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Never knew Osprey was autistic this is pretty cool what a great weekend for wrestling from TNA relaunch, NJPW battle in the valley and AEW collision. If you’re a wrestling fan in general just a great weekend

I also found out something pretty cool that Will Osprey is autistic which makes what he does even more impressive
 
Nic Nemeth joined TNA & NJPW.

Mustafa Ali is going to NJPW for his World Tour.

Can’t wait for these two to show the world what WWE missed out on.
 
Also anyone planning to come to Philly for Nania weekend Stubhub is running some sale $300-$500 package deal SDLive/Hof, Takeover, mania both nights and Raw after. Not a bad deal
 
We lost Jay Briscoe one year ago today

This is why I love All Elite Wrestling!

A beautiful moment took place on Dynamite. Mark brought out Jay’s daughters for the anniversary of their father’s death.

Mark said that doctors told his oldest niece she would likely never walk again after the accident that took Jay Briscoe.

She walked out on the stage with her siblings and uncle.
 
Cora Jade tore her ACL at an NxT house show over the weekend.

Rollins suffered an injury to juicer botch Mahal and getting an MRI. No news how bad it is yet
 
Fightful: This year’s ROH “Supercard Of Honor” is internally listed to take place on Friday, April 5th at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins has been pulled from this weekend’s WWE live events, but is still scheduled to appear on Raw live this Monday night.

Wade Keller of PWTorch commented on the situation:

“Connecting some dots, I am thinking it's not good news but I don't know exactly how bad the news is. The reason for that is, I've asked a bunch of people and some of whom would likely be privy to what's going on who won't comment on it. I understand there's internal policies on stuff like that, but, I would think if he was fine and he 'walked it off', we would be hearing it."
 
BREAKING NEWS: Kazuchika Okada will be leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling after the conclusion of his contract on January 31 2024.

Kazuchika Okada statement:

I have nothing but gratitude for having been a part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 2007, and for NJPW bringing me from a 19 year old kid off the plane in Mexico to the Rainmaker I am today. Thank you to the best of companies in NJPW, to the best of opponents that I’ve been able to face here, and to the best of fans that have cheered and booed over the years. I promise to make it rain in every match I have left, so keep watching.
 
Seth Rollins suffers brutal knee injury

BREAKING: Fightful reports Seth Rollins sustained a torn MCL and a partially torn meniscus on Monday's WWE Raw
 
Raw to Netflix exclusively

BREAKING NEWS: WWE has officially announced that Raw is coming to Netflix beginning in January of 2025.

Netflix will exclusively stream the show in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Latin America.

The deal is reportedly for 10 years for WWE to stream exclusively on the popular platform for $5 billion.
 
Dwayne Johnson has been granted full ownership of ‘The Rock’ trademark name.

He has also joined the board of directors for the TKO Group the merged company of WWE and the UFC.
 
Renowned Author, Aaron Varble, revealed that Kevin Patrick has been removed from the Smackdown commentary team.

No replacement has been named yet.

The reason given as to why Patrick has been removed was “it just wasn't working out.”
 
Wwe2k games
The covers have been revealed for 2K24

Cody Rhodes on the Default

Bianca and Rhea on the Deluxe

40 Years of Wrestlemania on the Iconic
 
Would be nice for us cord cutters to be able to see some weekly episodic wrestling television besides Powerrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
 
those who pre order the game get the nightmare family pack. Stardust and Dashing Cody plus 1976 Dusty Rhodes and first time WWE game Billy Graham.

Release March 8 special edition release March 5th. Delux comes with some my faction of Rhea and Bianca. Free edition of WWE2k23

Delux all that plus mega booster for superstar, season ok both version mania pack comes with macho king, rey Mystero WM22, triple h 30, Charlotte 32 and Rhea 36.

Showcase 40 yrs of mania new match types like ambulance, casket, guanlet, special guest ref, more then 200 playable character ncluding legends

7 real WWE refs, better backstage area, trading punches mini game, new create a sign and referee slots
 
Per Andrew zarian

Since we are on the topic of TV and Streaming rights.

A source mentioned to me that is very possible for AEW to become a cable/streaming hybrid show.

Much like how the NBA simulcasts on TNT and Max.
 
PWInsider Elite reports there has been talk within WWE of implementing “stronger realism” and more “sports-centric elements” into the product going forward.

“Cody Rhodes being interviewed on RAW ‘earlier today’ complete with the clock listing the time was an example given of trying to root the product in stronger realism. We are told that interviews will reflect this as well.”

