Below is the fourth part of a transcript of an interview government officials conducted with Stephanie McMahon Levesque on Friday, December 14, 2007 largely regarding steroid use in World Wrestling Entertainment. McMahon also goes into great detail on the behind the scenes aspects of WWE.
Q Okay. Are you aware of whether any scouts have ever
reported back that a potential hire was rumored to be a steroid
user?
A No. Because then we wouldn’t hire them.
Q Is that a matter of policy?
A No. It’s just if someone ?? you wouldn’t want to bring
in trouble. So it’s, hey, there’s this guy out there, but, oh,
he’s got a lot of baggage; okay, well, then we don’t need him.
Or, hey, there’s this guy out there and people are going crazy for
him. Great, do you know anything about him? No. But, you know,
let’s take a look at him.
So then we would take a look at him. And if the decision was
made to hire him, he would have to go through our testing
procedure. Because we now have precontract screening.
Q Uh?huh.
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Do you know whether WWE has ever hired anyone who was a
reported steroid user?
A Again, “reported” is really vague. I am not aware of
any time that we’ve hired anyone that was a ?? “reported,” I don’t
know what you mean by reported. Like assumption?
Q I guess a rumored steroid user that others in the
community have suggested was a user.
Mr. McDevitt. What community? Come on. That is almost
impossible to answer a question like that.
Has WWE ever hired somebody, somebody in some community
somewhere, rumored as a steroid user? Come on. That is so absurd
you can’t even answer a question like that truthfully. Somebody
in Arkansas rumors that somebody took steroids and how is she
supposed to answer that question?
Give her a specific factual predicate and she’ll answer the
question, but don’t deal in rumor mongering for Christ’s sake.
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q Has anybody ?? are you aware of whether WWE has ever
hired anybody after a positive steroid test?
A I’m not ?? from what I’m aware of, no. And we did have
a case just recently where someone was looking for employment.
They tested positive and we did not hire them.
Q Okay. Do you have any interaction with trainers at OVW
or Florida Championship Wrestling?
A Very little.
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Q Does that mean any at all or ??
A I get written reports from them that are sent to a
number of us, you know, basically about how a show may have gone
or the script of one of their shows. So I hear from them, but I
have very little personal contact with them.
Q Uh?huh. And do you provide feedback at all in response
to these reports?
A Only if I saw something that necessitated it. It’s been
very rare. On occasion I have, but very rarely.
Q Can you give me an example?
A I read a report that, you know, a particular superstar
was doing really well; and I followed up with Johnny and said, Who
is this guy? You know, Should we bring him up? That would be an
example.
Q Sure. Do trainers in the Developmental leagues submit
ratings of their wrestlers, submit to WWE?
A Their own ratings?
Q Uh?huh.
A In OVW we have ?? well, there was. I’m not sure if
we’re still doing it, but they gave basically a grade. You could
call it a rating system or a grading system, and it was on a scale
of 1 to 10, and they were graded on attitude, work ethic and
promo ?? promo is the ability to speak, basically ??
Q Uh?huh.
A ?? and overall contribution to WWE.
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Q Okay.
A And I think it was a 1 to 10 scale. And in Florida
Championship Wrestling they have not been doing that.
Q And are all the wrestlers graded in that way?
A All of the wrestlers for OVW were, but not for Florida
Championship Wrestling. And, honestly, I can’t speak to whether
or not they are still doing that practice because I haven’t seen a
report in a while.
Q How much importance ?? or how important were those
ratings in deciding whether to elevate a wrestler?
A They’re part of an overall factor. But the trainers
themselves are not ?? you know, they’re training technical
ability, the trainers specifically, we do have people who go down
periodically to work on personality and the ability to speak, et
cetera.
But the trainers are training you how to bump, which is
another parlance of our business, how to fall properly without
getting hurt. So they give their grades on how they think they’re
doing promo?wise; and attitude they can certainly give us a good
feeling on.
So it’s really all taken into consideration: the trainers’
feedback, plus the producers who go to see, plus the writers.
It’s really an overall assessment.
Q Uh?huh.
Are you aware of any instance where WWE elevated an OVW
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wrestler whom the trainer graded poorly?
