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Dumb things I notice department: when Braun isn't sporting the usual WWE Wet Hair, it looks like he's wearing one of the Viking Raiders' headgear.

In other horrifying news that has nothing to do with assault allegations, WWE announced Ric Flair will be on RAW again next week. Because he's the guy you want to add to the covid-palooza that is the PC right now.

It's looking mighty suspect that Riddle and Devlin's responses both have some variation of them claiming to be the real victim of a vengeful ex. That very well may be true, but it's very suspect and very typical of an abusive gaslighter to try to flip the tables on the accuser rather than just denying the claims made against them. Apparently someone else came forward stating they were party to Riddle bragging he had his way with another woman similar to what the person making the accusation said, so his rebuttal is ringing especially hollow.

I agree making fun of someone's looks is never acceptable, but on the other hand what she apparently has done was reprehensible so fuck her (not in the way she would prefer either).

West Yorkshire police announced they are going to carry out an investigation after the story hit the news on BBC, none of this would have happened if the Twitter threads didn't start the ball rolling, Which is why this had to be done this way. Not to say I don't feel for anyone innocent caught up in this, but honestly if it's only a couple of people in a list of dozens and dozens of creepers/pests/rapists I can live with that. If the business had done a better job policing themselves no one would be in this position. I'm more concerned with the scores of women who've had to live in silence because no one believed them and/or were gaslit IMO.

Yeah I don't really care what people want to do to themselves or each other as long as its not breaking any laws. It seems that there's more than just smoke to the other parts of the allegations, which is at once disappointing yet at the same time not considering how much he prefers how "things used to be".

DX eating bananas on commentary back in like 1997 on RAW was a dig at the infamous "Cornette likes it when his (first) wife shoves bananas up his ass" story that was well known at the time. Also someone on the WO board posted the confrontation between Cornette and Santino at a convention a few years back, and at one point Santino calls him a "fucking rapist". Wrestling's been known as , and sometimes proud of being, a scummy business forever. I always felt if the bill ever came due it would probably scorch-earth a lot of the business but whoever would be left standing could hopefully build it back to a higher standard (expecting people to not be sex creeps is not exactly a high standard, but it's where we're at now).

He and Bea allegedy bullied someone who accused Will's friend/roommate of misconduct.

Yeah that's the one, my bad.

ExposedWrestling on twitter is keeping a list along with screenshots/retweets of people telling their stories of abuse.

Apparently Marty Scrull sleeping with underage teens has been a known thing on the UK wrestling scene.

Sometimes people get more justice on Twitter than the courts, that's a reflection of how fucked up both are. Besides, at the very least it seems there's pretty clear evidence from David Starr himself (based on how he's handled this situation) that he's a shit person who emotionally abuses people he's in a relationship with. Not someone I'm going to shed any tears over losing their reputation, and honestly not someone I believe is innocent of anything he's being accused of.

Something is clearly brewing with the Arn stuff and since this isn't a company that has a history of disappointing the audience, I'm stoked to see where this is going. I will say as the promotion that clearly sees itself as the spiritual successor to JCP, it's odd to me Arn has gone this long without turning on a Rhodes yet. Him doing so would be a very "a leopard never changes its spots" thing for him to do.

Abadon could be a big star if handled right. A female wrestler with a legit disturbing gimmick is practically unheard of* and anything that can get people to stop what they are doing and say "what the fuck is THAT?" is a great addition to any show. Also signing Ricky Starks is a great, great move. He really came off as a star in the making on the NWA shows, and I'm stoked he landed with a company that won't waste his potential by having him spend his peak years in a warehouse doing rolling drills. *yeah you had Su Yung and Rosemary in Impact but this character takes it to another level

Also Rinku used to pitch in the minor leagues for my Pirates so I'm a big fan just for that alone. but yeah, they give off a real Samoan Swat Team vibe where they look like they could kill you if they felt the inclination which is a thing I didn't realize I missed in wrestling.

Lorcan/Burch vs the big Indian dudes sounds like it could be a fun time.

Watching NXT now and I noticed Bayley's plate on the women's tag belts is her old "hugger" logo. The SD women's title has her new one. They probably just reused it from the last time she had the tag belts but it's funny to me that's something they never bothered to change.

Jericho trying desperately not to laugh while Sammy sings is the best.

lol @ Britt in the dumpster.

Cody's been talking about wanting a TV title since before AEW got started so I would expect it to stick around.

I thought that when they showed Arn, Tully, and Spears in the same shot in the stands last week....looked like foreshadowing.

Didn't know Marylin Manson's daughter got into wrestling.

Sadly most folks don't bother filing charges for things like rape because at best it leads to the victim being dragged through the mud and slut shamed and/or the authorities not taking it as serious as they should.

Tessa had several people confirming reports of what she said, and the person it was said to even came forward and confirmed it. Not to mention it brought out others to share other stories of her being an asshole to people (just not necessarily a racist one). It wasn't just some mentions of a long ago incident.

I mean, Vince is the guy who long believed anyone sneezing was a sign of weakness, so it should be no shocker that they completely bungled their handling of a global pandemic. I'm sure he's in his office scoffing at all these people wanting to wear masks like "real men don't need masks, PAL!"