SquaredCircle

300 readers

13 users here now

This is the "official" Fediverse community for all things pro wrestling!

Come discuss pro wrestling! Any company or era is welcome.

Please ensure you have NSFW posts enabled or you may miss out on some threads. Bots are not used in this community.

Rules: (Click to expand)

1. Be Civil.

Users are expected to be civil and inclusive towards one another at all times. Remember the person on the other side of the screen. Hate speech, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and other inflammatory language is prohibited.

2. Keep content related to wrestling.

Any content posted should at least be related to pro wrestling somehow.

3. Spoilers.

Do not spoil events for people. If an event is going on, please keep discussion contained to the/a discussion thread for 24h after the event. Do not post spoilers in titles during this period. Use the spoiler function when you need to, it's there for a reason. Should your post involve a url to a spoiler (Twitter, YouTube video, etc) please mark the thread as NSFW as well so thumbnails are blurred.

4. Vague/Editorialized Title.

Please keep the titles of any articles you post clear, understandable, and indicative of what the article states within. It's ok to alter the title if the original is clickbait and confusing, or contains a spoiler like a debut that just occurred that day, but do not add your own thoughts to it.

5. Sexualized Content/'Plot'.

Please do not post any pornographic, 'creep shot', or similar adult-related material to the community (regardless of connection to wrestling). Wrestling content that involves sexualized content (in storylines/matches/promos) is fine, as well as photo's wrestlers post to their own social medias. Butt-shots you take with your cell phone at a house show aren't.

6. Banned Source(s).

Due not necessarily to the content of their reporting, but to their harassing and doxxing of users, the following news sources, journalists, and content creators are not permitted to be posted on SquaredCircle in any context - including direct links, articles, social media, and reports that cite only those sources:

WrestleVotes
RingSideNews
Brad Shepard
Billi Bhatti and "The Dirty Sheets"
Any post or article citing one of the above as a primary source.

Useful Links:

Wrestling Promotions: (Click to expand)

US/Can/Euro 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺

-WWE
-AEW
-ROH
-TNA
-GCW
-NWA
-Revolver
-PWG
-CZW
-MLW
-Reality of Wrestling
-Progress
-RevPro
-NORTH Wrestling
-OVW
-Mystery Wrestling
-Alpha-1
-Maple Leaf Pro
-Burning Heart
-EVE
-WOW
-Mission Pro

Japan 🇯🇵

-NJPW
-NOAH
-DDT
-Dragongate
-AJPW
-TRIPLESIX
-Gatoh Move
-STARDOM
-TJPW
-Sukeban
-SPARK Joshi
-Pro Wrestling Wave
-DIANA
-Actwres girl'Z
-Ice Ribbon
-Oz Academy
-Seadlinnng
-Sendai Girls'
-MARIGOLD

Mexico 🇲🇽

-AAA
-CMLL

Uganda 🇺🇬

-SGW

Australia 🇦🇺

-WSW

'The Dirt Sheets':

-WON/F4W
-Fightful
-PWInsider
-Denise Salcedo
-PWTorch
-SEScoops

Other Related Websites:

-Cagematch
-Kayfabe News
-WrestleCrap
-Pro Wrestling Tees
-SquaredCircle on Reddit
-Kim Justice's Wrestling Road
-WrestleMap

founded 8 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Kevin Kelly, announcer since the launch of AEW Collision last summer, has been fired. (www.pwtorch.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

14 comments fedilink hide all child comments

For those who don't want to click.

KK had been hired on by AEW on the recommendation of Ian Riccaboni. Ian had been the original commentary choice but he didn't want to go on the road full time. He recommended Kevin to TK and he was subsequently hired on.

Kevin is also known (aside from his horrible 'destino' calls on commentary) for posting on social media many things that are controversial (e.g. Q anon conspiracy shit, anti-vax garbage and shitty political takes), which (very tldr'd) Ian commented about online on social media/web forums describing KK's views, and KK later complained online that Ian's posts got him sidelined and tried sagotaging his career,

When you go out of your way to intentionally mischaracterize my raising awareness of the global horrors of child trafficking to a fringe conspiracy theory that everyone knows is bullshit in order to hurt my career and standing in the industry, that at the very least is libelous

implying he could possibly be suing. Kelly also posted about his dissatisfaction with how he was being used in AEW.

“But the idea of what I bring to the table is lost there because Ian libeled me,” wrote Kelly. “So I sit on the bench, valued by my peers, waiting to get my number called, keep asking why but get pushed aside. It’s okay, because there is no one better than me. Ask the ones that know and they’ll tell you.”

As of late yesterday afternoon Kevin Kelly was removed from AEW's profiles (a not-uncommon event) but it was confirmed this morning that his employment had been terminated.

tl;dr'ing the tl;dr - trash took itself out.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

You aren't wrong, but AEW does need to start putting their foot down given how much TK lays down for the talent, and this may be the necessary first step.

As for the 'woke monsters' card, let's be real KK is gonna toss that one on the poker table no matter what lol.