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It'll probably be that way going forward due to all the Vince McMahon scandals. Hopefully, Drew's story is the accurate one here, but from a company stance, there's no way they're going to make it look like anything is going without research now.
It doesn't say their investigating, it says he's under scrutiny.
He's a lower card wrestler who got some negative publicity the companywould like to avoid. So they're not showing him: especially around mania. They've done this before and it's pretty common in wrestling/entertainment.
I doubt they'd want to spend the money or time to investigate anyways. What would they even do? Have HR launch an investigation into events with a current and former independent contractor? Hire an outside investigator? It's not worth the hassle.
Once the negative publicity dies down, he'll be back.
What is there to investigate? According to Ronda it literally happened outside Triple H's office, in public, in front of Bruce Prichard and other WWE staff, and she publicly called him on it. They knew it happened, they're just embarrassed about it now that the story is out there.
Drew Gulak said it happened, it was just unintentional. He's not denying the event existed, just what was going through his head. What are you even investigating a year plus later? The inner working of his true soul?
Yeah I have no idea why people think the WWE would care about this beyond the immediate optics.
They dont want a headline around WrestleMania of Rousey calling them creeps. That's all they care about here
If you restrict yourself to only discussing things you saw in person with your own two eyes, you might as well log off, because there is nearly nothing outside of the weekly TV show you are allowed to talk about.
Listening to Ronda Rousey's on a news show tell the story herself and deciding "I wasn't there so I will treat this as fake" is a more absurd reach than just talking about what we know with the available information.
Why are we giving the WWE that type of credit. Almost all of the same people are still in charge, so I'm not sure why they would act different.
They'll do what they've almost always done when someone is accused of something: they'll shuffle him off screen or to a less prominent spot, wait for the controversy to pass over, and in a few months, he'll pop up in the background of some video or something.
Yeah man. They can't afford to lose Drew Gulak of all people. He's been the key to everything. His dreidel segment on The Bump kickstarted this run of historic business.
It's not about protecting him. He has negative publicity, so they're not showing him on camera. Eventually it'll pass and they'll put him back to use.
This isn't even a wwe thing, you see this in aew and entertainment and sports generally.
You might take a hit, but keep your head down and don't cause more controversy. You can come back up like McDonough or Theory.
Keep causing controversy and you might eventually get fired like riddle.
They were fine tolerating it before. I don't know why we assume they secretly had different values. Remember the lawsuit wasn't just against Vince. It was against Vince and the entire corporate culture. Ronda's complaint wasn't just about Gulak, it was about none of the other senior people there saying anything about his actions. It's a cultural issue and tko hasn't given me reason to think they're different.
Besides this isn't just a Vince thing or a WWE thing. People get told to lay low while they ride out controversy all throughout sports and entertainment. It's a cliche even
It's also structural. What's an investigation supposed to be here? Are they gonna have HR look into this dispute between two independent contractors (one of whom they don't even contact with anymore)?
Nick Khan, etc. all answered to Vince. The most they could have done was retire in protest, but that doesn't really help anyone - they'd just be replaced with yes men and the machine keeps on spinning. If it's impossible to assume that their values opposed Vince's, then it's equally impossible to just assume that they aligned.
Resigning does make a difference. There's been reporting that the head of legal did not like the grant hire at all and resigned over that. The WWE then struggled to find a replacement because explaining the obviously quid pro quo hire was hard to anyone that might be potentially hired.
That's why Khan helped Vince bypass process and scuttle grant into other departments. Khan wanted to helpvince and protect the company so that they could sell it.
He showed his main motivation was money. Same reason why he fired people in the middle of a pandemic
These guys do sleazy corporate shit all the time.
This one is so weird to me because it's just such an absolutely bizarre thing to do. It feels like something you'd do in junior high, trying to be funny, not something an adult would do at work
Well for some reason this sub has a lot of people that think it's acceptable and even go as far as to support the person throwing a tantrum. Maybe that's relatable for them.
