Stephanie McMahon wants the WWE pink as part of their new campaign called “Courage Conquer Cure,” which should have Dolph Ziggler pleased since it’ll be like camouflage for a sneak attack. But some have questioned whether this breast awareness campaign will turn off the mostly male audiences.
In a related report by The Inquisitr , Stephanie McMahon denied the rumor that Vince McMahon has a Total Divas rule that makes it impossible for the cast members to win the WWE Divas championship belt.
Yahoo Sports recently sat down with Mrs. McMahon to discuss a variety of topics, and it was noted that Monday Night RAW has recently featured guests like Hoda, Kotb, Kathie Lee Gifford, Adam Rose, and Joan Lunden. It was claimed these appearances “might not jive with the WWE viewing audience,” so McMahon explained the reason WWE is going pink.
“Those guest stars in particular were part of Monday Night Raw because of the partnership with Susan G. Komen. Going back to your first question on how the campaign is going this year, it’s going very well. The name of the campaign is “Courage Conquer Cure.” We are doing our pink-out as we have done for the past three years where we turn the middle ring rope pink. We have the Susan G. Komen logo on our stage and announcers table. We have branded merchandise from Hulk Hogan to John Cena to the Bella Twins and that co-branded merchandise as well as all of WWE’s merchandise has a percentage that’s donated to Susan G. Komen. And on “Total Divas,” we are going to be featuring Susan G. Komen as well.”
Stephanie McMahon does not believe the pink WWE objects will upset the male audience because “breast cancer impacts everyone” and joining with the Susan G. Komen foundation is “a tremendous opportunity and one that our audience really does get behind.” McMahon also explained the reason for the breast awareness campaign was due to John Cena, who is about as manly a wrestler as anyone can be.
“John actually had a family member who had cancer and because of early detection, his family member survived and stayed strong and moving forward. And because our fanbase is almost 40 percent female, we recognized the opportunity to partner on such an important cause like breast cancer awareness and we were able to partner with Susan G. Komen and help spread the message about early detection to an audience that may have never heard of it before.”
Do you agree with Stephanie McMahon that the WWE going pink for breast cancer awareness won’t be a turnoff for the guys?