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tl;dr - Effy takes absolutely zero accountability for the words that come out of his mouth and everything is everyone elses fault. As usual. Like the narcissistic jackass Effy usually is.


I can’t speak for Ricky Starks, right? I want the best for Ricky. That may be at AEW, that may be at WWE, that may be out here on the indies, that may be with GCW. And I don’t think that dream is out the window and you know, to everyone who’s saying “oh, it’s EFFY’s fault he can’t be here,” this is how things are done in wrestling and it’s something that, you know, he’s going to have to go work out on his own. AEW’s going to have to work out with him.

They are correct, he is under contract with them. But, you know, I haven’t seen him on TV in a ten month period. I haven’t seen him doing much and the timing is to me, a little laughable and I was surprised as many people were taking it as seriously as they were, seeing okay, here’s a clip from a podcast, over a week old, here’s Ricky Starks releasing an interview with Chris Van Vilet, where I don’t think he was rude at all, I think he was very honest and direct about his situation and you know, you know who approved him being at GCW, but, somebody was not excited about his contract being leaked, that they’d added on the additional option, which they legally have a right to do. It’s all the timing of that happening at the exact same time and then using me as a blame, you know, go ahead, buddy.

You can blame me. I can handle the blame, I can take the heat. I’ve been called every name in the book before this and it doesn’t, like, it surprised me this time too because I’m opening twitter and at one point on Tuesday im trending #4 in the nation. Not Tony khan, not Ricky Starks, not AEW, EFFY. EFFY is trending fourth in the United States because there’s a lot of reaction to this and the reaction is kind of split between “this is very silly, clearly not, this is not the straw that broke the camels back of, we’re taking all our talent away” because you had guys working Bloodsport, you had Ricky showing up at the Mall. This was, someone pointed out a way out, and they took the way out and that’s fine. And, you know, I’m not someone who’s going to go back on what I say. I said what I said and I don’t think I said anything crazy.

I just think there’s certain triggers that people have, that you have to be mindful of, especially if you’re in business with them. But, I’m not in business with these people and, you know, sometimes I feel like the little choir, the little village boy, who’s out speaking for the people throwing rocks at the side of the castle and you wouldn’t notice it if you’re in the castle, unless you look out and see them and yell and point me out and, you’re just giving me press. You’re just pointing to me as the direct reason is only going to help EFFY out. I flip this on its head, it’s fine. And I think even the news articles that were confirming with them, were a little confused and going “is this, this is the reason you want us to print? This is the reason you want us to put with this, specifically.” This wasn’t like a side “oh, maybe it’s this, maybe we saw this” this is a specific reason given for why he was pulled from the show and I clearly am a person who’s GCW for life, man. I’m independent for life.

I made this very clear. So, someone like me, who’s not looking at any future job opportunities currently, who’s not looking to work for the major companies, who’s not looking to sign any contracts, I understand the downsides of being that kind of independent, but I also see me as an easy person to go “okay, we can throw the blame on him, he’s not someone who’s our employee, who we have to deal with, who knows anybody or is dealing with anything here.” It’s easy to throw it on the indie boy and I can take the heat. But, also, like, I speak for myself. So, when you put this on me, I am going to make my own observations, look at what’s around me on the facts, and say “I don’t think this was really an EFFY problem.”

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[–] GeekFTW 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Just be glad I used the copy with paragraph breaks in it instead of the big unbroken wall of text I first found lmao.

Effy is a long-time regular worker for GCW. Books his own shows under their umbrella ('Effy's Big Gay Brunch') like Joey Janela/Josh Barnett does. One of the GCW 'royalty' so-to-speak. If GCW puts on an event you expect Effy will be wrestling if not at least there for some reason. His ceiling however is GCW's midcard. Most important things he's ever won are the GCW tag belts, and the DDT Iron Man Heavy Metal Championship for however many seconds he held it.

His gimmick is "I'm homosexual." That's about it. He's proudly gay and grew up in Ye Ol Christian/Republican Hellhole™ so he decided to go for a 'me cranked up to 20' gimmick to really stand out, which I mean, it works, no complaints there from my side of the peanut gallery.

Problem is he's also goddamned insufferable and a narcissistic asshole out of the ring. If Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan and CM Punk die today Effy would be the new #1 contender for the "I have never done anything wrong and its all everyone else's fault" championship title.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's right about one thing, this is press for him. Had no idea who he was, and I'm not particularly interested in him, but Big Gay Brunch sounds like it could be a good time

[–] GeekFTW 8 points 3 weeks ago

but Big Gay Brunch sounds like it could be a good time

Usually is! Last years had Trish Adora, Allie Katch, Effy, Breeze, Dango, Rina Yamashita, Dark Sheik, Sonny Kiss, and a bunch more.

But yeah, absolutely is advertisement for him so he's loving it. Sitting there going on about "I'm trending on Twitter! Not all of you, me me me, #4th in the nation!"

Yeah you're trending Trevor, you're trending because you're an embarrassment not because people like you lol. First and last time you're trending fuckin' anywhere lmao