Following Twitter Outburst - WWE Holds Talent Meeting

[Crayo]

In what I was told was a direct response to JTG ranting on Twitter about how he and other WWE talents are disrespected, WWE had a talent meeting last night offering the chance for anyone who was unhappy and had an issue to speak up and air their grievances.
I was told that no one spoke up, although as one wrestler joked today, "They just fired Abraham Washington and then ask us to speak up in front of the locker room. We may as well ask to be released!"

During the meeting, WWE officials reminded talents that they needed to handle themselves professionally via social media and to remember that what they say will be monitored by the media as well as the public.

More than a few wrestlers privately noted that just a week after he ranted, JTG was used on Raw for the first time in quite awhile.

One of the reasons some of the mid-card wrestlers were upset were recent payouts for international tours and Wrestlemania. In the case of Wrestlemania, a number of mid-card talents were upset that the payouts were only a few thousand. However, these were talents who weren't performing on the show. One wrestler pointed out that they were still utilized over the course of Mania week, but at the same time, WWE covered all the hotel and travel costs that week. So, it has to be put in perspective.

There were also some upset about international tour pay-offs, but at least one wrestler was told a clerical error was made due to the international exchange used and that situation was going to be cleared up in the next few weeks.

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[Farooq]

:facepalm1: Yes they are really going to speak up, because the last person who said what he wanted got fired. WWE you guys aren't stupid nor new to wrestling. YOU know how to use new talent, so just use them and stop making everything dramatized.

 

[Matt]

:notsure: if they're genuinely interested in knowing if any wrestlers are unhappy, or if they just want to punish people who are willing to speak their own opinion.

 

[Lacky]

I think they know Linda has lost the senate run..(Again..so just give up funding it) .. So now their not afraid of making people loose there jobs!

 

[Leo C]

It was funny to see JTG on Raw after so long right after he ranted though.

 

[Brother Loathe]

i know this might be a stupid question, but are WWE seriously THIS Blue?

 

[Crayo]

I guess the intention of the meeting was to advise them to keep their twitters and such professional. It's quite ironic they ask them to speak up after reprimanding AW, but to be fair, AW brought up Linda McMahon, I guess they simply want to know if there's any actual grievances the wrestlers have.

 

[Stopspot]

Yeah. Didn't they solve the pay issue - which was what JTG brought up in his tweets - like adults without reprimands (apart from on screen jobbing). I heard the workers would get extra pay for the latest south America tour.

 

[Leo C]

I hope this doesn't stop them from coming back to South America. :upset:

 

[Stopspot]

I hope this doesn't stop them from coming back to South America. :upset:

No worries there Leo. It was not that they didn't make enough money from the tour to pay the wrestlers. Rather they claim some kind of payment error that gave every wrestler far less than what they had earned (they got 500$ a day) and they will now get the rest retroactively.

 

[Leo C]

No worries there Leo. It was not that they didn't make enough money from the tour to pay the wrestlers. Rather they claim some kind of payment error that gave every wrestler far less than what they had earned (they got 500$ a day) and they will now get the rest retroactively.

Nice. They probably screwed up with our currency then lol. I really want to go to another WWE event.

 

[Wacokid27]

I think they know Linda has lost the senate run..(Again..so just give up funding it) .. So now their not afraid of making people loose there jobs!

:facepalm1:

Uhhhhh.....Linda won her primary today by a margin of 73-27.

The latest polls show her in a statistical dead heat to win the Senate seat (she's trailing by about 5 points to the guy who won the Democratic Primary while the margin of error is 4.5 percentage points).

Anybody giving up on her Senate run at this point is either a pessimist (assuming they want her to win), an optimist (assuming they want her to lose), or just doesn't understand the situation (the most likely among the general populace).

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[Aids Johnson]

Its going to be close. Money = votes.

 

[Lacky]

Its going to be close. Money = votes.

Lots of money = votes. It seems :dawg: