January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875325 As far as equal pay goes, it should be pointed out that entry-level pay for women in WWE is higher than for men because their appearance maintenance expenses are greater.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875327 45 minutes ago, NintendoLogic said: As far as equal pay goes, it should be pointed out that entry-level pay for women in WWE is higher than for men because their appearance maintenance expenses are greater. Why should that be pointed out? Also, if they have higher expenses, they aren't really making more are they?
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875331 21 minutes ago, Grimmas said: Why should that be pointed out? Because Brandi Rhodes specifically said that equal pay meant that an entry level woman wouldn't make less than an entry level man. Quote Also, if they have higher expenses, they aren't really making more are they? They are if they have a competent accountant. Work-related expenses are deductible on your tax returns in the US.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875336 10 minutes ago, NintendoLogic said: Because Brandi Rhodes specifically said that equal pay meant that an entry level woman wouldn't make less than an entry level man. They are if they have a competent accountant. Work-related expenses are deductible on your tax returns in the US. She also mentioned equal pay for equal spots. It's not just the bottom of the card, but going up as well. Women have been treated like shit by wrestling, especially in the USA for a century. If AEW is doing anything to try to treat talent as equals, they should be applauded only. Not look for a small sidebar crack in their comment. It seems utterly pointless to bring up such a minor point. It sounds like someone saying all lives matter to black lives matter. It is correct, but not the time or place and it is definitely not needed.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875341 I don't really know of women being underpaid relative to their position on the card. The issue is more that the women have been booked like shit.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875343 10 minutes ago, NintendoLogic said: I don't really know of women being underpaid relative to their position on the card. The issue is more that the women have been booked like shit. I'm sure Rockin' Robin was making huge bank. Yeah, the pushes and not being used thus not getting paid nearly what they could be paid has been the issue.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875344 2 minutes ago, NintendoLogic said: I don't really know of women being underpaid relative to their position on the card. The issue is more that the women have been booked like shit. Is it really an issue ? Don't get me wrong, I like the fact women's division bring much much better matches than 10 years ago. But I disagree with the point of view that it's an objective evolution. Nowadays, women in WWE are useful because they bring quality in their matches. In the past, divas like Debra, Stacy Keibler and Maria Kanellis were used for having a break between important matches and enabled males viewers to contemplate beautiful women. Was it so bad ? I don't think so. It's just different. I like both perspectives and I would be bothered if a small wrestling company would be publically criticized for doing bikini contests and pillow fights. As far as equal pay goes, I don't care.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875348 That's a long way to get to " I like to jerk off to hot chicks rasslin'"
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875350 5 minutes ago, Johnny Sorrow said: That's a long way to get to " I like to jerk off to hot chicks rasslin'" Is it your business ?
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875352 14 minutes ago, WrestlingFan said: Is it your business ? Saying there is nothing wrong with women being treated solely as bathroom breaks and jack off material is a pretty sad statement. Trying to claim that is as good as women treated as equals with respect is really something.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875354 Well, I would not either have issue if it was the opposite (a promotion where women wrestle and men expose their muscles during the break).
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875355 4 minutes ago, WrestlingFan said: Well, I would neither have issue if it was the opposite (a promotion where women wrestle and men expose their muscles during the break). Don't even try to pretend that is the same. The history of the world disqualifies that opinion.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875357 2 minutes ago, Grimmas said: Don't even try to pretend that is the same. The history of the world disqualifies that opinion. History of the world doesn't matter at all. It's not because women have been treatened unfairly for ages they deserve special treatment. No gender, ethnic group, religious group etc. should be treatened in a different way because of their history.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875358 2 minutes ago, WrestlingFan said: History of the world doesn't matter at all. It's not because women have been treatened unfairly for ages they deserve special treatment. No gender, ethnic group, religious group etc. should be treatened in a different way because of their history. Yeah, I think we are done here.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875385 Tony did an interview with XPac talking about doing the HTML for John McAdam's old site in exchange for tapes. He's naming exact dates of WAR shows from 1995. There's a PWO poster with billions behind him getting into wrestling.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875389 On 1/9/2019 at 4:09 AM, Grimmas said: I really hope Janella is in charge of creative. In charge is a bit extreme. He has never done anything for weekly TV. Just one off hot shot type shows. 1 hour ago, Sean Liska said: Tony did an interview with XPac talking about doing the HTML for John McAdam's old site in exchange for tapes. He's naming exact dates of WAR shows from 1995. There's a PWO poster with billions behind him getting into wrestling. I came here to post a similar thing. The randomness of WAR tag teams is a running reference on the Between The Sheets podcast, the Segunda Caida podcast 10 years ago as well as that blog and the old DVDR board. I've had people tell me that Tony is an ex-DVDR poster.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875390 Maybe he was Mike Oles. We finally gonna get pro-wrestling as figure skating then...
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875392 What about AEW makes it impossible to stay on topic and not ruin the threads?
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875393 43 minutes ago, rovert said: In charge is a bit extreme. He has never done anything for weekly TV. Just one off hot shot type shows. I came here to post a similar thing. The randomness of WAR tag teams is a running reference on the Between The Sheets podcast, the Segunda Caida podcast 10 years as well as that blog and the old DVDR board. I've had people tell me that Tony is an ex-DVDR poster. I hope it's DEAN so we can get Daisuke Sekimoto and the strong division in AEW
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875397 Amazing how both threads on this promotion, which has held exactly one press conference, have gone off the rails. Great stuff!
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875400 31 minutes ago, ...TG said: Amazing how both threads on this promotion, which has held exactly one press conference, have gone off the rails. Great stuff! It is either this or watching Being The Elite.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875404 This promotion apparently doubles as a Rorschach Test for every wrestling fan's feelings about everything wrestling related.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875426 Honestly, people running in to declare the thread off the rails is more annoying than anything else that's gone on here. When a promotion makes equal pay an important issue, donates proceeds of their second (well technically third I guess) show to benefit victims of gun violence, and has at least considered providing health insurance it's going to be difficult to discuss this promotion without someone catching feelings I suppose.
January 10, 20196 yr comment_5875431 On the pay and conditions & equal pay. Hold fire until they sign their TV deal and they develop an actual pay structure.
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