"John Oliver is clearly a clever and humorous entertainer, however, the subject matter covered in his WWE segment is no laughing matter," the organization said in the statement to The Hollywood Reporter. "Prior to airing, WWE responded to his producers refuting every point in his one-sided presentation. John Oliver simply ignored the facts. The health and wellness of our performers is the single most important aspect of our business, and we have a comprehensive, longstanding Talent Wellness program. We invite John Oliver to attend WrestleMania this Sunday to learn more about our company."
If anyone can recognize wit and talent, it is modern WWE.
Ian Martin
What did he say? I'm not watching a video.
Jonathan Carter
He basically called them out on the “independent contracted” bullshit
Juan Richardson
>comprehensive, longstanding Talent Wellness program Someone should've said that they don't test part timers
Luke Gray
Just bashed Vince for not giving a shit about their older wrestlers who fall on hard times, said about the whole independent contractors bullshit and how WWE can fire wrestlers for being injured if the injury is over 6 weeks and few other sly fine prints in wrestlers contracts
Colton Bailey
>John Oliver is clearly a clever and humorous entertainer HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jason Bailey
>The health and wellness of our performers is the single most important aspect of our business
mmmmm you done it now. slandering the wwe gets you 100 pure strikes
Matthew Taylor
As someone that doesn't own WWE stock why should I be mad about this?
Juan Smith
The most bullshit clause is obviously the one stating that any injury or death incurred by negligence on WWE’s part is not their fault. I thought no corporatation cuck or E-Drone could ever defend it but you should see some of the idiots on other posts
Asher Morris
Unions are a death kneel for any company. No shock a dumb lib is pushing for one in the WWE. The wrestlers would have to pay union fees and would ask for more money, so you’d pay more for WWE tickets, merch, and even the Network!
WWE views employee safety as a top priority, and a union would just prevent them from giving employees the one on one bargaining power they need.
Charles Garcia
Wow. Wow. is this you user, or are you copy pasting someone else?
Camden Perez
Does anyone watch CURRENT YEAR man anymore?
Ethan Ramirez
t. brainwashed bootlicking NEET who wants to die at 40 so his boss can profit off his back
Nolan Kelly
unironically this. fuck commies
Luis Lopez
>WWE views employee safety as a top priority >Let's bring Tomasso Ciampa, who we know is carrying a big injury and just wants to finish the Gargano story before going into surgery, to RAM. I mean what are the chances of him turning his neck into sawdust if he works back to back tv matches!!!
Xavier Clark
Unions are good in concept but always end up screwing up the workers and becoming more like a mafia
David Parker
They just got billions of fucking dollars you honestly think this fuckers are really gonna lose anything?
Robert James
imagine the memes
Benjamin Cooper
John Oliver actually was wrong about punk shitting himself, it wasn't because of head injuries it was because of a staph infection wwe doctors misdiagnosed for over three months that punk could have died from.
Jaxson Lopez
vince dont you have anything better to do?
Lucas Campbell
He might as well 'call out' entire industries and States
William Ramirez
john oliver is a faggot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Oliver Reed
It was neither. What actually caused the shitting was the Z-paks. Antibiotics do that if you abuse them.
Nolan Diaz
Yeah take that spiked corporate cock you cuck.
Dominic James
>John Oliver simply ignored the facts So...what are the facts?
Juan Roberts
I'm not a politicuck so I don't care
Wyatt Thompson
ideki who john oliver is but he seems somehow more evil than vince
Ian Murphy
brave fencesitter
Oliver Wilson
that makes you a cuck
Matthew Ortiz
Based Centristchad
>UNGA! PICK SIDE! Retard
Jack James
>Prior to airing, WWE responded to his producers refuting every point in his one-sided presentation. If they were serious about this response, they would've posted all the points refuted online. But clearly they just want Oliver to go to Mania in order to get more publicity.
Nathaniel Price
lmao this nigga be like 'yes masta enjoy ur relaxation at ur huge pool masta shall i bring you another margharita masta shall i massage ur shaft afterwards masta'
Evan Sanders
>Retard >being this big a faggot you dont have to pick a side but being ignorant isnt something to brag about
Lol you’re a dumb lib comparing capitalism to slivery, not worth my time or effort here.
Face it - Vince is a job creator, he built WWE. Socialism, and that’s what unions represent, will kill it. WWE is making record profits right now and can hire the best wrestlers in the world because of that, they couldn’t if unions were involved.
Luke Hughes
>Satan posts a jew kicking a goy in the ding-dong diddly
Fitting
Joshua Walker
People that attacked the business used to get slapped.
Bentley Carter
Man you are living in the 50s.
Dylan Cox
>cuck embarrasses your company >let's invite him for free to our biggest event of the year
Not even US law is retarded enough to allow this, right? You can't just say "we're not responsible for our negligence" on a contract
Mason Gomez
My dad was forced to join a union and pretend to be a leftie so he wouldn't lose his job, not because he was doing poor work or a boss wanted him gone, but because he was disliked by a union cunt that is too close to the top guys. Fuck unions.
Elijah Barnes
I like how the only modern WWE stuff that made it into the video was Strowman + Big Show breaking the ring and Roman being booed for 8 minutes.
Ian Cox
Oh no no no the four eyed faggot with a talk show is going to shoot make wwe create a union for their wrestlers
Ian Anderson
Hi Steph
Bentley Williams
Was this a shoot?
Lincoln Smith
WWE even offers rehab to wrestlers that have been fired. I don't understand Oliver's butthurt.
Camden Carter
based✔️
Adam Gonzalez
Court precedent says: Yes, you can. Eat a dick.
Andrew Turner
No. Belzer got a mansion out of it.
Samuel Sanders
Why do Americans glorify unions so much ? They're fucking cancer.
it's april fools, like the whole teams thing last year
Kevin Taylor
have* And you're wrong. The government protects worker's ability to strike Lick that crusty taint you little commie faggot
Jordan Turner
Everyone here does realize this hit piece only happened because it came out that Linda McMahon was going to be working Trumps 2020 campaign, right? I mean, none of you are actually naive enough to take anything that disingenuous bespectacled fuckwit says seriously, are you?
Oliver Perry
The cringey fag literally hasnt said one wrong thing except for the pedo joke with Roman
Nathaniel Sanders
Hi paul!
Cooper Cooper
Was the segment whre Vince says he doesnt give a fuck about his wrestlers in an interview a work or not? If not then boy is he a carny cringey cunt
>Hurr durr their choice to kill themselves in the ring nevermind that they dont book the matches and the segments its their fault!
Christopher Rivera
it's not hard to say no, you quivering faggot. someone should explain that to your cunt whore mother as well.
Benjamin Ramirez
It is kind of funny that the superior host has appeared on WWE stuff while Oliver shittalks them from his shitty chair.
Hunter Turner
You do realize I don't give a flying fuck about any of that right?
Ian Martinez
>Say no >Become a jobber
OH NO NO NO
Josiah Morgan
>ONE (1) month of the WWE Network (valued at 9.99) has been deposited into your Stand Up For WWE account
Jace Cook
wtf i love current year man now
Kayden Reed
>I literally had to break my neck or my pretend character would lose matches! Dumb cuck
Jordan Cook
Beware WWE, it has strange and eerie powers.
Logan Walker
Imagine saying No to Vince Mcmahon. Imagine Asuka telling him she won't drop the title. Imaging Ciampa telling him he won't work Raw and Smackdown. Imagine Andrade telling him he won't work the pre-show. I magin Baron Corbing telling him he won't be the scapegoat of his shitshow ratings.
Gabriel White
Is this the best face turn of the century? I hate Oliver but this is the most entertaining thing to happen to WWE in a while.
Henry Adams
>Being happy with being a clown in front of millions(soon less) for the whole year
Adrian Russell
I'm not a big fan of John "Current Year" Oliver but he or his writing team was right about WWE. That being said if you are a wrestling fan it's nothing new but it's being given a bigger exposure it needs.
Adrian Gonzalez
>millions(soon less)
It's...time ... to lay the TARPS
Ayden Nelson
FUCKING THIS
Carson Robinson
Rolled 88 (1d100)
On a scale of 1 to 100 this is how hard Vince is seething right now
No, people talk about politics at the water cooler with you until they see steam coming out of your obese ears and politely excuse themselves from the conversation.
Why doesn't John Oliver ever Point Out important shit like israel's crimes?