Other examples that fall in line with this change in approach from previous weeks of WWE TV include Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate’s conversation in a coffee shop on SmackDown as well as the confrontation between Kayden Carter & Katana Chance and Chelsea Green & Piper Niven in a nightclub on Raw
 
Cody thinking I should’ve just stayed in AEW I’m getting bent over again by WWE

Multiple sources close to Triple H have indicated that Cody Rhodes will not headline this year’s WrestleMania, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania

- SI
 
AJ Styles (who debuted in WWE 8-years-ago today) has now had 874 matches in WWE, this is 66 more matches than he had during his entire run with TNA.
 
DJackson10 said:
Cody thinking I should’ve just stayed in AEW I’m getting bent over again by WWE

Multiple sources close to Triple H have indicated that Cody Rhodes will not headline this year’s WrestleMania, nor will he “finish his story” at WrestleMania

- SI
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They just put Cody on a freakin video game cover. He's the most over babyface in the company and making huge bank. He is not thinking any of those things and is not getting bent over by the company. Don't get worked.
 
hagmania said:
In fact, there's probably nothing more that Cody wants than to see how many years he can tease "finishing the story."
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Completely agree. Cody grew up watching and learning from his Dad. Dusty knew the money was in the chase for the face. Held the NWA title 3 times but only for a total of 107 days. Cody would love to stretch this out. Do we even have "Finish The Story" shirts yet? So much meat on the bone still.
 
BREAKING NEWS: Vince McMahon Accused of Sex Trafficking by WWE Employee He Paid To Keep Quiet

The Wall St Journal reports a woman who received a payout from Vince McMahon has accused McMahon, the company and a former executive of sex trafficking in a new lawsuit that raises questions about the breadth of an internal company probe conducted by a law firm last year.

Janel Grant, a former employee at WWE’s headquarters, said in a lawsuit filed Thursday that she was abused and sexually exploited by McMahon while he was chief executive. She alleged that McMahon lured her with promises of career advancement, and then he allegedly exploited her and trafficked her to other men inside the company.

The lawsuit, filed in a Connecticut federal court, describes in graphic detail Grant’s account of interactions with the businessman and TV personality. She alleged that McMahon and another WWE executive locked her in an office in WWE’s headquarters in Stamford, Conn., on June 15, 2021, and took turns sexually assaulting her while other staff were working.

In the middle of another workday, on June 23, 2021, McMahon locked Grant inside his private locker room at WWE’s offices and forced himself on her over a massage table, the suit said. Later that day, McMahon’s personal assistant delivered $15,000 in Bloomingdale’s gift cards to Grant in her office.

The suit also includes screenshots of explicit text messages that McMahon allegedly sent to Grant. A May 2020 message said: “i’m the only one who owns U and controls who I want to f— U.”
 
Justin Burrasso of Sports Illustrated has issued a retraction to the report he put out yesterday stating Wrestlemania plans had shifted:

“I reported spoilers for Sports Illustrated yesterday regarding the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania 40. I reported what was detailed to me by previously reliable sources.

It appears this was a deliberate attempt at misinformation, or misinformation that is being spread through WWE itself.

I apologize for the errors in yesterday’s report. When posting these reports, the entirety of the information needs to accurate.”
 
Good bye Lesnar, Brock upset Vince leaving during mcmahons first out makes way more sense now

BREAKING NEWS: Brock Lesnar implicated in Vince McMahon Sex Abuse Lawsuit

Janel Grant, one of the women in Vince McMahon’s NDA scandal, was instructed to take sexual photos and videos for Brock Lesnar in an attempt to get him to re-sign with the WWE. Vince McMahon told her that “F*cking [Brock]” was part of the deal.

Brock Lesnar told the victim that he “Likes what he sees” and after Lesnar obtained her phone number, he instructed the victim to send him a video of her urinating after which he called her a *****.
 
A spokesperson for TKO Group Holdings has said in a statement: “Mr. McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE. While this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company, we take Ms. Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally.”

— Variety
 
With the news on Vince this was what WWE board was trying to get ahead of. Members of that board included Paul Levesque aka Triple H. Going to be interesting to see how much if any he knew of this and if the hammer comes down on him. It’s not looking good at all for a lot of people in WWE right now from people I’ve talked to in the know.

A few sources are now wondering how this might affect WWE signing future talent such as getting Okada and Giulia now among others.
 
Fightful Select reports that plans for Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble may have already changed, after his alleged involvement in the sex trafficing lawsuit filed against Vince McMahon by a former WWE employee.
 
