True but this is written with a lot of hindsight because in July, Vince was the headline on Reuters and CNN, it was Steve Easterbrook & McDonalds x10
Partly because he kept putting himself on TV after the allegations and partly because people were looking into one headline and coming across stuff that aired on RAW/SD 20/30 years ago shaping narratives even further
I said it at the time a younger Vince would've ate the PR and kept it pushing but I think him stepping down helped quiet things. The internet got their pound of flesh, what they actually got idk because they still gave him his most profitable year in history
I think this is more about cancel culture and that it's running on fumes. Chappelle's still in demand as much as ever after trans comments, homie in the NHL ain't wearing a pride uniform and the internet mob can't get to him etc. Either that or Wrestling Twitter's a complete jobber compared to other communities
See, and that’s the thing. It was headlining news, and still is today..
But I do think Vince and co. thought it would have at least some type of negative impact on the company. People tuning out in protest, attendance falling because of negative push back, advertisers dropping out… something… anything… it was better to step away in an attempt to prevent that
The difference with Chappelle is that even though he’s still in demand, there was real pushback towards him. Netflix employees resigning, organized protests outside of the buildings, people bushing their Netflix accounts en masse. Etc.
But outside of spicy headlines and tweets from wrestling critics that are always unpleased, there was virtually no real consequence. It’s clear that there isn’t going to be at this point lol.. even now with his return, people are more interested in whether Triple H will keep the book or speculation toward who may buy WWE than there is real concern over past victims or potential future victims
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