A I’m not aware off the top of my head. There may have
been, because maybe his charisma was much better than his work,
you know, and we decided to bring him up and give him a try
anyway. Because again the trainers are not the only people we
look at in terms of assessment.
Q Are you aware of any reports that OVW wrestlers ?? let
me try that again.
Are you aware of any reports of particular OVW wrestlers
using steroids or illegal drugs?
A Unless they tested positive during our system and were
suspended, I know that we ?? I think we have had a couple.
But Developmental talent are not in my foreground as much
because, again, I’m not working with them on a regular basis,
writing storylines for them, so I’m ?? I’m sure there are a couple
of cases, but I cannot recall specifically.
Q But you would receive suspension information for
Developmental wrestlers, as well?
A Yes, absolutely ??
Q Okay.
A ?? for both OVW and FCW.
Q Are they paid directly by ??
A WWE? WWE plays for the talent. The systems themselves
have WWE talent and then ?? like, for example, OVW also has some
noncontracted WWE talent, because they are pertinent to their
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local promotion, the local shows that they put on. But when
they’re training, WWE talent only train with WWE talent.
Q Okay.
A You need ?? for example, sometimes when you are trying
to build a character, as I was saying before, those wins and
losses do matter.
You have someone that you are investing in beat somebody who
the crowd doesn’t even know; it’s just a body to beat. So that’s
where ?? in a situation like where the Developmental territory has
a non?WWE talent working for them, what they would do is have the
WWE talent wrestle the no?name guy and the WWE talent would win.
That’s one of the ways that you build talent.
Q Okay. Have you ever ?? have you ever told a WWE talent
or prospective talent that they needed to be bigger or more
muscular?
A No.
Q Okay. Any words to that effect?
A No.
Q Have you ever suggested to WWE talent or prospective
talent that they should change their physical appearance one way
or another?
A I told Beth Phoenix the other day that she should change
her hair, because she looks too much like another female diva that
we have. So that would be the type of physical appearance ??
tattoos, hair, piercings, that kind of thing.
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Q Do you know if anybody else affiliated with WWE has ever
told a wrestler ?? told talent or prospective talent that they
needed to be bigger or more muscular?
Mr. McDevitt. Did she ever hear anybody say that?
Mr. Leviss. Do you know?
Mr. McDevitt. When you say “know,” do you mean hear it?
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q Do you understand, when I ask you, do you have firsthand
knowledge of whether somebody ?? did you ever witness anybody
associated with WWE make comment to WWE talent, or prospective
talent, that he or she should be bigger or more muscular?
A I have never witnessed that, no.
Q Has anybody ever reported to you ?? say, a talent or
somebody else ?? that a comment like that has been made to a WWE
talent or prospective talent?
A No. The only time physical appearance has ever come
into play is, I had to ask a diva to lose some weight ?? which was
very uncomfortable, by the way.
Mr. Leviss. No doubt.
BY MR. COHEN:
Q To follow up on Dave’s question in slightly different ??
have you ever told ?? have you ever had a conversation in which
you indicated that a particular talent, or prospective talent,
would not succeed because they do not look a certain way?
A No.
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Q Okay.
A Again, it’s really not how you look. It’s really your
charisma. I mean, I know that’s difficult to explain and it’s
just one of the greatest challenges to find people with charisma
to perform.
But you can have ?? you can be small and have a ton of
charisma. You know, Chris Jericho right now just made a big
return, and he is not one of the biggest guys on our roster by any
means. He is wrestling in the main event. He just has this
intangible quality.
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q Have you ever heard Vince McMahon make any comment to
talent about whether they should be bigger or more muscular?
A No.
Q Has anyone ever told you that Vince McMahon made
comments like that to talent or to prospective talent?
A No.
Q Do you know whether it’s ever been a part of a WWE
script or storyline that a particular talent should be bigger,
more muscular?
A How so?
Q I don’t know, part of the story arc, part of, you know,
why a particular talent is successful or not. Does ?? well, let’s
start with those.
A I just ?? would you mind being more specific? I mean,
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it’s never been a part of ?? I don’t quite know how to answer your
question.
Would you mind being more specific?
