The stars of the wrestling world supported TV host John Oliver after his intervention on the alleged lack of attention of the WWE for his wrestlers.
In the Last Week Tonight the presenter complained about the group against the organization. his boss, Vince McMahon, claiming that the stars being independent contractors, the company was less responsible for the health of the wrestlers.
"Although Vince's character is an badhole, it's important to know that the real Vince is also an badhole," Oliver began. "And many fans hate it legitimately because, although the WWE has made it a billionaire, many wrestlers say that it treats them terribly." = "https://hips.hearstapps.com/digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/17/17/1493151380-vince-mcmahon.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh,center,top&resize=480:*" />
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He went on to say, "Maybe when wrestlers could work for several different organizations years ago, it made sense to call them subcontractors."
" But now, WWE has the wind in its sails In this industry, it's just as logical to call them and call Jimmy Carter a "crazy machine that drops the pants." It's simply clearly more true … "
Many stars of the fight rallied behind Oliver, including CM Punk, who tweeted," I'm shitting my panties, please. " RT @LastWeekTonight (I like you!) "
Gail Kim-Irvine said," Will the trolls call it also bitter? Sometimes you have to hear it from an outside source. A person who is very specific. "
Other stars also weighed:
The WWE has since responded to Oliver, In a statement, John Oliver said:" John Oliver is clearly a clever artist and full of humor, but the subject treated in its WWE segment does not make laugh.
"Before releasing it, the WWE responded to its producers who refuted each point of its presentation.French presentation.John Oliver simply ignored the facts.
<img alt =" AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan in WWE SmackDown Live "title =" AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan in WWE Live SmackDown "clbad =" lazyimage lazyload "data-src =" https: // hips. Hearstapps.com/digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/18/49/1543986660-daniel-bryan-aj-styles.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh; The health and well-being of our artists is the most important aspect of our business. We have a long-standing and comprehensive program for the well-being of talent. We invite John Oliver to attend WrestleMania this Sunday to learn more about our company. "
This segment precedes the WWE's largest event of the year, WrestleMania, which will take place on Sunday, April 7.
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