WWE so professional they said. Run by adults they said. WWE runs a pretty frat party sloppy shop imho from the big wigs. Who else higher up knew and what big time stars or wrestlers in general knew what was going on? John and Vince should be serving jail time as well as anyone else involved who partook or covered this up.
 
good write up summary of events from Reddit user

This already has 1912 comments at the time of me posting this but since I am reading the whole document and I am sure not everyone is here are some disgusting and horrible things that are being alleged. Trigger warnings for sexual violence/rape of course.

• ⁠The victim (I know her full name is in this but it really feels horrible to name her) got to know Vince McMahon because they lived in the same building, her parents had died after she had been their caregiver, lost her family house, and was unemployed.
• ⁠Vince shared pornographic content of the victim within the company including to a former UFC world heavyweight champion who they were trying to re-sign (clearly Brock Lesnar)
• ⁠Their relationship started with Vince acting with empathy to her situation and even confiding in her about his own traumas before he eventually made their relationship sexual. As they got closer he got more physical and began to hold vague threats over her head about him employing her and his legal team.
• ⁠At numerous points where Vince tries to begin sexual advances the victim clearly denies him before he coerces her or forcibly has sex with her. Quote from the first forced sexual encounter, "Ms. Grant felt coerced into engaging in sexual activity and that McMahon had trapped her an impossible situation, as she feared adverse career and personal consequences and legal retaliation if she declined his advances."
• ⁠The victim clearly asks for Vince (and later on others he forces her to have sex with) to use protection which never seems to happen. In one particularly horrible encounter, Vince forces her to have a threesome without protection where he defecates on her head and leaves to shower while the other man has sex with her.
• ⁠"96. Ms. Grant was immediately surprised that there was not much work assigned to her, struggling even to appear busy in her new role. In stark contrast to colleagues who complained about overflowing inboxes, Ms. Grant’s phone only overflowed with controlling and sexually charged text messages from the Chairman and CEO, reminding her both of McMahon’s power and ever-present surveillance."
• ⁠Vince has some weird fetish for WWE wrestlers. He named dildos after different wrestlers, roleplayed as if wrestlers were watching them, and even roleplays as the aforementioned UFC fighter.
• ⁠The victim ends up having panic attacks and confides in Vince which leads to her ending up going to Vince's weird physician who is named as "Celebrity Doctor" in the documents.
• ⁠The victim, tries to escape WWE to work at their XFL office/department. While they're going over this, Vince begins sharing porn of her with numerous employees. Including an entire sexual fantasy he shares with 12 tech guys where he basically says she would have kinky group sex with all 12 of these guys.
• ⁠"140. Her subsequent run-ins with Physical Therapist at Alternative Clinic also served as a reminder of how much was at stake if she did not obey; McMahon controlled Ms. Grant’s employment, income, paid for her medical care, circulated naked pictures of her, and ignored her lack of consent for the first threesome."
• ⁠Vince continued to get more violent, forcing her into threesomes, as well as using "extra large" sex toys which at one point left her bleeding and uncomfortable for at least two days.
• ⁠"165. On March 10, 2021, WWE Corporate Officer No. 2 informed Grant that day that she would officially be moved to Talent Relations and would quickly begin reporting to Laurinaitis, although details about her role, including a title and salary, were still being firmed up. In essence, Ms. Grant again found herself in a completely undefined role, except for the understanding that she remain a sexual slave to be used and trafficked by McMahon within the WWE." The stuff with Laurinaitis truly sounds like sex slavery. This woman was texted about what is referred to as "basically a shift schedule" as well as her being told to allow Laurinaitis to bring in even more men to the picture.
• ⁠(some speculation on my part) Vince realized she was trying to escape the situation and said she would eventually get promoted to Vice President of Talent Relations for a couple years where she could “take the experience anywhere.” The document said this gave her hope she just needed to survive a couple years.
• ⁠175. As soon as Ms. Grant began working directly for Laurinaitis, forcible touching and overtly sexual behaviors became part of daily life when he was in the office. On numerous occasions, Ms. Grant was directed to visit Laurinaitis at his hotel room before work to serve herself to him as his “breakfast.” These devastating experiences made Ms. Grant feel as though she were being pimped out as an object for sexual gratification for her new boss. Upon information and belief, corporate funds from the WWE were used to finance Laurinaitis’s hotel stays when these coerced sexual encounters occurred.
• ⁠Laurinaitis and McMahon end up raping her numerous times in threesomes. On one occasion she tells them no and even ends up offering a threesome the next week in hopes it would help and they trap her in a room where, "Ms. Grant pleaded, “No, no, no” and “Please stop”; McMahon responded with “No means yes.”
• ⁠"186. Through all this, Ms. Grant noticed that the less she sexually engaged with Laurinaitis, the less work she had as Laurinaitis began to belittle Ms. Grant in front of colleagues. Fearing for herself and her future, Ms. Grant asked Laurinaitis whether he still supported her promotion to vice president. He deflected with an answer about considering all options and changed the topic. The extreme uncertainty and fear for her future exacerbated Ms. Grant’s physical symptoms of illness, including gastrointestinal issues and vomiting, which continued to worsen over the remainder of her time with WWE."
• ⁠Vince hoping to re-sign a "famous world-wide as a top talent with WWE with a large collective fan base" basically offers her up to him and eventually gives him her phone number saying she would do anything for him.
• ⁠Vince continuing actively admits to wanting her as a sex slave saying “I want to drive U lower and lower. So low that U might beg me to sell U”
• ⁠Eventually, Linda finds out and threatens to divorce Vince. Vince seems to not want to deal with the publicity of divorce which leads to him creating an NDA agreement for the victim. In order to get her to sign it Vince pleads, threatens and emotionally manipulates her numerous times.
• ⁠The last time they met, Vince forced her to give him oral, physically forcing her head as tears roll down her eyes. Before all this leaked but after Vince and her stopped meeting she was still expected to send pictures to the "WWE Superstar"
• ⁠It seemed like Vince relationship with her was an open secret and became less and less secretive over time.
• ⁠"266. Indeed, Ms. Grant’s trauma (and ongoing fears of additional retaliation) was so severe that she required extended inpatient treatment. Today, she lives with so much anxiety and depression that she is unable to leave her residence for weeks at a time out of fear and PTSD.

