I have to tow the line between "WCW hired her when she was a fitness model and her first angle was as an escort" and modern women empowerment.Torrie Wilson Says It Was 'Mortifying' To Do Bikini Contests On WWE TV, Recalls Watching One Of The Girls Dance And 'Literally Fighting Back Tears'
Chris Van Vliet spoke with WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson on the latest INSIGHT podcast/YouTube show. We have some highlights below. The full interview can be watched at the bottom of this article. Torrie Wilson on being in bikini contests in WWE: “They were all mortifying. People don’t...wrestlingnews.co
That's why I said it was a grey area. If she wore an Eskimo suit she wouldn't have pulled in 200K a year.That assumes
1.) Vince and company behaved the exact same way WCW officials did, which is definitely not the case, and
2.) the absolute psychological toll of being objectified and showing up barely clothed in front of thousands upon thousands of people repeatedly for YEARS doesn't exist and even if it does that it's her fault, even though Vince is a confirmed sociopath sex pest.
But yeah, it's her fault for being attractive.
Maria and multiple other women.No current or former WWE wrestler under the age of 50 that isn’t a bitter psychopath like Ryback is going to openly, unequivocally condemn Vince.
I meant to preface it as male wrestlers. Obviously plenty of women have and will continue to speak out.Maria and multiple other women.
Bret Hart on Vince McMahon: “It’s like Jeffrey Dahmer, Harvey Weinstein, or Jeffrey Epstein: Vince will be a joke... He’ll be used for humor, and you’ll shake your head at the shock value… He’ll always be associated with this story, especially as it gets bigger and bigger and bigger”
“I’m going to speak my truth,” Hart told me over the phone from his home in Calgary. “I’m not worried about Vince’s feelings. He’s never cared about mine.”