re: WWE Wrestlemania XXXIX | 7:00 PM | Kickoff Show - 5:00 PM | WWE Network on Peacock

With some help. Cheap win. Hayes hasn’t won a major match without help.

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With some help. Cheap win. Hayes hasn’t won a major match without help.

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I'm assuming it was so they could call up Breaker without making him look weak. I would have liked to see him absolutely floor Trick after paying respect to Mello though.

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I'm assuming it was so they could call up Breaker without making him look weak.

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My thought exactly. After the events at WrestleCon I think Bron is fortune not to have the Steiner wrestling name. I'd say I'm looking forward to hearing both sides of what happened but the wrestling "reporters" are mostly left wing whackjobs...SRS and Cornette being two of the worst.

Why does Vince with his moustache now resemble an old Vietnamese general

A few interesting results from yesterday's ROH show

The Embassy retaining the 6-man titles would make you think Brian Cage has re-uped with AEW/ROH after it was believed he was done with the company and some thought he might be a WWE target

Samoa Joe submitting Mark Briscoe... not giving Briscoe that singles title right out the gate... keep him chasing

NJPW getting a win over AEW talent with Tanahashi beating Daniel Garcia

Lucha Bros win the ladder match to become the new ROH Tag Champs

And Shibata winning the Pure Championship from Wheeler Yuta... great to see him wrestling successfully again after his near-death incident in the ring a few years ago

I’m assuming Vince is going to sale to the Saudi’s


Yeah the whole situation does sound a bit fishy

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Oh goodness... dare I ask what happened?

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IMPACT WRESTLING'S GISELE SHAW
Claims Rick Steiner ...
WENT ON TRANSPHOBIC RANT

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Gisele Shaw claims WWE HOF'er Rick Steiner hurled transphobic remarks at her during an appearance ... something the event organizers themselves seem to acknowledge happened.

The Impact Wrestling star made the accusation against the famed RS Friday, detailing what she says was an absolute tirade full of hateful language ... targeting her transgender identity. Shaw is a trans woman BTW, and came out as transgender last year at Pride Toronto.

Here's what she had to say about the interaction, which she says happened at WrestleCon Friday ... where Gisele was doing a signing. She writes, "I have been bullied all my life and have never stood up for myself because I’m scared that I would get beat up physically, mentally, or emotionally. The bullies in my life have always silenced me, but that ends today!"

Gisele goes on to say that, while walking to her table, she heard someone shouting, "you’re a man,” “you’re a dude,” “you’re a piece of trash,” “you are filth," and “get the f*** away from here." She didn't know who it was at first, but later says she heard it again -- and saw Steiner.

She says she confronted him about it on the spot -- saying, "Excuse me?" -- but claims he continued to tear her down in front of a lot of people ... including other wrestling talent.

She says other prominent stars were around, but didn't do anything about it. Gisele adds, "I am not writing this because I want sympathy. I am writing this because I am done being bullied to silence. Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility and I am standing up for myself and for other people who go through the exact same situation on a daily basis. I want everyone to know what kind of a deplorable person Rick Steiner is and that this cannot be tolerated. This keeps happening because people let it slide and do not take any action. If you do business with these types of people then I will not do business with you."

The official WrestleCon account apologized for what happened, specifically naming Shaw/the LGBT community -- but not saying Rick's name. They add, "The issue has been addressed and we hope the remainder of the convention can be a positive experience for all."

Steiner hasn't commented, and it's unclear what repercussions, if any, he'll face.

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ETA: They've got a whole month and now more ridiculous days like "visability day".

Since it's wrestling I should say I think Sonya hits the balance right on. She's herself and has subtle symbols to support her LGBT community. I have ZERO problem with that part of their community. When they go out of their way to push it in people's faces is where they lose me. If this shim can wrestle a good match then why have to make a big deal about being trans? Ask Nyla Rose how pushing her trans status has worked out for her in wrestling's most liberal company.

The only place trans should matter is boys demanding to play in girls sports. Other than that, you live your life and I'll live mine.

And when do we have German-American, French-American, Polish-American, Italian-American, and British-American months? Hell...the first "history month" this country should have had was Native-American month (it is fascinating to read about their wars/alliances/lifestyles).

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It sounds like something Scott could do but I don't see Rick being that guy. Hell I could see the Iron Shiek doing that before thinking Rick would!

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I think Rick is on some school board... someone might've been antagonizing him about positions he's taken on the board maybe?

Yeah I vaguely remember hearing he was on a school board. I've been really surprised that Kane's comments about what going on in NYC haven't drawn much attention. I'm sure Cornette has thrown a party with how his show has got more political as he's drifted further left. (I don't even listen to it anymore.)