Why WWE Superstars reportedly give all their social media passwords to the company

PW Insider's Mike Johnson says that WWE's digital media department has all of the Superstars' passwords.The company apparently needs access to their accounts in case they have to send something out for the storylines.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.WWE Superstars can be very vocal on social media. Often times their timelines look a little interesting as they can be replying to a viral video or saying something funny one moment before taking on a completely different company face the next. Kayfabe and shooting really found a mix on the IWC.Read more: Why the WWE world is enthralled with Becky Lynch, a women's wrestler known as 'The Man'Mike Johnson stated on PW Insider Elite Audio that WWE's digital media department actually has all of the Superstars' passwords. They are told not to give them out to anyone else, but the company needs access to their accounts just in case they have to send something out for the storylines.“I do believe that WWE has the right to control [Superstar] Twitter accounts. When you sign there you are told to give your password over to the digital media department and you are told not to give your password to anyone else. So it's possible that anything that pops up there in terms of pushing storylines those have been pushed by digital media, but they wouldn't have to fall under the TV-PG auspices.”Read more: Bret Hart attacked by fan mid-speech during WWE Hall of Fame ceremonySo if you're ever wondering how a WWE Superstar can go from shooting on a fan to plugging the WWE Network a few minutes later that second tweet was probably sent out by a different entity.This makes sense though considering the fact that WWE counted their 1 billion social media followers using all of their Superstars' social media followings as well.