AEW AEW CXLIV: Tranquilo

[TKing]

The DC fam has some heavy involvement but lost both, they pretty much have Alexander/Hech and a mix of others as the DC B team it seems.

Looks like seeds planted for The Hurt Syndicate to add someone, wonder if it'll be someone already on the roster or outside.

Should have had LFI win the trios titles, seems The Opps just have them for Joe to have some gold on his shoulder for the title match. The team that really should win the trios gold:

Spoiler

The Frat House!

 

[Ozymandias]

"I pressed the wrong button!"

Heel Okada is amazing

 

[Based God]

Bryan Alvarez is now saying TKO is trying to enforce a 1 year non compete without pay for any talent that is fired with cause. They're saying it's confirmed to be standard in all TKO contracts now.

Either Alvarez is lying, or getting lied to by people in WWE or TKO was just waiting until they day they get destroyed in court or hoping talents wouldn't want to get buried by lawyer costs in court.

 

[deezy]

Bryan Alvarez is now saying TKO is trying to enforce a 1 year non compete without pay for any talent that is fired with cause. They're saying it's confirmed to be standard in all TKO contracts now.

Either Alvarez is lying, or getting lied to by people in WWE or TKO was just waiting until they day they get destroyed in court or hoping talents wouldn't want to get buried by lawyer costs in court.

Any judge worth a shit would instantly throw any case like this out and cut a 20 minute promo for wasting their time.

I know this company is "evil"......but let's use some common sense here, they're not dumb.

You get fired for anything, no company has a right to block you from working anywhere else, all they can do is give you a shitty reference if requested.

IF Andrade was told to stay home because of a 90 day no compete.......all he needs to say is "word?" and call their bluff.

Because all it would do if WWE or TKO or whoever the fuck would try enforce this would only breed contempt from fans and employees and get laughed out of court.

And let's be honest, Andrade isn't worth all that effort.

 

[Based God]

Nick Khan has already publicly stated that AEW isn't a direct competitor. Wonder if that will get brought up one day if this goes to court. Like how can one expect to enforce a non compete if you have already publicly stated the other company isn't competition.

 

[Based God]

Any judge worth a shit would instantly throw any case like this out and cut a 20 minute promo for wasting their time.

I know this company is "evil"......but let's use some common sense here, they're not dumb.

You get fired for anything, no company has a right to block you from working anywhere else, all they can do is give you a shitty reference if requested.

I mean they've done it before. Back in the day they gave Brock Lesnar a 2 year non compete and he told them to fuck off and worked for New Japan. WWE sued him, Brock counter sued and WWE settled out of court and Brock was free lol

Even more recently they hit Renee with a 1 year non compete, she just chose to focus on her podcast and cook book instead of fighting it before going to AEW.

 

[Based God]

Tony Khan's media call for WrestleDream is happening right now and he's dodging questions about Andrade's contract.

 

[deezy]

I mean they've done it before. Back in the day they gave Brock Lesnar a 2 year non compete and he told them to fuck off and worked for New Japan. WWE sued him, Brock counter sued and WWE settled out of court and Brock was free lol

Even more recently they hit Renee with a 1 year non compete, she just chose to focus on her podcast and cook book instead of fighting it before going to AEW.

Well yeah the Lesnar thing was a joke to begin with.......although it more stemmed from him quitting instead of getting fired.

 

[GoldenAzazel]

I think I did pretty good making it until Yuta and Garcia v Cassidy and O'Reilly

 

[GoldenAzazel]

Wrestling sucks when it comes to this stuff. You can't trust most promotion not to use scummy tactics, but you can't trust anyone in the media to get anything right

 

[Based God]

Andrade is no longer being advertised for his match with LA Park at Mucha Lucha in Atlanta on October 26th. This match was announced before he even appeared in AEW.

 

[deezy]

Andrade is no longer being advertised for his match with LA Park at Mucha Lucha in Atlanta on October 26th. This match was announced before he even appeared in AEW.

Yeah that's a whole lotta booshit.

If you get fired, the contract is void plain and simple, that's how contracts are supposed to work. Even in indentured servitude if the contract is void, they can go somewhere else.

