All-Purpose McMustache/WWE Sale Thread (Future: Endeavor-ed)

[polarbearpete]

Jan 18, 2023 12:37:05 GMT -5 Feargus McReddit said:

Man, Nick Khan feels like the perfect Vince lackey doesn’t he?

Especially the stuff about the payments which…f*** me, man. You don’t pay NDAs to women if you felt like they couldn’t easily turn around and say it later on or sue the company to hell. That’s literally why people like him pay people off. Jesus, man…

I agree that Vince has some terrible skeletons in his closet with some egregious accusations against him and some facts that have come out that are terrible.

But as a general rule, I would be cautious about presuming someone is guilty of something based on them signing a settlement agreement / NDA and agreeing to pay money. Companies and people that have not done anything illegal agree to settle matters, pay outgoing employees, etc all the time for various reasons including not having to worry about any future lawsuits being filed, keeping potential bad press confidential (such as extramarital affairs), among other reasons.

Again, not pertaining to Vince because I think we have a bit more to go on for his conduct than merely the existence of the NDAs/settlements.

[XIII]

Vince for the last 6 months figuring out how to f*** up the booking when he comes all the way back:

[asuka007]

AT BEST, Nick comes off as tone deaf and essentially hand waving serious allegations like they’re no big deal.

[mc74]

Jan 18, 2023 13:36:10 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Jan 18, 2023 13:34:12 GMT -5 Dave the Dave said:

I only watch the Royal Rumble. That’s the only WWE thing I’ve watched for years.

They’re just daring me to let it go. I KNOW most businesses are likely run by assholes like this, but I care about wrestling. I wish some things could just be run by someone nice or good.

Never going to happen as long as businesses have to turn a profit in order to survive.

It's a cutthroat world, unfortunately. I absolutely hate it, but that's the world of business for you.

[Susan "Poison" Candy]

Jan 18, 2023 12:31:41 GMT -5 markymark said:

No Nick, just no.

I condemn Nick Khan to go to hell and suffer for all eternity. Insolent f**ktard.

Unless you have gone through that shit you have no right to say that shit. If I saw him walking down the street I'd kick him so hard in the nuts that he'll never be able to foul the earth with any other little shits like him.

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

Ummmm. Okay?



Anyway. Turns out Nick Khan is the brother of Nahnatchka Khan? Who’s a big tv producer? She did a bunch of American Dad. I like her already

[Totorob101]

Jan 18, 2023 18:54:08 GMT -5 Susan "Poison" Candy said:

Jan 18, 2023 12:31:41 GMT -5 markymark said:

No Nick, just no.

I condemn Nick Khan to go to hell and suffer for all eternity. Insolent f**ktard.

Unless you have gone through that shit you have no right to say that shit. If I saw him walking down the street I'd kick him so hard in the nuts that he'll never be able to foul the earth with any other little shits like him.

Well said! I had the temerity to actually believe Nick didnt seem so bad before but saying this garbage,my goodness,this kind of person allows Vince and others like him all the freedom in the world to behave as they do. Eff off Nick.

[polarbearpete]

Jan 18, 2023 18:54:08 GMT -5 Susan "Poison" Candy said:

Jan 18, 2023 12:31:41 GMT -5 markymark said:

No Nick, just no.

I condemn Nick Khan to go to hell and suffer for all eternity. Insolent f**ktard.

Unless you have gone through that shit you have no right to say that shit. If I saw him walking down the street I'd kick him so hard in the nuts that he'll never be able to foul the earth with any other little shits like him.

Apparently that quote was not in reference to the sexual allegations. Had something to do with Barrios and Wilson being brought back.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Jan 18, 2023 23:03:59 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Jan 18, 2023 18:54:08 GMT -5 Susan "Poison" Candy said:

I condemn Nick Khan to go to hell and suffer for all eternity. Insolent f**ktard.

Unless you have gone through that shit you have no right to say that shit. If I saw him walking down the street I'd kick him so hard in the nuts that he'll never be able to foul the earth with any other little shits like him.

Apparently that quote was not in reference to the sexual allegations. Had something to do with Barrios and Wilson being brought back.

I mean the tweet in question has the quote in context. Bill asks him essentially - why has there been board shakeups and why did Wilson and Barrios come back? And Nick says they know the company and they also have the view that certain things have happened in the past shouldn't necessarily be judged with a modern standard and he makes it clear by the end that he shares this view.

[polarbearpete]

Jan 18, 2023 23:16:38 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

Jan 18, 2023 23:03:59 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Apparently that quote was not in reference to the sexual allegations. Had something to do with Barrios and Wilson being brought back.

I mean the tweet in question has the quote in context. Bill asks him essentially - why has there been board shakeups and why did Wilson and Barrios come back? And Nick says they know the company and they also have the view that certain things have happened in the past shouldn't necessarily be judged with a modern standard and he makes it clear by the end that he shares this view.

Well if he was referring to the allegations then that’s terrible.

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

As expected. A lot of wrestling YouTubers are leading with Nick’s quotes on Tony Khan and AEW.

COOL.

[evilone]

Jan 18, 2023 12:31:41 GMT -5 markymark said:

No Nick, just no.

This has to be absolutely the worst click bait i've seen in a very long time. Deceptive description doesn't even match with the audio skit, like it's completely out of context on purpose for clicks. They didn't even bother to alter the audio and insert some robotic voice that says "sexual harassment" on top of the original to try to tie in the the two.

Btw did anyone think Nick would go against Vince now that he is a sole CEO thanks to Vince? At this point Nick will eat half of the Vince's lawsuits

[Feargus McReddit]

Jan 19, 2023 5:36:36 GMT -5 evilone said:

Btw did anyone think Nick would go against Vince now that he is a sole CEO thanks to Vince? At this point Nick will eat half of the Vince's lawsuits

He very clearly isn’t going for Vince or even against him. Dude was one of the board that signed the letter to say Vince shouldn’t come back. He absolutely doesn’t give a shit if Vince stayed, went, died in a fishing accident eaten by a blue whale as long as the company gets sold, he gets a massive payout being responsible for that sale and he can take that to his next grift where the next CEO who looks to have their company sold brings him in to do what’s required.

Like, the fact Nick became co-CEO when Steph came back instead of being shoved away said it all. He couldn’t give an entire shit about this Wish brought version of Succession going on right now.

[markymark]

With WWE gearing up for a potential sale, WWE CEO Nick Khan was asked if he expects more allegations to come out against McMahon.

"I'm not. It feels like whatever happened, happened, and it's out there and people know. I've always found him to be a very honest broker with this stuff. Even when the process started last summer, there was nothing that he hid, nothing that he covered up. He was very honest about it, I appreciated that, and I think a lot of other folks did too," he said when speaking on The Bill Simmons Show.

The WWE board wrapped its investigation of McMahon in November. In December 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that McMahon was facing legal demands from two women who allege that he sexually assaulted them. Rita Chatterton is reportedly asking for $11.75 million after publicly accusing McMahon three decades ago of raping her.

Asked if the allegations, specifically Chatteron's, would hold up any potential sale of WWE, Khan said, "Everyone is just plowing ahead. You just move forward. In all these businesses, there is never a clean and clear path. There is always some encumbrance, something in the way, some hurdle in the way that you have to get around or get through. I see that like I would any other item like it."

www.fightful.com/wrestling/nick-khan-doesn-t-expect-more-vince-mcmahon-allegations-come-out-finds-vince-honest?utm_source=TW-Fightful&utm_medium=Fightful%20Wrestling%20News&utm_campaign=dlvr.it

Vince an honest man?

[Feargus McReddit]

I mean, I’d be confident in nobody coming out with any new accusations if the former CEO and head of the investigation into Vince resigned too.

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Jan 18, 2023 12:31:41 GMT -5 markymark said:

No Nick, just no.

Well, time to shoot Nick Khan into the f***ing sun

[Ringmaster]

Wrestletaint exclusive;

[canceled4truth]

WALL STREET JOURNAL - WWE'S VINCE MCMAHON SETTLES MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT WITH EX-REF RITA CHATTERTON, WHO ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE

Vince McMahon, the executive chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., has agreed to a multimillion-dollar legal settlement with a former wrestling referee who accused him of raping her in 1986, according to people familiar with the agreement.

Mr. McMahon’s settlement with Rita Chatterton, completed last month, averts a public legal fight over her allegations as Mr. McMahon pursues a possible sale of the company.