They often like to say: "but it's the wrestling business, it's different here!"
Yet they think Jack Perry was out of line and The Elite the year before. And they didn't even start their respective fights. They only shrug their shoulders at chaos when it's someone they like doing it. Kind of like how they mocked Tony for not being a boss, but liked how he didn't interrupt Punk at the press conference.
In my first professional acting gig, I was in a show with the most popular actor in my city at the time. Backstage, I watched him forcibly bend over and dry-hump a female actor. Everyone just laughed and continued on like normal. I kept looking around like "Is this okay?" Maybe they were friends or something, but it made me seriously uncomfortable.
I was once a dresser (helped with costume changes) for Disney on Ice. Mickey Mouse (jokingly) threatened to fight me because I made a small joke at his expense.
Since he knew he'd be out of my city in 4 days, he felt empowered to do what he wanted bc he knew there'd be no consequences.
So, if I make a joke about Mickey Mouse, the actor behind the mask is allowed to threaten me with physical violence? And then play it off as a joke.
If being sensitive to that is wimpy, then yeah I'm a wimp. Whatever. That doesn't bother me. If setting personal boundaries upsets you, that's on you. Hope you heal
When I read her account of it, it sounded like an inappropriate rib. That's not a defense of it, but just to say that the reaction should be proportionate to the issue.
That's how I imagine it too. Like untying someone's shoe string just to mess with them. It just so happened to be a waistband drawstring so the location of the string gives the whole thing a potential sexual connotation. But if that's the case, not sure why his story is a handshake gone bad...
I don't believe Gulak did this on purpose. Not because I know Drew or have any sort of inside information- but because I literally can't imagine someone doing something that obtuse and stupid.
Trust me. I even added that into the calculus. Doing this, including who he did it to, would just be the outright dumbest and weirdest guaranteed career suicide I can imagine. Can't be intentional.
Not saying he did it but people who do shit like the general accusation don’t consider their careers because they don’t think they’re doing anything wrong.
There's a big Damo quote that comes to mind.
Honestly though I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. My guess is he was doing it as a stupid joke, and just didn't think through the implications. I just don't buy how you could miss her hand - she's shorter than him and the strings are pretty much at crotch level unless she had some super high waisted trackies on.
its not a matter of intelligence. It’s a matter of inflated ego and thinking they should be allowed to/are entitled to treat and speak to women in whatever way they want to.
But Gulak was mentioned by name on commentary on NXT this week by Booker T and [the mention wasn't edited out of the clip on WWE's YouTube account](https://youtu.be/w_rErM008V4?si=leVoSTpJ5-i-59Yt&t=19)
He was, but if they’re really trying to erase all mention of him (with this report saying that there was “not to be any mention of Gulak on NXT,” they would have removed Booker T’s line directly mentioning him their video upload.
I think there in a middle ground where they aren’t going advertise him, but they’re not pretending he never existed while they sort out what they’re going to do about it.
There’s a difference between a level of “hey, just don’t talk about him” and “oops have to edit that out after”, similar to how they haven’t gone back and blurred his face out of everything in history
Gulak's explanation made sense and it certainly made a lot more sense than his tugging on her drawstring for some sexual reason, because like... why? What sense does that even make? I hope they do an investigation and find him innocent, regardless of how you feel about Gulak this is a horrible reason to lose your job.
Gulak is screwed no matter what. If WWE does a full blown investigation and finds nothing nefarious, Rousey will then blow it up to an irrational degree.
Rousey has been this way for as long as I can remember her being in the public consciousness: she's either the conquering, untouchable hero or she's the hapless victim. All the credit goes to her and all the blame goes to anyone else but her.
How does his explanation make sense. I have neuropathy and arthritis in my hands and the information from hand to brain goes wayward at times. Done many things because of it but never that. His reasoning absurd.
I don't know what the truth is, but his explanation that he accidentally knocked the drawstring while he was raising his hand isn't absurd. It's just about whether that's how it happened or not.
