It’s Wrestling Observer Live on a Royal Rumble Saturday.
For a go home show for one of the biggest PLEs of the year, Friday’s SmackDown was very much by the numbers. Does that bode well for Saturday’s Rumble card (ongoing as I type this)?
With WWE’s ‘less is more’ philosophy, it could be amazing or just three hours of disposable entertainment.
Plus, Tommaso Ciampa challenges Mark Briscoe on tonight’s AEW Collision, Ashley Massaro, and pet peeves that shouldn’t bother me but really do.
Please note the following includes descriptions of sexual assault
Details regarding the investigation into claims of sexual assault made by Ashley Massaro have been released.
Following her death in 2019, lawyer Konstantine Kyros published an affidavit from Massaro which included allegations she was drugged and assaulted by someone claiming to be a US Army doctor during a WWE tour of Kuwait. WWE later denied knowledge of Massaro’s claims, something a lawyer representing John Laurinaitis has since refuted.
The United States Naval Criminal Service launched an investigation into the allegations in June 2019. The investigation was officially closed on January 27, 2020, when it was determined that all leads had been exhausted and they were not able to determine where the alleged crime took place.
The NCIS report has recently been made available via a freedom of information request by Wrestling-Online.com. The full report can be viewed here.
From the NCIS report:
The incident involved deceased civilian World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) personality Ashley MASSARO. As background, in an affidavit signed prior to her death pertaining to her lawsuit against the WWE, MASSARO claimed that while on a USO tour to Kuwait in “2007”, she was taken to a medical facility to be treated for dehydration and/or and was subsequently “raped” and “sodomized” by an individual she believed to be an active duty military physician while an unknown female stood guard. AFOSI and US Army Criminal Investigation Division (USACID) conducted initial inquiries into the allegations and provided results of their investigation to NCIS. An interview of MASSARO’s attending physician was conducted. An unsuccessful attempt to locate the alleged crime scene was conducted. All logical investigative leads have been exhausted. To date, no subject, scene, or witnesses have been identified. The reported victim is deceased, and no prosecutorial venue exists within the NCISRU Corpus Christi, TX area of responsibility. This case is closed.
Records indicate Massaro was treated at Camp Life Support Area in Kuwait, but NCIS’ attempts to determine the exact location of the camp proved unsuccessful.
Massaro’s affidavit claims the assault took place in 2007 but records relating to the case state it took place in 2006.
The physician’s assistant who attended to Massaro on July 2, 2006, was interviewed in 2019 as part of the NCIS investigation. The assistant, whose name has been redacted, noted Massaro came in complaining of abdominal and pelvic pain. They also noted Massaro was accompanied by a man who “seemed to be acting skittish and strange.” The man was allegedly well-built and possibly had a mustache.
The assistant also noted that Massaro appeared to be drowsy when he first attended to her but “she was not falling asleep during conversation or slurring her words.” He also noted that someone else in the facility expressed that Massaro may have been high. The assistant noted that he had “little experience with people on drugs or alcohol” so he was not sure.
According to the assistant, Massaro agreed to a pelvic exam that was conducted with a female Corpsman in the room and Massaro was lucid throughout. The assistant also noted that someone did bang on the door to check on Massaro while he was attending to her, which is consistent with claims made by Massaro in her affidavit. The exam had to be stopped briefly so Massaro could answer back that everything was fine.
The assistant also stated that Massaro did not seem upset, was not crying, and there was nothing that led him to think she had been sexually assaulted. He also stated he did not see Massaro leave the facility.
The NCIS attempted to speak with the Officer in Charge of the clinic where Massaro was treated. However, the person stated they did not want to be interviewed.
During an appearance on NewsNation’s Banfield this week, Cara Pipia, best friend of the late Ashley Massaro, backed up Massaro’s claims of a WWE cover-up regarding her 2006 rape while on a military base in Kuwait.
As part of a lawsuit against WWE over its handling of concussions, Massaro gave a sworn affidavit in 2017 alleging that she was drugged and raped by someone posing as a military doctor in Kuwait during a WWE tour in 2006. Massaro stated that Vince McMahon apologized for what she went through, but he urged her not to disclose the incident because it would ruin WWE’s relationship with the military. Massaro said she was called into a meeting with WWE executives and told that it was in WWE’s best interest that the information of her attack was not made public.
Pipia stated on Banfield that, when Massaro returned home from Kuwait, Massaro “spent about eight hours” crying and telling her what happened.
Pipia said Massaro also told her about the meeting with WWE executives. Pipia claimed that Massaro was “threatened” and there was no compassion or sympathy from WWE:
She spoke with Vince McMahon many times. Vince had his daughter [Stephanie McMahon] take his place because she was a female, a woman and to make Ashley comfortable. And they just played with her.
They play with her because everything that Stephanie had made her feel comfortable and safe about, as soon as they walked into this boardroom meeting, Ashley was on her own completely.
And she was threatened and there was no compassion, there was no sympathy, there was nothing.
Massaro died of suicide in 2019. Ashleigh Banfield asked Pipia if she feels what happened to Massaro in Kuwait contributed to her suicide.
“99 percent,” Pipia responded. “Absolutely.”
After Massaro’s death, WWE claimed that McMahon and WWE management were never informed of Massaro’s rape allegation.
Despite that, a lawyer for former WWE executive John Laurinaitis recently told Vice News that upper WWE management was aware of the allegation. Laurinaitis claims that proper protocols were followed and there was no cover-up.
McMahon, Laurinaitis, and WWE are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by former WWE employee Janel Grant last month. Grant alleges that she was the victim of physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking while at WWE. McMahon resigned from WWE and its parent company TKO Group Holdings following the lawsuit.
Last week, Vice News obtained and published a portion of Massaro’s 2017 affidavit where Massaro accused McMahon of preying on her and other women’s wrestlers. This portion of the affidavit was originally left out “because it wasn’t relevant to central claims in the lawsuit in which they were representing her, which concerned concussions.”
The latest story regarding Vince McMahon this past week came from a sworn affidavit by Ashley Massaro that had never been released publicly by lawyers Konstantine Kyros and Erica Mirabella, who worked together on the concussion lawsuit that failed.
In that lawsuit, Kyros was ordered to pay $300,000 in fines for being sanctioned for his conduct in the case. It had more allegations against McMahon personally in a story in VICE by Tim Marchman.
Kyros said he never released it because it had nothing to do with the concussion lawsuit, although he years ago did release the rape allegation story Massaro told regarding an apparent doctor at a military base while on a WWE military tour, which also didn’t relate to the concussion lawsuit. It also should be noted that Massaro, after she had given this deposition, apologized to WWE, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, and Kevin Dunn and blamed Kyros for the things she said in a later letter to WWE.
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We opened up the show talking about WWE’s WrestleMania Kickoff press event. We talked about the chaotic feel to the event, the changing of the booking and overall story, and where things may be going.
We also discussed the following:
Dave’s story on Ashley Massaro
The new sports streaming company
Early ticket sales for AEW’s Big Business Boston event
Before her death, former WWE wrestler Ashley Massaro gave a statement accusing Vince McMahon of sexually preying on her and other women’s wrestlers.
The previously unreleased statement was published by Vice News on Friday. It was collected by Massaro’s lawyers Konstantine Kyros and Erica Mirabella in 2017 as part of a sworn affidavit in their lawsuit against WWE regarding the company’s handling of concussions. In the affidavit, Massaro alleged that she was drugged and raped by someone posing as a military doctor on a base in Kuwait during a WWE tour in 2006. Massaro claimed that McMahon apologized for what she went through, but McMahon urged her not to disclose the incident because it would ruin WWE’s relationship with the military.
“He told me not to let one bad experience ruin the good work they were doing,” Massaro said.
Massaro’s claim that McMahon preyed on female wrestlers wasn’t included in the sworn affidavit. Her attorneys “ultimately left it out because it wasn’t relevant to central claims in the lawsuit in which they were representing her, which concerned concussions.”
Massaro alleged that McMahon wrote promos “with the clear intention of ruining [her] career” after attempting to get her alone with him in his hotel room late at night. Massaro rejected the advance, telling McMahon she wasn’t feeling well.
“In addition, after that night, each time I [walked] by him he would make vulgar sexual comments that were clearly designed to make me uncomfortable,” Massaro said.
Massaro stated that McMahon was known for this type of behavior. Her statement that was obtained by Vice News can be read below:
During my time with the WWE, I had observed Vince McMahon making-out with other divas in the locker room, but he never paid attention to me, and I assumed I was not his type. This changed after my Playboy cover was released. I was fortunate enough to be allowed to fly on the company jet and stay at the same hotels as the executives for a period of time so that I could get home faster to spend more time with my daughter. On one of these occasions, Vince was attempting to get me alone with him in his hotel room late at night and I felt extraordinarily uncomfortable. He began calling the hotel room phone and my cell phone nonstop. I called Kevin Dunn to explain the situation and he said I should tell Vince I was not feeling well and would see him on TV the next day, so I did. Immediately after that night, Vince started writing my promos for me. Vince does not write promos for female wrestlers—that is the job of the creative department—and he certainly wouldn’t have, under any normal circumstances, written a promo for me. But he did, and the promos were written with the clear intention of ruining my career. I brought the first script Vince wrote for me to the WWE employee in charge of Creative at the time, Michael Hayes, and he said, ‘you’re not saying this, who the [expletive] wrote this?’ and I told him that Vince did. He said, ‘Well kid, these are the breaks,’ meaning that Vince wanted to end my career and destroy my reputation on my way out. He is known for this type of behavior and also did this to [REDACTED] upon her departure from WWE. In addition, after that night, each time I walk by him he would make vulgar sexual comments that were clearly designed to make me uncomfortable.
