Paul london talks about the locker room hazing matt striker received

This is why i laughed my ass off when WWE was showing anti bullying campaigns when that peice of human garbage JBL was on commentary 😂

Paul London has to be one of the coolest dudes out there. He is just so level headed, has a great perspective on life, and really understands the business.

Luckily for Matt he could cut a promo a lot of guys wwe brought in during the time period couldn’t cut a promo to save their life it ultimately helped him getting an announcer job

I did a 3 day loop with Matt through the Maritimes and he could not have been a more warm, approachable and informative dude. He offered to go over everyone’s matches from the previous nights, individually but did so in a very positive way - when something was bad he would call it but when something was good, he got so happy and excited that we were understanding and applying the information he was freely giving us. Matt Striker gives many fucks about pro wrestling and I’m very grateful to have met and learned from him.

Just straight up bulling. No excuse for it and it's a shame so many had to go through it. Hope the like rooms continue to evolve

Back in 2016 when I was in training the promoter brought in Matt striker so do a seminar and after it was over he was doing Q&A and my question was "how was your time in WWE?" His answer was "it payed the bills" after he said that I figured there was hazing/bullying going on. These podcasts just prove that

The 'move/throw out/ root through someone's bag' hazing--essentially just privacy invasion--is junior-high level. I had bullies do the same to me in school. It's unbelievably juvenile, lame, pathetic and witless for older teens to do it, let alone grown men with jobs. What a joke.

Stock car racer guy 😂

Pro Wrestling - Adult High School

Lots of grown men who never got out of the high school mentality. There for it has carried over to there adult life’s.

I feel like Matt didn't really do anything wrong

Lookin goood boys! Lookin reaaaal good!

It was he Janitors Closet. Good Morning Fam. Shout out to Matt Stryker. I hope all is well 🖐👏✊

The 2000’s locker room was a hell hole, it looks like.

I'm just a know nothing mark. But from my perspective I see wrestlers excusing the hazing as a form of necessary gatekeeping "making sure people are paying their dues and here for the right reasons" and all that. But it looks to me more like grown men acting really insecure and bullying people into leaving out of fear younger people are going to take their spot. And this damages the wrestling buisness as there's less young and fresh talent to take over when the older stars retire. Which we're actually seeing happen now. A bunch of mediocre to okay wrestlers. And maybe 1 or 2 real stars like MJF in a sea of people who are way to old to be working in my opinion. In the "ruthless agression era" we had plenty of mid carders who could've easily ascended into proper stars but they were all driven out by the time of the modern era. So we just get endless Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar now.

I always liked Matt Striker. Underrated for sure!

Matt Striker says JBL was going through a lot of personal problems at the time, but to me that's no excuse to treat anyone the way he did Matt. JBL was seemingly a bully for years, not just during that one time period. Hazing is utterly pathetic.

Paul london teeling stories in his "story" voice is the moast fun thing on this podcast

I’ve been a fan of wrestling about 30 years, and without a doubt the hazing is the most childish and immature thing about the pro wrestling business. In Matt Striker’s case, I always felt like he should’ve been a bigger star. He could wrestle and talk. Also was a great commentator. It’s a shame this type of behavior is allowed. Because in any other job you’d be fired and rightfully so for being unprofessional. I get teaching new wrestlers respect for the business, but a lot of stories I’ve heard cross the line.

When they would make people change in the hall, did anyone else in the locker room try to help? cause I feel like an entire room of dudes and everyone was too scared to say "Yo that's fucked up" ?