Originally Posted by Conspiracy Victim Vito (Post 5352298)

Mikey Whiplash, Kid Fite, and Ligero are being outed by their female trainees as sex pests now as well.

Originally Posted by Corporate CockSnogger (Post 5352337)

Aren’t like 90% of wrestlers scumbags?

Originally Posted by From 411 Mania

The UK wrestling scene is the field today for a host of sexual misconduct allegations that have been levied against talent including NXT UK’s El Ligero, Mikey Whiplash and more. Several people have spoken out, apparently in the wake of the sexual abuse allegations against David Starr, accusing several people within the UK scene of various forms of misconduct.

Among the accusations are accusations by Natalie Sykes that El Ligero, who trained her, sexually harassed her on multiple instances. Sykes claims that Ligero began making sexual comments that mader her uncomfortable and while at first she tried to “laugh it off so he wouldn’t get mad at me,” the situation escalated to where he began trying to control her private relationships and psychoanalyze her relationship with her father. Sykes alleges that while doing this, Ligero “compared himself to being my father figure whilst also joking about sleeping with me.” She alleges that Ligero became verbally and mentally abusive to her and that it caused her considerable mental distress, noting, “I hate the person I was during that year and a half.” In a follow-up post, she shares a message from someone else who notes that Ligero did a similar thing to them.


Mikey Whiplash (not to be confused with ECW alum Mikey Whipwreck) is also facing accusations after several women released a statement through the @WrestlingNoContext Twitter account alleging that Whiplash has made unwanted sexual advances, sent unsolicited messages to female trainees and workers, gaslighted women and “even becoming physically violent with a number of women.” Whiplash was the promoter for Fierce Females, an all-women’s promotion in Scotland, who the women say is an unsafe environment due to Whiplash. NXT UK’s Piper Niven posted in support of these statements with an “It’s Time” message and noting, “I feel like we are all just waiting for someone else to go first. I’m scared too, I see you and I love you.”


Fierce Females’ co-owner Naveda Rose has posted in response to the allegations against Whiplash, noting at first, “I also own Fierce Females and this is obviously pretty deeply disturbing. I don’t want to silence anyone. This is the first I’m hearing this stuff, so I’m gonna start trying to see what is going on. This is obviously serious stuff and I don’t want an unsafe platform.” She followed up a few hours later noting that Whiplash is no longer part of Fierce Females, adding, “I take the voices and rights of women to have a safe platform incredibly seriously, so going forward I’ll be running it on my own.”


The allegations aren’t just being made by women. Both MJ Maxx and Jake Long have accused longtime referee James Finn of sexually harassing them. Maxx alleges that Finn harassed him in October of 2019, while Long says his experiences with Finn happened twice, both in 2017. Long’s are more specific, alleging that Finn tried to grope him when he thought Long was asleep.


Among the other allegations are claims by wrestler Gracie Lou Freebush that referee Marc “Paz” Perry has sent unwanted explicit pictures to herself and at least two other woman, and a lengthy thread by former ring announcer Lisa Gifford detailing various experiences of sexual harassment from talent and fans within the UK scene. Sierra Loxton has also alleged that Joe Coffey has sexually harrassed her as well as three other women by sending unsolicited nude photos and voice notes, as well as stalking them.


You can see the many posts about this below. NXT UK’s Pete Dunne has posted about the situation, noting that he is “disgusted by what I’m reading. Well done to those speaking out. I really hope we can make British wrestling a better place and keep everyone safe. This is a huge eye opener and let’s hope it will force a big change.”

Originally Posted by Vastardikai (Post 5352375)

You would think this would have come out MUCH sooner, considering how, you know, Corny is certainly hated by a notable portion of the audience.

And then there's the whole bit that, for the longest time, OVW was a feeder for the WWE. So maybe there's something to it not coming out sooner, or maybe it's just bullshit.

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5352379)

Mix of people not finding the courage to speak up at the time and Cornette not being shy to threaten legal action whenever he feels his name is being damaged.

The shady stuff with WWE's developmental system isn't new considering they turned a blind eye to the bad stuff Bill Demott was doing back then until it became too public to ignore. Plus Vince back then pretty much didn't really care what was going on in developmental as long as it produced him a couple new stars for the main roster each year. Only reason Cornette got fired back then was due to Vince and co. finding out Cornette physically attacked a trainee and could have been on the hook for a potential lawsuit.

Originally Posted by Damian Rey 2.0 (Post 5352427)

I hope that Lesnar story is true because it's fucking hilarious lol.

Originally Posted by Slik

Caught up (I think) on most of it now and damn

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5352368)

Current rumor going around the net is WWE is holding an emergency meeting over their NXT UK brand due to the growing number of accusations there.

Seems on the US side, Jake Hager and a writer from website Uproxx have popped up among those being accused. Also the longtime underage rumors involving Marty Scurll and Joey Ryan have resurfaced again.

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 5352475)

Yeah. That Enzo argument kinda puts him between a rock and a hard place here.

Originally Posted by The Dastardly One (Post 5352485)

Also, I feel there's definitely going to be some women lying or embellishing during all this, trying to leverage the situation. After all, this is the wrestling business and carnies gotta carny.

Originally Posted by XL (Post 5352487)

Does the industry change people in it, or just attract “wrong ‘uns”?

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5352418)

Not sure if WWE should be happy or not that Carmella is randomly trending due to the dirt people found out about her although its way more tamer than the stuff going around elsewhere in wresting.

Originally Posted by XL (Post 5352537)

Did you skip past the bit where she claims he grabbed her by the throat?

Originally Posted by XL (Post 5352548)

Isn’t Devlin on the list for “just” domestic violence?

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5352559)

Wrestling has always evaded this sort of scrutiny. Probably a combination of it being filled with workers and going under the radar. Most of the names popping up don’t surprise me. Heartbroken if the Cornette stuff is true, but he’s apparently already on the phone to Stephen P. New, haha. I haven’t gone down the fill rabbit-hole, but the corroborating story comes from a guy with one or no legs who claims he was approached, turned them down, then headlined OVW shows. Is there someone else? Because it sounds like this guy wasn’t pressured into doing anything. His main beef seems to be that Cornette trashed legless wrestlers, but I actually seem to recall him putting over a guy named “Michael Hayes” who worked without legs because he was able to do so believable. Even sexual allegations misquote Cornette.

Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5352549)

No, again maybe that was a part of their relationship. Why is it only an issue way after the fact. I know people don't come forward until later a lot of the time, but this was a man she continued seeing. It's just a much harder sell, they were in a relationship, then it was an issue only after it ended.

Originally Posted by XL (Post 5352566)

There’s definitely “murky water” around some of these circumstances, and the “power dynamic” in relationships can lead to some questions being asked, as it is in a lot of these cases. Being in a relationship doesn’t mean you can just do wtf you like, some people end up in violent/abusive relationships for years before they conjure the courage to leave, or kill their partner, or often end up dead themselves before they get there.

Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan (Post 5352473)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Helpful hint: I have been told that when you're faking screenshots of something that &quot;happened&quot; years ago, you shouldn't use the person's profile picture that's only been up a week and a half. It's the little things, but that's for attorneys to discuss.</p>&mdash; Jim Cornette (@TheJimCornette) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJimCornette/status/1273943286399541253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>