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Vince McMahon Sex-Trafficking Suit Raises Question of Who Knew What, When (www.vice.com)

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A lawsuit paints WWE as an “organization that facilitated or turned a blind eye to abuse and then swept it under the rug.”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Its an interesting thought, notwithstanding the WWE fan base have in the past been extraordinarily forgiving... WWE's own curated mythology is that since the 80s, Wrestling = WWE, and WWE = Vince. Most of their documentaries lay the entirety of WWEs financial and creative success at the feet of Vince's "genius". Essentially the WWE is built on a cult of personality that is a little Stalinist in terms of Vince being the godfather of everything big and successful the company has ever done.

Will they need to break down that myth, or will their audience just forgive it, or not even really believe it? I think you could make an argument that a large part of WWE's audience is proudly not very woke so I can kinda see it not being a very big deal for many of them. So long as Vince is gone I suspect they won't bother doing anything more, certainly not without anybody painting the WWE = Vince over & over. I guess they'll have to pull and/or edit basically every documentary type product they've ever produced though!