Ayden Williams
Do the jobbers make like 30k a year or something such that they can't afford insurance? I assume this is the case right? The top tier of course makes hundreds of thousands so they can afford it through a marketplace.
>The McMahons try to appeal to the "SJW" crowd >"Balor Club Is for Everyone" >Kofimania >women main-event Wrestlemania, get their own Royal Rumble, all-female show, etc. >"SJWs" smell blood and start going after WWE even harder
I agree. But if your industry is headed by carny faggots, fuck 'em.
Benjamin Perry
BASED
Carson Adams
>tfw you can't tell if people are legitimately e-drones or if they're just trying work others I hope I'm being worked bros
Dylan Peterson
Fuck you, bootlicking faggot. People have the right to get together for collective bargaining. If you don't support private sector unions you're a fucking pinko scumbag.
Xavier Jones
>unironically going to RAM, cringe t-shirts and Bayley headbands, and a meme service that still runs on flash Good, suck the E-drones dry
Gavin Lopez
The nerve they have putting both Asuka and Naomi in that video. This company is a fucking joke.
Austin Wood
ya seethe😂
Carson Brooks
Isnt it weird how even when there was a large amount of competition between promotions like during the Attitude era, wrestlers never tried to bargain for healthcare in their contracts?
Noah Sanders
>"...who face adversity and rise above..." >shows Charlotte
Lol Vince is exactly like Trump. This company man.
Luke Davis
Bitch move even acknowledging Oliver. I don’t watch much WWE anymore but giving attention to that preening faggot makes me lose what little respect I might have had for them left.
Oliver is a nobody and his show only exists because he panders to a very loud (but small) twitter crowd. He needs attention from big targets and WWE is playing right into his hand.
Julian King
Did anyone else burst out laughing when Vince smacks the papers in reporters hand and SJW crowd gasped
Charles Garcia
How does WWE get away with having the worst possible PR in the world? Jesus Christ dude, send a fake "while we do XYZ, we continue to strive to..." message. These fuckers literally say fuck you faggot you are wrong. Does Vince also do the PR for the company?
What? It was a shoot, Belzer sued the shit out of the WWF/Hogan
Jeremiah Evans
Vince is teflon. Look at all the stuff he has survived that if a politician did them theyd be out of office or if the CEO of some major banking firm did them they'd be forced to resign and take their golden parachute.
Josiah Parker
Everytime. Every gotdamn time. You give SJWs an inch, they want an acre. Tell 'em to fuck off, always.
Adam Davis
Dont be a draft git that was only announced a couple days ago, these segments have to be planned and written weeks ago. Also, why do you think he, or anyone else, cares that Linda is working on the campaign, one of a hundard other millionaires.
Robert Stewart
>t.scab
Hudson Powell
John Oliver is a dumb cuck who talks about shit he knows nothing about.
Angel Cox
Fuck SJWs.
Connor Cooper
His writers have researched it I guess
Robert Wood
im #standingupforwwe here
Leo Watson
And yet he didn't say anything that isn't true.
Brody Hall
Vince is taking a page out of the Saudi's book
Oliver's gonna get Khashoggied
Nicholas Moore
You're saying Oliver works for the CIA?
Brody Carter
Doesn’t matter. They were up .5% today. Gay ass brits do not impact corporate gains
Yes you fucking moron. The wwe network is all he has, and he isn't making 50 bucks off of a pay per view watch anymore.
Lucas Barnes
You're unironically right. Demanding all this shit when the wwe is barley making money from the WWE network is ridiculous. If this was the days of 50 dollar pay per view buys and an annual guarentee of over 200 thousand buys (Wrestlemania) then it would be reasonable. John is a retard and anything he says about economics should never be taken seriously by anyone. He is right about the WWE treating their wrestlers like shit though.
Matthew Gray
>UNGA You have no idea what that term means at all.
But theatre actors are independent contractors too tho being a wrestler is the same thing
Juan Bennett
Yup. Ya definitely seething.
Aiden Sanders
Not if they're on TV or any other type of broadcast.
Julian Gutierrez
Two wrongs don't make a right simp.
