New accusations of unprofessional behavior by WWE head trainer Bill DeMott have surfaced this week. Austin Matelson who performed in NXT as Judas Devlin made a number of disturbing claims on Vendetta Pro Radio and social media on Monday. He also says he tried to share his story with management in a letter of complaint, but it is not clear if there was an internal investigation. DeMott remains doing his daily schedule.
Demott is alleged to:
- Ignore diagnosed injuries and put talent in dangerous situations to exacerbate them. With a partially torn PCL Matelson says he was ordered in to the ring to deliver “10 Fireman’s Carries” to an exhausted “280lbs Gary Jackson” who collapsed and aggrevated the injury.
- Encourage talent to hide injuries so they don’t look weak to WWE.
- Often tell talent to do moves without allowing them to stretch and warm up.
- Set up situations where inexperienced and exhausted talent land on their heads and necks.
- Ridicule injured wrestlers.
- Use homophobic and inappropriate language.
- Mocked the death of the British Bulldog in front of everyone.
- Physically slapped and wished death upon Enzo Amore. Demonstrated how to do a move incorrectly by dropping him on his head.
- Kicked Alberto Del Rio’s brother Memo Montenegro in the groin and mocked his Mexican accent.
- Deliberately try to bust open students’ lips.
Ryan Nemeth, the older brother of Dolph Ziggler who used to work in developmental, says he experienced similar things under DeMott: