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Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio wonf4w that WWE was politically forced to sign Zoe Hines, the niece of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

"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. She's a real athlete, she's a softball player. 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."

He added that WWE staff have been "dreading" the inevitable signing for months.

"I had heard people very much dreading knowing this. As far as the hiring of her, I would say it was probably known easily a year ago that it was inevitable this would happen. Everyone can improve, you never know, but it was one of those where the people who knew and seen and everything had told me it was a hire they were dreading because it was a forced one."

Hines was officially announced as part of WWE's latest Performance Center signing class on Wednesday. She is a former softball player at Boston College who also represented France's national softball team. Linda McMahon, who serves as US Secretary of Education, was reportedly involved in securing the deal. WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H also serves as vice-chair of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.

#WWE #ZoeHines #RFKJr #LindaMcMahon #WWERaw

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