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Former WWE star Lance Storm has commented on the return of Brock Lesnar and the working environment for women in WWE: "I think everyone's looking at it from the wrong perspective. I don't think it's about Brock. I think it's about the working environment of women within WWE. "Under Vince, there was a very unfavorable, bad, pick your own word, work environment for women. Dating back to Rita Chatterton, to the objectivity of women with bra & panties matches and thong-a-thons and 'puppies, puppies, puppies'. The very handsy make-out sessions that women had to do with Vince McMahon. "Take that forward to whatever necessitated Vince to offer multi-million dollar NDAs to women to stay silent. To what we learned about Janel Grant. Women were drastically underpaid in that era too. "And Vince was removed. And Hunter (Triple H) has made things so much better. Women are making way more money. Women are legitimate stars. Women aren't objectified like they used to be. Women can wear non-revealing outfits and still be big stars. "So, to me, whether you bring Brock back or not, or anyone else back or not, to me, you need to ask your question - does this support your move to improve and make a respectful safe environment for women in your company, or does it detract from that and make it feel like you're going backwards? "Because I think if you just look at each individual case, 'Did this person do something that's really worth that, was this one instance...' - it's not about the individual instances. It's about the overall message you send to women who work for you and in your company about the environment they are going to have to perform in. "And I think you have to look at it from the women's standpoint and whether they would be in favor of something or not." (WOL)