Kanyon speaks
CC has the link to Chris Kanyon's Myspace Blog
and the title of this entry is a direct link to his most recent post about why he made his appearance at a WWE House Show in Tampa on 9/8.
I have some thoughts:
It is not difficult for me to believe his claim that the WWE fired him because he was gay. Nothing that involves the WWE is hard for me to believe.
However, it is hard for me to believe in the sense that it would make a whole lot of things make a lot less sense. If Kanyon was fired for being gay how does he explain the long-term employment of Pat Patterson? I'm also sure, though not going to name names, that Kanyon was hardly the first gay wrestler ever to be employed by the WWE.
I might have a little more sympathy for him or an easier time believing his story if he hadn't worked his coming out announcement into a huge sort of stunt for maximum publicity. I believe he even contacted the WWE and TNA to see if he could do the coming out angle in their company. When you do that kind of thing, and its not as if he's the only person to ever try to get good publicity for some kind of announcement, but when you do that you open yourself up to a lot of criticism and a potential backlash. As I said involving the Steve Irwin comments on ECW the other night, if you can't handle a potential backlash than don't do it in the first place. If you're willing to fight through the backlash because you believe you're in the right than go for it and all the power to you.
Again, a lot of this doesn't jive with me. Kanyon is the same guy that posted parts of a TNA contract on the internet so what I'm saying is, that whether or not he was fired for being gay I don't know (although personally I doubt that it was the only reason if it was a reason at all) this was just done to get some publicity and attention. I don't fault him for that I guess, but I also don't think this was the best way to get on WWE's radar. Oh and even if he did get on their radar, going on your myspace page and accusing the company of discrimination may not be the best way to get that company to rehire you.
That's the other question, if Kanyon really were discriminated against in the way he says, why go back? I guess your personal stance isn't as important to you as the good payday. Otherwise, why want to work for a company that will discriminate against you?
More I think about this, the less it makes sense and the less inclined I am to believe him.
and the title of this entry is a direct link to his most recent post about why he made his appearance at a WWE House Show in Tampa on 9/8.
I have some thoughts:
It is not difficult for me to believe his claim that the WWE fired him because he was gay. Nothing that involves the WWE is hard for me to believe.
However, it is hard for me to believe in the sense that it would make a whole lot of things make a lot less sense. If Kanyon was fired for being gay how does he explain the long-term employment of Pat Patterson? I'm also sure, though not going to name names, that Kanyon was hardly the first gay wrestler ever to be employed by the WWE.
I might have a little more sympathy for him or an easier time believing his story if he hadn't worked his coming out announcement into a huge sort of stunt for maximum publicity. I believe he even contacted the WWE and TNA to see if he could do the coming out angle in their company. When you do that kind of thing, and its not as if he's the only person to ever try to get good publicity for some kind of announcement, but when you do that you open yourself up to a lot of criticism and a potential backlash. As I said involving the Steve Irwin comments on ECW the other night, if you can't handle a potential backlash than don't do it in the first place. If you're willing to fight through the backlash because you believe you're in the right than go for it and all the power to you.
Again, a lot of this doesn't jive with me. Kanyon is the same guy that posted parts of a TNA contract on the internet so what I'm saying is, that whether or not he was fired for being gay I don't know (although personally I doubt that it was the only reason if it was a reason at all) this was just done to get some publicity and attention. I don't fault him for that I guess, but I also don't think this was the best way to get on WWE's radar. Oh and even if he did get on their radar, going on your myspace page and accusing the company of discrimination may not be the best way to get that company to rehire you.
That's the other question, if Kanyon really were discriminated against in the way he says, why go back? I guess your personal stance isn't as important to you as the good payday. Otherwise, why want to work for a company that will discriminate against you?
More I think about this, the less it makes sense and the less inclined I am to believe him.
posted by Casey Trowbridge at 9/10/2006 12:42:00 AM
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