Ms. Chatterton, the first female referee of what was then known as the World Wrestling Federation, demanded $11.75 million in damages for the alleged rape in a November letter to Mr. McMahon’s attorney reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Ms. Chatterton agreed to a lesser amount in the millions of dollars, one of the people familiar with the matter said, but the Journal couldn’t determine the exact figure.

“Mr. McMahon denies and always has denied raping Ms. Chatterton. And he settled the case solely to avoid the cost of litigation,” said Jerry McDevitt, a lawyer for Mr. McMahon.

Ms. Chatterton referred the Journal to her lawyer, John Clune, who declined to comment. WWE didn’t respond to requests for comment.

The deal follows a $7.5 million settlement Mr. McMahon reached in 2018 with a former wrestler who alleged that he coerced her into giving him oral sex, as well as a 2022 agreement in which he agreed to pay $3 million to a former WWE employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, the Journal previously reported citing people familiar with those agreements. Mr. McMahon has declined to publicly address the settlements.

WWE has declined to discuss the allegations against Mr. McMahon. The company previously said it was cooperating with a board inquiry into the payments and taking the claims seriously.

Mr. McMahon contended in a 1993 lawsuit that Ms. Chatterton was induced to make a false rape charge against him by a wrestler with an ax to grind. Mr. McMahon withdrew the lawsuit the following year, he said, to focus on defending against criminal steroid-related charges. He was acquitted of those charges in 1994.

A New York law recently opened a one-year window that allows victims of sex crimes to file lawsuits that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations. Ms. Chatterton’s attorney sought $11.75 million damages in a legal demand letter sent to Mr. McMahon’s attorney in November, weeks before the window opened.

The settlement provides Ms. Chatterton with a lump sum up front and annual installments, similar to Mr. McMahon’s previous agreements with women, the person familiar with the deal said.

Mr. McMahon stepped down as chairman and chief executive of WWE in July, after the Journal reported four secret settlement payments he made to women who accused him of sexual misconduct.

Mr. McMahon, the company’s controlling shareholder, returned as WWE’s executive chairman this month and changed the company’s bylaws to give him greater authority over its operations and pursue a possible sale.

WWE’s board had resisted his return, saying in a December letter that continuing investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department into the secret payments by Mr. McMahon counseled against it.

In the letter, the board said Mr. McMahon’s return “would not be prudent from a shareholder value perspective.”

“This determination is based on a variety of factors, including non-public information the Board has become aware of and the risks to the Company and its shareholders of placing a greater spotlight on these issues,” the letter said.

Vince McMahon replaced three board members to make room for himself and two former executives.

Mr. McMahon replaced three independent board members to make room for himself and two former WWE executives. Two other independent directors have since resigned, along with his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, who had been co-chief executive with Nick Khan. Mr. Khan is now the company’s chief executive officer.

The Journal reported in December that Mr. McMahon was in talks with attorneys for Ms. Chatterton and a former spa manager who alleged Mr. McMahon assaulted her at a California resort in 2011, according to an email her lawyer sent to Mr. McMahon’s lawyer. The Journal couldn’t determine the status of the negotiations with the ex-spa manager.

Ms. Chatterton alleged in televised interviews in 1992 that Mr. McMahon had told her she needed to satisfy him to obtain a $500,000 contract with his company and raped her in the back of a limousine in New York.

Mr. Clune, Ms. Chatterton’s lawyer, said in the November demand letter that Ms. Chatterton had passed a polygraph and that multiple sources corroborated her account, two of whom confirmed to the Journal that Ms. Chatterton contemporaneously told them about the alleged rape.

An attorney for the former spa manager didn’t respond to a request for comment.

In the Nov. 3 legal demand, Mr. Clune wrote that the damage Ms. Chatterton had suffered from the alleged rape was “hard to overstate.” Ms. Chatterton “has suffered years of ongoing depression, substance abuse, disordered eating, lost income, and overall a decreased quality of life,” Mr. Clune wrote.

Write to Joe Palazzolo at [e-mail] and Ted Mann at [e-mail]

Gee, thank f*** he came back to lead a sale, don't know HOW the networks would be able to palate a WWE without this exemplary leader at the helm

[Fade]

Welp.

[spagett]

Exhibit no.209387493937 in the list of evidence that Vince is a disgusting human being.

I mean what else is there really left to say? There can be no defence of this, he's a complete and utter monster.

Although I'm sure Nick Khan is happy this "encumbrance" is now out the way.