In an interview with Yahoo Sports, WWE’s Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon commented on the reports that no cast member on Total Divas can have a run with the WWE Divas Championship, the company’s new policy regarding domestic abuse and more.
Highlights of the interview are below:
On the recent reports regarding the Total Divas cast not being allowed to win the WWE Divas Championship: “Absolutely not. I honestly don’t even know how that rumor got started. There is no policy, I think it would be awesome to have one of the Total Divas as our Champion, I think it would drive interest in the storyline. I would never say never.”
On the company’s new policy regarding domestic abuse and more: “We have a zero tolerance policy for domestic abuse. Upon arrest for such misconduct, our Superstars are immediately suspended and should there be a conviction, that Superstar or Diva would be terminated.”
On WWE adding advertisements to the WWE Network and what subscribers should expect in the coming months regarding new content: “The strategy is obviously a business decision to have limited advertising on the WWE Network. We want subscribers to know that there won’t be commercial breaks during scheduled programming, so your shows won’t be interrupted, it’s going to be very limited advertising in between the shows themselves. There will also be the occasional advertising before our video on demand content, but not before every video. We are going to be rolling out more video on demand content from our library and we are excited for that. New shows, new programming, we have the announcements rolling out.”
The interview is available in full at this link.