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Here is what Becky Lynch recently said on a podcast:

”At the time it was, ‘Stay away from the boys. Don’t go near the boys.’ But it was certain things, like—I’m not going to name names, but there was a guy on the main roster who was like, ‘Be careful. Be careful, because one, he’ll try to sleep with you. If he sleeps with you, then he’ll blacklist you. And then if he tries to sleep with you and you don’t sleep with him, he’ll also blacklist you.’ So there was this line that you had to walk—this tightrope. You know, him definitely. But anyway, at one point, he got my number, and I remember being like (gasps). Like, how do you walk this line, you know what I mean? Like not trying to — anyway. So there was always this thing of like, cuz if you get into a relationship and things go south, they’re not going to fire the guy. They’re always going to fire the girl, you know. So, it was a very scary situation.”

And here is what Bret “the Hitman” Hart said during an interview:

”When Shawn was in the ring talking about, you know he lost some part of himself or he was going to go find his smile [1997 segment]. I remember Vince had the tear rolled down his cheek and I remember watching it and going, ‘I think there’s more going on here between these two guys.’ Honestly. I’m just being honest and blunt, but I don’t know. I suspected and now I really have serious [feelings] I think that Shawn and Vince were sleeping with each other. I think I’m very close to the truth here. Shawn and Vince were lovers. I’m being dead honest and I’m telling you we all know what the H stands for. When I look back it’s like I got caught between two lovers, you know, and I got shafted and screwed over and Shawn was so envious and jealous of my position that he finally had to sleep with Vince to get it. I say all this with absolute- I would say it to Shawn if he was right here. I would say I would actually like to have Shawn come clean and say, ‘Look, we were lovers.’ Cuz I’m sure they were. I have absolute 100%. If I saw either Vince or Shawn here, I would say ‘I think you guys were lovers.”

First and foremost, both Becky Lynch (current WWE performer) and Bret Hart (WWE Legends contract) are in the WWE ecosystem. For both of them to express their opinions or tell stories like this publicly should SHOCK WWE and TKO’s management to its core right now, especially light of the Vince McMahon lawsuit with Janel Grant. Grant is suing Vince, WWE, and TKO (owner of WWE) for Vince McMahon/WWE reneging on their Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) payments and in doing so, made many personal and sexual details public. This led to Vince McMahon resigning as TKO Board Chairman and selling the majority of his TKO shares.

Janel Grant’s lawyers could easily challenge, through discovery, the context of what Bret Hart was saying and especially what Becky Lynch was saying because it’s more recent. Furthermore, because Shawn Michaels is still employed with the WWE and with a prominent position, what is his opinion on what Bret Hart has alleged here. Furthermore, it’s not just Bret who has alleged this… Road Warrior Hawk, King Kong Bundy, and others have said similar things on-the-record about Vince and Shawn Michaels.

Go back to the mid-to-late 1990s… WWE was just through the steroid trials of 1994 and had a zero tolerance policy for drugs. Various other wrestlers were busted for substance abuse, including Scott Hall and Sean Waltman, but NEVER Shawn Michaels who was clearly “out of it” during the mid-to-late 1990s. When you get into 1997 and 1998, Triple H is literally his caretaker and has to help Shawn Michaels get dressed in the morning because HBK was so stoned or hung over. Yet, WWE never busted Shawn for any substance abuse even though it was quite suspected by the locker room. Could Vince McMahon taken advantage of a drugged up HBK, and maybe that is the genesis of heavily self-medicating?

This is the quid-pro-quo culture that has been alleged for years in the WWE. In fact, the WORST NDA case was for $7.5 million to one female wrestler during the mid 2000s who alleged that Vince McMahon was offering a push of her character if she performed oral sex on him. After she did the deed, no push was awarded but Vince wanted more sexual favors instead. It’s like in Empire Strikes Back when Darth Vader alters the deal in Cloud City… Janel Grant received multiple promotions in the WWE corporate offices for increased sexual favors with Vince McMahon.

Credit to the Stevie Richards Show for this quote… Ex-UFC Fighter Chael Sonnen alleged that there were “8 women and 3 men” regarding sexual encounters with Vince and Chael knew 10 of them personally. If true, YIKES, but it shows the lengths of which Vince McMahon COULD go with his own sexual fantasies and lust for power. After all, Vince was reportedly abused as a child and that could have mixed up his head sexually which could explain all of the cheating behind Linda’s back and desire to control his WWE employees through satisfying his own carnal needs.

