VIP PODCAST 6/25 – WKPWP Mailbag from 5 Yrs Ago (AD-FREE): (6-23-2020) Keller & Fann with a Speaking Out Special – Sammy Guevara’s suspension, promoter response, fan disenchantment, shameful past, hopeful future (76 min.)

About this episode

Wade Keller and Rich Fann discuss the Speaking Out movement and its implications for the wrestling industry.

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... SHOW SUMMARY: In a special Mailbag episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (6-23-2020) PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch senior columnist Rich Fann. They answered mailbag questions dedicated to the Speaking Out movement, including Sammy Guevara’s suspension without pay, promoter response so far, fan disenchantment and how wrestling’s social media accessibility exacerbates that sense of betrayal fans feel, pro wrestling’s shameful past and why it’s different and in some ways worse now, and why there’s hope for this to make a difference for the future of the industry and the safety of its participants. KEY LINKS… PWTorch VIP membership… –https://www.pwtorch.com/govip Or support us on Patreon… –https://www.patreon.com/pwtorchvip Subscribe to our YouTube Channel with new daily content… –https://www.youtube.com/pwtorch freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "pwtorchcom_test_300x250", slotId: "pwtorchcom_test_300x250" }); DIRECT LINK: VIP AUDIO LINK NOT VIP? NO PROBLEM… CLICK HERE FOR VIP SIGN UP INFO…

People in this episode

Host: Wade Keller

Guest: Rich Fann

Topics covered

• Speaking Out movement
• wrestling industry
• fan disenchantment
• suspension
• promoter response
• social media
• hope for the future

Keywords

• Speaking Out
• Sammy Guevara
• wrestling
• PWTorch
• fan response
• suspension
• promoter
• social media
• safety
• industry future

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PWTorch

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