WWE: Happy Corbin, Freddie Prince Jr. on Kevin Dunn Killing Off Women’s Storylines, Another Potential Lawsuit

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Jul 28, 2022

Happy Corbin Comments on Future of His Wrestling Career

A recent episode of the Bleav in Pro Wrestling podcast had Happy Corbin as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Corbin’s thoughts on his current plans for the future of his wrestling career and post-wrestling career.

“I’ve made some good buddies in the Food Network world. Chef Aaron May is one of my good buddies. He’s always on Guy’s Grocery Games. I want to have another five or ten years here in WWE, but eventually, like all athletes at some point, our body doesn’t keep up with our minds anymore. We may think we can go and I want to be a guy who withdraws at the appropriate time. I don’t want to be there too long.
I don’t want to jeopardize — because I feel like I’ve got good stigmas about me other than everybody hates me, but that I’m good in the ring. I’m smooth, I have a creative moveset, I make things look as violent as possible, and those kinds of things. So I don’t want to be a step behind my mind physically. So I think, you know, in the next five or ten years, I’ll probably have reached that point. Then I definitely want to get into that food world, whether it’s Food Network, or it’s my own YouTube stuff, or, you know, my buddy Aaron does a lot of stuff where he’s a guest, where he’s a celebrity sponsored cook. You know, we were talking about doing the Food and Wine Festival together in Connecticut, because we’re gonna go out there for WWE and raise some good money for Connor’s Cure, so I’m going to cook out there that so there’s a lot of really cool opportunities that food will bring when I’m done throwing people like Pat McAfee around in a ring.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Freddie Prince Jr. Comments How Kevin Dunn Killing Story Pitches for Women’s Division Over Beauty Issues

A recent episode of the Wrestling with Freddie podcast had former WWE writer and host Freddie Prince Jr. discuss a variety of topics. One of the topics discussed included Prince Jr. revealing how WWE Executive Producer & Head of Global Television Distribution Kevin Dunn could kill creative pitches and storylines for women just by complaining about their looks.

“It’s a very random low-key era where the numbers weren’t great and people missed out on a few wrestlers peaks like the Beth Phoenixs of the world. Like she kind of had her peak. It was at a time where Total Divas wasn’t a thing yet, so the women didn’t get that much love. So if she was gonna get any time as a champion, which she should have had a lot of they’re like, ‘Well, we gotta pair with Santino.’ So then she had like a thing with Santino where they were, they both had a title and Santino would do his comedy stuff and then she would save him when he would like run like a girl,” Freddie recalled. “So it was this weird, low-key, under-the-radar time where we were all kind of held hostage by the whims of Vince and Kevin Dunn, man. One guy who loves wrestling right with all his heart, more than his family, more than his dogs, and then this other guy who I never got the sense liked wrestling at all.
He was trying to turn it into the NFL, or Tyson vs. Holyfield, which is cool, man. But it wasn’t wrestling. So, you just see this room of, they’re probably 20 writers when I worked there, and it was just 20 writers throwing sand against a tidal wave,” Freddie added. “You could pitch for 20 minutes. Kevin would be like,’ Well, I don’t think she’s pretty,’ and all of a sudden, like six weeks of story, was just gone. It’s like, ‘Well, our champ has to be pretty.’ it’s like, ‘Yo, do you think Mankind was pretty?’ You could throw out a number of how many less-than-handsome male champions have existed, and I shall exceed it. But it would be dead it would just be dead because he would say one thing.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Another Law Firm Investigating WWE Over Breach of Fiduciary Duties Allegations Over McMahon Investigation

As noted before, ten law firms are currently investigating WWE over claims that the company’s Board of Directors and senior management officers breached their fiduciary duties over keeping their investigation into former CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon a secret from WWE’s investors.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that another law firm named Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP recently became the newest firm to file a notice of investigation against WWE over the handling of their investigation into McMahon.

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, a Leading Securities Fraud Law Firm, Announces Investigation of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) on Behalf of Investors
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”), a leading national shareholder rights law firm, today announced that it has commenced an investigation on behalf of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (“WWE” or the “Company”) (NYSE: WWE) investors concerning the Company’s possible violations of the federal securities laws.
If you suffered a loss on your WWE investments or would like to inquire about potentially pursuing claims to recover your loss under the federal securities laws, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/world-wrestling-entertainment-inc-1/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
On June 15, 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that an investigation was underway regarding an alleged $3 million settlement that the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Vince McMahon, agreed to pay to a former employee with whom he allegedly had an affair.
On this news, WWE’s stock fell $2.31, or 3.4%, to close at $64.87 per share on June 16, 2022.
Then, on June 17, 2022, McMahon announced that he had stepped down from his role as chairman and CEO of the Company.
Then, on July 8, 2022, the Wall Street Journal published another article which alleged that McMahon had actually paid $12 million over the past sixteen years to four different female WWE employees to silence their allegations of sexual misconduct.
On this news, WWE’s stock fell $1.31, or 2%, to close at $63.76 per share on July 8, 2022, thereby injuring investors.
Then, on July 25, 2022, WWE disclosed that during its investigation into McMahon, it had uncovered about $14.6 million in unrecorded expenses dating back to 2006. The Company expects to restate its financial statements back to 2019.
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Whistleblower Notice: Persons with non-public information regarding WWE should consider their options to aid the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower Program. Under the program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Charles H. Linehan at 310-201-9150 or 888-773-9224 or email shareholders@glancylaw.com.