Wrestling #MeToo #SpeakingOut

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Austin Aries has gone full anti vaxxer Alex Jones conspiracy theories crazy on his Twitter. No specific post to share in the thread. He's just gone full fruit loop.

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It takes some real effort to be completely blacklisted by every major promotion, but Austin Aries makes it look easy. I’d actually forgotten he was in WWE as recently as 2017. 

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4 hours ago, Hoptimus said:

Austin Aries has gone full anti vaxxer Alex Jones conspiracy theories crazy on his Twitter. No specific post to share in the thread. He's just gone full fruit loop.

He was selling tin foil hats weeks ago. I think he dove into that pool a fair while ago. 

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19 hours ago, Hoptimus said:

Austin Aries has gone full anti vaxxer Alex Jones conspiracy theories crazy on his Twitter. No specific post to share in the thread. He's just gone full fruit loop.

That guy is nuttier than squirrel turd

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On 4/2/2021 at 4:15 PM, CavemanLynn said:

Whats the story here? Who has opened a new school?

I think it's Pursuit Pro Wrestling.

 

https://www.instagram.com/pursuitprowrestling/

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6 hours ago, rAZN said:

I think it's Pursuit Pro Wrestling.

 

https://www.instagram.com/pursuitprowrestling/

Who's involved with that?

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2 hours ago, Snitsky's back acne said:

Who's involved with that?

Liam Slater and Nathan Black. Were either of them named? 

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The 103-page APPG report's now published at appgwrestling.uk

(Edit: Now a separate thread HERE.)

Edited Friday at 07:42 PM by Uncle Zeb

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10 hours ago, BrodyGraham said:

Liam Slater and Nathan Black. Were either of them named? 

No idea. 
Sadly, this is the problem when someone makes vague statements on social media.
It creates un-necessary speculation.

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The report has made it onto The Guardian website, though the focus is more on the classification of wrestling than Speaking Out in itself.

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10 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said:

The report has made it onto The Guardian website, though the focus is more on the classification of wrestling than Speaking Out in itself.

Yeah, that's what's made headlines across most outlets, which isn't particularly helpful. Though the scope of the report is much bigger than Speaking Out, and I think the "classed as a sport for training but not for shows" recommendation is solid.

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9 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

Yeah, that's what's made headlines across most outlets, which isn't particularly helpful. Though the scope of the report is much bigger than Speaking Out, and I think the "classed as a sport for training but not for shows" recommendation is solid.

Yeah, I've nothing against that classification at all, it's maybe one of the best ways of explaining what makes wrestling "sports entertainment".

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19 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said:

Yeah, I've nothing against that classification at all, it's maybe one of the best ways of explaining what makes wrestling "sports entertainment".

I was really disappointed to see British Wrestling - the governing body for amateur wrestling - immediately issue a statement rejecting it out of hand, based purely on a very woolly definition of sport (under which barely any training, martial arts, or a great number of youth programmes would qualify as "sport" either) rather than taking it on its merits.

If training schools were classed as sport, that would provide safeguarding and protections that aren't currently in place, would potentially allow schools to seek funding and government support, and perhaps most importantly would mean that they were registered - which would, in turn, have the effect of making any unregistered training schools inherently less reputable, so people would be better positioned to make informed decisions.

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To avoid derailing this thread with topics not relating to #SpeakingOut, there's now a separate one posted here about the APPG report as a whole.

 

Edited Friday at 07:45 PM by Uncle Zeb

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Pete Dunne tweeted earlier that as a result of the Pandemic and the Speak Out movement that Attack! Pro Wrestling won’t be returning. Been to many great Attack! Shows over the years so it’s disappointing but very understandable given the number of people that were used in Attack! That were named in the Speak Out movement. You’d hope if British indies continue that there’ll be some sort of vetting system going forward.