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Yeah... Very clickbaity. Especially when you look at their actual tweets from yesterday.

 

@heels1785 You might want to just screenshot those tweets rather than giving them any possible traffic by cross-linking because, yeah, definitely some gross manipulation of ambiguous phrases.

 

Riddle's going to be interesting to watch because he was supposed to debut as a permanent part of the blue roster on SMACKDOWN tonight.

 

West Yorkshire police are investigating allegations (usually deal with serious sexual related crimes), UK media are now reporting it and EQUITY (acting union covers wrestlers in the UK) is holding emergency meetings.

This is bigger than 2007.

 

What happened in 2007?

 

Beniot murders.

I don't think people understand there may not be a UK wrestling scene after this. I suspect WWE will ditch NXT because PROGRESS runs it on their behalf.

AEW are silent in the allegations about Jimmy Havoc and Darby Allen.

 

Ah right. I don't know if you can really compare the two. Benoit murders were a much higher profile, brutal and unexpected. Though if you mean in terms of it's long term impact I can see your point.

 

Progress announces firings and suspensions in the wake of #SpeakingOut.

 

@Mustafar_66

I meant the long term impact.

 

I hope you're right.

 

West Yorkshire Police have asked campaigners to stop tweeting names now as evidence might be effected for potential prosecutions.

They're now handling the cases.

 

100% what Undertaker just said

 

Matt Riddle's been removed from the SMACKDOWN previews for tonight. Make of that what you will.

 

It’s been funny watching him become a massive afl fan in the last few months



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Riddle and his wife have denied the allegations and have called the woman crazy and a stalker and that riddle has had to change his number 3 times

Wwe released a statement saying they don’t condone any kind of assault and if allegations are proven or taken to court then people will be fired basically

Impact apparently drafting one up as more members of the roster are named

 

Lagana's gone from NWA.

PWInsider's reporting that Jack Gallagher's been released.

 

Welp.

 

Absolute turmoil. But a welcome reckoning, b/c this behavior needs to stop.

Dream re-accused, seemingly from someone w/ more credibility but more corroborating "grooming" than crossing the line. I don't know the status of the original accusations (they seemed all over the place), but still it's bad.

Riddle seems like the one who might be innocent, given his wife spoke up about needing a restraining order for the woman and people at WWE apparently were aware of her stalking/harassing behavior prior to this. Needs to be investigated seriously though and glad they seem to be.

Forgotten Sons rumored to be removed from a program with New Day in favor of Cesaro/Nakamura b/c of Ryker's tweets and the gimmick. Good riddance to that too, though bummer for Cutler & Blake who distanced themselves from it-- they should get a chance to reinvent themselves.

Flip side is the women are kicking ass in all this, the bravery of many of them speaking out is awesome to see. Taynara Conti spitting fire:

Spoiler: language

Dakota Kai raising thousands of dollars on Twitch for RAINN, etc.

Think I'm tuning out of wrestling for awhile with the exception of the women's divisions, which is honestly the best part of the product right now to me anyway.

 

West Yorkshire Police have begun collecting evidence from all victims.

 

*sighs*

Its too much now. I'll probably take a break from wrestling.

 

happened to get a recommend on youtube the other day , a little snippet of a Cornette show this week. Somebody wrote in about a contract offer that was made public in a lawsuit between WWF and Ultimate Warrior. On Dec 17, 1997 McMahon sent Warrior an offer of 5 years, $750,000 per year (same contract that Michaels had, and i would guess Undertaker, but not sure) . I've never heard of this before and it ranks as one of the most ill concieved things i've heard. This was the time that D-Generation X and Stone Cold Steve Austin were super hot. Warrior didn't fit in there At All. Cornette said since it was dec 17, Vince probably thought of it on dec 16.

 

Not the weirdest contract story involving Jim Cornette this week...

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Interesting how Riddle's debut still went forward and Jack Gallagher's basically getting the Benoit treatment from the company.

 

MLW Ring announcer fired after texts with 15 year old girl surface.

 

Mexican wrestling maybe hit very hard by COVID-19. From WrestlingObserver:

While not all names have come out, the deaths in Mexican wrestling listed in the current Observer may be just the tip of the iceberg. El Fantasma, the head of the Box y Lucha commission and legit father of the NXT star, said that he knows of 30 deaths since the start of May and he believes 90 percent of them are related to COVID-19, although in most cases no causes of death were released to the public