That was Moxley's big thing in going to AEW. He said in WWE, ANYTHING on the side had to be cleared by all levels of the corporation. AEW's attitude, on the other hand, is basically "just be back by Wednesday".

Having met people who worked for WWE all the way back to when it was WWF this does not shock me. Vince’s lawyer said it best “exploitation”. That’s what they do, they treat their talent like garbage and exploit them until, in some cases, they die. It’s really messed up. The McMahon family are really gross and I hope,…

There is nothing new here. This is standard operating procedure for McMahon. He drove Sgt. Slaughter out of the (then) WWF in the 80s because he insisted on getting money from GI Joe.

This is tricky. When Warner Bros was just a movie studio, they worked within the union systems of the entertainment industry. You can get fined for a lemonade stand if it’s not part of the crafts services union. Then Warners became a huge media entity, and now they’re owned by AT&T which we all know is one of the most…

If Vince McMahon isn’t making money off it, then you dam well ain’t going to either in his eyes. I bet if tbey where giving old man Vince McMahon a cut he wouldn't have a god dam problem....

I mean Disney is well known for its anti labor practices and violations of labor law. I'm not as familiar with WB.

John Oliver’s piece on how fucked it is that WWE are considered “independent contractors” was really insightful. It’s like wtf has our government been doing to ignore such obvious violations for years, and meanwhile don’t mind getting all over other brands like Uber to question if they have employees or contractors?

That was a fantastic read.

Yeah we assumed people like Sami Zayn and Kevin Owen would eat shit for taking a few weeks off while COVID ran wild over the WWE.  But we also knew Roman was a different story with his history of being a cancer survivor.  I can only assume the only reason he’s come back at all by this point (as the company has…

He and Trump have a lot in common:

Does this mean management is going to force Xavier Woods to stop playing Dungeons & Dragons on stream with the guys from Penny-Arcade? 🤔

To be clear: The unionization tweet mentioned in the article came after she was fired but before it was publicly announced. Unless you’re referring to her earlier, more oblique unionization support in a reply to Paige about 5 weeks earlier:

He doesn’t sell the Stunner worth a damn.

Vince would consider having to abide by fair labor practices as ruining his life.

In their official statement the WWE compared itself to Disney and Warner Bros.  That’s says all you need to know right there about how out of touch they are!

From what I’ve been reading, WWE doesn’t intend to go back to its non-TV touring schedule even when things are safe again. Assuming that’s true, this stream of income has potentially dried up for certain wrestlers practically forever.

Thea knew she was getting canned when she did that.  Regardless, a handful of wrestlers would rather be fired then give up their side hustles.

Really rooting for Biden's Labor Secretary to come in and ruin Vince's life.

Agreed. Roman is a member of the A’noai family who for decades have been very tight with WWE, so his pushing for it would definitely lend some credence to the effort but unless the majority of the talent gets on board to force WWEs hand it’s just not going to work.

It would take the entire locker room to turn on Vince