Be a star, brehs. bullying/neglect in NXT

Henzo

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Jeri-hoe deleted the tweet

Oh well, at least he got his point across
 

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Verbal abuse is fine, don't physically abuse injured wrestlers though.

I guess this is one of those moments I'd wish I had a big social media presence so that my #firebilldemott would matter.

Someone try to get Wale on board.
 

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Another letter dropped :lupe:
Subject: Letter
From: (REDACTED)
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:29:05 -0400
Mr. Canyon Ceman,

I'm writing this letter today due to concerns I've had with the training. I've contemplated writing this for some time now. After seeing Harley Race this past week, and talking with him about my concerns for not only my training but my physical well being, he himself encouraged me to write a letter and not only that. He informed me to have anyone in the office to call him if they have any questions about any of the information I will be writing about.

My overall biggest concern is about my safety. Before we took off for Holiday break I suffered a minor head injury. The thing about head injuries is you can't really tell how bad they are until you have proper time to rest. During the course of a practice, I got hit in the head during a drill. I felt very dizzy right away and stepped out of the ring. Practice was almost over that day and I told a few guys near me that I was dizzy. One suggested I might have just been dehydrated or in need of some food. I drank some water and ate a protein bar and I did feel a lot better as the day went. I decided to play the next day of training by ear and see how I felt. I stretched out and did a few rolls in the ring. After just a couple of rolls I felt very dizzy again and saw the trainer.

That day our usual trainer Brian Duncan was on the road. And a substitute trainer attended to me. As I was setting on the table, she examined my eyes and reaction time. Eventually Coach DeMott came in asking what happened. I told him the story of how everything happened, he then accused me of making things worse. Which is not uncommon as Coach DeMott gets angry and standoffish at any sign of injury. The main part of this story that angers me is that as he was leaving the trainers room, Coach DeMott slapped me on top of the head. This really angered me as I don't believe he has right to put hands on anyone especially like that. I was lucky that my head injury wasn't too serious. His negligence in this situation could have worsened my injury.

I have also grown very tired of how Coach DeMott has constantly bullied us. Whether by physically hitting us, or by calling us gay. He has on numerous occasions alluded to me being gay. His favorite phrase is "half a sissy" not to mention him calling me and others "f-ggots" Coach DeMott has also on several occasions grabbed the bottom rope while we are watching practice and pull it back to hit everyone in the face while they are paying attention to instruction. I personally don't understand his destructive and bullying nature.

While talking with Harley this week about countless unproductive or straight up dangerous drills he encouraged this letter and told me to include that all parties who read it should call him to talk further. Harley agreed that we should not be subjective to physical, or verbal abuse. He was very angry about hearing the information I shared and more than anything didn't understand why he has us doing unproductive drills to begin with, as opposed to having practice matches which we have only done on a few occasions.

In fact upon Harley hearing the story of Coach DeMott hitting me on the head after a head injury, Harley was very angered by this. In five years of training with Harley I never felt unsafe or in danger of suffering a career threatening injury much like I have here.


I have also witnessed Coach DeMott try to rip a t-shirt off Alexander Rusev, shortly after he had neck surgery.

He has on numerous occasions called Oliver Grey (Joel Pettyfer) Pedophile, smacked Enzo Amore (Eric Arndt) in the mouth. He has also told Enzo to kill himself on atleast one occassion that I heard with my own ears. Morale amongst us, is constantly low and is only getting worse. However on the flip side Steve Keirn, Ricky Steamboat, Terry Taylor and Billy Gunn have all been positive influences since joining this company.

The reason I haven't said anything until now, is fear of either losing my job or how Coach DeMott will treat me moving forward. As he already treats me and some others very badly. I decided to go ahead and write as I feel now, nothing will change if I don't speak up. And I hope I can count on your discretion on this matter.

Thank You,

Ryan Collins
I always knew Harley Race was a stand up man but I would rep him in real life for that :mjcry:
 

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people say brock had the flu to try to bash him :stopitslime: its clear as day bob was sandbagging

Yeah I just watched it for the first time after hearing about it so much and he definitely sandbagged Brock.
Didn't work with him at all on the lift which is probably why Brock stood there like :stopitslime:
Hard to be overly sympathetic for a guy who was partly responsible for his own injury because he decided to be a dikk.
 

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Probably not related to Demott (Demott was rehired in June 2012), but this dude killed someone after getting bullied in developmental.

From http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news...tler-accused-of-murder-says-he-was-depressed/

Former WWE developmental talent Brian McGhee is facing first degree murder charges after allegedly stabbing 25-year-old Bianca McGaughey to death at an apartment complex in Tampa, Florida last night at around 8:30 pm. McGhee has yet to be booked because of injuries he sustained in a car crash while trying to escape from police.
McGhee had worked as DT Porter with WWE developmental in the developmental system from 2010 - 2012. I spoke to a friend of McGhee earlier today who wrestled in the St. Louis area with him back when McGhee was billed as "Brian Ladd" and "Donovan Ruddikk." McGhee's friend, who wished to remain anonymous, claims that McGhee's time in developmental changed him.

"I know the past few months he's been a mess," he said. "Since his release, he was always talking about how f-cked up the developmental system is. His release also really hit him hard. I'm not saying it's the WWE's fault he went crazy, but he was a different person after he got released than before he was signed."

The source noted that before McGhee was signed and sent to developmental, he was the "nicest guy who love wrestling and was cordial to everyone's family." While in developmental, McGhee got injured and spent 10 months on the shelf. During that time, McGhee apparently would get ribbed by members of the training staff for "milking his injury" and being out too long.

"He felt obligated to return, but he knew the writing was on the wall with the treatment he was getting while injured," his friend said. "He was constantly ribbed while he was out and after he came back."

The friend said that he had recently been trying to get McGhee to move back to St. Louis and that McGhee had become even more depressed the last couple of months after his wife left him. McGhee had also lost his nephew a few months ago.

"A couple of us in St. Louis kept trying to get him to move back," he said. "He didn't have any real friends in Florida, just a couple of cousins."

We noted in May of 2012 that McGhee had made a Facebook post while he was in developmental, which appeared to be a cry for help. The post was later deleted, and McGhee claimed that he was hacked. Here was what he apparently wrote before he was released last summer:

"Guys, I don't know how much longer I can handle this. Every day is a constant struggle to keep my sanity. I love wrestling and it's all I ever wanted to do. Already going crazy since I've been for like ten months now, but it gets worse. Every day a trainer goes out of his way to rib or disrespect me in front of the boys because I've been out so long. I can't clear myself. I wanna wrestle more than anything, but I don't even know who I am anymore. It's so f--king hard. I just feel it just building inside of me and I don't know how much longer I can contain it. I have daydreams of just f--king everyone up on some real s--t. I'm not a kid. I'm a f--king man. But what do you do when the people in charge of helping you get to the main roster are the ones making your life the hardest. I've been drinking almost every day. It's to the point to where I keep Vodka and Gin in my trunk. Help me!"
 
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