1. ⁠Due to this trauma and inability to leave her home, Ms. Grant was terminated from employment on January 27, 2023 where she lost not only her dream job of managing her building but the only job she could procure without the need for any references. Ms. Grant’s lost income is $80,000 per year."

Honestly, one of the most horrible things I have ever read. Jesus Christ. Hopefully this man rots to death in prison.

 
Onto some better news great for me

According to WOR, their live events touring strategy, AEW is going to do less shows in Bossier City and Savannah, and more shows in New York and Philadelphia and San Francisco going forward.

They're not planning to run as many small market shows, with Kosha Irby now in charge.
 
DJackson10 said:
good write up summary of events from Reddit user

This already has 1912 comments at the time of me posting this but since I am reading the whole document and I am sure not everyone is here are some disgusting and horrible things that are being alleged. Trigger warnings for sexual violence/rape of course.

• ⁠The victim (I know her full name is in this but it really feels horrible to name her) got to know Vince McMahon because they lived in the same building, her parents had died after she had been their caregiver, lost her family house, and was unemployed.
• ⁠Vince shared pornographic content of the victim within the company including to a former UFC world heavyweight champion who they were trying to re-sign (clearly Brock Lesnar)
• ⁠Their relationship started with Vince acting with empathy to her situation and even confiding in her about his own traumas before he eventually made their relationship sexual. As they got closer he got more physical and began to hold vague threats over her head about him employing her and his legal team.
• ⁠At numerous points where Vince tries to begin sexual advances the victim clearly denies him before he coerces her or forcibly has sex with her. Quote from the first forced sexual encounter, "Ms. Grant felt coerced into engaging in sexual activity and that McMahon had trapped her an impossible situation, as she feared adverse career and personal consequences and legal retaliation if she declined his advances."
• ⁠The victim clearly asks for Vince (and later on others he forces her to have sex with) to use protection which never seems to happen. In one particularly horrible encounter, Vince forces her to have a threesome without protection where he defecates on her head and leaves to shower while the other man has sex with her.
• ⁠"96. Ms. Grant was immediately surprised that there was not much work assigned to her, struggling even to appear busy in her new role. In stark contrast to colleagues who complained about overflowing inboxes, Ms. Grant’s phone only overflowed with controlling and sexually charged text messages from the Chairman and CEO, reminding her both of McMahon’s power and ever-present surveillance."
• ⁠Vince has some weird fetish for WWE wrestlers. He named dildos after different wrestlers, roleplayed as if wrestlers were watching them, and even roleplays as the aforementioned UFC fighter.
• ⁠The victim ends up having panic attacks and confides in Vince which leads to her ending up going to Vince's weird physician who is named as "Celebrity Doctor" in the documents.
• ⁠The victim, tries to escape WWE to work at their XFL office/department. While they're going over this, Vince begins sharing porn of her with numerous employees. Including an entire sexual fantasy he shares with 12 tech guys where he basically says she would have kinky group sex with all 12 of these guys.
• ⁠"140. Her subsequent run-ins with Physical Therapist at Alternative Clinic also served as a reminder of how much was at stake if she did not obey; McMahon controlled Ms. Grant’s employment, income, paid for her medical care, circulated naked pictures of her, and ignored her lack of consent for the first threesome."
• ⁠Vince continued to get more violent, forcing her into threesomes, as well as using "extra large" sex toys which at one point left her bleeding and uncomfortable for at least two days.
