10 Times WWE Ripped Off AEW

7. Testing

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Vince McMahon: I'll start testing...when a talent gets infected! Ahahahaha!

*Talents gets infected*

Kevin Dunn: Will you be testing our talent now, sir?

Vince: No, I'd still prefer not.

An unnamed talent tested positive months ago, and WWE still didn't think to conduct mass testing.

Usually, when they talk of the "bubble", they mean that WWE doesn't know how weird it is when they sub out "tournament" for "eliminator" or some sh*t. This was...much worse. This was WWE believing they transcend reality when they can't even get Ricochet over. This horrifically reckless approach backfired, sure as sh*t, when an outbreak enveloped the Performance Center a couple of weeks back. Renee Young, Kayla Braxton, Jamie Noble and Adam Pearce all revealed their results publicly.

The latest count has upwards of 40 WWE personnel, between talent and employees, having or having had the disease. WWE at long last used their vast resources to spring for some bloody tests, following the example set by AEW months and months prior.

Nobody is allowed in Daily's Place without a wristband confirming a negative test; in WWE, before they were forced, talents with high temperatures were reportedly still allowed inside the Performance Center.

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