Pay out the violation if you have to and motherfuck them into infinity, bury them under the cemetery on every podcast if you want to.......keeping people from working if you fired their ass is a crock of shit.

What's 3 months of his guarantee even to TKO or WWE anyways? A drop in the bucket, this is shady and I don't like it and I was one of those assholes who defended(and still would because of the circumstances) Vince furloughing all those people when the lockdown started.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

People still fucking HATE Marty too lol. Like a month or two ago someone posted a photo on /r/SquaredCircle of Marty working a Japanese indie, his first Japan booking since 2019 and those Reddit IWC people lost their fucking minds and anyone that posted what actually happened got downvoted to hell

Guy caught a blowjob in the back of a bar after a show. Found out she was 16 later only because her friends were talking about it on social media a few days later. Turns out 16 is legal age of consent anyway (even though obviously that bar failed by even letting her in).

What's funny is, this story was out there for years and nobody gave a fuck, Marty became a big star in wrestling years after it happened. People even meme'd about it.

It wasn't until other wrestlers started getting "cancelled" that people all of a sudden decided to pretend Marty is the devil.

The internet doesn't forgive.

 

[Sycho Sid]

Yeah that's a whole lotta booshit.

If you get fired, the contract is void plain and simple, that's how contracts are supposed to work. Even in indentured servitude if the contract is void, they can go somewhere else.

Pay out the violation if you have to and motherfuck them into infinity, bury them under the cemetery on every podcast if you want to.......keeping people from working if you fired their ass is a crock of shit.

What's 3 months of his guarantee even to TKO or WWE anyways? A drop in the bucket, this is shady and I don't like it and I was one of those assholes who defended(and still would because of the circumstances) Vince furloughing all those people when the lockdown started.

Not sure what it is like in Canada, but in the US, if you get fired with cause, they can absolutely still enforce the non compete.

Think about it, if they couldn't why wouldn't you just get yourself fired to get out of a contract?

He can still work, he just cannot work within the designation of the contract, so most likely not as a wrestler.

 

[Based God]

Not sure what it is like in Canada, but in the US, if you get fired with cause, they can absolutely still enforce the non compete.

Think about it, if they couldn't why wouldn't you just get yourself fired to get out of a contract?

He can still work, he just cannot work within the designation of the contract, so most likely not as a wrestler.

That's generally for employees though. Wrestlers aren't employees, they're independent contractors.

 

[Sycho Sid]

That's generally for employees though. Wrestlers aren't employees, they're independent contractors.

It doesn't matter. IF they give you a non compete, and you sign it, good luck. There are even less protections for them.

 

[deezy]

That's generally for employees though. Wrestlers aren't employees, they're independent contractors.

This is my whole point.......I am genuinely a big proponent for independent contractors, its easier to deal with than unions. I was a contractor and an environmental monitor for 15 years, I have signed and drawn up independent contracts and never seen a clause like this.

If you're fired it's basically "get the fuck off my jobsite and I hope I never see you again".

 

[deezy]

Then again, if another company asks you about someone you fired, you tell them why you fired them.

 

[Sycho Sid]

This is my whole point.......I am genuinely a big proponent for independent contractors, its easier to deal with than unions. I was a contractor and an environmental monitor for 15 years, I have signed and drawn up independent contracts and never seen a clause like this.

If you're fired it's basically "get the fuck off my jobsite and I hope I never see you again".

Sadly that is Canada, where workers have some form of protections.

This is America where corporations have protections from workers.


I hope he can get out of it, and that the year nonsense is just that.

 

[deezy]

Sadly that is Canada, where workers have some form of protections.

This is America where corporations have protections from workers.


I hope he can get out of it, and that the year nonsense is just that.

I feel you.......I still think it's bullshit.

Just because someone may have pissed you off enough to get fired, there's no reason to make sure that person shouldn't be allowed to seek employment elsewhere, that's just bad business to me.

And to do this over Andrade of all people.......I get if say a top guy like Roman would ever do that, but some guy you barely could find anything to do on your show.......just let them go, what exactly is he going to do for your competitors business? You know?