4 WWE employees who were affected by leaked content

One of the biggest problems celebrities face is leaked information and content about their private lives. It doesn’t matter whether you are an actor, a sportsman or a politician, leaked information about what you do behind closed doors can end your career.

We have seen powerful politicians like Bill Clinton pay the price for his indiscretion, as well as mega-popular athletes such as David Beckham, losing popularity due to a scandal. This is no different in the world of pro-wrestling. And this is doubly true if you are employed by World Wrestling Entertainment.

With the WWE’s obsession with keeping a clean-cut PG image in place, a scandal can spell the end for some incredibly influential members of the company. Today, we look into WWE employees who were on the wrong end of a scandal. Some came out unscathed, while others? Not so much.

So, without any further ado, here are 4 WWE employees who were disgraced by leaked content.

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#4 Paige

Everyone knows about the recent leak that Paige was a victim of

Let’s start off with the most recent entry to this list – Paige. By now, we have all seen the news that a number of compromising photos and videos of Alberto del Rio’s fiance– Paige – have surfaced across the internet, courtesy of a hacker who managed to access Paige’s phone.

Caught up in the same scandal are two other members connected with the WWE – Brad Maddox, and The New Day’s Xavier Woods. At this moment, it’s still unclear as to what the WWE’s next step in dealing with this delicate issue will be.

Further compounding this is the fact that Paige has had numerous run-ins with WWE management – both individually, as well as with del Rio, who was recently released by the company. The WWE might well use this as the perfect opportunity to do away with the trouble that seems to spring up around Paige and terminate her contract.

We should know more in the days and weeks to come.

#3 Tom Phillips

Tom Phillips has slowly but surely evolved into someone who could potentially be the voice of the WWE

Tom Phillips has slowly but surely evolved into someone who could potentially be the voice of the WWE in the years to come, following his great partnership with Corey Graves in NXT. But, all this hard work could have very easily been undone due to Phillip’s inability to stay faithful to his fiance.

As recently as a few weeks ago, Phillips was caught messaging a model on Instagram about having sexual escapades with her despite being engaged. When the model found out this little tidbit, she decided to go public and leaked their private conversations for the world to see.

Phillips, though, seems to have come out of this relatively unscathed as the WWE has continued to keep him on television since the incident, as the fourth member of the Smackdown Live announce team.

Hell, he even got a mini-promotion when he took the commentary reigns on last week’s episode of the show where usual commentator in chief, Mauro Ranallo, was unable to make it to the event due to a snowstorm. Stay faithful and don’t ruin a great career, Tom.

#2 Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins came out of the whole situation relatively unscathed

Triple H’s former golden boy and one of the most popular men on the roster, Seth Rollins, endured a scandal whereby he very nearly lost the mammoth push which brought him to the top of the company.

While still engaged, Mr Rollins decided to engage in an affair with former NXT Superstar, Zahra Schreiber. When his then-fiance caught wind of the affair, she promptly uploaded some nude photos of The Architect to Twitter causing a major uproar in the wrestling world.

This was made worse when information started surfacing about Schreiber’s apparent support of Nazis through some older Instagram posts which resulted in her termination from the WWE. Luckily for pro-wrestling, Seth Rollins came out of the whole situation relatively unscathed and continued his ascent to superstardom.

#1 Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan was the face of the WWE at one point

Hulk Hogan was the face of the WWE and one of the most well-known wrestlers in the world when the company decided to remove any trace of his existence from their records. Why? Because he was exposed as a racist in a disturbing anti-black rant on a sex-tape of his which was released by Gawker.

Despite the WWE wanting nothing to do with The Hulkster, he ensured Hulkamania did indeed run wild on Gawker when he sued the company over the sex-tape and ended up winning a $100 million in damages. Not too bad, Mr Hogan.

While there are always rumours of a return to the WWE for Hulk Hogan, we will have to see if the WWE ever wants to rebuild bridges with the man who carried the company for so very long.

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