeing a creative regime which on that very day - February 23, 2015 - booked Emma and Paige to lose a Monday Night RAW match to the Bella Twins in just thirty seconds. For perspective, even the Ascension, buried further underground than Chris Benoit, were allocated thrice the time. AJ Lee called Stephanie out, citing that the Divas received a fraction of the pay and screen time as their male peers. They were excluded entirely from using their voice, which was the hashtag of the day. Stephanie responded with a brisk "I appreciate your opinion".
She then showed her appreciation by overseeing a creative regime which compromised the Women's Revolution publicity drive by having reality star Nikki Bella hold onto the Divas title well past the point of congruity and entertainment - purely to ensure AJ's record reign was broken.
Use your voice - to be petty in the extreme.