Q Well, I guess, does a wrestler’s physical appearance,
amount of muscles, does that enter into the WWE narratives at all?
A In terms of who gets on television or who doesn’t?
Q No. In terms of the plot. I guess, the prematch story
or anything that’s going on in the ring.
A No. I mean, the only example I can think to give you of
what you are looking for is, in one circumstance we did have a guy
who is deemed to be more muscular and he was in a match with
someone who is more muscular, so we had a bench press contest
between the two of them as a part of a storyline.
So if that helps you ??
BY MR. COHEN:
Q Are you familiar or have you ever heard the term
“getting on the gas”?
A I have heard that term, yes.
Q And what’s your understanding of the meaning of that
term?
A Using steroids is my understanding.
Q Have you ever heard anyone refer to ?? have you ever
heard a conversation ?? been made aware of conversations regarding
individuals “getting on the gas”?
A No, not in terms of wrestling.
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I have heard it in terms of body building, you know, “Oh,
that guy’s got to be on the gas.” That’s what I’ve heard.
Q I just want to clarify, when you were talking about your
current champions a little while ago, you mentioned CM Punk and
his image being a clean wrestler and somebody who doesn’t do
drugs, doesn’t drink alcohol.
When was CM Punk made a champion?
A I’m really not sure. I would say within the last year.
It was recent.
Q Was it following the death of Mr. Benoit?
A Yes, it was. Ironically, Mr. Benoit was supposed to
become ECW champion that night, and he didn’t show up at the
pay?per?view because he was dead.
Q Creatively, was it a conscious decision to make CM Punk,
this wrestler with this clean image ?? was it a decision to make
him the champion post?Benoit?
Mr. McDevitt. You mean, because of Benoit? The innuendo of
your question, if it is the innuendo of your question, why don’t
you ask?
Mr. Leviss. He asked post. It wasn’t a temporal question.
It wasn’t a loaded question.
Mr. McDevitt. There was a lot of loaded stuff in there.
There’s no question he was made champion after Benoit died.
Sequentially, that’s not in dispute. But I think you are trying
to suggest something in your question.
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If you are, fine. Put it to her directly and ask it then.
Are you asking her whether he was made champion in response
to Benoit?
Mr. Cohen. I guess I’m just asking generally, what were the
factors that went into the decision to make CM Punk a champion?
Mr. Leviss. Because Punk is our most over Babyface on Raw.
He is the guy with the most charisma, the most personality. He
happens to have this straight?edge lifestyle, which makes him
different, which might make him more of a fan favorite. So the
fact that the fans are responding to him for whatever reason is
why we made him the champion.
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q Are there any scripts that you can recall that have made
use of or made light of the fact that a particular wrestler lost a
substantial amount of weight?
A Not that I can think of.
Q Okay.
Aside from the company’s Wellness Policy, how does Talent
Relations discourage steroid use among talent?
A Well, the policy is pretty effective in terms of
discouraging, you know, any drug use.
Q Okay.
A And I mean, aside from that part of the life skills
seminars that we are going to be conducting, we’ll certainly
include education about drug use. But aside from that, we really
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don’t have that many issues with drug use. So there’s not a big
focus on, you know, speaking to talent on a regular basis about
drug use, if that’s what you are asking.
Q Sure.
No outreach efforts or anything?
A Not unless, you know, deemed necessary or if we
suspected someone had a problem. But again, the Wellness Policy
is pretty effective.
Q Have you ever been talent in the company?
A Yes, I have.
Q And when was that?
A I was a talent Monday night in terms of, I made an
appearance. But I haven’t ?? I have wrestled in the past, but I
haven’t wrestled for over 2 years. So I make sporadic
appearances. I was much more of a regular character in ?? God, it
was a little while ago now; I’m starting to date myself.
Someone actually ?? it’s ridiculous. I’m sorry, as an aside,
when people came up to you, when I was this big, and they are
older than you are, it’s very insulting.
But, gosh, I guess it was mainly in 2000, like early 2000
that I was ?? maybe late like ’99 to 2004, I think, that I was
more of a primary performer.
Q And were you a wrestler at that time?
A I wrestled on occasion. Again, my character was the ??
