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On Nick Gage, Rich Swann, and Second Chances

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Gage paid his debt to society, which is more than Swann can say Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein Rich Swann, recently released from WWE after an incident where he was witnessed to be violently kidnapping his wife, made waves again yesterday. Despite the fact that his wife, Su Yung, never pressed charges against him, thus clearing him of any wrongdoing vis a vis the law, he wondered aloud on Twitter why people wouldn't book him but book someone else who ran afoul of the law... Oh we cant a accused person on our show....oh lets get this bank robber on lol � Richard Swann (@GottaGetSwann) March 7, 2018 It's not a new sentiment. People who either want to defend abusers, accused or otherwise, or who want to puff out the woke feathers on their chest and point out the utter hypocrisy of left-leaning wrestling fans often bring up Nick Gage and his well-documented history of bank robbery. Swann didn't mention him by name, but he's the only guy in wrestling right now who robbed a ...

Don't Look to Wrestling for Your Woke Daddies

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Ryan isn't your woke daddy, but no one in wrestling should be Photo Credit: Mikey Nolan Joey Ryan is known for two things nowadays: wrestling a style completely based around his penis and speaking up on Twitter on behalf of women wrestlers. It's garnered him a checkered reputation among the wrestling community, but generally, sex positivity and sticking up for women combine to allow anyone to accept the benefit of some modicum of doubt as whether or not they're a decent person. At the very least, it's a breath of fresh air from the rotten garbage that populates the wrestling industry, like noted statutory rapist Chasyn Rance and accused domestic abuser Adam Rose, right? Well, about that... Uh, okay. Of course, the paper-thin defense of Ryan being on the same show as these guys is that again, wrestling is full of creeps and cretins. Working on the same show as these guys isn't a principled stance most people on the indies can afford to take except Ryan has a fucking ...

Rich Swann Has Been Suspended Indefinitely

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Another abuse case Photo Credit: WWE.com Sunday mornings are for making breakfast, reading the paper, and apparently finding out that a former favorite wrestler of yours is a domestic abuser. News broke yesterday morning that Rich Swann is the latest wrestler to be outed as an abuser, as he was arrested for battery and false imprisonment for an incident involving his wife, Su Yung. The Gainesville Police Department released the police report and a mugshot due to "national media requests," so everything is now out in the open. Apparently, Swann was critiquing Yung's latest wrestling match, things got heated, and according to two witnesses, Swann headlocked her after she got out of the car out of fear of escalation and dragged her back in against her will. Swann is denying the charges, although the witnesses' descriptions corroborate Yung's side more than Swann's. Shortly after, WWE took action and suspended Swann indefinitely . Swann is the latest in a line o...

Victims over Loyalty: An Essay on Michael Elgin

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Elgin doesn't deserve your defense Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein It seems that every other day, some new story is coming out about a domestic abuser or a rapist. The dominoes have mostly fallen in the entertainment industry, but the stories have started to leak out in wrestling as well. Sean Orleans, a low-card indie wrestler in the St. Louis area, was accused of sexual assault by a female fan in the area. Orleans worked a lot for Michael Elgin in Glory Pro Wrestling. The accusations came to light initially in September, but they weren�t noticed by most people until November, when the accuser brought them back to light with the rush of accusations and action against them in Hollywood was in full swing. Elgin immediately tweeted from the official Glory Pro account that Orleans would not be booked for him anymore, and he�d seemingly said all the right things in public since then. �Seemingly� and �public� however are the operative words here. As it would turn out, the public show of...

Examining Sexual Misconduct in Pro Wrestling: Is a Reckoning Coming?

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Foley, and a bunch of other wrestlers, facing heavy accusations Photo Credit: WWE.com Sometime last week, Mick Foley appeared at an autograph signing. He probably expected people bringing him one of his many books for him to autograph, or glossy photographs, or even some people just there to shake his hand and tell him how much of a fan they were of his. What he probably didn't expect was Angel Amoroso appearing with this sign: Snapchat Screen Grab via: EWrestlingNews.com In case the picture's not showing up, that sign she's holding reads, in all caps, "My name is Angel Amoroso. Mick Foley had sex with me when I was a 15 year-old child." It's a damning accusation that throws Foley's good-guy, rape charity exterior into serious tarnish. She also has videos, one of which she names all the people who bedded her while she was underage . The mantra from the left regarding sexual abuse is to believe victims, but even some folks, the most understanding ones under...