Massaro, 39, died of suicide in May 2019. She was with WWE from 2005-2008.
WWE claimed after her death that McMahon and WWE management were never informed of Massaro’s rape allegation against the person posing as a military doctor.
Earlier this week, Edward Brennan, John Laurinaitis’ lawyer, told Vice News that upper WWE management was aware of the rape allegation. Laurinaitis claimed that proper protocols were followed and there was no cover-up.
Vice News reports that the Naval Criminal Intelligence Service opened an investigation into Massaro’s allegation in June 2019. Their investigation was closed in January 2020, but further information has not been made public.
The past week saw Vince McMahon have John Laurinaitis evidently flip on him and another round of media coverage regarding a federal investigation into his behavior and stories regarding the late Ashley Massaro’s claim to have been raped and told to cover it up by the company brought back to life with new information uncovered.
A story in the Hollywood Reporter said that on 1/26, the day after the Janel Grant lawsuit was filed and after Slim Jim had pulled out as sponsor for the Royal Rumble the next day, TKO CEO Ari Emanuel and TKO President and COO Mark Shapiro called up McMahon and told him it would be in the best interest of the company for him to leave. McMahon did not fight the directive and wrote his letter of resignation, and WWE President Nick Khan publicly released the information.
The story said that as soon as the lawsuit story broke, TKO executives reached out to Netflix, NBCU, ESPN, and the CW. The story said that finalizing the Netflix deal when it happened was fortuitous because had the news of the lawsuit been out, Netflix could have backed out.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the latest on Vince McMahon and his departure from TKO, the Ashley Massaro story that came out today, WWE’s major press conference and how it will likely change WrestleMania, AEW PPV numbers, Scott D’Amore out of Impact, an incredible Dynamite, NXT, and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: More on Vince McMahon’s resignation, Ashley Massaro, The Rock
25:09: Scott D’Amore out of TNA
30:00: Dave’s analysis on people who purchase AEW pay-per-views
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the Ashley Massaro story that came out today, Vince McMahon, Scott D’Amore getting fired, plus your questions on the WrestleMania main event angle, rankings and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
The lawyer representing John Laurinaitis says WWE management was aware of allegations made by Ashley Massaro despite what the company claimed.
In an affidavit released by her lawyer the day after her death in 2019, Massaro alleges she was drugged and raped by someone representing themselves as a U.S Army doctor. The alleged assault took place in 2007 while Massaro was doing a public relations tour of military bases in Kuwait.
Massaro’s affidavit also says that Vince McMahon and Laurinaitis told her not to talk about the incident in order to help preserve WWE’s relationship with the U.S. military.
“(McMahon) told me not to let one bad experience ruin the good work they were doing,” she said in the affidavit.
WWE released a statement a few days after the affidavit was released stating they were never informed of the alleged assault and that if they had been, they would have “reported it immediately to the Base Commander.”
However, Edward Brennan, the lawyer representing Laurinaitis, recently spoke to Vice regarding the matter. He says that WWE management was aware of Massaro’s claims, although he objected to calling the situation a “cover-up.”
“Any allegations that Mr. Laurinaitis helped to cover up an alleged rape allegation is an outright lie,” Brennan wrote to Vice. “Johnny, like most upper level management at sometime became aware of the allegations and ensured all proper WWE protocols were followed, including privacy for the alleged victim. We object to the use of the term cover up as no such plan or plot ever took place to hide or assist in the alleged rape.”
An investigation into Massaro’s claims was made by The Naval Criminal Intelligence Service in June 2019 and closed in January 2020. The findings have not been made public.
Massaro, who had battled depression for years, was 39. In a 2017 affidavit when being party to a lawsuit against the company, she claimed she was raped and sodomized while doing a public relations tour of military bases while working for WWE in 2007, which she was told to keep quiet about, a charge WWE has denied in the past and did again this past week.
Depression is a much larger issue in society than most truly understand. For a number of reasons, it is very strong in pro wrestling, as well as other forms of entertainment, due to the extreme highs involved in performing and fleeting nature of fame and the pressure on performing.
