BOARDs MOST OVER THREAD

[Jack Hard]

Jun 13, 2022 23:11:58 GMT -5 tomas said:

Jun 13, 2022 20:26:46 GMT -5 Jack Hard said:

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This was my third match. Crowd work is hard as fuck for me, and there's a spot we kinda messed up, but I had a lot of fun and got good feedback. It's the funniest shit I've ever done. Ref fucked up but it was only his 5th match too.

good stuff man. question about the crowd work. are you normally afraid of public speaking? ever been in a band any of that shit? i didn't really find working the crowd all that hard when i wrestled mostly cus in my head i was just having fun and honking off so whatever i did i knew i could get a reaction. i'd say just keep in mind that most wrestlers that are over, get over because they work the crowd. be it heel or babyface whatever it is you gotta have some connection with em. doesnt really matter how great of a wrestler you are anymore, its about what the crowd can take home. but keep at it bro

Thanks man :). I can tell I'm getting more comfortable with the crowd. I'm not afraid of Publix speaking, it's just been along time since I have done anything like it. So just getting use to it. After this match I am excited to be a babyface. I have a personality, just need to make it come through.


Appreciate all the kind words dudes.

Ps any exercise recommendations to fix my rolling shoulders

[jeremygoss]

Jun 14, 2022 7:20:15 GMT -5 Jack Hard said:

Jun 13, 2022 23:11:58 GMT -5 tomas said:

good stuff man. question about the crowd work. are you normally afraid of public speaking? ever been in a band any of that shit? i didn't really find working the crowd all that hard when i wrestled mostly cus in my head i was just having fun and honking off so whatever i did i knew i could get a reaction. i'd say just keep in mind that most wrestlers that are over, get over because they work the crowd. be it heel or babyface whatever it is you gotta have some connection with em. doesnt really matter how great of a wrestler you are anymore, its about what the crowd can take home. but keep at it bro

Thanks man :). I can tell I'm getting more comfortable with the crowd. I'm not afraid of Publix speaking, it's just been along time since I have done anything like it. So just getting use to it. After this match I am excited to be a babyface. I have a personality, just need to make it come through.


Appreciate all the kind words dudes.

Ps any exercise recommendations to fix my rolling shoulders

Double the amount of pulling that you do pushing. For example if you do 3x10 for bench, do some sort of pulling movement(rows, face pulls, high pulls, pull downs/ups, etc.) for 60 total reps in however many sets you want. Aim for like 500 reps of back work a week, really hammer the upper back area and your shoulders shouldn’t really round anymore

[Jack Hard]

Jun 14, 2022 10:58:33 GMT -5 jeremygoss said:

Jun 14, 2022 7:20:15 GMT -5 Jack Hard said:

Thanks man :). I can tell I'm getting more comfortable with the crowd. I'm not afraid of Publix speaking, it's just been along time since I have done anything like it. So just getting use to it. After this match I am excited to be a babyface. I have a personality, just need to make it come through.


Appreciate all the kind words dudes.

Ps any exercise recommendations to fix my rolling shoulders

Double the amount of pulling that you do pushing. For example if you do 3x10 for bench, do some sort of pulling movement(rows, face pulls, high pulls, pull downs/ups, etc.) for 60 total reps in however many sets you want. Aim for like 500 reps of back work a week, really hammer the upper back area and your shoulders shouldn’t really round anymore

Thanks man. Much appreciated!

[billyjackhaynessmile]

I have a book about back pain and the lady says that we all have bad posture because of society and the fashion industry.

[emerald_wizard]

Looks like AEW actually suspended Hardy without pay for the dui and they’re offering him treatment

[jim]

That's good. Seemed like Hardys were gonna win the tag titles tomorrow so it coulda been worse for AEW.

Rebys tiktok is sure something, not sure how to link to it direct but www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/vbs0uw/new_tiktok_from_reby_hardy/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[cerotolerance]

drama

[jeremygoss]

Jun 14, 2022 14:13:49 GMT -5 billyjackhaynessmile said:

I have a book about back pain and the lady says that we all have bad posture because of society and the fashion industry.

