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I'm glad it's not mockery. Although, I have to assume some Christians might object to the "AF" part of it. But if the Bucks are sincere, good for them. It's a nice shirt. Certainly miles ahead of the badly designed crap WWE puts out. I could actually see people wearing this to a concert or something (but probably not to church, lol).

What the fuck is this?! Are they Christians and this is sincere? Are they mocking Christians? Are they fans of "Captain Charisma" Christian Cage? Someone help me out here... What am I missing???

Paige's mum erased her social media accounts, but this was her response: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/06/saraya-knight-issues-statement-regarding-abuse-allegations-671725/

Lagana's denial:

You might want to rephrase your post. I've read it three times already and I cannot for the life of me tell whether you mean to imply that "Chris Ridgeway, Dave Mastiff, Eddie Dennis, Grizzled Young Veterans, Kip Sabian, Drew Parker, Noam Dar, Rampage Brown...plus loads of guys who aren't as known internationally" have been involved in sexual assault, harassment, etc. or have not been.

That has basically been the WWE template for 50+ years though.

Something most people might not know: If you highlight a specific sentence or paragraph, a little "Quote selection" button will pop up. Makes this board so much easier to use. Not sure if it works on mobile though - I've never tried it there.

She has a new blonde look. Makes me wonder if she knew about the cuts and has been planning for life after WWE. Kind of a shame, as there is surely something she can do. (Unfortunately, manager wasn't it, commentator wasn't it, talking head wasn't it. Not sure what else there is...)

Major cuts at FS1: WWE Backstage will no longer be a weekly show. Ryan Satin is gone. I feel bad for Satin. Even though I'm not a huge fan of the guy or anything, it has to suck to lose your dream job after only a few months.

Not sure if you mean me for questioning whether Jimmy Havoc's choosing to go into rehab is sincere or just another scumbag move to cover his ass and is actually part of his pattern of abuse, but I stand by it, because women on Twitter have specifically pointed out all the ways Havoc has used his mental illness to continue to manipulate and control them. I do hope rehab works anyway and somehow makes Jimmy Havoc a better man even if that's not his intention, but I'd be lying if I said I believed that was going to be the outcome.

Except, I completely disagree that AEW handled Sammy and Havoc the same. Sammy got far worse IMO. However, it turns out there may be reasons for that, according to Coffey's post (below). Not sure why you think I'm assuming every company will handle this like WWE, as I never said anything of the sort. I even praised AEW's (wildly imperfect) response as miles better than WWE. Hager and Justin Roberts are the other names, but I'll be honest that I have no idea what Hager did while Roberts was accused of asking for nudes from a fan who was 17. (If there's more than that, I'm sure someone will post. I've completely lost track at this point, which is a really, really sad indictment of just how bad things are in the wrestling industry.) I didn't know this was Florida law. Interesting wrinkle on why Havoc and Sammy were handled so differently. I hate to come across as cynical, but this really sounds like more manipulative BS by Havoc, which seems to be his abuse pattern of choice. I could be wrong and hope I am.

I edited my comment above to make my stance clearer. Since I did that literally seconds before your response, I'll post it again here. Edit: Going to add that I'd have zero problem with Sammy's suspension - punishment is deserved after what he said - if Havoc had gotten a worse punishment instead of a lesser one + being wished "all the best." And that's not even getting into the other cases AEW is blatantly ignoring. That's why I question the sincerity of this. Of course, all of this is still miles better than WWE shitcanning Gallagher (100% deserved) while turning a blind eye to everyone else (so far). I have no problem with Sammy being punished somehow - he should be - I just question the sincerity of it.

