Fretwell answers GlobalWrestOrder over Elite 8 Duals video
A vague post about people who only say they want to grow the sport got a name attached to it in a hurry.
GlobalWrestOrder posted a broadside at unnamed people in wrestling who, in his telling, drop the growing the sport line the moment money is involved. Cliff Fretwell replied and put his own name on it, saying he had asked GWO not to post Elite 8 Duals video with a GWO watermark on it. The two posts are the whole fight so far, and nobody else has been named.
What each side said
GWO's post did not name anybody. He wrote that the most exhausting thing in wrestling right now is guys who claim they do what they do for the love of the sport until business, money and personal interests get involved. He closed with "Quit being slimy and quit acting like hoes" and "QUIT BEING BAD FOR THE SPORT."
Quit being slimy and quit acting like hoes.
Fretwell's answer was direct. "You can tag me in this post big fella," he wrote, before laying out the specific complaint, that GWO was posting Elite 8 Duals video and watermarking it like original content. Fretwell added that he supports the media guys who travel to events on their own dime trying to make a living, and said GWO "responded like an angry child."
Why it lands
This is the rights and credit argument that follows every event with a crowded media room, now with two names attached instead of one subtweet. Elite 8 Duals just produced a week of viral clips, including the Newman-Winfrey disqualification, so who gets to post the footage and whose logo sits in the corner is not an abstract question.
GWO has taken public fire before. Willie Saylor called his ranking of Mendoza over SVN disqualifying earlier this month.
Neither account has posted a resolution, and GWO has not responded to Fretwell's reply in the sources available. No third party has backed either side publicly yet.
I politely asked you to not post @elite8duals vids and watermark them like they are your original content. I support the media guys that come to the event on their dime trying to make a living.