We definitely all have shitty posture

[WeGotTheJazz]

Jun 14, 2022 7:20:15 GMT -5 Jack Hard said:

Jun 13, 2022 23:11:58 GMT -5 tomas said:

good stuff man. question about the crowd work. are you normally afraid of public speaking? ever been in a band any of that shit? i didn't really find working the crowd all that hard when i wrestled mostly cus in my head i was just having fun and honking off so whatever i did i knew i could get a reaction. i'd say just keep in mind that most wrestlers that are over, get over because they work the crowd. be it heel or babyface whatever it is you gotta have some connection with em. doesnt really matter how great of a wrestler you are anymore, its about what the crowd can take home. but keep at it bro

Thanks man :). I can tell I'm getting more comfortable with the crowd. I'm not afraid of Publix speaking, it's just been along time since I have done anything like it. So just getting use to it. After this match I am excited to be a babyface. I have a personality, just need to make it come through.


Appreciate all the kind words dudes.

Ps any exercise recommendations to fix my rolling shoulders

Military press (shoulder press) is a great workout for strengthening your anterior and medial deltoids. Start with low weight and work your way up. The more dense muscle mass you put on your shoulders the better your posture will become over time.

[lobsterdog]

Jun 14, 2022 14:13:49 GMT -5 billyjackhaynessmile said:

I have a book about back pain and the lady says that we all have bad posture because of society and the fashion industry.

and phones. the way you crane your neck to look down at your phone is so so so bad for your neck and back. 

[darryllives]

wen't to the expo lucha show in Philly Saturday
saw psicosis and ultimo dragon and had a really fun time

[billyjackhaynessmile]

Did you see drunk Roy Lucier screaming at people to book his friends?

[Nuke]

Perfect pro-wrestling. Im going through RINGS right now and i've never seen a more believable pro-wrestler than Volk Han. Constantly in awe over how he works this craft

[tomas]

Jun 14, 2022 22:07:37 GMT -5 lobsterdog said:

Jun 14, 2022 14:13:49 GMT -5 billyjackhaynessmile said:

I have a book about back pain and the lady says that we all have bad posture because of society and the fashion industry.

and phones. the way you crane your neck to look down at your phone is so so so bad for your neck and back. 

i do so much daily stretching in my neck/back to just physically move because if i didn't i'd be absolutely fucked. wish i could have told myself in my early 20s that yoga and stretching isnt "gay" and that itll make a huge difference in my life later

[mikext]

This popped up in my suggested videos today. What the hell is going on down there in NXT (besides rude customers)?

[WeGotTheJazz]

Jun 15, 2022 8:50:56 GMT -5 mikext said:

This popped up in my suggested videos today. What the hell is going on down there in NXT (besides rude customers)?

The new NXT, it's almost like a real movie! I hope it works out for Apollo but I'm still not watching that shit

[emerald_wizard]

From the little I can understand, seems like new nxt is trying to be DDT but completely fuckin wack and not fun

[insanecrystals]

Can’t wait for the sleeping woman’s Wrestlemania moment

[supertouchshitfit138]

www.wsj.com/articles/wwe-board-probes-secret-3-million-hush-pact-by-ceo-vince-mcmahon-sources-say-11655322722

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WWE Board Probes Secret $3 Million Hush Pact by CEO Vince McMahon, Sources Say -- WSJ

By Joe Palazzolo and Ted Mann

(Dow Jones) -- The board of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is investigating a secret $3 million settlement that longtime chief executive Vince McMahon agreed to pay to a departing employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, according to documents and people familiar with the board inquiry. The January 2022 separation agreement bars the now-former employee, who was hired as a paralegal in 2019, from discussing her relationship with Mr. McMahon or disparaging him, the people said.

The board's investigation, which began in April, has unearthed other, older nondisclosure agreements involving claims by former female WWE employees of misconduct by Mr. McMahon and one of his top executives, John Laurinaitis, the head of talent relations at WWE, the people said. The Journal couldn't determine how many previous agreements were being scrutinized.

The board's outside counsel was still collecting information about the other NDAs this week but has determined that the payments totaled in the millions of dollars, the people said.

The board's eight independent directors have retained New York-based law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to conduct the investigation, one of the people said. The board's preliminary findings are that Mr. McMahon used personal funds to pay the former female employees who sighned the agreements, including the one involving allegations against Mr. Laurinaitis, this person said.

More broadly, the law firm also is assessing WWE's compliance and human-resources programs and company culture, the person said. A WWE spokesman said the company, which runs the world's most-famous wrestling business, is cooperating fully with the board inquiry and that the relationship with the ex-paralegal was consensual. He added that the company takes the allegations seriously and is dealing with them appropriately. Messrs. McMahon and Laurinaitis didn't respond directly to requests to comment.

