Jack Gallagher accused of attempted sexual assault

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

What the flying f***, Jack?

[lucas_lee]

Dear god the UK indies is a treasure chest of scumbags. The only positive story of a UK indy/WWE star was about Sheamus who threw out a pervert in the locker room

[Totorob101]

Oh for gods sake, just awful.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

And I thought that damn chest tattoo would be the most disgusting thing this guy ever did

I feel like UK Wrestling as a whole needs a complete uprooting.

[Prince Petty]

Yeah, so basically we're looking at an entire culture where sexual objectification of women was the norm, and men were tacitly encouraged to treat them like shit and assume they were available to whoever was interested.

I'm going to be looking with suspicion at anyone who has wrestled in the UK on more than a handful of occasions, now. And I doubt the American indie scene is much better, at least in places.

[lucas_lee]

Jun 19, 2020 5:16:31 GMT -5 Prince Petty said:

Yeah, so basically we're looking at an entire culture where sexual objectification of women was the norm, and men were tacitly encouraged to treat them like shit and assume they were available to whoever was interested.

I'm going to be looking with suspicion at anyone who has wrestled in the UK on more than a handful of occasions, now. And I doubt the American indie scene is much better, at least in places.

We haven't even touched Japan and their objectation of young women with their Joshi feds. I think more stories are going to come out soon.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jun 19, 2020 4:18:24 GMT -5 lucas_lee said:

Dear god the UK indies is a treasure chest of scumbags. The only positive story of a UK indy/WWE star was about Sheamus who threw out a pervert in the locker room

People really need to stop looking at this as a problem with the UK indie scene.

This is happening everywhere right now, not just in UK wrestling, not just in wrestling, not just in entertainment or sports, everywhere.

[thetower52]

Well time to hide his action figure in a box with the Ellsworth one

[Mozenrath]

Jun 19, 2020 5:49:22 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jun 19, 2020 4:18:24 GMT -5 lucas_lee said:

Dear god the UK indies is a treasure chest of scumbags. The only positive story of a UK indy/WWE star was about Sheamus who threw out a pervert in the locker room

People really need to stop looking at this as a problem with the UK indie scene.

This is happening everywhere right now, not just in UK wrestling, not just in wrestling, not just in entertainment or sports, everywhere.

Right. It's hitting first there, and the close-knit nature of the scene, geographically, probably is adding in how many stories some people have directed at them, but it's going to likely be everywhere by the time this is through.

[avenger]

Jun 19, 2020 5:49:22 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jun 19, 2020 4:18:24 GMT -5 lucas_lee said:

Dear god the UK indies is a treasure chest of scumbags. The only positive story of a UK indy/WWE star was about Sheamus who threw out a pervert in the locker room

People really need to stop looking at this as a problem with the UK indie scene.

This is happening everywhere right now, not just in UK wrestling, not just in wrestling, not just in entertainment or sports, everywhere.

Too true. Everyone reading this will know people (the vast majority of whom will be women) who have been on the wrong end of people (the vast majority of whom will be men) like this. Whether it's a incident with a stranger, like with Jack Gallagher here, or being on the receiving end in an abusive manipulative relationship, as with other cases.

[cabbageboy]

This may be happening everywhere in wrestling but man what is up with the UK guys? At this point I'm trying to think of guys beyond Dunne and Bate that haven't been accused of something.

[Deleted]

Jun 19, 2020 8:28:57 GMT -5 cabbageboy said:

This may be happening everywhere in wrestling but man what is up with the UK guys? At this point I'm trying to think of guys beyond Dunne and Bate that haven't been accused of something.

Bate's been accused.

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Jun 19, 2020 8:28:57 GMT -5 cabbageboy said:

This may be happening everywhere in wrestling but man what is up with the UK guys? At this point I'm trying to think of guys beyond Dunne and Bate that haven't been accused of something.

Bate's been accused of being a creep that doesn't understand how boundaries work and that pushing for a women to have sex with him is sexual harassment.

[fw91]

Jeez... He doesn't do the Gentlemen character anymore right?

[Alice Syndrome]

Jun 19, 2020 8:39:16 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Jeez... He doesn't do the Gentlemen character anymore right?

No he just looks like bulked up Ed Sheeran now

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

Jun 19, 2020 5:49:22 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jun 19, 2020 4:18:24 GMT -5 lucas_lee said:

Dear god the UK indies is a treasure chest of scumbags. The only positive story of a UK indy/WWE star was about Sheamus who threw out a pervert in the locker room

People really need to stop looking at this as a problem with the UK indie scene.

This is happening everywhere right now, not just in UK wrestling, not just in wrestling, not just in entertainment or sports, everywhere.

Seriously. Stuff like this has been happening for years I'm sure. There are probably a ton of women out there with stories about dudes coming onto them, making them feel uncomfortable, and using their power/authority/celebrity/charisma/whatever to convince them that their creepy shit is ok.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jun 19, 2020 13:33:54 GMT -5 xxshoyuweeniexx said:

Jun 19, 2020 5:49:22 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

People really need to stop looking at this as a problem with the UK indie scene.

This is happening everywhere right now, not just in UK wrestling, not just in wrestling, not just in entertainment or sports, everywhere.

Seriously. Stuff like this has been happening for years I'm sure. There are probably a ton of women out there with stories about dudes coming onto them, making them feel uncomfortable, and using their power/authority/celebrity/charisma/whatever to convince them that their creepy shit is ok.

Absolutely.

I think we would find that if we ask the women of the forum, almost every single one would have a story they could tell. I would not be surprised if it was all of them.

Also true of all of us in real life if we asked the women we know. Of the ones close enough to me to discuss this, every single one has a story of this kind of abuse happening to them.

I have worked since 2012 with abuse survivors, this exists everywhere and we allow it to happen. We don't have to keep allowing it.

I am also a survivor myself. Obviously not by a wrestler, but yeah. It's not only women this happens to.

We all have power to stop this cycle repeating forever. It's finally getting used.

[eJm]

WWE just released Jack Gallagher. Might be first of several considering.

[Super Duper Dragunov]

Jun 19, 2020 13:44:08 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jun 19, 2020 13:33:54 GMT -5 xxshoyuweeniexx said:

Seriously. Stuff like this has been happening for years I'm sure. There are probably a ton of women out there with stories about dudes coming onto them, making them feel uncomfortable, and using their power/authority/celebrity/charisma/whatever to convince them that their creepy shit is ok.

Absolutely.

I think we would find that if we ask the women of the forum, almost every single one would have a story they could tell. I would not be surprised if it was all of them.

Also true of all of us in real life if we asked the women we know. Of the ones close enough to me to discuss this, every single one has a story of this kind of abuse happening to them.

I have worked since 2012 with abuse survivors, this exists everywhere and we allow it to happen. We don't have to keep allowing it.

I am also a survivor myself. Obviously not by a wrestler, but yeah. It's not only women this happens to.

We all have power to stop this cycle repeating forever. It's finally getting used.

Same with me and my lady friends. Every single one of them have at LEAST one story about some kind of abuse happening to them.

And likewise with being the victim of it, twice.

When #metoo was taking off I sat there and nodded, wanting to put a #metoo post up, but also not wanting to seem like I was undermining the cause, or drawing attention away form the brave women sharing their experience.

But yeah, there are reasons I'm an agoraphobic person who hates to leave the house, and absolutely will not go outside at night alone.

[Celgress]

I hate 2020. What an awful year, for, well, EVERYTHING... Can we cancel 2020, pretty please?