Aaron Smith
I'd have to go out on a limb and guess that if theater actors were getting crippled or killed at the rate that wrestlers do, there would be public outcry for more worker protections for them, too. This wouldn't be as much of a problem if people could just go elsewhere and work, but Vince has done such a good job at putting his competition out of business that there aren't a lot of good options.
Brayden Clark
>John Oliver is clearly a clever and humourous entertainer Vince wrote this.
Christopher Sanders
>John Oliver found hanging from weight-lifting machine, entire family drugged and murdered, April 8th, 2019
Wyatt Brown
Truest shit
Josiah Flores
He is senile.
Jose Richardson
They also have a union, the whole reason wwe studios exists is so they can get wrestlers sag insurance
Joseph Lee
$20/hour in my part of America would make you the richest man in the city.
Robert Harris
Seek sunlight
Camden Brown
Maybe in fucking Chicongo
Camden Watson
oh god i would completely lose my shit if slimy limey got the john stossel treatment
I seriously don't know what's the funniest Vince moment for me is now. Either that entire video or the way he said Aretha Franklin's name in Wrestlemania III.
Julian Clark
It's literally proto fake news.
Cooper Ross
Not sure how I ended up here but it's weird seeing people agree with and praise a cuck like John Oliver.
John King
Is there any fan that actually unironically fanboys WWE? I mean most of the fans actually hate Vince with a passion even when they keep watching.
Jeremiah Reed
worked, ya e-cuck
Alexander Garcia
No one hates Vince the person
Matthew Green
Why are WWE owners and E drones seething?
Henry Moore
Unions are what made America great during the 50s so the middle class could actually have stuff and enjoy life. Don't hate unions, hate the game playa.
Camden Gray
wrong! this only came out because AEW owns the media! We taking over son!
Nolan Anderson
Theatre actor here, you don't know shit. Unless you're in an amateur dramatics troupe doing Shakespeare In The Park for free or some shit literally everybody you meet is union. It's just accepted as part of the biz.
Michael Williams
You know that phrase "Even a broken clock is right twice a day"? Even a libcuck can BTFO someone once in a blue moon too. His 'comedy' might be cringe as fuck but anyone that makes WWE seethe is good in my book.
Evan Nguyen
Or Katie Vick
Hunter Rogers
Absolute damage control. For once in his life John is right about that. Jake the Snake part of the segment was pretty sad.
Brody Cruz
Based
Christopher Gutierrez
No one hates Vince the character. He is fucking based.
Vince the person is senile and stupid to dangerous levels.
Nathaniel Barnes
I can't even imagine being a work E-drone.
Angel Barnes
You're a complete and utter moron.
Chase Brown
>and we have a comprehensive, longstanding Talent Wellness program I can't stop laughing.
Juan Ramirez
It took two midgets to implement but it's there.
John Miller
>all of which WWE doesn’t hesitate to compare themselves to incels, what will we do with them
Jason Hall
the only reason wwe doesn't have unions is because they haven't had to. That is a move you maybe do if your talent have other options. WWE has been monopoly, and that may only change if this AEW experiment takes off and makes unions status quo, but that remains to be seen.
Nolan Kelly
This will be forgotten in a week, because WWE is not mainstream and there are more mainstream things to be outraged about by then.
>middle manager at Walmart can't stop licking his owner's boots
Jason Perez
People who do are just entitled babies. Vince is my entrepreneurial hero.
Cameron Barnes
Shut the fuck faggot and kill yourself filtered
Caleb Stewart
It's "there" for corporate visibility only, everybody knows it's a crock of shit in reality. Remember them scrambling to put out a "A-actually the policy doesn't apply to part-timers" statement after Brock pissed hot in UFC?
Juan Barnes
It is somewhat helping. They are testing mainly for coke and shit like that, so their performers don't performer drugged to their gills. They look the other way about steroids (the speed with which Jinder got muscly...), unless you are too obvious about it. And wrestlers know ahead of time when tests are coming, so they can be clean when doing the tests.
Mason Myers
>inviting him to mania OHNONONO THE STATE
Your fortune: Outlook good
Eli Bennett
It's silly because as Mike Rowe said, the employee's safety should be his number one priority.
You know you're working a dangerous job, one mistake could end everything and despite all efforts, nothing the company does can change that, you just have to, by yourself, take care of yourself.
Nolan Powell
You really need to learn more about the history of unions in America.
