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Six former writers for the organization’s long-running shows SmackDown! and Monday Night RAW describe bullying and sexism behind the scenes while former CEO Vince McMahon was in charge

“Everybody was getting yelled at all the time in the room,” one former writer says. “It was more saying shit that was humiliating or mean [that was then] couched as a joke, but it’s a nasty joke.” The writer adds, “If you’re being targeted in the room, nobody stands up for you, but that’s because if they do, they will get the bullet in the head, too. You don’t stick your head up out of the foxhole for anybody, because nobody wants to take a bullet.”

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[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know they're far from totally clean at this point but shit I am glad Vince is gone (for the 1847th time)

[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Good riddance Vince. Personally I could feel the change once he was finally gone for good. There is a revitalized energy. More people seem genuinely happy to be there. Not to mention the quality of the content immediately went up and has been pretty consistent

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sure Vince leaving didn't solve all the culture issues, as the article mentioned, but it certainly seems like it solved the majority of them.

[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

Gotta start some where