Independent wrestling star Rachael Ellering has weighed in on controversial figures in wrestling, stating that she believes people like Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon should be out of the business for good. Speaking with Monte & The Pharaoh, Ellering discussed accountability in the industry.
She stated her belief that removing “scummy people” is a good progression for wrestling, as it makes room for deserving talent.
“I think some cases are so warranted,” Ellering said. “Yeah, and I think that’s something that is a good progression in the last couple years in wrestling in trying to get some of these really scummy people out of wrestling, or at least limit what they’re doing. Because there are some really, really good people in wrestling… Give them the time, give them the money, give them the focus, right?”
She continued, calling for the removal of “buttheads” from the industry.
“These people, I call them buttheads. I’m like, ‘We don’t need these buttheads.’ There are plenty of extremely talented, genuinely good people that are deserving of these spots and time and bookings and all of that and fanfare that — get the bad ones out of here because some of them genuinely deserve to be written off because they’re terrible human beings that in any line of work would be written off and so I think there’s some people that it’s totally justified….”
When asked specifically about Hogan and McMahon, she was direct.
“I think Hulk Hogan should (be out of wrestling), yeah… I don’t think he (Vince McMahon) should ever work in wrestling again.”