I disagree. I think it's fake "woke" bullshit. 1. It happened before AEW was even a thing. 2. Sammy apologized both publicly and privately to Sasha. 3. Sasha accepted the apology, or at least acknowledged it, and they've seemingly put the issue behind them. 4. And most importantly of all, abusive scumbag Jimmy Havoc got "wished all the best" and was sent to rehab. No suspension. Whether it's technically a suspension and he isn't getting paid, we don't know, because AEW didn't tell us. Just to be clear, I think Sammy was 100% wrong in what he said and I fully support the idea of him getting sensitivity training or whatever (assuming that stuff actually works and isn't just another scam), but AEW sacrificing him at the false altar of "wokeness" is incredibly disingenuous and transparent. I don't believe for even a single solitary second that this is a sincere move by Tony Khan and AEW. It isn't. Not after Jimmy Havoc. It's WWE suspending Harry Smith for a Wellness Policy violation to make it look like they were enforcing the rules. Edit: Going to add that I'd have zero problem with Sammy's suspension - punishment is deserved after what he said - if Havoc had gotten a worse punishment instead of a lesser one + being wished "all the best." And that's not even getting into the other cases AEW is blatantly ignoring. That's why I question the sincerity of this. Of course, all of this is still miles better than WWE shitcanning Gallagher (100% deserved) while turning a blind eye to everyone else (so far).

It sounds like Jazzy went through some bad shit, but responding to Simone Johnson (Rock's daughter) - who presumably isn't at the UK PC - seems kind of misdirected. Edit: I wrote that under the assumption that there's a separate PC in the UK, but come to think of it, I've never heard of that being the case. Could be she mean the UK workers at the U.S. PC?

I really hope Undertaker is done, for his own sake and peace of mind - the documentary certainly tried to paint that picture through editing - but Taker never at any point confirmed it. At best, he said "I think I'm done" or words to that effect. But he also said "never say never" and admitted he would consider it if Vince ever needed him again (likely for a Saudi show IMO, although that part was left unsaid). With that said, these shirts wouldn't have ever been a possibility even a year ago:

Is that an official NWA account or just a fan page? Either way, Corgan and the NWA should immediately vilify that post. (They won't, which is half the problem in wrestling right there, but they should.) The NWA letting people "resign" (Cornette, Lagana) instead of firing them outright is some real candy ass cowardly bullshit. Edit: Not sure if the NWALegends account was like this before - I don't follow it - but the profile is locked down now. These Tweets are protected Only approved followers can see @NWALegends’s Tweets. To request access, click Follow.

Now it's Austin Aries' turn. Honestly not surprised. After all, the little geek did it to Christy Hemme on camera. TNA being TNA looked the other way.

Joey Ryan continues to expose himself as an incredibly sleazy, monumentally stupid scumbug.

DWB and Wright would've been the babyfaces in any other territory.

"I've been in counseling working on myself" seems to be the new cliche among these "apologies."

The sad thing about Bram is that I'm guessing it's an open secret with him. There has to be a reason he keeps falling downward, right? From WWE developmental, to TNA, to the NWA. Of course, being completely generic and unmemorable probably doesn't help either.

I hope I don't come across as anti-AEW, because I'm not - I'm rooting for them to succeed - I just think a lot of their so-called "progressive" bona fides ended up being a bunch of carny BS, which is fair enough and to be expected, but still disappointing, ya know? My larger point was that the wrestling industry in general is tainted, not just WWE, so Randazzo's lazy "woke" sermonizing doesn't impress me one bit.

I don't think this is a good point though. I think it's an extraordinarily lazy one by an author so transparently trying to score "woke" points that I find it impossible to take him seriously. If Bryan, New Day, etc. don't work for WWE, where would they work? AEW, where Shad Khan pumped millions into the Trump campaign and they openly wish an accused rapist "all the best." ROH, owned by the insidious and odious Republican propaganda machine Sinclair Broadcasting. Impact, where people at the top of the food chain are alleged to be part of the problem, never mind some of the top wrestlers. New Japan, which is probably still tied to the Yakuza and God knows what else that we don't know about because they operate in another country. Etc., etc., etc. It's really easy for someone to say "don't work for WWE" or "don't work in the wrestling industry," but that's their dream and in many cases their only real talent. The better and less lazy approach is for the good guys to stay in wrestling and help clean it up from the inside, which is hopefully what this movement will do. I'm skeptical - as we all should be - that any real change will ever happen, but this is at least a promising start.

I went on Twitter to unfollow Velveteen Dream and saw that he erased all of his tweets and now has blank white images for his pics.