True Story Behind One Of WWE's Darkest Days

And, theoretically, were he to register his disgust and ask to leave, guess who can't, even though it's a matter of public record that he can, because WWE possesses the resources to bankrupt him in the courts system?

Anderson and Gallows, guess we won't be needing you!

And we won't be needing you, either, Lio Rush. You've kicked up a fuss before, and your heart isn't truly in this, is it? That's actually a euphemism for a mental health issue, but that sounds like a you problem now. Nor you, Maria. You were on maternity leave, anyway, so it's not as if we had much use for you. Two birds, one stone, eh?

Rusev. A lot of people think you are a star, but we've never positioned you accordingly. You paid some of our production staff out of your own pocket. An incredibly noble gesture! Going out on your back, sir, what a professional you are.

Anderson, Gallows et al.: their market value was never determined by their talent, but by how much use Vince McMahon had for them to the betterment of his situation, and it fluctuated so drastically as to be a painful insult. One minute they were coveted, and the next they were revealed to be inexplicable and expendable beneficiaries of a main event salary, as Vince McMahon flipped the f*ck out when his own abrasive ineptitude came to haunt him in the form of new competition.

And they were still grossly underpaid.

The machinations of capitalism will refuse to willingly unravel, even at a time like this, but this is something else. WWE is Capitalism Premium.

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