Ganso Bomb posted:

This tracks

https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock/status/1751280156902088848

keithy george posted:

I imagine the Slim Jim loss was the worst look TKO could imagine and scrambling to fill a hole of pointless poo poo for the Miz and LA Knight to do, so they could say "You didn't like Vince? He's gone. Come back or we'll sue you for breach of contract". Sorry if you bought 50 boxes of slim jims to celebrate.

yea ok posted:

https://twitter.com/RondaRousey/status/1751301113838801383

MassRafTer posted:

It beats thinking about a very rough couple of days (I'm personally ok, just a few deaths that rocked everyone in my circle) in conjunction with the Cuomo case makes it all feel very relevant.

sonicice posted:

The Rumble is nearly sold out and it's happening whether you like it or not. Punk has a job to do so I don't find it that unreasonable that he's watching old rumble matches to prepare for that.

I'd like to see what some of you would do put in his position and not just sitting in front of your computer angry posting about it. I'm just sure you would all quit your jobs immediately and burn the world's supply of Slim Jims.

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Rarity posted:

You're right, MRT should start a podcast

MassRafTer posted:

Wow it's only been a week since the last episode.

davidbix posted:

In case it's not becoming clear: Though Marchman is an outlier as...

1. A wrestling geek.
2. With extensive experience in trauma-informed reporting of both sex trafficking and sexual abuse more broadly.
3. A female reporting partner (Anna Merlan) who's also great at #2.

...a bunch of outlets are working on stories right now. It seems like the Janel Grant lawsuit was the tipping point for a lot of outlets taking this seriously and devoting investigative reporting resources to WWE. Whether it's the scope, that it's a trafficking case, and/or that the specific allegations are so disturbing and well-documented, it seems to be getting through to media much more than past scandals.

pressedbunny posted:

There's no legal punishment for Vince and Laurinaitis which would be appropriate; I'm hoping for a Lady Vengeance kind of scenario. All the other men who took part, enabled, and covered for them can rot and die in prison.

I wish I could be more constructive, but all I've felt since this news broke is rage and hatred.

Evil Badman posted:

It's plausible. They already have the precedent for how this works, Danielson's WM30 campaign. Also the thought that Dwayne gives that much of a poo poo about the Rock's alignment is amusing.

In the very least, it is an effective smokescreen for the common viewer.

Lid posted:

https://twitter.com/flyinbrianc89/status/1756079654379651406?s=46

Well Nash it was nice of you to burn all the goodwill you have built over years for this of all things.

MassRafTer posted:

WWE is going to lose the true crime demographic.

https://twitter.com/jeremybotter/status/1757803154882613627

rotinaj posted:

I don’t think I have ever heard a true crime podcast or other piece of media do a pro wrestling story and actually get the entire story, be it Benoit, snuka, misawa or anything else

Even when the my favorite murder podcast hosts did wrestling true crime and one of them is married to a wrestling superfan, they still missed a lot of stuff about Benoit

Dimebags Brain posted:

Hey just want to say I appreciated listening to this and having everything just coherently laid out. It's a shame I can't beam it directly into someone's ears because sadly the people that most need to hear this aren't going to listen to a 60 minute podcast about the subject.

KungFu Grip posted:

apologize to loser paul

MJeff posted:

What the gently caress was that Nick Khan quote about past standards applied to present actions?

EDIT: Found it. Leslie making a rare appearance outside of the stupid wrestling fan thread.

https://twitter.com/leslieleeiii/status/1615756262322442240

So he said this in January 2023. They made this policy in June 2023. Ooooooookay, dude.

AsInHowe posted:

MassRafTer posted:

Why would people in WWE rib someone for stuff they agree with?

TinTower posted:

I hope, for their sakes, those Paul Levesque chants at the Hall of Fame don't age horribly.

pressedbunny posted:

Maybe I'm misremembering, and this new headline has taken over search results, but didn't the original accusation mention a personal trainer being one of the guys Vince had on speed dial to enable/cover up/take part in rape and/or trafficking?
In any case, given the nature of his crimes and how much he (allegedly, I guess we have to say) boasted and shared them with anyone in earshot, I'd be surprised if his trainer didn't know everything.

MJeff posted:

https://twitter.com/sherman4949/status/1777403237630394865

Hmmmmmmmm.

Pylons posted:

https://x.com/DrainBamager/status/1781314636211462531

TinTower posted:

So what's the over/under on how long it'll take WWE to send out Andrade to tell a horror story about Tony stealing the last ham sandwich in catering one week? Because that's what tends to happen with this sort of news.

Sir Tonk posted:

https://x.com/sheslaydaily/status/1783965604334215574

Seeing some very curious responses to Tony's comparison this week.

Is there any evidence that he's got more people than Jericho with issues? And was there ever anything solid on the Jericho accusations?

There's a whole lot of wwe fans using this to minimize the Vince stuff. It's all so twisted

Davros1 posted:

https://twitter.com/DreamSooner/status/1784341048455557179

Elephant Ambush posted:

I hope he's experiencing maximum misery from not being able to be a workaholic dictator anymore

CombineThresher posted:

They are very, very stupid and have no media training, much less the good sense to know when to keep your trap shut. A lot of them seem to be fash or fash-adjacent as well.