With Bret’s comments, it could be just pure speculation and also just “bitter” Bret upset with Vince McMahon for his recent revelations while also being pissed at Shawn Michaels for being such a close friend, still, with Triple H. Bret Hart has absolute hatred for Triple H, as it’s likely that the two have never patched up their heat from Survivor Series 1997 in Montreal. If you watch the film Wrestling with Shadows, you’ll see Triple H lying directly to Bret Hart’s then-wife about being involved in the screwjob conspiracy. While Shawn Michaels has later apologized to Bret’s face, Triple H never has and him lying to a family member made it personal. Hence why Bret is always crapping on Triple H and possibly throwing feces on Shawn by association.

Becky’s comments should be taken very seriously by WWE, unless she was just ribbing Seth Rollins as the guy with a false reputation when she joined. Seeing Seth laugh during her comments makes me wonder if she was joking or not, though her tone makes it seem serious.

Seth and Becky began dating during early 2019. Unless she was referring to the reputation that Seth had, the timeframe for this would be April 2013, when she signed with WWE to join NXT, through early 2019. She was warned about said person by a main roster employee, but she didn’t specifically state where that one “of the boys” was located. I’m guessing that by referring to them as “boys”, that’s referring to a wrestler rather than 2 known WWE executives accused of inappropriate behavior with Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis. Others have suggested Michael PS Hayes, who was named in the Grant lawsuit (like Brock Lesnar, Vince may have shared texts or offered Janel to them), or Kevin Dunn who wasn’t named in the Grant lawsuit but is an alleged horndog backstage (and retired abruptly from WWE during 2024).

She did not use past tense for who one of the “boys” could be, if it’s a wrestler… Many are thinking that it’s a departed WWE wrestler, but it could be a current roster wrestler. There are so many wrestlers coming and going from 2013 through 2019 that it’s difficult to pinpoint. You need to find someone who is very sexually active with fellow WWE employees AND who has pull with management (or at least favorable with Vince). I could play the speculation game all day, but I’d hate to fingerpoint and be wrong.

And with it happening in the past, there’s a chance that said person could have been dealt with and punished already for it?

But I think that Becky Lynch should have a few meetings in TKO’s Human Resources department ASAP. Then, if it was something enabled or tied with Vince McMahon, this could become a legal matter for WWE and TKO.

With Bret’s comments, though, I think WWE should part ways with Bret Hart and never have him back for anything WWE UNLESS, say, Shawn Michaels comes clean and vindicates what Bret says. That is a dark accusation to make and if true, that vindicates the many victims who have accused Vince McMahon for bad quid-pro-quo behavior and demands for elevating positions in the company. Furthermore, an admission of Vince McMahon being a bi-sexual would explain may harassment claims throughout the years and the cover-up of certain other scandals during the 1980s and early 1990s that were alleged.

THIS is why, as a functioning publicly traded corporation, policies are needed to stop employees from freely speaking their minds. I’ve worked for multiple corporations and their policies clearly state to be careful what is ever said to the media and what is posted on social media. If I said what Bret Hart just said about any employee alleged relationship to the media, I’m 100% terminated while I’m sure that I’d be in hot water for speaking out about something similar to what Becky said. Bret and Becky have merchandise sales and brands behind them as leverage to speak freely, but in my opinion, WWE could move on from both. Bret is a legend, but an older one who is only useful for appearances. While Becky is still good inside the ring, I don’t know if she’s as effective as she once was.

The one I worry about is Shawn Michaels, who has a loving family and has worked hard for his current WWE position. If this isn’t true, he should SUE Bret Hart for defamation and Vince McMahon should as well. If both Shawn and Vince are silent, they would have to hope that everyone just laughs at “bitter old” Bret versus assuming that it’s true because Vince and Shawn didn’t sue. I’d still sue Bret just to prevent him from accusing further, along with stomping out any future accusations.

The FACT, though, is that WWE’s culture has been toxic for 40 years since Vince McMahon Jr. took it over… While it has entertained us as fans through many great memories, the behind-the-scenes view hasn’t been pleasant for WWE between Vince McMahon’s sexual antics, harassment and assault claims, steroid use and alleged distribution, not caring about concussions, covering up the abuse of women, hiding scandal payouts within the corporate books, quid pro quo allegations, alleged trafficking of women, and whatever else that WWE corporate executives may have known and enabled. This environment makes what Bret and Becky say believable, especially if their words stand without any debate.

If what Bret is saying can be proven true, then that deepens the Janel Grant case and makes me question what the hell the Department of Justice was looking at when they closed their case. However, if Bret is just speculating without any proof, then WWE should terminate his WWE Legends deal and end their relationship forever due to this baseless accusation and Vince/Shawn should consider suing Bret for defamation.

If what Becky is saying is true, unless she’s just ribbing Seth for his alleged reputation, then again, Janel Grant’s lawyers should push discovery into such allegations. WWE’s legal team and human resources department need to speak with Becky ASAP. Then, consider releasing a statement or exerting punishment towards said wrestler if they still remain with WWE.