In a letter to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. McMahon's attorney, Jerome McDevitt, said that the former paralegal hadn't made any claims of harassment against Mr. McMahon and that "WWE did not pay any monies" to the ex-employee "on her departure."

WWE reported record revenue of $1.1 billion last year and net income of $180.4 million, with most of its revenue from selling content rights, including a five-year exclusive agreement with NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming platform in 2021 that is valued at $1 billion.

WWE also has TV licensing agreements with Fox Corp. and NBCUniversal, and recently secured its first stand-alone international distribution deal with Disney Plus Hotstar in Indonesia. Fox Corp. and Wall Street Journal parent News Corp share common ownership.

WWE also is seeking to make more international deals and its negotiations closer to home. The company's deal with Hulu, which streams WWE's Monday Night Raw, is set to expire later this year. Walt Disney Co. holds a majority stake in the streaming platform.

The 12-member board of directors includes several WWE executives and members of the McMahon family, including Mr. McMahon, who is chairman; his daughter Stephanie McMahon; her husband, Paul Levesque, better known as the wrestler Triple H; and WWE President Nick Khan. Man Jit Singh, a former Sony Pictures Home Entertainment executive, is the lead independent director and is running the inquiry, according to people familiar with it.

Ms. McMahon stepped away from her role as WWE's chief brand officer last month, writing in a LinkedIn post that she was "taking this time to focus on my family" but that she planned to return.

Though its stock is publicly traded, Mr. McMahon effectively controls the company, WWE securities filings show, as he owns a majority of the company's Class B shares, giving him a majority of shareholders' voting power. The Class B shares have 10 times the voting power of the Class A shares available to regular investors and are owned exclusively by Mr. McMahon, his family and trusts benefiting individual family members, the filings show.

Board members learned of the $3 million agreement in a series of anonymous emails they received from someone who said the former WWE paralegal was a friend.

The first email, sent to board members on March 30, alleged that Mr. McMahon, 76 years old, initially hired the woman at a celery of $100,000 but increased it to $200,000 after beginning a sexual relationship with her. The email to the board also alleged that Mr. McMahon "gave her like a toy" to Mr. Laurinaitis. The board is investigating the allegations in the email, the people familiar with the inquiry said.

"My friend was so scared so she quit after Vince McMahon and lawyer Jerome paid her millions of dollars to shut up," the initial email to the board said, referring to Mr. McMahon's longtime lawyer, Mr. McDevitt, who negotiated the deal, according to people familiar with the board inquiry.

Mr. McDevitt, a Pittsburgh-based partner at law firm K&L Gates, has represented WWE and Mr. McMahon for decades. He defended them in the 1990s against federal charges of distributing and conspiring to distribute steroids to WWE wrestlers. A jury acquitted Mr. McMahon and WWE in 1994. WWE is partnering with production company Blumhouse to develop "The United States Vs. Vince McMahon," a TV series about the steroids case.

The directors received a copy of the $3 million agreement from one of Mr. McMahon's lawyers on June 12, one person familiar with the inquiry said. The nondisclosure agreement provided an upfront payment of $1 million to the former employee, with the remaining $2 million to be doled out over a period of five years, people familiar with the deal said.

The former employee, 41, had fallen on hard times before joining the company and spoke of needing extra money, said people who spoke with her while she worked at WWE. She said she had a law degree but had never taken the bar exam, telling colleagues that her career got sidetracked while she tended to a sick parent, they said.

The former employee moved from the legal department in 2021 to become an assistant to Mr. Laurinaitis, according to the people familiar with the inquiry. Near the outset of the inquiry, lawyers for the independent directors asked WWE, Mr. McMahon and Mr. Laurinaitis to turn over complaints or allegations about any relationships the executives may have had with company employees, one of the people said.

In recent days, the investigators learned of the other nondisclosure agreements involving allegations against Messrs. McMahon and Laurinaitis, the person said. Mr. Laurinaitis, a former wrestler whose ring name was Johnny Ace, has been at WWE since 2001 in various roles and most recently as the company's top talent recruiter. His biography on the WWE website describes him as "one of Mr. McMahon's most trusted associates."

Mr. McMahon bought Capitol Wrestling Co., the holding company that owned what was then known as the World Wrestling Federation, from his father in 1982, corporate records show. In partnership with his wife, Linda McMahon, who served as head of the Small Business Administration in the Trump administration, Mr. McMahon expanded the company into a colossus of the professional wrestling boom of the 1980s, turning performers like Hulk Hogan, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura into household names.

Decades later, WWE continues to portray Mr. McMahon as critical to the company's success. Mr. McMahon "leads the creative team that develops the story lines and the characters for our programming (including our television, WWE Network and other programming)," the company reported in a regulatory filing, which lists the potential loss of the CEO as a risk factor for investors.

"The first email, sent to board members on March 30, alleged that Mr. McMahon, 76 years old, initially hired the woman at a celery of $100,000 but increased it to $200,000 after beginning a sexual relationship with her. The email to the board also alleged that Mr. McMahon "gave her like a toy" to Mr. Laurinaitis. The board is investigating the allegations in the email, the people familiar with the inquiry said."

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god ive been having the time of my life keeping up with the Ian Rotten drama the last two days. Its a gift that keeps on giving, but today has slowed down sadly

[YouMe&Violence]

Jun 15, 2022 15:26:02 GMT -5 supertouchshitfit138 said:

www.wsj.com/articles/wwe-board-probes-secret-3-million-hush-pact-by-ceo-vince-mcmahon-sources-say-11655322722

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WWE Board Probes Secret $3 Million Hush Pact by CEO Vince McMahon, Sources Say -- WSJ

By Joe Palazzolo and Ted Mann

(Dow Jones) -- The board of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is investigating a secret $3 million settlement that longtime chief executive Vince McMahon agreed to pay to a departing employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, according to documents and people familiar with the board inquiry. The January 2022 separation agreement bars the now-former employee, who was hired as a paralegal in 2019, from discussing her relationship with Mr. McMahon or disparaging him, the people said.

The board's investigation, which began in April, has unearthed other, older nondisclosure agreements involving claims by former female WWE employees of misconduct by Mr. McMahon and one of his top executives, John Laurinaitis, the head of talent relations at WWE, the people said. The Journal couldn't determine how many previous agreements were being scrutinized.

The board's outside counsel was still collecting information about the other NDAs this week but has determined that the payments totaled in the millions of dollars, the people said.

The board's eight independent directors have retained New York-based law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to conduct the investigation, one of the people said. The board's preliminary findings are that Mr. McMahon used personal funds to pay the former female employees who sighned the agreements, including the one involving allegations against Mr. Laurinaitis, this person said.

More broadly, the law firm also is assessing WWE's compliance and human-resources programs and company culture, the person said. A WWE spokesman said the company, which runs the world's most-famous wrestling business, is cooperating fully with the board inquiry and that the relationship with the ex-paralegal was consensual. He added that the company takes the allegations seriously and is dealing with them appropriately. Messrs. McMahon and Laurinaitis didn't respond directly to requests to comment.

In a letter to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. McMahon's attorney, Jerome McDevitt, said that the former paralegal hadn't made any claims of harassment against Mr. McMahon and that "WWE did not pay any monies" to the ex-employee "on her departure."

WWE reported record revenue of $1.1 billion last year and net income of $180.4 million, with most of its revenue from selling content rights, including a five-year exclusive agreement with NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming platform in 2021 that is valued at $1 billion.

WWE also has TV licensing agreements with Fox Corp. and NBCUniversal, and recently secured its first stand-alone international distribution deal with Disney Plus Hotstar in Indonesia. Fox Corp. and Wall Street Journal parent News Corp share common ownership.

WWE also is seeking to make more international deals and its negotiations closer to home. The company's deal with Hulu, which streams WWE's Monday Night Raw, is set to expire later this year. Walt Disney Co. holds a majority stake in the streaming platform.

The 12-member board of directors includes several WWE executives and members of the McMahon family, including Mr. McMahon, who is chairman; his daughter Stephanie McMahon; her husband, Paul Levesque, better known as the wrestler Triple H; and WWE President Nick Khan. Man Jit Singh, a former Sony Pictures Home Entertainment executive, is the lead independent director and is running the inquiry, according to people familiar with it.

Ms. McMahon stepped away from her role as WWE's chief brand officer last month, writing in a LinkedIn post that she was "taking this time to focus on my family" but that she planned to return.

Though its stock is publicly traded, Mr. McMahon effectively controls the company, WWE securities filings show, as he owns a majority of the company's Class B shares, giving him a majority of shareholders' voting power. The Class B shares have 10 times the voting power of the Class A shares available to regular investors and are owned exclusively by Mr. McMahon, his family and trusts benefiting individual family members, the filings show.

Board members learned of the $3 million agreement in a series of anonymous emails they received from someone who said the former WWE paralegal was a friend.

