The WWE has gone on a charm offensive over the past few years, presenting itself as a caring, family-friendly company. However, upon closer scrutiny, this has revealed itself to be nothing but a smokescreen to mask their backstage tolerance of racism, sexism, and homicidal environment (anyone remember Chris Benoit?).

In the past, owner Vince McMahon could care less about obtaining good publicity, but with his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, and her henpecked husband, Paul Levesque (aka Triple H), slowly ascending towards the throne, they have tried to "work" the media into thinking that the WWE are about caring for their employees. A case in point: the WWE will be given an award by an entity called the "Sports Legacy Institute," which has been funding research on the effects of concussions in sports. The WWE has been responsible for many concussion related injuries of its workforce over the decades, but throwing a little money at this group seems to have bought it some love from the media.

However, we at Daily Kos are not so easily duped. The "Sports Legacy Institute" is run by one of their former employees, Christopher Nowinski, who maintains a good relationship with them. It would be as if the Koch Brothers donated to a small fund run by Sean Hannity for Doctors killed by Anti-Abortion terrorists.

Some disturbing news this week emerged which Stephanie McMahon and Paul Levesque have tried to cover up: their 3rd or 4th in command at WWE, Michael Hayes, was secretly suspended for giving alcohol to one of the WWE's female wrestlers, who had just returned from rehab for alcohol addiction.

Source: http://www.prowrestling.net/...

While this news would have flown under the radar of many media outlets as just another out-of-control WWE employee, Hayes has had a history of behavior which, in any real company, would have had him fired long ago. Let's take a look at what Hayes has done over the years, while asking the question: why does he continue to be employed by the WWE after all of this?: