The REAL Reason WWE Won’t Pay Wrestlers Healthcare

You've got to spend money to make money, so the old saying goes, but McMahon has, as usual, bantered off tradition. The Chairman instead scaled back most of his operations before scooping even more pots of ill-gotten gold from a Saudi Arabian Sports Authority desperate for positive PR. The 2018 Superstar Shake-up favoured SmackDown Live for the first time in split brand history, but robbing Raw of half the roster generated a billion dollar television deal for the blue brand.

Happy days are here again, right? Nah, to celebrate, he spitefully relaunched the f*cking XFL.

John Oliver went for the company and its practices in a smartly-targeted assault the week before WrestleMania. Much like he offered some contrition before his condemnation, let's do a quick reversal of that here - there were times and places to take a punt at Vince McMahon's head harder than Randy Orton in 2009, and this was bang on the... ahem... money.

WWE may not always be the globally renowned brand it professes to be, but if there's one time of year the world really is watching, it's WrestleMania season. Your writer and his esteemed colleagues were either in or en route to New York as Oliver fired shot after shot at the organisation such was our responsibility to the #Content. WrestleMania brings every loose thread from a frayed and f*cking barmy industry together to create a rich tapestry that ultimately makes McMahon richer.

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