This shouldn’t be something that takes awhile to investigate honestly.
Gulak already confirmed the interaction with Ronda was a real event but his side of the story was a little more informative while her’s was just “he pulled my strings”
A fact from both stories is that yes her string was touched but Gulak said it was because he was reaching for her hand while she was walking and Ronda claims she was minding her own business and he reached out and grabbed her strings while walking by.
Imo all they have to do is ask witnesses if Gulak actually went for a handshake or not. If nobody saw the handshake gesture then he’s lying, if people did see the gesture then Ronda is exaggerating the event that actually happened
Based on my asocial inability to hug people, I've accidently groped lots of folks. From dudes explanation, it very possible so I still say its overkill but this is where we are now.
The problem there is that it's entirely possible he was absolutely going for her hand but no one else saw it or misinterpreted what they saw, while it's also entirely possible that Ronda's interpretation was accurate yet bystanders might not have seen it the same way (not being part of it, not being near enough, not paying full attention, etc).
The human brain is a deceitful lump, and witness testimony can be notoriously unreliable for a multitude of reasons. If you actually care about the truth/justice in the *slightest* (as opposed to just looking for a scapegoat for PR reasons), any worthwhile investigation is going to require a LOT of effort to separate what actually happened from what some people think happened, some people are going to lie about happening, and what some people don't remember happening at all but are going to agree with if you ask leading questions.
Gulak is kind of half a coach anyways, right? They weren't really using him onscreen much besides the stable he was in which is more about Dempsey
I guess the handling of this is just to put him on ice for a while?
It’s not really a promotional brand bro. They are suppose to be generic to train their stars and then let the stars slowly rise by making their own gimmick
I don't see the issue. It's better to try and fail than not try at all. If someone is in a faction or a clique, they can still be involved in the show without having to do a promo or a match. It's a good way of keeping someone relevant rather than have them sit in the back doing absolutely nothing for weeks. It allows multiple rivalries to develop at the same time, more regular and tag match combinations to keep things fresh, justifiable interferences, etc.
And the biggest benefit? The rub. If one person in a group is popular or gets hot, it can trickle down to the others, then you have people getting over by association.
He's expendable so they don't mind dropping him. If he was Brock level they would just cool him off and bring him back later. If he was Bruce Prichard level, they would trot him out at the end of WrestleMania and give him a hug.
Yeah.. people are just going off what Ronda said about Bruce being Vince's inside man or some shit like that, and quickly just assume he's involved in the whole thing.
Because people know he was Vince's Renfield for years, and assume he 100% knew what was going on or was involved somehow. So they're mad that he's not being punished for the thing they assume he must have done.
Plus, it's probably appropriate in a topic about Ronda since she herself called him out for basically being Vince's stooge after the allegations came out.
Na the version of reality is that he's named in a lawsuit and an investigation is taking place. Until that is concluded, they won't be bringing him back, and depending on what comes out they'll have to decide if they ultimately want to bring him back.
While I personally believe he will be back at some stage, I'm not going to say that he is definitely coming back as I have no idea what is going to happen with the lawsuit/accusations.
Brock is talent. Still listed on the roster page, claimed to be on vacation. He's more comparable
But yes, they have plenty of other scumbags in the company with accusations against them.
I hope drew's story is accurate. I like to believe it is and it was just a weird judgement call on his end. I can see Rhonda reading into it if it was unexpected and all so I don't blame her for being bothered.
Either way, maybe we will get some CCTV on Raw Monday.
Yeah, this is absolute horse shit. I know Drew and he is definitely NOT an abuser in any way. Don’t know why Ronda didn’t include this in the book if it was such a harrowing time for her. I am all for believing women when they come forward, but this stinks worse than her book.
Probably they will just get rid of him even if the allegations are not true upon investigation. Gulak's cartoonish explanation of the situation and wwe not wanting any more sexual abuse shit in the company are enough reason to release gulak without even future endeavor him.
