UPDATE: (6/26 7:27PM EST) A leaked email chain among the EAW executive staff is alleged to have been received containing several aforementioned details, and revealing explosive new details outlined below:
– Entertainment rights deal set for roughly $10B/season, with seasonal renegotiations and renewals
– ABC to become the permanent network for all three weekly brands, with ESPN2 as a supplementary network on a per diem basis
– New PG rating and guidelines to be shared with talent following Pain for Pride
– Contractual re-negotiations to take place among all EAW staff and talent, effective *********
– “Disney Presents: Pain for Pride!” trademark licensed as of 5/29/22
– “EAW’s Day at Disney!” trademark licensed as of 5/26/22
– Disney+ to feature all Marquee events, overseas specials, and Fight Grid tapings
– Strict television ban on the use of sexual innuendo, racial slurs, homophobic language, Political references
– Exended television phrase ban: [Shit, Fuck, Faggot, Slut, Dick, Pussy, Twat, Cunt, Tranny, Taiwan, Whore, Skank, Mandingo, ‘Don’t Say Gay’, Hong Kong] full list including 100+ terms to be completed and sent to all staff
– Strict television ban on the use of sexual gestures referring to genitalia, sexual fondling, or references to fellatio without express written consent from the EAW Board of Directors
– Yearly salary % based fines for violation of censorship rules
– A proposed time limit mandate for weekly and FPV matches varying in length
Officials from Disney and EAW have declined to comment on this report. More information will be revealed when it is made available.
Multiple unconfirmed sources are reporting that Disney has acquired Elite Answers Wrestling, effective June 27th, 2022.
Two highly credible sources have procured a production memo from a high level staff meeting, outlining a complete product overhaul to be set in place by no later than July 2nd, 2022. Details from this memo are alleged to have been shared with a select few road agents, talent relations executives, and an outsourced marketing firm coincidentally representing Disney and EAW. Here are some of the notes below:
– Rough draft rendering of Dynasty, Showdown and Voltage logos to include Disney branding
– 11 figure acquisition set between The Walt Disney Company and Elite Answers Wrestling, inc.
– Finalization of Television rights deals involving ABC and ESPN
– Creation of a “Disney+ Department”, details TBD
– STRICT ban on nudity or sexual depictions, referencing Disney commodities i.e. ‘Free Guy’,
‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.0
– All production equipment, physical and digital footage, are to be treated and handled as
property of The Walt Disney Company Inc. for the foreseeable future
– Emphasis on grayscale and cutaways for ‘the unlikely event of explicit graphic violence’
– Absolutely no airing of on-screen talent independent promotional videos without the express written consent from EAW Board of Directors
– Referee re-education courses running 6/21/22 – 7/4/22
– A.I. censorship protocol testing running on daily recurring schedule [INDEFINITE]
– Sound testing for Chinese national anthem, mandatory before the beginning of all EAW events
– Onboarding brunch for Disney production staff @ Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino 1PM PST 6/28
This information confirms the rumbling suspicions of a potential buy-out of Elite Answers Wrestling. A “swift and sweeping” product overhaul is said to be currently in effect, with little-to-no communication going out to EAW staff and talent. All information is alleged, further details to come…