On the new Wrestling Weekly, famed wrestling trainer and former wrestler Les Thatcher and yours truly discuss the Ashley Massaro story, AEW’s Double or Nothing, and TV networks pitching ideas to wrestling companies.
We discuss aspects of the stories that have come out since Massaro’s passing that haven’t been talked as much as some of the others, some concerns regarding AEW, Saturday’s Double or Nothing, and just how common it is (or isn’t) for the TV network airing a wrestling show to pitch ideas to the wrestling company on their station.
If you like what you hear, be sure to check out nearly 450 WW show in our archives. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
Ashley Massaro, the winner of the 2005 WWE Diva Search, passed away on 5/16 after hanging herself.
Massaro, who had battled depression for years, was 39. In a 2017 affidavit when being party to a lawsuit against the company, she claimed she was raped and sodomized while doing a public relations tour of military bases while working for WWE in 2007, which she was told to keep quiet about, a charge WWE has denied in the past and did again this past week..
Depression is a much larger issue in society than most truly understand. For a number of reasons, it is very strong in pro wrestling, as well as other forms of entertainment, due to the extreme highs involved in performing and fleeting nature of fame and the pressure on performing. Concussions likely exacerbate such issues, but it is a major part of society and entertainment in places where head trauma doesn’t exist. Most don’t talk about it publicly, due to the stigma, but many, such as Mauro Ranallo and A.J. Mendez (A.J. Lee) have been very outspoken on the subject.
Several days after Ashley Massaro’s lawyer released an affidavit that included a claim she was sexually assaulted on a 2007 Kuwait tour and was told not to report it, WWE released a statement addressing the claim.
“WWE is saddened by the death of Ashley Massaro, and we reiterate our condolences to her family. However, we regret that her attorney Konstantine Kyros, who filed multiple cases against WWE, lost all of them, and was sanctioned multiple times by the Court for repeated misconduct and false allegations, is using Ashley’s death to further his malicious campaign against WWE by releasing an affidavit that she submitted to the Court and later apologized to WWE for being involved with, so we wish to make certain things crystal clear.
At no time was Vince McMahon or the management of WWE ever informed by Ashley Massaro or anybody else that she had been sexually assaulted, drugged, raped or sodomized by a military doctor with a nurse standing guard while on a goodwill tour in 2007 to U.S. military bases in Kuwait. In fact, if she ever articulated such a claim to WWE, we would have reported it immediately to the Base Commander.
At no time was there ever a meeting with Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn, John Laurinaitis or other company executives in which she told them of such a claim and was instructed to keep it quiet.”
The 39-year-old Massaro died of an apparent suicide last Thursday at her Long Island, NY, home.
Massaro was one of 60 wrestlers Kyros represented in a concussion-related lawsuit that was filed in 2016. After it was thrown out of court last fall, an appeal is set to be heard in July. WWE provided the New York Post with an email from Massaro sent last October in which she apologized for being part of the lawsuit and said Kyros “poached” her. He said he never saw the email and that she never withdrew from the case.
With less than a month until the show, WWE has revealed the name and announced the first three matches for their return to Saudi Arabia.
The third show in WWE’s controversy-filled 10-year deal with the Saudi General Sports Authority will take place at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on Friday, June 7. It will air live on the WWE Network and is titled “WWE Super ShowDown,” which is the same name the company used for their event in Melbourne, Australia last October.
A look at the new AEW television deal with TNT and other aspects of starting up is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Look at the detail of the two nights being considered and the arguments for each night, international television, streaming, why the price is what it is, and how long talks have been going on for the TNT deal.
Read a lengthy bio on Silver King, a breakdown of what happened in the ring when he passed away and what lessons can be learned by it. Look at the start of his career, and his going to All Japan as a teenager.
Read the updates on the next two WWE PPV shows.
Read a detailed article on Lars Sullivan, from his background, to his fine, to the questions asked, to what got him in trouble, why he was fined now, why he wasn’t before and a lot of the questions regarding all this.
Also look at changes to WWE Network, Vince McMahon talks the move to FOX, WWE gets award nominations, tons of new news on the XFL, what happens to Vince McMahon when the XFL starts, why Percy Watson left the company, and an update on the Mauro Ranallo’s situation.
Have a look at the legend of Tom Magee, the match with Bret Hart and the WWE documentary.
Read complete coverage of UFC 237 with match-by-match coverage and poll results.
