Bill DeMott Allegedly Bullied NXT Wrestlers

By Grahame Herbert / March 3, 2015

Bill DeMott is alleged to have bullied WWE performance centre trainees in the most demeaning terms. Former trainee Austin Draven (real name Austin Matelson), who wrestled as Judas Devlin in NXT, has revealed to Vendetta Pro Radio that DeMott was a vicious bully. Furthermore, a letter of complaint that Draven penned to WWE officials has been posted on Reddit. All of this has exposed DeMott in a very critical light and questions are now being asked of WWE. Draven's accusations have been subsequently backed up by Ryan Nemeth, who formerly competed as Briley Pierce in WWE NXT. As of Tuesday morning, "#FireBillDeMott" was trending on Twitter. One Reddit user reported that DeMott responded in a private message to this hashtag, saying "You're a little b**** and I will kill you and your family." However, it is impossible at this stage to verify that DeMott responded in this fashion. There was a photo of that private message, but it could potentially have been photoshopped. The most shocking allegations from Draven's WWE letter are -

"the entire process of writing a letter to human resources has been called a €œfa**ots€ way of dealing with problems by Coach Demott." "Demott constantly refers to Oliver Gray as Joel Pedophile" "Coach Demott told student Enzo Amore that he hopes he dies." "Demott has kicked Memo Montenegro in the groin and laughed as he crumbled into a heap. Memo being a Mexican immigrant to the United States has a heavy accent, which Coach Demott constantly criticizes and makes fun of." "He routinely will attempt to bust students lip on the bottom rope when they stand to close to the ring." "He routinely calls Gary Jackson a fat tub of goo, tells Osmund Cherry who is of African descent, to go back to Africa and most recently has made derogatory remarks about sexual preferences to Brandon Traven." "Coach Demott saw Russev wearing a NY Jets shirt at practice and not liking that sports team proceeded to physically grab Russev by the collar and rip the shirt off him. Russev was not cleared for any contact at that point and clearly showed physical pain after the incident."

It is all very serious stuff, with homophobic and racist implications. It will be very interesting to see if WWE respond to these allegations, given that the company is constantly calling itself anti-bullying and trying to be politically correct. Dave Meltzer notes on Wrestling Observer Radio that DeMott's tough style is notorious and many students have learned to simply accept it. Now that we have a whistleblower, we will have to see if DeMott can weather the storm.