I was a heel and I was the ?? you know, the boss’s daughter. They
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called me The Billion Dollar Princess. And I basically was Paris
Hilton before Paris Hilton became popular.
I was ahead of my time, only people didn’t love me, they
hated me.
Q Paris would probably say the same.
A But Paris Hilton was voted as a role model in Australia
recently. It just baffled me. It scared me a little bit.
So ?? at any rate, that was my character; so when I did
wrestle, it was a big deal because The Billionaire Princess was
wrestling. So I was never really a regular wrestler, but I
wrestled maybe a total of 10 matches.
Q Okay. Over what time period?
A Since I made my first appearance, which would probably
be ’99 to, you know, now; but I haven’t wrestled in a long time.
Q Okay. The WWE provided the committee with a number of
case files for wrestlers who have been to drug rehabilitation.
Mr. McDevitt. Out of clearly redacted case file.
Ms. Levesque. What does “redacted” mean?
Mr. McDevitt. Names, identifying information is not
provided.
Mr. Leviss. To protect individuals’ privacy, that is right.
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q Are you familiar with, generally speaking, wrestlers who
are sent to drug rehabilitation? Is that information that would
come to your attention in the ordinary course of business?
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A Yes. Currently, yes.
Q And how long has that been the case? How long have you
been in a situation where you were typically informed of which
wrestlers were being sent to drug rehabilitation?
A Now I’m required to be informed for about the past year.
But prior to that, I was aware pretty much because I worked so
closely with Vince.
Q And for, I guess, prior to that, back to what period of
time?
A Probably 4 years ?? 4 years, 5 years. Once I became a
predominant member of the executive staff.
Q Okay. Aside from these situations, aside from when you
were informed that a wrestler is going to drug rehabilitation,
have there been other instances where you obtained firsthand
information that an individual associated with WWE had used
steroids or illegal drugs?
When I say “firsthand information,” you know, that could be
either because somebody tells you about themselves, you know,
about someone they’re in a position to know or because you see
documentation of it.
A Can you just repeat the first part of the question?
Q Sure.
The question was, aside from the report ?? and I’m sorry this
is so complicated. But aside from the reports that you were
informed of, that individual wrestlers were going to drug
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rehabilitation, are there other instances where you have received
firsthand information that somebody affiliated with WWE had used
steroids or illegal drugs?
Mr. McDevitt. She has already identified some of those.
Mr. Leviss. Sorry?
Mr. McDevitt. She has already told you those.
Mr. Leviss. I’m not sure I follow you.
Mr. McDevitt. Well, she’s told you about what they do when
they get suspension notices for Creative.
Mr. Leviss. Sure.
Mr. McDevitt. Discussed a lot of ways. She’s already
identified.
Mr. Leviss. My question is, outside of the official ??
Ms. Levesque. Wellness Policy?
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q The official reporting, the Wellness Policy?
A There has been one case I can recall where someone who
had actually been to rehabilitation appeared to be groggy and
drowsy and really out of it, and John Laurinaitis confronted that
person and he said that, yes, he had taken some muscle relaxant
painkiller, whatever it was, I can’t recall the drug, specific
drug. And that person was asked to leave immediately,.
Q And around when did this occur?
A Timelines are tough for me because so much happens in a
year. But I think within the past year, maybe the past 2 years
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that that happened.
Q Okay.
So that would be ?? would that be after the Wellness Policy
was adopted?
A It was definitely after the Wellness Policy, yes.
Q How about in the period between ’96, when the prior drug
policy ended, and the beginning of 2006 when the Wellness Policy
was adopted?
A I don’t have much knowledge during that period because I
wasn’t in the position I am in now where I’m working so closely
with talent, et cetera.
So to answer your question, no, I don’t know of any cases
prior to ??
Q I’m sorry. Finish your answer.
A That was it.
Q Were you not working closely with talent prior to 2006?
A I was, but I was working as a talent.
Q Okay.
A And I just don’t recall any particular instance
involving anybody.
Q Uh?huh.
A I’m not saying there wasn’t. I just don’t recall any.
Q Sure.
A I don’t know.
