Bill DeMott is a piece of shit once more and has stepped down

[AgeofSandow]

demott has problems

 

[Prince Bálor]

demott has problems

No way, bro. Treating people like he's been doing for years is completely normal.

 

[Farooq]

What a douche bag.

 

[Stopspot]

And more kindle for the fire:

Just days after the likes of EC3, Trent Baretta, Briley Pierce, Judas Devil and several others spoke out about Bill Demott’s bullying tactics and racial and sexual slurs, another name has shared a story.

Pro wrestler Terra Callaway shared a story on her Twitter account about DeMott harassing a wrestler of middle eastern descent while at a seminar years ago.

A transcript of Callaway’s tweets, compiled by Reddit user CrystalFissure is below:

“As someone who has been bullied my entire childhood and even more so now as an adult, I stand behind those who do something about it.

At a training seminar, where students paid $100 a person to be in the ring & learn, I witnessed DeMott call a Middle Eastern trainee “Aladdin”, “terrorist”, and “fat f-ck” multiple times. During a bump drill that was nowhere near safe for a green trainee to be doing, he just embarrassed and humiliated him. When anyone else did the drill correctly, he’d turn to this guy and just bash him. When I did the drill, he said “Look, even the girl can bump better than the terrorist!”. This continued to the end of the session where he told everyone good job, except this guy, and told him to “f-cking quit and go back to building bombs.” It was completely uncalled for and made everyone uncomfortable.

This guy spent his hard earned money to learn from someone, to get better only to be told to quit and have all these names and insults thrown at him. I have been, and continue to be bullied and I cannot just keep quiet when the world is finally trying to do something about it. To fix it. To save lives.

Even with me, he screamed at me from across the venue asking why I was not in the seminar. I arrived 30 min before it was scheduled to end and at the time did not have the funds. He continued to yell from across the venue at me as if I had done something wrong but I got in there for the last bit and did it without warming up, without stretching, just so I wouldn’t continue to be shouted at for no reason at all. It’s just sad that this is what people have come to. That’s all I have to say. This was all like 5-6 years ago, before I had ever stepped foot in a ring to wrestle. It was a long time ago, but some things never change.”

The 24-year old Callaway has wrestled professionally since 2010, including for LuchaPro and Vegas Championship Wrestling.



Read more: http://www.pwmania.com/another-bill-demott-bullying-story-comes-to-light#ixzz3TanlLBff

 

[KITT]

My new favorite thing on Twitter is sending libelous mentions to Bill DeMott, regarding his propensity for exotic fetish pornography.

 

[Stopspot]

Who's up for a confession from a current WWE diva? (Said diva is anonymous on Reddit but has been verified by Reddit staff. For obvious reasons).

First, please understand that it is of the utmost importance that I maintain my anonymity, and hopefully by the end of this you will understand why. I have told some of my story to a reporter, but it seems that unfortunately they were yet another outlet who has been told not to touch this story. Please bear with me as I've never used reddit before.

To be honest, I’m not really sure where to start. In developmental, Bill scared us so much that it made us ashamed and scared to speak up about anything. The abusive environment was so hard to operate within, but that fear is very hard to leave behind. The few people who have come forward have alluded to some of what I want to talk about, but understand that this is a harder story to tell.

The former divas who have spoken out against the instances of sexual harassment have been punished, up to and including being fired in a demonstration of the power Bill has. When our only female advocate in talent relations tried to speak up, she was removed from the position and sent to work in the office. Now that the conversation has been restarted, it’s been made known that she is no longer with the company. At any level, women who speak up for themselves are disposable. When rumors about their departures make it out, they’re immediately buried and become yesterday’s news, but believe me - it’s true.

One such instance that has been mentioned by Judas Devlin (Austin Matelson) is the complaint of harassment against Matt Wichlinkski, the current Strength and Conditioning coach. I have attached screencaps of one such photo that he posted alongside his WWE contract. When he was caught filming/taking photos of talent’s backsides, it was brought to their attention. Some of the male talent attempted to stick up for the developmental divas and help catch him in the act (again, the fear instilled into us made it very hard to say anything), but when it was presented to Bill it was made very clear that he was not going anywhere, and any further complaints would result in dismissal because there a million girls ready to step in and take our place. In all instances of complaining about sexual harassment (including those outside of this incident), women have been forced out of the company. After one of the talents’ dismissal, when we couldn’t figure out where she went, we were told “if you go over my head, ask HER how well that works.”

This isn’t to specifically go after Wichlinski, but rather to make sure that people understand that Bill DeMott is a problem, and everything else trickles down from there. It’s been made very clear, from the removal Rob McIntyre and to the firing of at least two divas (I won’t name names as theirs is their own story to tell, but if you’ve paid attention to rumors it’s very easy to put two and two together) to numerous male talents, some of whom will not come forward, that if you use your voice against Bill you will be removed. The day after Rob told all of us in a group setting that if we had any concerns about Bill we should call the office, he was fired.

The fact is that anyone who has spoken out, including myself, are only exposing what is the tip of the iceberg. Bill has been guilty of gay-shaming, physical, mental, and racial abuse for far too long, and something needs to come to light. The stories coming out are heartbreaking, but what’s worse is that we all knew about them. Bill would openly mock Judas during training sessions for writing and going above his head, and would encourage other “chosen” talent to do so as well. His patterns of abuse are well established, and I can only hope that more can come forward so people see that this isn’t just a vendetta from “bitter” wrestlers. Bill DeMott is a monster, and we need to start asking why he’s being protected when the evidence has been piling up against him for so long.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to my story. Again, I can only hope this inspires more people to come forward. Hopefully I can provide more information in the future.

This circus never ends.

 

[KITT]

Who's up for a confession from a current WWE diva? (Said diva is anonymous on Reddit but has been verified by Reddit staff. For obvious reasons).



This circus never ends.

Thanks for the update, Stopspot. I'm curious if starting a campaign to call WWE offices en masse and make complaints would have any effectiveness. I wish I was a stockholder at times like this.

 

[Stopspot]

WWE won't sadly do anything until mainstream news picks up on it most likely. And getting it on TMZ is most likely a no go since they are in bed with WWE.

More anonymous confessions from WWE talent are coming according to Reddit tho. So the train has plenty of coal in the tank still.

 

[KITT]

WWE won't sadly do anything until mainstream news picks up on it most likely. And getting it on TMZ is most likely a no go since they are in bed with WWE.

More anonymous confessions from WWE talent are coming according to Reddit tho. So the train has plenty of coal in the tank still.

Maybe getting this story to mainstream news sources would gain traction.


(edited for grammar)

 

[CM Punk]

I don't know why they'd wait for the fire to get bigger when they can literally put it out now. Especially when it's not good for their company. (Sponsors, Campaigns, etc)
Go figure though. They fired Del Rio for smacking sense into a racist.

 

[Stopspot]

If we ever needed proof that wrestling is in large still run by carnies, look no further.

 

[Rogue]

DeMott has denied the allegations, but has decided to step down:

 

[Stopspot]

He'll probably be rehired to the exact same position in a few weeks once this blows over. Or in another position since he stepped down "on his own accord" so there's no investigation WWE can refer to as a reason not to rehire him.

Carnies gonna carnie.

 

[Stopspot]

Apparently PWinsider can confirm that DeMott hasn't just stepped down to take another role in the company, but quit entirely.

We'll see for how long.

 

[KITT]

DeMott has denied the allegations, but has decided to step down:

VICTORY!!!!! Guilty SOB!