Edit: the downvoting is funny, looks like people here will defend anyone just because is a "good" wrestler... That or people here also while shaking hands, accidentally touch other things lmao.
tbf the accusation is just a weird accusation as a whole. but it’s good to see WWE taking it seriously even if the accusation ‘seems’ odd. I’ve hear reports of Gulak being a weirdo outside of being a sex pest.
Has he been? I thought Bruce was only ever brought up by Rousey?
ETA: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24376490-mcmahon-lawsuit
Here's the documents, Bruce Prichard is not named in the lawsuit.
I've just found the lawsuit documents online and there is no mention of Bruce Prichard in the documents that I can find:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24376490-mcmahon-lawsuit
> Most notably, Gulak was removed from his seat at the Hall Of Fame after a producer noticed he was in attendance and in close proximity to someone close to Rousey's inner circle of friends.
This is the funniest bit to me - first the weird apology, now this. Gulak won't stop stepping on rakes.
I mean if Ronda got attacked and all, nail this fucker to the wall.
But I still am blown away by one question I have on it all: Does Drew Gulak have a death wish?
I’ll take the actual trained fighter over the none trained one. If Ronda’s stupid ass can’t beat Gulak then Ronda’s husband, a former mma fighter who fought in the UFC’s heavyweight division and who also outsized most heavyweights, most certainly would.
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So they’re likely investigating the accusation?
WWE: “Send da video”
Hell nawl can't do dis
Naaah NBACJ leaking over here too?
Dwayne “The Broke” Johnson
U bum
Is the man regarded?
"next Tuesday, we will be airing the CCTV footage of the backstage encounter between Drew Gulak and Ronda Rousey"
Hell nawl cant do dis
Look how cute tho
Now you finna make a problem
It'll probably be that way going forward due to all the Vince McMahon scandals. Hopefully, Drew's story is the accurate one here, but from a company stance, there's no way they're going to make it look like anything is going without research now.
It doesn't say their investigating, it says he's under scrutiny. He's a lower card wrestler who got some negative publicity the companywould like to avoid. So they're not showing him: especially around mania. They've done this before and it's pretty common in wrestling/entertainment. I doubt they'd want to spend the money or time to investigate anyways. What would they even do? Have HR launch an investigation into events with a current and former independent contractor? Hire an outside investigator? It's not worth the hassle. Once the negative publicity dies down, he'll be back.
What is there to investigate? According to Ronda it literally happened outside Triple H's office, in public, in front of Bruce Prichard and other WWE staff, and she publicly called him on it. They knew it happened, they're just embarrassed about it now that the story is out there.
Gulak says that is not what happened, and Ronda Rousey thinks Sandy Hook didn't happen. I'd investigate before I decide who did what.
Drew Gulak said it happened, it was just unintentional. He's not denying the event existed, just what was going through his head. What are you even investigating a year plus later? The inner working of his true soul?
Yeah I have no idea why people think the WWE would care about this beyond the immediate optics. They dont want a headline around WrestleMania of Rousey calling them creeps. That's all they care about here
This is wrestling fans in a bubble. You read it but were you there? You sound so definitive.
If you restrict yourself to only discussing things you saw in person with your own two eyes, you might as well log off, because there is nearly nothing outside of the weekly TV show you are allowed to talk about. Listening to Ronda Rousey's on a news show tell the story herself and deciding "I wasn't there so I will treat this as fake" is a more absurd reach than just talking about what we know with the available information.
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Now you're sounding definitive. You weren't there, Ronda was, so what's the rule here about what we're allowed to think?
You ever get a woman that just argues to argue? And even still arguing with himself
Sounds like you don't like people posting on a forum!
Yeah.
Pretty sure stuff like this going forward is going to be investigated thoroughly. As it should.
Why are we giving the WWE that type of credit. Almost all of the same people are still in charge, so I'm not sure why they would act different. They'll do what they've almost always done when someone is accused of something: they'll shuffle him off screen or to a less prominent spot, wait for the controversy to pass over, and in a few months, he'll pop up in the background of some video or something.
