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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 30, 2020 21:02:39 GMT -5
I don't care that she wasn't named, this is pretty messed up. She accuses Matt Riddle of raping her, he denies it but admits to the affair. WWE then uses the affair part to further one of their own storylines. Even if you don't believe her, this is still f***ed up.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Aug 30, 2020 21:03:46 GMT -5
I don't care that she wasn't named, this is pretty messed up. She accuses Matt Riddle of raping her, he denies it but admits to the affair. WWE then uses the affair part to further one of their own storylines. Even if you don't believe her, this is still f***ed up. Then again, this is the same company that’s trotting out Velveteen Dream and Austin Theory on NXT as if the allegations against them never happened. |
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Aug 30, 2020 21:05:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2020 21:17:17 GMT -5
I don't care that she wasn't named, this is pretty messed up. She accuses Matt Riddle of raping her, he denies it but admits to the affair. WWE then uses the affair part to further one of their own storylines. Even if you don't believe her, this is still f***ed up. Then again, this is the same company that’s trotting out Velveteen Dream and Austin Theory on NXT as if the allegations against them never happened.Sadly this isn’t a problem that’s unique to WWE. Still really not the best move to use this in a storyline, no matter how confident they may be of Riddle’s version of events. It’s a shitty look, and it doesn’t work for the Riddle character at all either. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2020 21:24:42 GMT -5
Did they really bring this up? Yikes. All I heard Cole say was that Riddle's outspoken on social media.
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Post by XIII on Aug 30, 2020 21:27:13 GMT -5
Sounds like they paid her off with some money and appearances.
That part is just speculation on my part, but either way the WWE is on some serious scumbag shit lately.
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Post by Shark on Aug 30, 2020 21:42:39 GMT -5
Did they really bring this up? Yikes. All I heard Cole say was that Riddle's outspoken on social media. Riddle was interviewed before his match about Corbin tweeting that he was going to prove Riddle a failure in the ring like Riddle is a failure at home. It's not much of a direct reference. I've not been keeping up with their feud, Corbin could have mentioned before that Riddle can't satisfy his wife or something. I think it needs to be said though that Riddle has been outspoken in saying the allegations were not true and that he brought this to WWE's attention in the past. If I recall, someone else in the car from the story Candy told denied Riddle did what she accused him of. With most other allegations, there's some sort of evidence pointing to it. That wasn't really the case here. I'm not saying Candy was lying or that Riddle is innocent. I'm saying this story doesn't seem as clear as the other ones. Certainly not as clear as Dream's is. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 31, 2020 3:00:14 GMT -5
Sounds like they paid her off with some money and appearances. That part is just speculation on my part, but either way the WWE is on some serious scumbag shit lately. I mean, the problem with that is that WWE is a publicly traded company so anything like that would need to come out in some fashion since they’d likely be using the money that could go to shareholders in doing that. That is unless you’re a foreign government singing a deal with WWE, then it’s fine to be stupidly secretive about something. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 31, 2020 5:28:46 GMT -5
So the biggest problem for me of all this, outside the accusations about Riddle is...where’s the line now? You pretty much open the floodgates to bring stuff up on TV.
Is NXT UK going to be full of “inspiring” stories of people coming back from accusations of sexual misconduct from the people they didn’t fire during SpeakingOut?
Will Santos Escobar bring up Jordan Devlin’s domestic abuse accusations when he inevitably challenges him for his cruiserweight title?
Will Seth Rollins at some point bless Austin Theory with water to cure him of his own sins?
Would they dare do that with Velveteen Dream?
Like, this sounds extreme but the problem of making one case kayfabe, it leaves it open to it all being kayfabe and until Payback, that was something I was sure WWE would want to avoid but here we are.
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 31, 2020 7:33:27 GMT -5
Did they use the story or did they just have a reference from Corbin on Twitter that he’s a failure at home?
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 31, 2020 7:36:38 GMT -5
Did they use the story or did they just have a reference from Corbin on Twitter that he’s a failure at home? Even bringing that up literally leaves the other accusations out there. You can’t have one without the other with all this. |
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Aug 31, 2020 15:59:42 GMT -5
Bearing in mind that Riddle's wife and one of his gear sponsors have been caught out making fake accounts to attack Candy Cartwright and Jamie Senegal, and his whole camp have been basically endorsing 10 weeks of harassment towards both of them when Riddle has been caught out lying at EVERY turn, it's borderline disgusting that WWE is now using that bullshit to try and make a profit.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Aug 31, 2020 16:41:23 GMT -5
Would they dare do that with Velveteen Dream? His main roster debut angle is Velveteen Dream suggestively texting Dominick for weeks, leading to a feud with Rey. |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 31, 2020 16:59:52 GMT -5
Bearing in mind that Riddle's wife and one of his gear sponsors have been caught out making fake accounts to attack Candy Cartwright and Jamie Senegal, and his whole camp have been basically endorsing 10 weeks of harassment towards both of them when Riddle has been caught out lying at EVERY turn, it's borderline disgusting that WWE is now using that bullshit to try and make a profit. Not to mention that clown shoes lawyer printing up statements on f***ing label paper. Notes app would have been more dignified. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 31, 2020 17:01:57 GMT -5
Bearing in mind that Riddle's wife and one of his gear sponsors have been caught out making fake accounts to attack Candy Cartwright and Jamie Senegal, and his whole camp have been basically endorsing 10 weeks of harassment towards both of them when Riddle has been caught out lying at EVERY turn, it's borderline disgusting that WWE is now using that bullshit to try and make a profit. Not to mention that clown shoes lawyer printing up statements on f***ing label paper. Notes app would have been more dignified. Said it at the time but I don’t know how Enzo Amore found better representation than a man who had a fruitful MMA and independent wrestling career but it does check out. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 17:09:13 GMT -5
So... Y'all be willing to let King Corbin get that rare win over this piece of trash, or no?
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Post by Kalmia on Aug 31, 2020 17:25:22 GMT -5
I winced when this was brought up during the interview at Payback. There was no reason whatsoever to bring this into the storyline. You can't really hint at Riddle having an affair without it being linked to his mistress accusing him of rape, and considering how the WWE are handling other accusations it just looks like they're bantering off and ignoring any and all accusations. Even if WWE have 100%, rock-solid, irrefutable evidence that Riddle is innocent of everything (other than the affair) it's such a bad look to even hint at it.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Aug 31, 2020 17:50:34 GMT -5
Yeah I watched it and was like “huh?” Because I didn’t know what they were referencing. I Googled it and found out.
Why would you want your audience doing this?
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Aug 31, 2020 17:53:17 GMT -5
Bearing in mind that Riddle's wife and one of his gear sponsors have been caught out making fake accounts to attack Candy Cartwright and Jamie Senegal, and his whole camp have been basically endorsing 10 weeks of harassment towards both of them when Riddle has been caught out lying at EVERY turn, it's borderline disgusting that WWE is now using that bullshit to try and make a profit. Not to mention that clown shoes lawyer printing up statements on f***ing label paper. Notes app would have been more dignified. I'm pretty sure when that happened I posted it in here because I needed to check if he was actually that incompetent or if I'd finally lost it. |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Aug 31, 2020 18:37:32 GMT -5
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