Bret and Becky speaking freely with damning accusations are signs of a LEAKY corporation without fear of punishment. Goes to show that while TKO is good at making money, they aren’t good keeping people loyal to their company. And that spells trouble down the road for them, as leaky boats eventually sink.

Messy, messy, messy and now thanks to this, wrestlers are probably going to be told by WWE/TKO to be more buttoned up on interviews with media.

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Yet, what they don’t understand is that 2 grown men may have disagreements and then can move on. Why? Because Wrestlemania 41 made a boatload of money and didn’t even need Rock to appear. Then, WWE RAW was superb and got the fans excited about the WWE product all over again.

WWE is able to do this because they have competent leadership, a great talent roster, and the ability to work together as a TEAM. AEW has a dictatorship with Tony Khan and the Young Bucks, along with a leaky locker room that runs crying the Dave Meltzer anytime something goes against the grain. “Wahhhh, CM Punk is a bigger star than everyone! Get him out of here!”

Yes, the Rock appearing on Pat McAfee’s show the day after Wrestlemania was peculiar, but that’s a simple thing called “damage control” for public relations. Admittedly, WWE is recognizing that when Travis Scott hit the ring, everybody was expecting the Rock to appear after him. He didn’t, so hearing the online backlash, the Rock went on a public outlet and basically cleared the air why he wasn’t there. Did the Rock reveal too much? Probably, as the Rock often goes unscripted and just shoots whenever he’s on outlets like this. But the fact is that Wrestlemania 41 was very successful and TKO’s stock price grew $12 per share since the show happened.

But to suggest that Rock and Triple H “have heat” is going overboard on your WWE hatred.

Everyone is trying to point to the late 1990s and incidents surrounding Bret Hart as if Rock and Triple H still have heat to this day.

Many are quoting Bret Hart’s own words about how both Triple H and Shawn Michaels tried to convince WWE management to have Bret to defeat Rocky Maivia for the Intercontinental Title on the March 31st, 1997 edition of Monday Night RAW. First and foremost, think about the 28-year plus grudge one would have to hold here… Secondly, this is what Bret alleges and the facts just aren’t there. For one, Shawn Michaels was NOT around, as he “lost his smile” and was at home during this time just after Wrestlemania 13. Triple H, on the other hand, was by himself and still repairing himself following the previous year’s “Curtain Call” drama. Furthermore, he was not attending Production Meetings as a talent yet as well. HHH has no creative say back then.

And if Rock and Triple H had “so much heat”, then why did they work well together repeatedly during 1998 and 2000? You know, when both men had to TRUST each other with their bodies to survive each match they had, including one being a ladder match at SummerSlam 1998?

And then we’ll get the “Triple H did black face” with the Nation of Domination DX parody. While I’ll agree that this promo pushed boundaries, does that negate the trash talk upon trash talk that the Rock was not only serving Triple H, but his then-girlfriend and future wife Stephanie McMahon? Both the Nation parody and the Rock trash talk, by the way, was agreed upon beforehand by Creative…

Let’s remind everyone about the genesis of some of this “Rock heat with Triple H”, and that is Bret Hart. Guarantee that Bret told Rock about this March 31st “incident” from 1997 where Triple H wanted Bret to win Rock’s Intercontinental Title. Bret is the one who rolled his eyes, on the Wrestlemania 41 stage, after Triple H professionally shook his hand.

Fine, there are some ill feelings about the Montreal Screwjob from Survivor Series 1997, which I remind you, is coming up on 28 years ago… Triple H has gone, on record, as him being the one who told Vince to “just screw him out of the title” in meetings. Furthermore, if you watch Wrestling With Shadows, Triple H just straight up LIES to Bret Hart’s then-wife about knowing of the conspiracy.

OK, I understand those two things…

BUT… The Montreal Screwjob was executed by Vince McMahon, the same man who wanted your brother, Owen Hart, to hand from the ceiling in Kansas City. Yet, you seem to forgive him so easily to repeatedly do business with him.

If Bret and Rock are mad about events from 28 years ago, then both seriously lack maturity particularly versus the man that Triple H has become since.

Everyone can evolve, including Triple H.

HHH literally said in his Hall of Fame speech that he thanks Randy Orton and Batista for teaching him what it meant to “give back” to the wrestling business. It was from there, during 2002-2004, where Triple H’s competitiveness began to ease and he began showing empathy towards others other than himself. The sharp edges would continue to be sanded off over the next decade as his in-ring career was winding down and he had more responsibility managing the careers of others. Then, getting demoted from both creative and talent management during 2019-2020 and then having a major heart attack during 2021 has humbled him. The HHH that has returned to the WWE during 2022 gave them the much needed leader that the company needed, as HHH was experienced and mature enough to handle the job.