Jaxson Wilson
That is what user has been told by entertainment media he consumed. And that is also the only how he ever learnt unions work.
James Johnson
Imagine being a cuck like this guy
Josiah Moore
>Unions are a death kneel for any company. Yeah, that's why Hollywood died and doesn't make any money anymore
Juan Campbell
Basically this Just because John Oliver is an insufferable cunt doesn't make WWE's "independent contractor but also with an exclusive non-compete clause" bullshit stop being bullshit.
Isaiah Parker
>40$ an hour for UPS Driver
and where the fuck did you pull this bullshit from?
Unions are always corrupt, but almost always less corrupt than the corprotate bootlicking or government handout alternative.
Connor Bell
You don't sound smart.
Justin Stewart
he does. either way your point is irrelevant and stupid
Justin Sanders
when will Oliver Twit the British namby debut?
David Brooks
sure it is, they don't have to sign the mark contract
Daniel Lee
Fucking 9 year old
Tyler Cox
>John Oliver is clearly a clever and humorous entertainer
Jacob Williams
And you sound like a faggot. Unions are amazing as a concept, but eventually just devolve into "group of people get to the top, protect and benefit each other then dictate what you can and can't do, or ELSE".
Nathaniel Adams
John Oliver can just say "Chris Benoit" and Vince will shut up. Because there is nothing Vince can say, because Chris IS his fault and he will bury that fact forever
Jayden Green
Are you serious? So many people hate Vince the person. From fans to promoters to wrestlers to some of his actual employees. I bet even Paul is starting to get sick of his old ass.
Hunter Walker
>I bet even Paul is starting to get sick of his old ass. I can tell you for certain he does because of how Vince fucked up pretty much every NXT call up ever.
Charles Martin
The company isn't worth standing up for anymore. Bring back the shameless sluts and ultra violence motherfuckers.
Jeremiah Hernandez
kek
Christian Davis
>It's bad to demand a bigger share of profits that you helped make. All the other big sports constantly hold their overlords to account in wanting a greater and rightly so. But you're probably one of those idiots who blames the strikers for ruining your entertainemnt whenever they cancel a season.
>I know this one guy who got fucked by a bad union, hence all unions now and forever are bad. Corporations are saints though and we shouldn't mess with them. Great logic there kid.
Connor Brooks
Yeah cuz most unions are super cool and amazing and totally not mini-politburos for petty blue collar faggots to exert some power in their meaningless lives
Sounds like someone is jealous they're not in a union
Kayden Cooper
Part-time fags shilling the fuck out of unions.
Bentley Allen
Linda McMahon works for trump. Olivers just a leftist shill
William Anderson
This commie faggot failed along with the rest of the media to take down Trump so he's going after his friends.
Kevin Long
How's that any relevant to the topic?
Lucas Ross
politicuck cringe
Alexander Foster
God, Belzer is such a faggot
Brandon Diaz
Are WWE employees paid well anyway? Maybe they are, enough to be ok with the independent contractor crap
Luis Rivera
Usually you only see them if you order something with Prime shipping and you live near an Amazon warehouse that has the item in question.
Alexander Phillips
>Hollywood died and doesn't make any money anymore Hollywood is on life support (ie capeshit movies) and the future does not look good.
Juan Watson
If you see a wrestler on TV he's doing just fine
Thomas Bell
ding-dong diddly
Connor Perez
Actually I love the off-season idea. Make WrestleMania as grand final episode and take break for about 3 months and then return for SummerSlam buildup.
By the way, I just get info that John Oliver will be invited to Saudi Embassy.
Logan Martin
They get paid better than any other place wrestling, which is why Vince can treat them like that and face very little backlash. But other than the top guys, you are going to have trouble living your whole life just on what you are earning there, when you consider how short their careers are and how there's a risk of career ending injury every time they are in a match. And injuries that build up over time can be more serious since they can't risk resting since it pulls them off TV, and there's no guarantee that when they return that there will be any spot for them. More competition would help so there are places for wrestlers to go other than WWE, but they have gone out of their way to try to snatch up talent and put competition out of business. That's good for the WWE since they have to go to WWE if they want to watch wrestling, but bad for the talent and bad for fans since competition would bring a more entertaining product.
