When "Raw" commissioner Stephanie McMahon made her return to the show after a seven-month absence Oct. 30, it was no surprise that she cut a heated promo on "Raw" general manager Kurt Angle.
What was surprising was that Angle just took the tongue-lashing from his boss like he was a random, entry-level employee on his first day on the job. That's no way to portray any babyface authority figure, much less one who's an Olympic gold medalist and WWE Hall of Famer.
The idea was to get heat on Stephanie, but certainly there was a way to do that without so thoroughly emasculating Angle. Moreover, from a logic standpoint, it doesn't make sense that Angle wouldn't stand up to Stephanie. Are we to really believe he needs the job so badly that he would put his pride aside and allow himself to be humiliated in front of millions of people?