• ⁠"165. On March 10, 2021, WWE Corporate Officer No. 2 informed Grant that day that she would officially be moved to Talent Relations and would quickly begin reporting to Laurinaitis, although details about her role, including a title and salary, were still being firmed up. In essence, Ms. Grant again found herself in a completely undefined role, except for the understanding that she remain a sexual slave to be used and trafficked by McMahon within the WWE." The stuff with Laurinaitis truly sounds like sex slavery. This woman was texted about what is referred to as "basically a shift schedule" as well as her being told to allow Laurinaitis to bring in even more men to the picture.
• ⁠(some speculation on my part) Vince realized she was trying to escape the situation and said she would eventually get promoted to Vice President of Talent Relations for a couple years where she could “take the experience anywhere.” The document said this gave her hope she just needed to survive a couple years.
• ⁠175. As soon as Ms. Grant began working directly for Laurinaitis, forcible touching and overtly sexual behaviors became part of daily life when he was in the office. On numerous occasions, Ms. Grant was directed to visit Laurinaitis at his hotel room before work to serve herself to him as his “breakfast.” These devastating experiences made Ms. Grant feel as though she were being pimped out as an object for sexual gratification for her new boss. Upon information and belief, corporate funds from the WWE were used to finance Laurinaitis’s hotel stays when these coerced sexual encounters occurred.
• ⁠Laurinaitis and McMahon end up raping her numerous times in threesomes. On one occasion she tells them no and even ends up offering a threesome the next week in hopes it would help and they trap her in a room where, "Ms. Grant pleaded, “No, no, no” and “Please stop”; McMahon responded with “No means yes.”
• ⁠"186. Through all this, Ms. Grant noticed that the less she sexually engaged with Laurinaitis, the less work she had as Laurinaitis began to belittle Ms. Grant in front of colleagues. Fearing for herself and her future, Ms. Grant asked Laurinaitis whether he still supported her promotion to vice president. He deflected with an answer about considering all options and changed the topic. The extreme uncertainty and fear for her future exacerbated Ms. Grant’s physical symptoms of illness, including gastrointestinal issues and vomiting, which continued to worsen over the remainder of her time with WWE."
• ⁠Vince hoping to re-sign a "famous world-wide as a top talent with WWE with a large collective fan base" basically offers her up to him and eventually gives him her phone number saying she would do anything for him.
• ⁠Vince continuing actively admits to wanting her as a sex slave saying “I want to drive U lower and lower. So low that U might beg me to sell U”
• ⁠Eventually, Linda finds out and threatens to divorce Vince. Vince seems to not want to deal with the publicity of divorce which leads to him creating an NDA agreement for the victim. In order to get her to sign it Vince pleads, threatens and emotionally manipulates her numerous times.
• ⁠The last time they met, Vince forced her to give him oral, physically forcing her head as tears roll down her eyes. Before all this leaked but after Vince and her stopped meeting she was still expected to send pictures to the "WWE Superstar"
• ⁠It seemed like Vince relationship with her was an open secret and became less and less secretive over time.
• ⁠"266. Indeed, Ms. Grant’s trauma (and ongoing fears of additional retaliation) was so severe that she required extended inpatient treatment. Today, she lives with so much anxiety and depression that she is unable to leave her residence for weeks at a time out of fear and PTSD.

1. ⁠Due to this trauma and inability to leave her home, Ms. Grant was terminated from employment on January 27, 2023 where she lost not only her dream job of managing her building but the only job she could procure without the need for any references. Ms. Grant’s lost income is $80,000 per year."

Honestly, one of the most horrible things I have ever read. Jesus Christ. Hopefully this man rots to death in prison.

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I haven't been this upset after reading something in a long time. This man is pure evil.
 
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