Last month, Vince McMahon resigned from his position at TKO Group after a lawsuit from former WWE employee Janel Grant accused him of sex trafficking, sexual assault, and more. WWE and John Laurinaitis are also named as defendants in the lawsuit.
McMahon and Laurinaitis have both denied the claims, with Laurinaitis’ lawyer claiming that he was also a victim in the situation.
On a recent edition of his “Everybody’s Got a Pod” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase Sr. reacted to the scandal.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the allegations against Vince McMahon: “I’ve been kind of sad recently with all the stuff going on with Vince. That’s heart-wrenching, really. I don’t know, it’s kind of like, it’s a double-edged sword there. I mean, one part of me is [like] if it hadn’t been for Vince, where wrestling has gone would have never happened. By the same token, when you look at some of the things that he’s been accused of doing? I don’t know, it’s just really — it’s just sad. I can’t say anything in any other way, it’s just sad. I mean, it makes me wonder — you know, what are his children thinking when they read that stuff. It’s just sad, man.”
On coming to terms with the allegations: “It’s just — yeah, leaves me speechless. It’s kind of like this: the Million Dollar Man is gonna say this. There are some things money can’t buy. And money cannot buy integrity.”
On Ric Flair: “To Ric’s credit, Ric was one hell of a worker. You know, nobody can take that from him. He and I never got — we’ve worked a few times, but man, I would have loved to have been able to just work a whole program with him.”