What have we heard from Bret Hart’s camp for the last 28 years? Never getting over Montreal, Bill Goldberg ended my career, attacks on Vince Russo, and being extremely critical over Triple H, among other bitterness. Bret got over Vince McMahon, the one who executed not just the Montreal Screwjob, but his brother too… But nope, he’ll hold these petty grudges against everybody but Vince McMahon and it only took the recent allegations towards Vince for Bret to be critical of him again. Sorry, but I wouldn’t trust Bret Hart to run the WWE right now like Triple H is. Holding grudges can harm your potential because you refuse to look forward or evolve.

If The Rock thinks like Bret Hart and is extremely bitter about the past, then that’s on the Rock for being equally miserable and thinking one-dimensionally just like Bret.

But he doesn’t… Again, these are just AEW marks trying to stir the pot because their company is struggling and the only way AEW can get close to WWE, as a business, is to bring WWE down rather than AEW increasing.

Let’s assume the Rock still “hates” Triple H. What could he do about it? He’s ONE TKO board vote out of 10 TKO board members. He’d have to round up 5 other board members and that would be a tremendous task. For one, Endeavor’s top management personnel are also on the board and carry the weight of the MAJORITY OWNERSHIP of TKO with Ariel Emanuel and Mark Shapiro. Nick Khan is also on the board to represent WWE. All 3 are firmly behind Triple H.

YES, the Rock has been represented by those above guys for his entertainment matters and has known each man for many years… BUT, these guys know how to separate business from personal stuff.

Let’s say that the Rock is able to get Triple H fired… Let’s make that ridiculous assumption. Who could easily replace him? Not the Rock, who has his schedule packed with movies right now, hence why his WWE involvement was reduced. Not Vince McMahon, who is not only a walking PR and HR disaster, but was out-of-touch anyway. Who else is out there that is insane enough to devote their entire life to running the biggest wrestling company in the world?

But again, this notion that someone cannot evolve over the past 28 years is ridiculous… People are allowed to be immature, overly competitive, and ignorant when they are younger. But how do you act when you’re older? I see Triple H as being stoic, empathetic, and reasonable with age.

Look at CM Punk… Triple H of late 2000s and early 2010s HATED CM Punk and Punk hated right back. CM Punk has a terrible time dealing with AEW’s immaturity and returns to WWE during November 2023. What have we seen since? CM Punk has been a model citizen and we’ve even seen instances of Triple H seeking CM Punk’s ideas for input.

If the Rock has any issues with Triple H, then maybe it’s not Triple H… In addition to possibly being bitter about the past like Bret Hart, there are stories circulating around about how difficult the Rock has been on the set of movies lately. There were multiple TMZ articles that came out describing how Rock is often late to shoots, which would cause entire schedules of shoots for movies to be reworked and would cost the studio additional millions to accommodate. And this isn’t just maybe 15 minutes late, we’re talking “7-8 hours late” which is absurd. Then, the peculiar matter of having bottles of urine all around set, as the Rock opts to piss on the set rather than taking a break and using a restroom like anyone else.

It’s like that aunt, uncle, parent, or sibling who posts political conspiracies all day long, especially as they get older… Wait, you actually believe in those bizarre things on Facebook? Rather than showing maturity and aging with grace as the elders of your family, they are becoming politically militant and believing in complete horsesh** posted online.

Instead, with age, you should age gracefully, especially when put in a position of leadership or when others rely on you for business purposes.

HHH has proved that he has matured… WWE’s culture has greatly improved, talent are happy, and WWE’s business has greatly improved (viewership, attendance, and merchandise all up from 2019). Not only that, HHH is leading a team of WWE executives the right way rather than the toxic culture that Vince McMahon was building.

It’s a FACT that AEW marks and dirt sheet propagandists want Triple H out because he’s helping WWE grow. Hence why we always heard these questions about Wrestlemania 41 hype and now the so-called drama between Rock and HHH. YET, we never see AEW fans or Dave Meltzer hold Tony Khan and the Young Bucks accountable for their own transgressions. Young Bucks internally and externally sabotaged CM Punk through leaking lies to dirt sheets and the state-run media willingly agreed to post said lies. Nobody and I repeat NOBODY will succeed in that toxic AEW culture based on its leadership of Tony and the Bucks.

Instead of trying to drive a wedge between different camps win the WWE, try having AEW grow towards the WWE with success rather than having WWE decline to you. AEW is a disaster because of its leadership with Tony Khan and the Young Bucks, which is a thousand times worse than any issue between Rock and Triple H. FACT!

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