When Zelina Vega was released, only a handful of talents wished her well publicly. Ryback thinks he has the answer.
On his Shooting Blanks Wrestling Report on YouTube, Ryback suggested that while many people probably sent her texts and messages of support in private, not many did it publicly in fear of retaliation. He went on to say that retaliation was the exact reason why talk of unionization might not go anywhere, specifically calling out Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre for lack of leadership in this situation.
“I put out I support her and #F*ckWWE and that did decent. And I mean that because it really bothers me. because she’s super-talented… I get both sides of it and I never want to talk bad about wrestlers because we’re our own worst enemies. When you’re there and making that money, do I expect people to all of a sudden jeopardize that? The problem is – and this is what’s happened – she takes a stand and who else is with her? Nobody, nobody, nobody! That’s why I put that out, because it takes great courage to do that.”
“I guarantee you she got a message from probably the majority of the talent there commending her and saying how much they respect her. But they publicly won’t do a damn thing, and that’s the problem. Now if everybody that day and everybody in that company– if Roman said, ‘Guys, we’re not doing this anymore.’ And Drew, Drew the leader, right? A real leader would have done that and not just go with the flow. I love Drew and I love Roman, but you can’t count everybody because somebody’s gonna go tell the office, and that’s what happens.”
Retaliation is the big fear always. Vince isn’t above putting someone in demeaning angles or even taking them off television all together if he wants to get back at them for what he perceives as wronging him. It’s petty, but it’s long been Vince’s way of doing business. You can watch more below.
(h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the quote.)
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