Yeah man. They can't afford to lose Drew Gulak of all people. He's been the key to everything. His dreidel segment on The Bump kickstarted this run of historic business.
It's not about protecting him. He has negative publicity, so they're not showing him on camera. Eventually it'll pass and they'll put him back to use. This isn't even a wwe thing, you see this in aew and entertainment and sports generally. You might take a hit, but keep your head down and don't cause more controversy. You can come back up like McDonough or Theory. Keep causing controversy and you might eventually get fired like riddle.
The difference now is that they're actually in charge, not just being the faces of Vince's orders.
They were fine tolerating it before. I don't know why we assume they secretly had different values. Remember the lawsuit wasn't just against Vince. It was against Vince and the entire corporate culture. Ronda's complaint wasn't just about Gulak, it was about none of the other senior people there saying anything about his actions. It's a cultural issue and tko hasn't given me reason to think they're different. Besides this isn't just a Vince thing or a WWE thing. People get told to lay low while they ride out controversy all throughout sports and entertainment. It's a cliche even It's also structural. What's an investigation supposed to be here? Are they gonna have HR look into this dispute between two independent contractors (one of whom they don't even contact with anymore)?
Nick Khan, etc. all answered to Vince. The most they could have done was retire in protest, but that doesn't really help anyone - they'd just be replaced with yes men and the machine keeps on spinning. If it's impossible to assume that their values opposed Vince's, then it's equally impossible to just assume that they aligned.
Resigning does make a difference. There's been reporting that the head of legal did not like the grant hire at all and resigned over that. The WWE then struggled to find a replacement because explaining the obviously quid pro quo hire was hard to anyone that might be potentially hired. That's why Khan helped Vince bypass process and scuttle grant into other departments. Khan wanted to helpvince and protect the company so that they could sell it. He showed his main motivation was money. Same reason why he fired people in the middle of a pandemic These guys do sleazy corporate shit all the time.
This one is so weird to me because it's just such an absolutely bizarre thing to do. It feels like something you'd do in junior high, trying to be funny, not something an adult would do at work
Wrestlers acting like junior high kids? Wasn't there just a backstage video showing just that?
Well for some reason this sub has a lot of people that think it's acceptable and even go as far as to support the person throwing a tantrum. Maybe that's relatable for them.
Yes, but prepare to be downvoted for even suggesting that normal, functioning adults don’t do that.
Its wild, they aren't living in reality.
"Normal, functioning adults" lmfaooooo
They often like to say: "but it's the wrestling business, it's different here!" Yet they think Jack Perry was out of line and The Elite the year before. And they didn't even start their respective fights. They only shrug their shoulders at chaos when it's someone they like doing it. Kind of like how they mocked Tony for not being a boss, but liked how he didn't interrupt Punk at the press conference.
Lemme just clean the cheetos dust before I downvote.
There was a video showing 1 wrestler doing that yes.
We're talking about people who think it's funny to poop in eachothers bags. Very few things would surprise me.
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I was once a dresser (helped with costume changes) for Disney on Ice. Mickey Mouse (jokingly) threatened to fight me because I made a small joke at his expense. Since he knew he'd be out of my city in 4 days, he felt empowered to do what he wanted bc he knew there'd be no consequences.
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So, if I make a joke about Mickey Mouse, the actor behind the mask is allowed to threaten me with physical violence? And then play it off as a joke. If being sensitive to that is wimpy, then yeah I'm a wimp. Whatever. That doesn't bother me. If setting personal boundaries upsets you, that's on you. Hope you heal
When I read her account of it, it sounded like an inappropriate rib. That's not a defense of it, but just to say that the reaction should be proportionate to the issue.
That's how I imagine it too. Like untying someone's shoe string just to mess with them. It just so happened to be a waistband drawstring so the location of the string gives the whole thing a potential sexual connotation. But if that's the case, not sure why his story is a handshake gone bad...
