February 15, 20214 yr comment_5939006 The WWE dumpster fire continues... Wrestling Inc.: WWE Issuing Violations For Social Media Posts Naming Third Parties Quote WWE is issuing “violations” to talent for tweets or Instagram posts naming any third party business, person, brand or charity, Wrestling Inc. has learned. Wrestling Inc. has learned that the violations start with a warning, then a fine, and finally suspension. The company is claiming ownership of talent Twitter and Instagram accounts via a clause in their contracts that grants WWE the exclusive use of their likeness.
February 15, 20214 yr comment_5939011 These people are insane. Batshit insane. I'm sure those people working for them must be so proud and happy that they represent such a wonderful company. Uh, Daniel Bryan ?... (I mean, I'm sure some actually do because that's what brainwashing does to you)
February 21, 20214 yr comment_5939562 Lance Storm brought up something interesting on the most recent F4D He said that a lot of the guys and gals these days get free ready made meals and things of that nature from various local joints and healthy mail order meal plan deals where talent will endorse them on twitter or whatever and they'll get free food sent to them for the plugs. He said a ton of the talent does it these days, and given most of them are on downsides and aren't working house shows this is a big deal to them It's insane that they're screwing their "independent contractors" like this at all, let alone in a pandemic when they can't even work to maximize their earnings
February 21, 20214 yr comment_5939567 2 hours ago, cm funk said: It's insane that they're screwing their "independent contractors" like this at all, let alone in a pandemic when they can't even work to maximize their earnings "Greed id good". WWE business practice is fascinating (and repulsive) to watch because it's über-capitalism in a nutshell.
February 21, 20214 yr comment_5939577 Until wrestlers start advocating for themselves, nothing will change. WWE pulls this stuff because they know they can. It has been a buyer's market for wrestlers for the last 20 years. It still is in a lot of ways, but not nearly as much as it has been.
March 5, 20214 yr comment_5941275 THIS FUCKING COMPANY Wrestling Inc.: WWE Reportedly Fining Wrestlers For “Thigh Slaps”
March 5, 20214 yr comment_5941279 It's like fining people for punch stomps in the 80's. Dumb as fuck. Is Orton getting power ?
March 5, 20214 yr comment_5941281 If you look at a match, like say, Roddy vs. Finn from this week, when Roddy does his running forearms, the camera shots show how obvious it is with him slapping the thigh to the point of outright laughter. Also, this is what you get when you fire Hero, who's the greatest audible strike wrestler maybe ever and knew how to hide it well.
March 5, 20214 yr comment_5941282 I certainly don't mind discouraging it, but putting the financial onus on wrestlers (assuming this is accurate) is petty.
March 5, 20214 yr comment_5941285 There are petty fines across all professional sports behind the scenes (baseball alone is enough to make folks cringe) so I come from a different viewpoint on it, but WWE hasn't exactly done a lot to teach it out of these folks who learned it on the indies coming up.
March 5, 20214 yr comment_5941286 Will they fine Nia and Shayna every time they concuss someone ? This is ridiculous. Kota Ibushi fucking slaps his tighs. I guess he doesn't know how tow work either. It's a simple trope. The best guys and biggest stars would stomp while punching for ever (yes, that includes Bret Hart, The Rock, Steve Austin), that was just as idiotic. Fining the workers is just yet another exploitative bullshit move from the pieces of shit who run that company.
March 5, 20214 yr comment_5941295 Sure, fine the wrestlers for thigh slaps, but do nothing about the seizure inducing camera work that seemed designed to capture every one in detail. WWE, everyone.
March 8, 20214 yr comment_5941610 A fine is stupid but shit like this has to stop I mean, come the fuck on
March 8, 20214 yr comment_5941803 Here's one of Johnny Gargano slapping his thigh when throwing a chop. I'm unsure of the context, maybe he was taking the piss, maybe it's so ingrained it's reflexive. https://preview.redd.it/cjf4dsjc31i21.gif?format=mp4&s=439963fb0c6349e529bb6f5af35e7ee1ca6ff94b
March 8, 20214 yr comment_5941819 The real issue is not thigh slapping. The issue is that too many people have mid-range offense that is too similar to other people on the roster.
March 8, 20214 yr comment_5941827 1 hour ago, Loss said: The real issue is not thigh slapping. The issue is that too many people have mid-range offense that is too similar to other people on the roster. I think both are the problem. Too many people overdoing the same moves up and down the card is an issue regardless if they do thigh slaps or not. But doing it so overtly is an issue too, just look at the last two clips posted, that's from the two top stars from NXT, it's kinda hard to expect people not to get used to doing it that badly when Ciampa, Gargano (and Cole, and Strong) do it like that. It's a slippery slope imo, if every top star was doing punches like Shane McMahon in every match, I would hope people would take issue with it. Thigh slapping has gotten to that level of bad, imo.
March 13, 20214 yr comment_5942326 This tweet is so downright disingenuous, so obviously profit-motivated, that it may as well say ""philanthropy is the future of marketing, it's the way brands r going 2 win"
March 13, 20214 yr comment_5942354 At least the people in charge of WWE are finally taking COVID seriousl-
March 13, 20214 yr comment_5942356 As Bix once said, “WWE Has a Drake Wuertz Problem.” It’s bonkers that so many of these wrestlers (especially in NXT) are pilled to the gills.
March 13, 20214 yr comment_5942361 To be fair, WWE isn’t the only brand playing the philanthropy card, but they’re definitely the most egregious about representing causes where their company values and many of their employees values are in direct contrast.
March 13, 20214 yr comment_5942396 Seriously, why doesn't WWE just fucking fire Drake? It's a ref, it's not that big of a loss. Let him go & save a bit of PR.
March 13, 20214 yr comment_5942397 No one knows or even notices who he is. For most people, and that included me for ever, he's just a short jacked up orange referee. BTW, this Andrade thing is the story of modern WWE. Then sign a hot lucha libre superstar. They deprive him of *everything* that made him cool in Mexico. Surprisingly, he doesn't get over. Then he turns heel and gets paired with Vega and magic happens. He has that match with Gargano which was deemed by some as the greatest WWE match ever. He goes up to the main roster. They eventually split him up with Vega. He vanishes because Heyman who wanted to push fresh talent ain't got the book anymore. 5 years after, he asks for his release despite being engaged to one of the biggest name in the company. Meanwhile, The Miz got a world title push and Edge is main eventing Mania.
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