As PWMania.com previously reported, many women are speaking out against men in the wrestling industry. Jim Cornette, Justin Roberts, Matt Riddle, Jack Gallagher, Jordan Devlin, and many other Superstars have all been accused of sexually, physically or mentally abusing their victims. Now, NXT UK’s Wolfgang, Joey Ryan and Impact Wrestling’s Michael Elgin are the latest to be accused. Joey Ryan has been accused of sexual assault while Elgin is accused of sending unwanted photos of his penis to a woman. Wolfgang is accused of emotional abuse and taking photos of schoolgirls.
A woman said the following of Wolfgang:
“After years of the emotional torture that I’ve went through, self harm and mental illness due to the emotional abuse suffered at the hands of one of WWE NXT’s “Superstars”, it’s time I #SpeakOut #SpeakingOut.
I’m not one for posting so publicly on the internet but today I woke up to a message from a close friend with regards to the #SpeakingOut movement in the wrestling scene on Twitter and I have carried this emotional burden with me for years and have since battled with self-harm, mental illness and I’m yet again on the waiting list to see psychologist, I feel like it’s time to share my experience. I was involved in professional wrestling for about 5-6 years a trainee and a valet. In that time, I was engaged to a now WWE NXT professional wrestler, Barry ‘Wolfgang’ Young. During this period, I was an absolute shell of myself due to the emotional abuse I suffered in that relationship. He wasn’t physically abusive with me in that time but he was extremely emotionally manipulative and I caught unsolicited photographs of school girls on his laptop and on his camera memory cards from several occasions, including one he admitted to driving to St. Mungo’s Academy and waiting for the school to finish and proceeded to take photos of school girls as they left. I know a lot of people will be incredibly shocked by this due to the ‘Good guy, couldn’t do more for you’ facade and probably will be a lot of questions regarding why I didn’t come out sooner – but I was so fucking emotionally abused that I feared for my life and it’s taken me a very long time to realize I wasn’t at fault.”
After years of the emotional torture that I've went through, self harm and mental illness due to the emotional abuse suffered at the hands of one of WWE NXT's "Superstars", it's time I #SpeakOut #SpeakingOut pic.twitter.com/yGraNI96Qz
— Laura Ryan (@Rainbow1kisses) June 19, 2020
A second woman said the following of Michael Elgin:
“Who wants to see Mike Elgins dick pic? I still have the convo, unwanted photo, and emails he tried to send me under a fake name in 2016. @JordynneGrace tried to help me bring this to light when his first scandal came out but the wrestling media didn’t care #SpeakingOut”
Who wants to see Mike Elgins dick pic? I still have the convo, unwanted photo, and emails he tried to send me under a fake name in 2016. @JordynneGrace tried to help me bring this to light when his first scandal came out but the wrestling media didn't care #SpeakingOut
— Kaitlin Diemond (@kaitlindiemond) June 19, 2020
A third woman said the following of Joey Ryan:
“Hey y’all. One time I was picking up Joey Ryan from the airport and he like groped my thigh and chest WHILE I WAS DRIVING. Tried to get me to go to his hotel room; and then kissed me to convince me to do so. I told the promoter of the show (who was also the man responsible for a good amount of my training because I was attending his school at the time). I was doing the airport pickup for about this and he said he was so sorry that he felt terrible that he put me in danger like that. He promised me he would never book Joey Ryan again. LO AND BEHOLD A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, he books Joey Ryan. I can’t believe I trusted him.”
#speakingout pic.twitter.com/qxP5e5aquS
— THÊ ŁËGÏT HØŚŠ (@Corinne_Mink) June 19, 2020
