WWE Wrestlers To Attend Mandatory Counselling Following #SpeakingOut Movement
The sessions are set for 28 October.
WWE wrestlers will go through a mandatory counselling session on maintaining healthy personal relationships on 28 October, reports Dave Meltzer in this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
This stems not only from June's #SpeakingOut movement, throughout which a number of WWE wrestlers were implicated, but also recent charges filed against company talent. Meltzer mentions Samantha Tavel's recent $40 million lawsuit against her alleged abuser, Matt Riddle, as well as WWE, EVOLVE, and former EVOLVE promoter Gave Sapolsky, which many within WWE see as an "attempt to change the longstanding company and industry culture from a prior generation."
Sessions will be provided by Total Life Counselling. First, there'll be a mandatory conference involving all talent, with a second Zoom link provided for small sessions after the first is complete, which is to give attendees the chance to ask questions as part of a smaller group.
Riddle, Velveteen Dream, and Austin Theory are amongst the names implicated in the #SpeakingOut movement that have remained on WWE television regardless. Jordan Devlin is set to return to television soon as well. To date, Jack Gallagher, Travis Banks, and Ligero are the only wrestlers to be released from the company.