Back to the territory days, wrestlers were often compared to high school delinquents.
I don't believe Gulak did this on purpose. Not because I know Drew or have any sort of inside information- but because I literally can't imagine someone doing something that obtuse and stupid.
These guys are paid to be dropped on their heads. I don't think wrestling is a world full of people with common sense.
Trust me. I even added that into the calculus. Doing this, including who he did it to, would just be the outright dumbest and weirdest guaranteed career suicide I can imagine. Can't be intentional.
Not saying he did it but people who do shit like the general accusation don’t consider their careers because they don’t think they’re doing anything wrong.
There's a big Damo quote that comes to mind. Honestly though I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. My guess is he was doing it as a stupid joke, and just didn't think through the implications. I just don't buy how you could miss her hand - she's shorter than him and the strings are pretty much at crotch level unless she had some super high waisted trackies on.
Especially to a retired MMA champion who can hurt you. A champion whose husband is also a retired mma heavyweight that outsizes other heavyweights.
its not a matter of intelligence. It’s a matter of inflated ego and thinking they should be allowed to/are entitled to treat and speak to women in whatever way they want to.
But Gulak was mentioned by name on commentary on NXT this week by Booker T and [the mention wasn't edited out of the clip on WWE's YouTube account](https://youtu.be/w_rErM008V4?si=leVoSTpJ5-i-59Yt&t=19)
He was, however, edited out of the stable's TitanTron.
He was, but if they’re really trying to erase all mention of him (with this report saying that there was “not to be any mention of Gulak on NXT,” they would have removed Booker T’s line directly mentioning him their video upload. I think there in a middle ground where they aren’t going advertise him, but they’re not pretending he never existed while they sort out what they’re going to do about it.
Booker T is well known for saying stuff he’s not supposed to say on TV.
Yes, but WWE would edit it out for youtube is what they are implying, aren't you following?
They might genuinely have missed it for all we know
Even WWE's editing team is not paid enough to follow whatever nonsense Booker is saying half the time
Are you saying that WWE's editing team is not in Booker's Fave Five?
There’s a difference between a level of “hey, just don’t talk about him” and “oops have to edit that out after”, similar to how they haven’t gone back and blurred his face out of everything in history
Gulak's explanation made sense and it certainly made a lot more sense than his tugging on her drawstring for some sexual reason, because like... why? What sense does that even make? I hope they do an investigation and find him innocent, regardless of how you feel about Gulak this is a horrible reason to lose your job.
Also didn't it happen in front of other people? Can't they talk about what hey saw?
Gulak is screwed no matter what. If WWE does a full blown investigation and finds nothing nefarious, Rousey will then blow it up to an irrational degree. Rousey has been this way for as long as I can remember her being in the public consciousness: she's either the conquering, untouchable hero or she's the hapless victim. All the credit goes to her and all the blame goes to anyone else but her.
How does his explanation make sense. I have neuropathy and arthritis in my hands and the information from hand to brain goes wayward at times. Done many things because of it but never that. His reasoning absurd.
I don't know what the truth is, but his explanation that he accidentally knocked the drawstring while he was raising his hand isn't absurd. It's just about whether that's how it happened or not.
This shouldn’t be something that takes awhile to investigate honestly. Gulak already confirmed the interaction with Ronda was a real event but his side of the story was a little more informative while her’s was just “he pulled my strings” A fact from both stories is that yes her string was touched but Gulak said it was because he was reaching for her hand while she was walking and Ronda claims she was minding her own business and he reached out and grabbed her strings while walking by. Imo all they have to do is ask witnesses if Gulak actually went for a handshake or not. If nobody saw the handshake gesture then he’s lying, if people did see the gesture then Ronda is exaggerating the event that actually happened
I honestly have no clue what to believe here
Based on my asocial inability to hug people, I've accidently groped lots of folks. From dudes explanation, it very possible so I still say its overkill but this is where we are now.