The first email, sent to board members on March 30, alleged that Mr. McMahon, 76 years old, initially hired the woman at a celery of $100,000 but increased it to $200,000 after beginning a sexual relationship with her. The email to the board also alleged that Mr. McMahon "gave her like a toy" to Mr. Laurinaitis. The board is investigating the allegations in the email, the people familiar with the inquiry said.

"My friend was so scared so she quit after Vince McMahon and lawyer Jerome paid her millions of dollars to shut up," the initial email to the board said, referring to Mr. McMahon's longtime lawyer, Mr. McDevitt, who negotiated the deal, according to people familiar with the board inquiry.

Mr. McDevitt, a Pittsburgh-based partner at law firm K&L Gates, has represented WWE and Mr. McMahon for decades. He defended them in the 1990s against federal charges of distributing and conspiring to distribute steroids to WWE wrestlers. A jury acquitted Mr. McMahon and WWE in 1994. WWE is partnering with production company Blumhouse to develop "The United States Vs. Vince McMahon," a TV series about the steroids case.

The directors received a copy of the $3 million agreement from one of Mr. McMahon's lawyers on June 12, one person familiar with the inquiry said. The nondisclosure agreement provided an upfront payment of $1 million to the former employee, with the remaining $2 million to be doled out over a period of five years, people familiar with the deal said.

The former employee, 41, had fallen on hard times before joining the company and spoke of needing extra money, said people who spoke with her while she worked at WWE. She said she had a law degree but had never taken the bar exam, telling colleagues that her career got sidetracked while she tended to a sick parent, they said.

The former employee moved from the legal department in 2021 to become an assistant to Mr. Laurinaitis, according to the people familiar with the inquiry. Near the outset of the inquiry, lawyers for the independent directors asked WWE, Mr. McMahon and Mr. Laurinaitis to turn over complaints or allegations about any relationships the executives may have had with company employees, one of the people said.

In recent days, the investigators learned of the other nondisclosure agreements involving allegations against Messrs. McMahon and Laurinaitis, the person said. Mr. Laurinaitis, a former wrestler whose ring name was Johnny Ace, has been at WWE since 2001 in various roles and most recently as the company's top talent recruiter. His biography on the WWE website describes him as "one of Mr. McMahon's most trusted associates."

Mr. McMahon bought Capitol Wrestling Co., the holding company that owned what was then known as the World Wrestling Federation, from his father in 1982, corporate records show. In partnership with his wife, Linda McMahon, who served as head of the Small Business Administration in the Trump administration, Mr. McMahon expanded the company into a colossus of the professional wrestling boom of the 1980s, turning performers like Hulk Hogan, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura into household names.

Decades later, WWE continues to portray Mr. McMahon as critical to the company's success. Mr. McMahon "leads the creative team that develops the story lines and the characters for our programming (including our television, WWE Network and other programming)," the company reported in a regulatory filing, which lists the potential loss of the CEO as a risk factor for investors.

"The first email, sent to board members on March 30, alleged that Mr. McMahon, 76 years old, initially hired the woman at a celery of $100,000 but increased it to $200,000 after beginning a sexual relationship with her. The email to the board also alleged that Mr. McMahon "gave her like a toy" to Mr. Laurinaitis. The board is investigating the allegations in the email, the people familiar with the inquiry said."

Hope this is the end for Vince and Johnny Ace lol

[gabesus]

LOL Vince is finally getting cancelled and fucking Oliver Luck is the dude to take him down. Vince is going to have to pay Luck a SHIT load of money too, and all his skeletons are coming out the closet in the process. Fox ain't gonna be happy.

They're saying theres been multiple NDA's uncovered where Vince and Ace had to pay people millions to cover up misconduct.

[tomas]

oh boys this could get spicy real life dark side of the ring type shit LOL

[mikext]

yowza

[mikext]

Jun 15, 2022 16:21:43 GMT -5 tomas said:

oh boys this could get spicy real life dark side of the ring type shit LOL

when wwe said they'd be "heavily involved" in upcoming episodes of darkside of the ring they weren't joking lol

[Frank Rizzo]

Of all things, it was Vince’s dick that may have done him in.

[emerald_wizard]

Ohhhh brothers this gon be SPICY

[WeGotTheJazz]

IT BEGINS...

[mikext]

stephanie mcmahon took a leave of absence a few weeks ago. what a coincidence. i have a feeling there's gonna be looooots of people pleading ignorance.

[mikext]