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What's the story?
Former WWE superstar James Ellsworth, and former Impact Wrestling Knockout Chelsea Green (formerly known as Laurel Van Ness) spoke out about Blackcat Events on social media. They called out the promotion for not compensating them for their paid appearances.
Zack Ryder, Chelsea Green's boyfriend, also spoke up on social media at that point. We thank Fightful for the update.
In case you didn't know...
A host of events were organized around WrestleMania weekend in New Orleans including several special meet and greets. One such event was a party with the Impact Wrestling Knockouts that was apparently canceled at the last minute.
From the looks of it, no talent was compensated. They went to social media and called out the promotion for not honoring their agreement. In return, Blackcat Events promised to bring the truth to light, but it eventually devolved into a war of words soon thereafter.
The heart of the matter
When Zack Ryder got involved in the Twitter battle, the same took an ugly turn. Blackcat Events started threatening libel and even tagged the top brass of WWE in their post. This was Ryder's first Tweet, sent out in response to Blackcat Events' original post:
Blackcat Events would retaliate and post the following response on Twitter:
Chelsea Green responded to the post and put up a Tweet of her own:
Blackcat Events then explained their point of view about the whole matter:
What's next?
The credibility of Blackcat Events has been damaged significantly following this particular episode. As is obvious, most of the Internet Wrestling Community sided with the Superstars and not the promotion. If there is any further update on this matter, we shall be sure to let you know.
Author's take
I wasn't present on the ground, so it's impossible for me to comment. There's never any smoke without fire though, and we're certain that Green, Ryder, and Ellsworth wouldn't have spoken up if there wasn't any just cause.
Let's hope that this issue meets a fair resolution.
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