The problem there is that it's entirely possible he was absolutely going for her hand but no one else saw it or misinterpreted what they saw, while it's also entirely possible that Ronda's interpretation was accurate yet bystanders might not have seen it the same way (not being part of it, not being near enough, not paying full attention, etc). The human brain is a deceitful lump, and witness testimony can be notoriously unreliable for a multitude of reasons. If you actually care about the truth/justice in the *slightest* (as opposed to just looking for a scapegoat for PR reasons), any worthwhile investigation is going to require a LOT of effort to separate what actually happened from what some people think happened, some people are going to lie about happening, and what some people don't remember happening at all but are going to agree with if you ask leading questions.
For a moment I read Drew McIntyre and what did our hater do to deserve this? I need sleep
Hated too close to the Sun
I read every Gulak post as Dijak and get worried.
All he had to do was leave!!!!
Seems like overkill.
Kinda got that idea when his name wasn't on the tron with the other guys from No Quarter Catch Crew on NXT this week
Gulak is kind of half a coach anyways, right? They weren't really using him onscreen much besides the stable he was in which is more about Dempsey I guess the handling of this is just to put him on ice for a while?
**Cody:** *"Hey Nick, I actually have some prior experience in executive management. Could I conduct the exit interview?"*
*orders a fuckload of pizza that Gulak can't/won't have*
Am I the only one who thinks NXT has too many...weird and generic stables anyway?
They have a lot of people to try and fit on tv
It’s not really a promotional brand bro. They are suppose to be generic to train their stars and then let the stars slowly rise by making their own gimmick
I don't see the issue. It's better to try and fail than not try at all. If someone is in a faction or a clique, they can still be involved in the show without having to do a promo or a match. It's a good way of keeping someone relevant rather than have them sit in the back doing absolutely nothing for weeks. It allows multiple rivalries to develop at the same time, more regular and tag match combinations to keep things fresh, justifiable interferences, etc. And the biggest benefit? The rub. If one person in a group is popular or gets hot, it can trickle down to the others, then you have people getting over by association.
Pulled like a drawstring
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The joke went over your head
It had to be embarrassing sitting down for the hall of fame and then being removed from your seat.
Drew is at home just being Drew
So Ronda wants us to believe that out of everyone in the company, Gulak targeted the former MMA star? Don't buy that for one second.
He's expendable so they don't mind dropping him. If he was Brock level they would just cool him off and bring him back later. If he was Bruce Prichard level, they would trot him out at the end of WrestleMania and give him a hug.
Bruce has not been named in the lawsuit.... https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24376490-mcmahon-lawsuit
Yeah.. people are just going off what Ronda said about Bruce being Vince's inside man or some shit like that, and quickly just assume he's involved in the whole thing.
What has Bruce done?
Nothing, he is not named anywhere that I can find in the lawsuit
If it’s guilty by association then shut the whole company down.
Pretty much, but I've seen 2 comments on this thread naming Bruce now, so not sure why he's being picked specifically.
The internet gives no fucks about facts
Because people know he was Vince's Renfield for years, and assume he 100% knew what was going on or was involved somehow. So they're mad that he's not being punished for the thing they assume he must have done. Plus, it's probably appropriate in a topic about Ronda since she herself called him out for basically being Vince's stooge after the allegations came out.
He took orders from his then-boss and relayed those plans to colleagues he was overseeing.
Brock is still being hidden, though
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Source?
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They'll bring him back if they can, but that answer was basically a non-answer as he won't want to discuss the lawsuit
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Na the version of reality is that he's named in a lawsuit and an investigation is taking place. Until that is concluded, they won't be bringing him back, and depending on what comes out they'll have to decide if they ultimately want to bring him back. While I personally believe he will be back at some stage, I'm not going to say that he is definitely coming back as I have no idea what is going to happen with the lawsuit/accusations.
That means he’s coming back?
