At the Ring of Honor TV tapings on September 19, a “wrestler’s court” was reportedly held. It’s something that WWE used to do to for talents who are accused of doing something wrong. If they are found guilty then they are usually punished by paying for everyone’s bar tabs or something similar. The ROH case involved referee Gino Colucci. BJ Whitmer was the “judge” and Michael Elgin was the “defense”. Colucci was “cleared of the charges”.
When CEO Joe Koff learned about the wrestler’s court, he wasn’t happy. He sent a statement to talent telling them not to do it again, as they should be focusing on that night’s performances.
Opinionated View- I would also note TNA has used wrestlers court at least once. I can kind of see both sides. With some of the stories you have heard over the years it seems like it was a chance for guys like Undertaker to try and convince everyone what a big man he is. I know the TNA was more of skit meant to rib Kip James who was around at the time. So I wonder what this one was. If was a time to try and bully Cloucci I could get the CEO stepping in. If it was more of a mocking lets make fun of him bust chops he shouldn't make it an issues.
But this is also part of the problem with companies like Sinclair buying wrestling companies. They are cooperate so they have rules. But wrestling has stuff like this. Now to be fair you get "Court" in places like Baseball or Football to.
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