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FALLOUT OF WWE'S NEW EDICT, WHO THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING AND MORE

As reported yesterday on PWInsider.com, an edict by World Wrestling Entertainment to its talents demanding they sever relationships with "third parties" if the company deems that the talents are using their “name and likeness in ways that are detrimental” to WWE by Friday 10/2 and if they do not, they risk fines, suspension or termination going forward.  For those who asked, the edict came directly from Vince McMahon.

In the wake of that announcement to the talents on Thursday, several including Paige and Mia Yim have changed their official names on Twitter and Twitch.  We are told that other talents will also be changing their user names on those platforms to remove any direct reference to WWE or their WWE character names with the belief that once they do that, they have satisfied WWE's requirements.

One source within the company stated that Twitch and Cameo certainly fall under the auspices of WWE's edict.  We are also told that Pro Wrestling Tees would fall under the umbrella of WWE's criteria, so if there are any talents with PWTees stores that you've been waiting to purchase shirts from, now would be the time as those stores may not be there come 10/2.  There is no word yet whether talents with YouTube channels would have to shut them down as well.  

There is a fear among some talents that should they not shut down Twitch or Cameo, that the company might request a portion of those earnings.  PWInsider.com has not been able to confirm whether those fears are valid.

As noted yesterday, a number of talents have launched channels online via Twitch and YouTube to make additional revenue during the pandemic when there are no live events.  It should be noted that the same source that confirmed Twitch and Cameo were indeed within the parameter of WWE's edict also pointed out that while talents are not on the road, they are theoretically being paid the same on their downside to perform less and have lowered road expenses since there are so fewer dates for them to work.  The same source also pointed out that last year, the company gave raises to a huge swath of talents during the time period AEW was forming and preparing to debut on TNT, which would have offset any losses.  

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley came out against WWE's edict last night:

WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash responded:

 

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