Should Vince employ a Stamford Based Therapist?

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

i bring it up after a conversation me and my indy buddy were talking about

Pope Cant Dance: after benoit died, i actually was like "WTF is wrong with me for liking this crap"
JohnnyToxic1: lol
Pope Cant Dance: i mean that lasted like 15 minutes
Pope Cant Dance: but still
JohnnyToxic1: well thats a whole other ballgame
JohnnyToxic1: vince needs to get some shrinks in and test all his workers
Pope Cant Dance: omg, i can't even imagine
Pope Cant Dance: Matt hardy would be a feild day
JohnnyToxic1: lol


it makes you wonder the horror stories/Halarious tales that would come from this escapades

[rra]

I think having a true counselor or shrink on the payroll would help matters.

The problem is, he/she could easily become a corrupted figure who is paid off or is told by the company to "clear" a wrestler or whatever nonsense.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

i wonder if eugene has mental issues about having to be a retard

[PRIME]

I was thinking a counselor of sorts would help.

[Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You]

A well-staffed company should include a counselor. Making visits mandatory is another matter though. I would be all for it, but I'm not working 300 shows a year. Eventually, it would get a little annoying to the average worker.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

dmargul said:

A well-staffed company should include a counselor. Making visits mandatory is another matter though. I would be all for it, but I'm not working 300 shows a year. Eventually, it would get a little annoying to the average worker.

Well if he had an office in stamford, and flew in a few guys a week, and just have em keep up shouldn't be too bad.

not like a touring therapist no

[rra]

dmargul said:

A well-staffed company should include a counselor. Making visits mandatory is another matter though. I would be all for it, but I'm not working 300 shows a year. Eventually, it would get a little annoying to the average worker.

Unless Vince wants another Benoit mess, the workers will have to just deal with being annoyed.

Besides, its the right thing to do.

[Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You]

rra said:

dmargul said:

A well-staffed company should include a counselor. Making visits mandatory is another matter though. I would be all for it, but I'm not working 300 shows a year. Eventually, it would get a little annoying to the average worker.

Unless Vince wants another Benoit mess, the workers will have to just deal with being annoyed.

Besides, its the right thing to do.

The sad truth is the lessons of the Benoit incident will be forgotten long before they could be applied.

I do however agree with the above poster suggesting a Stamford-based therapist who sees maybe five wrestlers a week (making it possible to see everyone 3-4 times a year).

[acressl]

I don't know that everyone should be made to see a shrink but there should certainly be someone available for them to talk to if they feel the need.

[honsou]

dmargul said:

rra said:

Unless Vince wants another Benoit mess, the workers will have to just deal with being annoyed.

Besides, its the right thing to do.

The sad truth is the lessons of the Benoit incident will be forgotten long before they could be applied.

I do however agree with the above poster suggesting a Stamford-based therapist who sees maybe five wrestlers a week (making it possible to see everyone 3-4 times a year).

Yeah i agree with this completely, then if the psych sees that one of the wrestlers are having probelms they can pull him aside and start to help. of course the only way to make it so wrestlers will even have a chance to tell the truth would be for WWE to be totally support of any kind of help they need. Where that for example if a wrestler needed additional time off they would give that to him without any kind of penalty.

[darthpipes]

The WWE should have a counselor on staff. God knows Randy Orton could use one. Kurt Angle could make a bunch of them rich. Although if the WWE does get a counselor, I think Vince should be the first one to see him.

[Stevie J]

Treating the wrestlers like employees instead of contract workers would be a good start. Giving them full medical benefits and an on-staff psychologist would be even better.

[rra]

steviej said:

Treating the wrestlers like employees instead of contract workers would be a good start. Giving them full medical benefits and an on-staff psychologist would be even better.

Better yet, what if some stars actually put their company position and paychecks on the line to actually help push for a union?

[Mister Pigwell]

Being forced to go to a shrink is hands down the worst experience I've ever had in my life for various reasons.
Everyone was afraid I was always suicidal or gonna pull a Columbine.
A LOT of my issues as a child was because of people TELLING me how i feel. Now seeing as i share these same feelings to this day I know any other random adult might have a problem with it too so (insert random wrestler here) might be worse off sitting in a room doing something he doesn't wanna do. Personally I'd just pay the guy off and get a clean bill of health.

[Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You]

What the company needs is to stop using the folklore of "THE BUSINESS" to get around unions, medical care and you know, respect for each employee.

[HRH The KING]

Yes, counselors should be provided.

[Stevie J]

rra said:

steviej said:

Treating the wrestlers like employees instead of contract workers would be a good start. Giving them full medical benefits and an on-staff psychologist would be even better.

Better yet, what if some stars actually put their company position and paychecks on the line to actually help push for a union?

Absolutely, but we both know Triple H won't ever do that in a million years. Undertaker would be our only hope and if he didn't support it the issue would be dead in the water.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

valens said:

Being forced to go to a shrink is hands down the worst experience I've ever had in my life for various reasons.
Everyone was afraid I was always suicidal or gonna pull a Columbine.
A LOT of my issues as a child was because of people TELLING me how i feel. Now seeing as i share these same feelings to this day I know any other random adult might have a problem with it too so (insert random wrestler here) might be worse off sitting in a room doing something he doesn't wanna do. Personally I'd just pay the guy off and get a clean bill of health.

nobodys forcing them to change. but i'm sure being on the road 300 days a year, shit starts piling up. and that are definite guys that need some work like f***ing Chavo right now. I mean i'm sure mid-card guys like the Miz or Davari really aren't the biggest guys that need to be evaluated, but guys like Orton and Chavo, and even maybe guys like flair, should definitly get checked out just so out of nowhere you don't get a random accident like Benoit Or Mike Awesome or Hell even Kerry Von Erich

[rra]

steviej said:

rra said:

Better yet, what if some stars actually put their company position and paychecks on the line to actually help push for a union?

Absolutely, but we both know Triple H won't ever do that in a million years. Undertaker would be our only hope and if he didn't support it the issue would be dead in the water.

And should Mark Calloway do so?


I read of the early 1970s when the super stars (like Joe Morgan) of the MLB rightly went in the forefront with their strike against the owners. As a result, they got free agency to finally happen, safer playing conditions, more fair money cut of the profits, etc.....super stars that willingly took a bullet for every player.

[Mister Pigwell]

A lot of people are talking about it so I'll give you this wiki link
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Professional_Wrestling_Alliance

They're the closest thing coming to forming a Wrestling Union early stages so far are trying to set up a Retirement pension. A lot of Jap and a couple of Mexican leagues and even ROH are already members.