[MEGATHREAD] All the Wrestling scene's sexual assault allegations

[Chris]

I’m just glad if they felt they needed to do something, they only suspended him.

True, if they would have fired him I bet a bunch of trolls would have went for Sasha's throat for no good reason.

 

[Roy Mustang]

Oh people would have gone ham after Sasha and I bet there would be people trying to dig dirt up on her

 

[Smart Marx]

Humor is subjective. I hate this idea that rape jokes have to be off limits. It is in poor taste to name someone you could potentially work with.

I will say Sammy shouldn't have said it, but under no circumstances should his job have ever been realistically at jeopardy.

 

[Benoit's Weight Machine]

This is a matter between Sasha and Sammy and it looks like they have already solved this like adults. This incident happened well before AEW existed and thus has nothing to do with AEW. AEW has no right to suspend him. I will now be suspending AEW by no longer paying for their PPVs

 

[Smart Marx]

I really hate when we dig out ancient interviews and re-share them for no reason. If this podcaster felt it was a problem, don't air the interview and call him out when it happened. Maybe even bring it up when AEW was considering hiring him. He sat on this during his whole career and brought it up because there was a fuckin' hashtag. I really hate how social media operates. It's so bloody disingenuous it boils my blood and angers me to my core.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Humor is subjective. I hate this idea that rape jokes have to be off limits. It is in poor taste to name someone you could potentially work with.

I will say Sammy shouldn't have said it, but under no circumstances should his job have ever been realistically at jeopardy.

Yeah. Being fired for this would’ve been a bit much. Like sure suspend him, do something I suppose but firing nah.
Glad they took the better road for this.


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[Smart Marx]

I'm fine with a suspension. So it looks like you take it seriously, but he shouldn't be out too long. He's right smack in the middle of his push.

 

[Jimmy King]

Rape jokes are not funny at all in any context whatsoever, if you think otherwise you’re wrong.

 

[Swamps]

I really hate when we dig out ancient interviews and re-share them for no reason. If this podcaster felt it was a problem, don't air the interview and call him out when it happened. Maybe even bring it up when AEW was considering hiring him. He sat on this during his whole career and brought it up because there was a fuckin' hashtag. I really hate how social media operates. It's so bloody disingenuous it boils my blood and angers me to my core.

Well, that is how people are now. They dig and they dig to find shit and then try to make a name for themselves. This cancel culture shit is fucking ridiculous and is ruining a lot of things. Like mentioned, this happened years before his AEW stint and should have had no effect on his current job. However, as I previously. Mentioned, AEW was probably under a lot of pressure since a lot of their base is "woke".

 

[Benoit's Weight Machine]

I hope that in retaliation for this witch hunt, every wrestler and everyone involved with wrestling deletes their Twitters. That site nothing but a sewer.

 

[Chris]

Well, that is how people are now. They dig and they dig to find shit and then try to make a name for themselves. This cancel culture shit is fucking ridiculous and is ruining a lot of things. Like mentioned, this happened years before his AEW stint and should have had no effect on his current job. However, as I previously. Mentioned, AEW was probably under a lot of pressure since a lot of their base is "woke".

And I think that brings it onto a big point in this subject. Should AEW do the "right thing" (not objectionable obviously) and handle it as they think is fair, or should they handle it in a way that's best for their business in terms of fans/sponsorship, etc. Because when society itself is like this it's hard to necessarily blame companies for placating, it's capitalism really. Will their make more money by suspending or not suspending Sammy? Shame that that's how I believe a lot of companies look at it though.

 

[Swamps]

I hope that in retaliation for this witch hunt, every wrestler and everyone involved with wrestling deletes their Twitters. That site nothing but a sewer.

Yeah but twitter gives the Soys and blue haired hippos their power so it ain't going away.... sadly.

 

[Swamps]

And I think that brings it onto a big point in this subject. Should AEW do the "right thing" (not objectionable obviously) and handle it as they think is fair, or should they handle it in a way that's best for their business in terms of fans/sponsorship, etc. Because when society itself is like this it's hard to necessarily blame companies for placating, it's capitalism really. Will their make more money by suspending or not suspending Sammy? Shame that that's how I believe a lot of companies look at it though.

I'm not faulting them for doing it. I understand why they did. I don't like that they did it because it happened before his time with the company and only surfaced because everyone is all of a sudden bring this stuff up.

 

[Necro]

Twitter has ruined more careers, any celeb still using twitter is pretty silly at this point.

 

[Lady Redfield]

I’ve said the same thing about Hugh Jackman a few times in my life. I’m not going to go to his house and actually do anything, it’s just a way of describing how much I creepily love him. I get how it can have an impact on a rape victim, but, just about anything anyone says has an impact on someone. I understand not everyone is the same, some people take things more seriously, which is fine, we all have our limits. It’s just easy to forget how someone else will take it. For me, nothing much offends me. I don’t let words bother me. Other people will take it hard. Speaking personally, it can be very difficult to forget not everyone is like me. In the end, gutting the guy for 4 year old comments is ridiculous. If those were his actions, different story, but, words? For me, just stupid to say, sure, but, if this is how the world works now, all of our bosses would be sending us to sensitivity training.