Bill Demott Resigns, Releases Short Statement
Posted: Mar 6th, '15, 15:11
Source: F4WOnline.com
WWE News: Bill DeMott resigns, makes short statement
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:38
WWE has just announced that Bill DeMott has resigned from the company. DeMott tweeted:
This came on the heels of additional allegations popping up, including indie wrestler Terra Calaway alleging last night that DeMott used a variety of racist terms to address a Middle Eastern wrestler at a tryout camp as well as one anonymous wrestler alleging he refused to do anything about a strength and conditioning coach sexually harrassing the women.
DeMott, who started wrestling in 1990 and is best known to fans as Hugh Morrus and later Captain Hugh G. Rection (a Vince Russo creation) in WCW, was first used as a trainer within WWE’s developmental system when he was brought in for Tough Enough’s third season to replace Tazz as the “hard-ass” drill sergeant coach archetype. He eventually moved on to a full-time trainer role for WWE in Deep South Wrestling, where complaints started to crop up about his treatment of the developmental talent, leading to his firing in January 2007 and Tom Prichard replacing him. A few months later, WWE ended their relationship with Deep South with no notice after someone from the office visited and was shocked by the overall state of the operation.
DeMott was brought back for the 2011 Tough Enough reboot and installed in Florida as head trainer the following year. The same type of stories started to crop up, though, to the point that when it was announced that the Performance Center, opened in 2013, would be recorded by the office around the clock, it was not exactly uncommon to hear people talk about if that was a response to the DeMott allegations.
WWE News: Bill DeMott resigns, makes short statement
Friday, 06 March 2015 11:38
WWE has just announced that Bill DeMott has resigned from the company. DeMott tweeted:
Bill De Mott · @BillDeMott
6th Mar 2015 from TweetCaster
I deny the recent allegations made about me, however, to avoid any embarrassment or damage to the WWE, I've decided to step down from my role effective immediately.
This came on the heels of additional allegations popping up, including indie wrestler Terra Calaway alleging last night that DeMott used a variety of racist terms to address a Middle Eastern wrestler at a tryout camp as well as one anonymous wrestler alleging he refused to do anything about a strength and conditioning coach sexually harrassing the women.
DeMott, who started wrestling in 1990 and is best known to fans as Hugh Morrus and later Captain Hugh G. Rection (a Vince Russo creation) in WCW, was first used as a trainer within WWE’s developmental system when he was brought in for Tough Enough’s third season to replace Tazz as the “hard-ass” drill sergeant coach archetype. He eventually moved on to a full-time trainer role for WWE in Deep South Wrestling, where complaints started to crop up about his treatment of the developmental talent, leading to his firing in January 2007 and Tom Prichard replacing him. A few months later, WWE ended their relationship with Deep South with no notice after someone from the office visited and was shocked by the overall state of the operation.
DeMott was brought back for the 2011 Tough Enough reboot and installed in Florida as head trainer the following year. The same type of stories started to crop up, though, to the point that when it was announced that the Performance Center, opened in 2013, would be recorded by the office around the clock, it was not exactly uncommon to hear people talk about if that was a response to the DeMott allegations.