The big story last week was Jon Moxley’s interview on Talk is Jericho, in which he described his frustrations with Vince McMahon and WWE creative when he worked there as Dean Ambrose. Fightful reports that several wrestlers and employees of WWE have agreed with a lot of what Moxley had to say on the podcast and some are worried that they’ll end up in the same position creatively. One wrestler said that what he said “broke their heart”, as it described how they felt, which is they get nauseous when they get to WWE TV each week. The same talent added they are glad the story is public.
The unnamed wrestler also said that they believe Moxley’s comments have more weight than CM Punk’s did when he left in 2014. The wrestler previously thought they could make their run work but now has doubts about their future. Another wrestler contacted Fightful to add that if their situation doesn’t improve, they will leave when they’re contract is up. They also said they’ve “mentally checked out” at this time. None of the wrestlers have blamed the writers because they have a “frustrating job and a tough time answering to Vince McMahon.” The wrestler echoed Moxley’s sentiments that McMahon has an infrastructure around him which makes it hard to talk to him, as writers and producers are worried about getting fired so they don’t give as much constructive criticism as they should.
When a writer was asked about Moxley’s interview, all they said was that he wasn’t lying.
That's who came to my mind too, can't blame him if it was the way WWE dropped the ball with him and wasted his talent. Be interesting to see how this develops or if its all talk.My guess is that it's mostly Rusev who's "mentally checked out."
Yeah his entire WWE career has been a case of one wasted opportunity after another, and he's tried hard for a long time to make it work regardless.That's who came to my mind too, can't blame him if it was the way WWE dropped the ball with him and wasted his talent. Be interesting to see how this develops or if its all talk.
If Vince is not using them on TV, he should just release them and not horde them just so another company can't use that.People should finish the contract that was signed, be professional and leave when the contract expires. If they want to shoot when they are no longer under contract that's fine.
they had to sign because there was really no where else to go. But now that AEW is here and can give them close to WWE money with less dates and also let them do other indy shows, they now have a better option.Well, hopefully people learn their lesson and stop signing.
There are only a handful of things that will actually get WWE to change their shitty ways, not being able to sign or re-sign any top talent is one of them, or at least I would hope it is.
If I may speculate..I want to know about Vince and HHH's reactions more than anyone else's.