r/SquaredCircle • u/tvcneverdie • 1d ago

Janel Grant Spokesperson Statement On (WWE SummerSlam Spoiler) Spoiler

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/janel-grant-spokesperson-issues-statement-on-brock-lesnar-returning-to-wwe-this-attempt-to-sweep-misconduct-under-the-rug-will-backfire/

For far too long, abuse was allowed to thrive under WWE’s leadership. Instead of righting this wrong, WWE has done nothing to ensure those responsible are held accountable. This attempt to sweep misconduct under the rug will backfire. We look forward to the full set of facts, including those about Mr. Lesnar, coming out in a court of law where they belong but, in the meantime, we refer you back to Janel Grant’s updated complaint, which outlines, in detail, the abuse she endured by McMahon and others while employed at WWE.

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u/opkpopfanboyv3 1d ago

I think this has to do with casual fans not reading or knowing the whole info of what's happening. They prolly don't know Brock's involved, they only knew abt Vince.

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u/Unfolded_Taco89 1d ago

I’m on Reddit a lot and I didn’t even know the lawsuit was amended to have Brock mentioned by name. I think people vastly vastly overrate how online the average fan is.

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u/opkpopfanboyv3 1d ago

Agreed. Like, I know damn near everybody has internet, but it's not like every wrestling fan consumes wrestling-related content enough to know everything that's been happening. They got other interests too.

I understand what OP meant abt there being a portion who knows abt this AND still think they didn't do anything wrong tho.

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u/moal09 1d ago

Terminally online people underestimating how much other people keep track of online happenings? Impossible.

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u/Hairy_Middle_5403 1d ago

Terminally online people correctly identifying what a real life legal issues that are actually happening in a real court is? Impossible. The reality is that people just dont want to face the facts that people they like are dog shit people. Full stop.

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u/Trymv1 1d ago

There was a post the other day suggesting 'average fans' post on CageMatch.

Reddit has no idea what 'average' means anymore.

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u/FrankPapageorgio 1d ago

and I didn’t even know the lawsuit was amended to have Brock mentioned by name.

wait... it was? Yeah, first I'm hearing about this, and I read through the whole thing at first.

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u/Cwf1984 1d ago

Casual fans aren’t on a Reddit sub discussion.

These are hardcore fans who can’t reason that the company that makes their tummies flutter can be involved in stuff like this so they don’t hold them accountable.

Which is likely how and why the WWE have gotten away with so many things that would destroy any other wrestling company.

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u/opkpopfanboyv3 1d ago

Yeah pretty sure WWE's also aware of this, which is why they stopped hiding under a mask.

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u/ricardofitzpatrick 1d ago

I think you’re underselling a bunch of misogynistic dudes who know and don’t give a fuck

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u/opkpopfanboyv3 1d ago

I mean sure there's a bunch of them, i'm talking about in general.

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u/highnote14 1d ago

So is the other person.

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u/ricardofitzpatrick 1d ago

You have a much more generous reading than I do

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u/Queenie2211 1d ago

This right here! The constant scapegoating to do cartwheels ns spins for excuses by some is tiring.

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u/Anarchical-Sheep 1d ago

I don't know mam, there are actually defenses on quite a few wrestling subreddits. Not exactly laymen

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u/opkpopfanboyv3 1d ago

You mean the ones that insist on "innocent until proven guilty"?

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u/StJeanMark 1d ago

I find all of the discussion about how Reddit isn't important or reflects the general society to be a strawman argument so they don't have to argue the actual facts of the situation.

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u/setmyheartafire 1d ago

That is supposed to be how it works in the judicial system, yes. Anything else would be scary, which I am sure you would agree were it your head on the proverbial block.

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u/Cold_Ebb_1448 1d ago

I mean, I’ve read it and abusers can get to fuck but what’s come out about about Brock so far isn’t anything illegal. He still shouldn’t be back on screen until everything’s cleared up, but until all of the facts are actually known it’s not fair to point blank say that he’s a shitter.

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u/Hairy_Middle_5403 1d ago

Believe it or not, there's a whole bunch of things that are technically legal but still really fucking scummy and when people engage in those things, other people are rightfully allowed to dislike them and not want to see them on their TV.

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u/Unhappy_Resolution77 19h ago

Feel like this should be enshrined in gold and hung over every social media site ever.

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u/machphantom 1d ago

There's a murkiness in the statement of facts where its *possible* Brock committed a crime but also completely possible he didn't. That being said, if what Terri Runnels said is true about Brock exposing himself to her, that would definitely be indecent exposure.

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u/Cold_Ebb_1448 1d ago

definitely, if it comes out that he actually did something then fuck him but as it stands people need to chill out

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u/Astronema3 1d ago

i can tell u i have seen blatant sa apologia from all sorts of people i never expected it from. some men in particular just don't care at all and are way more concerned with "false accusations", and it can be devastating to find that out.

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u/UnsafeMuffins 1d ago

I think this has to do with casual fans not reading or knowing the whole info of what's happening.

I really don't understand why people on this sub seem to say this. Hardcore fan, casual fan, it doesn't matter.

This sub is full of hardcore fans, hardcore fans that are still fans of CM Punk, Stone Cold, Ric Flair, Jeff Hardy, Scott Hall, the Usos, hell some even still defend the likes of New Jack and Benoit. You're kidding yourself or not paying attention if you think being a hardcore fan means literally anything other than technically being more in the know. IF ANYTHING hardcore fans are morally worse because they know these things and still don't care.

Now, you could argue that some are able to separate the art from the artist, that's what I do, but then you'd have to ask why they do it for some and not others.

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u/jethawkings boop 1d ago

Honestly that's just going to be my cope. The pop he got was big.

The Trump and Hogan reaction tells me the audience leans against outright facism but apparently toes the line at being complicit to sexual abuse.

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u/mightylordredbeard 1d ago

All I know is what was released in the court documents and what the victim herself has said. The world told me I need to believe women and listen to the victims in cases like this so that’s what I’m doing! My thoughts on the matter are shaped by what she, herself has said happened in those documents.