Was WWE 'politically forced' into signing RFK Jr.'s niece, Zoe Hines?
· Toronto Sun
Backstage politics have a long history in professional wrestling, but it’s not often that actual politicians are involved.
According to a report by Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Radio podcast, WWE might have been “politically forced” into signed Zoe Hines, the niece of U.S. Secretary of Health Robert Kennedy Jr.
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Hines is the daughter of Laurent Boye and Rebecca Hines, who is the sister of RFK Jr.’s wife, actress Cheryl Hines.
During Thursday’s episode of the subscriber-only podcast , the hosts spoke about WWE’s recent signings and brought up Hines, who was a NCAA softball player before trying her hand at professional wrestling.
“I certainly heard a lot about Zoe Hines I would say six months ago and it was very much this is one that was politically forced on them. It’s not like when she had her tryout. She’s a real athlete, she’s a softball player,” they said.
“When she had her tryout, it’s not like she knocked them dead or even knocked them even. It was very much said it was a forced hiring because of who she was and because of Robert F. Kennedy and Linda McMahon both being in the cabinet. And you know, she wanted to try.”
McMahon is the wife of former WWE head honcho Vince McMahon. He resigned his role in January 2024 amidst a sexual abuse and trafficking lawsuit , and following previous misconduct allegations.
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The hosts compared Hines’ signing to that of Simone Johnson, the daughter of WWE legend Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
“It’s like Simone Johnson, the same thing. She was not a good wrestler, they eventually used her as Ava and everything like that and used her in a different role,” they said.
The hosts reported that some people inside WWE knew that the signing was “inevitable” and that it was being “forced” behind the scenes.
“I had heard people very much dreading knowing this,” they continued. “As far as like the hiring of her, I would say it was probably known easily a year ago that it was inevitable that this would happen. And six months ago, it was already known from the tryout that it was one of those where the people who knew and seen had told me it was a hire they were dreading because it was a forced one.”
Per Cagematch , an Internet wrestling match database, Hines has yet to make her in-ring debut.