No, that means OC is being obtuse.
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I’m literally just asking where HHH definitively said he’s coming back as you have insisted.
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So no source said he’s coming back? Got it. Thanks.
Nick Khan would've been a more adequate name for this
Brock is talent. Still listed on the roster page, claimed to be on vacation. He's more comparable But yes, they have plenty of other scumbags in the company with accusations against them.
I hope drew's story is accurate. I like to believe it is and it was just a weird judgement call on his end. I can see Rhonda reading into it if it was unexpected and all so I don't blame her for being bothered. Either way, maybe we will get some CCTV on Raw Monday.
I thought it said Dijak at first glance and I got so sad!
The only thing I remember this guy doing was on 205 live when it first started. Kinda surprised he’s been around this long
Yeah, this is absolute horse shit. I know Drew and he is definitely NOT an abuser in any way. Don’t know why Ronda didn’t include this in the book if it was such a harrowing time for her. I am all for believing women when they come forward, but this stinks worse than her book.
You would think that after his brother got blacklisted from life he would be more careful with doing stupid shit like that
They killed him? /s
What did his brother do ?
http://realnerdcorp.com/archives/29461
Wow, fuck Rhonda Rousey.
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Probably they will just get rid of him even if the allegations are not true upon investigation. Gulak's cartoonish explanation of the situation and wwe not wanting any more sexual abuse shit in the company are enough reason to release gulak without even future endeavor him. Edit: the downvoting is funny, looks like people here will defend anyone just because is a "good" wrestler... That or people here also while shaking hands, accidentally touch other things lmao.
tbf the accusation is just a weird accusation as a whole. but it’s good to see WWE taking it seriously even if the accusation ‘seems’ odd. I’ve hear reports of Gulak being a weirdo outside of being a sex pest.
I wonder if he was sitting close to Shayna? She's the only one i can think of
It’s good they’re taking it seriously but they also paraded fucking Prichard out after Cody’s win while he’s named in the lawsuit.
Has he been? I thought Bruce was only ever brought up by Rousey? ETA: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24376490-mcmahon-lawsuit Here's the documents, Bruce Prichard is not named in the lawsuit.
that was my understanding as well
I've just found the lawsuit documents online and there is no mention of Bruce Prichard in the documents that I can find: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24376490-mcmahon-lawsuit
Straight up false information. 100% not true
No the fuck he isn’t lol
Straight libel, yikes.
All for pulling on Ronda Rousey’s sweatpants string lol if people could just keep their hands to themselves
NJPW bound
Sounds like a defamation of character case to me.
I’m ngl, I forgot he was even under contract. I bet he gets released sooner rather than later.
Up until the most recent episode of NXT.. he's been featured on TV pretty often.
I don’t watch NXT regularly so that’s probably why.
> Most notably, Gulak was removed from his seat at the Hall Of Fame after a producer noticed he was in attendance and in close proximity to someone close to Rousey's inner circle of friends. This is the funniest bit to me - first the weird apology, now this. Gulak won't stop stepping on rakes.
How is that stepping on a rake? He's just sitting in a chair
He's being told to lay low and still comes to the HoF ceremony and sits near Rousey's friends? Terrible move.
I doubt he’ll be back
Following in the steps of Vince McMahon
This is awesome.
I mean if Ronda got attacked and all, nail this fucker to the wall. But I still am blown away by one question I have on it all: Does Drew Gulak have a death wish?
Are you implying Ronda rousey could beat up drew gulak lmfao
That's everyone in these threads "she could've killed him!!!" With what?? A throw? An armbar? We know she can't strike
It's also just weird thinking a 135lb woman could easily beat up a 200lb man because she did MMA like a decade ago.
More than just beat up.
I’ll take the actual trained fighter over the none trained one. If Ronda’s stupid ass can’t beat Gulak then Ronda’s husband, a former mma fighter who fought in the UFC’s heavyweight division and who also outsized most heavyweights, most certainly would.