Vince McMahon Orders WWE Talent to Stop Engaging with Outside Third Parties

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McMahon held a conference call with talent last Sunday and claimed that not only does WWE own the talent's stage names, he also claimed to own their real names.

McMahon alleged that performers using outside agencies to push their careers are potentially doing so at a detriment to WWE and their vision.

"Some of you are engaged with outside third parties using your name and likeness in ways that are detrimental to our company," McMahon wrote. "It is imperative that these activities be terminated within the next 30 days (by Friday October 2). Continued violations will result in fines, suspension, or termination at WWE's discretion."

there is a general belief that Twitch and Cameo would be included.

https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/vince-mcmahon-punish-talent-wwe-third-parties/?fbclid=IwAR0vMZ-fvp0yKB8whTpYOg7d8PqeN1ekQix0sht30MuOjjCzuzPK_Jtj18Q

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This is terrible for any performer, including wrestlers and independent parties. This is not right and should not be legal, but I'm sure that they signed it off in their contracts

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4 minutes ago, joannesrats said:

This is terrible for any performer, including wrestlers and independent parties. This is not right and should not be legal, but I'm sure that they signed it off in their contracts

It remains to be seen if this kind of proclamation is legal. WWE has long considered their talents "independent contractors," and on the surface, this kind of order would seem to be at odds with that classification.

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1 hour ago, Blue Lagoon said:

It remains to be seen if this kind of proclamation is legal. WWE has long considered their talents "independent contractors," and on the surface, this kind of order would seem to be at odds with that classification.

I was going to say, I understood the relationship as a non-employee one. I don't even know if they are paid salary or per appearance; as I understand it being an independent contractor allows you to have *contracts* with multiple organizations at once. But WWE is a messy organization even without this nonsense: you think Vince would be happy that his roster can boost their name recognition and by extension the entire WWE brand/profile by using these popular platforms but I guess he's crazy for power and control, wbk

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Is this all because of WWE stars doing OnlyFans or something? Seems weird to say the third parties are "detrimental".

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26 minutes ago, gagaisitalian said:

Is this all because of WWE stars doing OnlyFans or something? Seems weird to say the third parties are "detrimental".

Sounds more like he's mad he isn't getting a cut of their new third-party paychecks

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Dont know the situation but it seems he wants to make profits from whatever his employees work in or do. As if any success they meet is because of him...

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47 minutes ago, gagaisitalian said:

Is this all because of WWE stars doing OnlyFans or something? Seems weird to say the third parties are "detrimental".

What? 

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BTW I used to have a WWE thread in the TV/ Movies section. I could bring it back if people are interested. 

EDIT its been archived so I'll just post a new one. Hope to see yall there.