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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE
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WWE
TMZ reported that Ashley Massaro’s death was the result of an apparent suicide by hanging. Massaro was found unconscious in her home last Thursday and was transported to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
SmackDown tonight is at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The New Day will reunite as there will be a Welcome Back Celebration for Big E, who is back from meniscus surgery. Roman Reigns will also face Elias in a rematch from Money in the Bank. Other matches include Kofi Kingston vs. Sami Zayn in a non-title match, Becky Lynch and Bayley (who will also be interviewed) vs. Charlotte and Lacey Evans and Mandy Rose vs. Carmella.
Tonight’s 205 Live main event is Ariya Daivari vs. Mike Kanellis vs. Oney Lorcan vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Akira Tozawa.
Starrcast has begun the refund process for the events Ric Flair was supposed to take part in this weekend. Conrad Thompson spoke to Sports Illustrated about the situation: “We exhausted all options and mutually decided that it would be best to postpone ‘The Roast of Ric Flair’ for a later date yet to be determined. Everyone who purchased a meet-and-greet with Ric will be refunded via EventBrite. We will work to make sure those are completed by the end of the week. The rest of the Horsemen and Ricky Steamboat, who had meet-and-greets with Ric, are still scheduled to appear. We will allow fans the chance to have their photo made against what looks like old TBS backdrop wearing an authentic Ric Flair robe, holding the original Big Gold Belt, and posing with the Horsemen.”
SCWPro tweeted that they’ve been told Flair’s appearance at their debut show in East Moline, Illinois on May 31 is still on: “We’ve been in constant contact w/ representatives for @RicFlairNatrBoy & we’re happy to announce that we’ve been told his appearance at our debut event at the Rust Belt on May 31st is STILL ON!”
AJ Styles told Newsweek about the contract that he recently signed with WWE: “I can tell you that this contract that I’ve signed is my last. This is the perfect place for me to be. It’s family-oriented, I have no problem taking my family to the shows. It’s a PG product, which I enjoy. I’m in the best place I can be for my career.”
Pro Wrestling
A trailer for The Wrestlers, a documentary series from Vice Canada that will start airing this Wednesday on Viceland.
Beth Phoenix, Bruno Sammartino, Thunderbolt Patterson, Sgt. Slaughter, Brian Shields and Daniel Cormier will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, which will be held on July 25-27.
Riki Choshu’s retirement show, which will air live on Samurai TV and theaters in Japan on 6/26, has the following card:
Riki Choshu, Shiro Koshinaka and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiji Mutoh and Togi Makabe
Kaito Kiyomiya and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajimia and Hitoshi Kumano
Minoru Tanaka and Hiroyoshi Kotsubo vs. Yoshitatsu and Yuki Ueno
NOSAWA, MAZADA and FUJITA vs. Dick Togo, Kaz Hayashi and MEN’S Teioh
Daisuke Sekimoto and Daichi Hashimoto vs. Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura
Takashi Sasaki, Toyu Sugiura and Ayato Yoshida vs. Jun Kasai, Shu Asakawa and Tomoya Hirata
This week’s MLW Fusion episode is now available on YouTube. It features Rich Swann vs. Brian Pillman Jr. in the National Openweight Championship tournament semifinals, Minoru Tanaka vs. Daga, and Mance Warner & Sami Callihan vs. El Hijo de LA Park & Ricky Martinez.
UFC/MMA
Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell II has been set for a UFC Fight Night card in San Antonio on July 20. The two last met at Affliction: Banned in 2008 with Arlovski knocking out Rothwell.
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The Young Bucks and Joey Janela will be guests for Colt Cabana’s live Art of Wrestling show on May 24th.
Bret Hart and Tom Magee will discuss their now infamous match from 1986 with Sean Mooney on Saturday, May 25th in Las Vegas.
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Former WWE Diva Search winner Ashley Massaro has passed away at the age of 39.
Both The Blast and TMZ reported this afternoon that a rescue call came from her home in Smithtown, New York at 5:23 a.m Thursday morning. Massaro was then transported to a nearby hospital where she passed away later that morning.
According to the reports, officials did not say what the cause of death was other than it was “non-criminal”.
Massaro, who had done modeling work and won Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA in 2002, entered and won the 2005 Diva Search, beating Leyla Milani in the finals. She first appeared on Raw, feuding with the likes of Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson and Mickie James. She later moved to the SmackDown roster where she managed the team of Paul London and Brian Kendrick. She also posed for Playboy magazine in 2007.
After a brief stint back on Raw, Massaro was released from her contract in July 2008. She had said at the time that she requested her release due to her child being sick.
Massaro later joined a lawsuit against the WWE in 2016, claiming that she was sexually assaulted during an overseas tour and alleged that she did not get proper care for concussions that she had suffered.
During her WWE run, she appeared on the fifteenth season of Survivor, but was voted out second.
