The Gaffer Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 12 minutes ago, chokeout said: John Oliver simply ignored the facts. The piece was literally just facts. It's pretty simple, really. Either your guys have proper employment status or they don't. They don't. Proper catty rebuke that will hopefully prompt a response. For all the guilt it can make you feel for supporting this shit, you long for the day WWE actually meet their match in the media. Dry news reports were just never able to do it. This seems different. I'm sure it could all blow over, but I don't want it to. About half a billion from the Saudis over the next few years, right? Let them haemorrhage bad PR. Have some of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted April 1, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 1, 2019 Somewhere in Pittsburgh Jerry McDevitt's spidey sense is tingling. You know he is going through the transcript of the show to see what he can use in a lawsuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted April 1, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 1, 2019 35 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: Somewhere in Pittsburgh Jerry McDevitt's spidey sense is tingling. You know he is going through the transcript of the show to see what he can use in a lawsuit. Have WWE ever actually won a lawsuit against a big (non wrestling) company that have the money and legal skills to tell them to fuck off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 It's a devastating piece, and by all rights should get a lot of traction. But this is WWE, and Vince - they genuinely seem teflon-coated, as if the expectation of sleaze is such that nobody outside the wrestling bubble still cares. Since the #metoo movement started I've been waiting for the spotlight to end up on WWE, genuinely one of the sleaziest companies in history for treatment of women but it hasn't happened. The WWE has no defence on the issues of employment - it's a cut and dried case to me. I'd love to know why the IRS has never taken an interest over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted April 1, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Loki said: The WWE has no defence on the issues of employment - it's a cut and dried case to me. I'd love to know why the IRS has never taken an interest over the years. Probably because of the cushy road agent job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted April 2, 2019 Moderators Share Posted April 2, 2019 I stand up for WWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 6 hours ago, chokeout said: Have WWE ever actually won a lawsuit against a big (non wrestling) company that have the money and legal skills to tell them to fuck off? The PTC is about the only one I can think of, and then they made it easy for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 2, 2019 Moderators Share Posted April 2, 2019 So... Is John Oliver going to go to Wrestlemania then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: So... Is John Oliver going to go to Wrestlemania then? His next show should end with him pointing at the sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members marc2j Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 33 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: So... Is John Oliver going to go to Wrestlemania then? We dont know yet. There's no clear path for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factotum Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Guaranteed there is going to be a small man in glasses and a suit with a 'British accent' getting squashed by Strowman on Sunday. While Vince swallows a bottle of pills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CL Punk Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 So, all it takes to get a free ticket to Wrestlemania is to publicly call Ol' Vinny Mac an asshole? Wish I'd known that before booking tickets to a viewing party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Factotum said: Guaranteed there is going to be a small man in glasses and a suit with a 'British accent' getting squashed by Strowman on Sunday. While Vince swallows a bottle of pills. Is Lister in town that weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 In the 'some people really will pay for anything' category: Joey Ryan is selling pictures where you can touch his dick for $30 and wrestling Twitter apparently thinks this is the greatest thing in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted April 3, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Snitsky's back acne said: In the 'some people really will pay for anything' category: Joey Ryan is selling pictures where you can touch his dick for $30 and wrestling Twitter apparently thinks this is the greatest thing in the world. I think it's fairly well known that a lot of Wrestling Twitter is questionable at best. I don't really want to bring up Bayley Fan Izzy again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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