Q What about, you know, secondhand talk? I mean, did
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talent talk amongst themselves about, you know, whether people
thought that one individual was using drugs or not?
Mr. McDevitt. Secondhand talk. What does that mean? What
does “secondhand talk” mean? Does she witness secondhand talk?
Mr. Leviss. I defined to you what I meant by firsthand
information.
Mr. McDevitt. I’m sorry. I know what firsthand information
means. I don’t know what secondhand information means. Identify
that for me.
Are you asking whether she has heard other wrestlers talking
about using steroids?
Mr. Leviss. That is exactly what I just said.
Mr. McDevitt. No, it isn’t what you just said. If you know
how to phrase a question clearly, I’d ask you do it.
These vague, general questions about what is secondhand
information, I don’t know what that means. Ask precise questions,
please.
Mr. Leviss. I understand. And you can make your statement
and you can ask for clarification. But each time you make a
clarification, you don’t have to then go on to a criticism of how
we’re doing this. It’s going to make it go a lot longer.
I appreciate ??
Mr. McDevitt. I have been sitting here quiet all day,
allowing you to delve into congressional inquiries and how we
write storylines. I haven’t said a word. Now I have. Now if you
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would clarify your question, we could move expeditiously.
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q I asked you before about what I characterized as
firsthand information, and now I’m asking you about when you had a
lot of contact with talent ?? I guess particularly when you were a
talent ?? did talent talk about, you know, other wrestlers? Did
people ever gossip about, you know, suspicions about whether one
wrestler or another was using steroids or using illegal drugs?
Mr. McDevitt. You have about three questions in there.
You’re still asking her whether people talk about ?? you are
asking whether she witnessed ??
Mr. Leviss. That you witnessed.
Mr. McDevitt. Well, then what’s the distinction between
firsthand and the secondhand you are drawing in your question?
“Firsthand” means she hears it; what does “secondhand” mean,
that somebody else is saying it, and she’s what, floating through
the room somewhere?
What are you asking her that is different from the first
question you asked her? “Firsthand” means you hear it, see it,
feel it, touch it, taste it. What does “secondhand” mean?
Mr. Leviss. I’m not interested in what anyone is tasting.
Ms. Levesque, you strike me as an intelligent ??
Mr. McDevitt. She is.
Mr. Leviss. I would like to hear from you. I think you
probably have an understanding that people can have conversations.
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And I’m asking you about conversations that you either took part
in or were in the locker room and listened to. That’s what I’m
asking you about.
Mr. McDevitt. That’s firsthand.
Ms. Levesque. I have never witnessed anybody talking about
steroids or illegal drugs. Whether it was a conversation
happening in the room with me or if someone were speaking to me
directly, I personally have not witnessed that.
You know, you have to remember, too, I am the boss’s daughter
in real life. So I think people are a little careful how they
might speak around me as well.
Mr. Leviss. Fair enough.
Did you have any opinion at that time, you know, when you
were talent, when you had contact, ongoing contact with talent,
did you have any opinion about whether there was any widespread
use of steroids among talent?
Mr. McDevitt. At what time are you asking?
Mr. Leviss. I’m still asking about the same time frame we’re
talking about, when you were talent when you had ongoing contact
with talent.
Ms. Levesque. When I was a talent, was I ?? would you mind
repeating it?
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q The period of time when you had significant contact with
ongoing talent, before you were in your present position.
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A Okay. So when I was a talent, okay, did I ??
Q Did you have any opinion about whether there was any
widespread use of steroids among WWE talent?
A No, I had no opinion on the subject.
Q You had no opinion, meaning you didn’t think there was
widespread use?
Mr. McDevitt. She just said she had no opinion on the
subject, Counsel. Did you hear her answer?
BY MR. LEVISS:
Q Did you ever consider whether there was steroid use
among WWE talent in that time frame?
A No.
Q It’s not something that occurred to you?
A No.
Q Is it something that you discussed with people?
A No.
Mr. Leviss. Okay.
Mr. Cohen. Why don’t I start with the next set of questions?
We’re going to walk through a set of questions now.
Actually, before, do you have any thoughts?
Ms. Safavian. I’m a little lost as to where we are on the
topics.
No, we’re fine. Thank you.
BY MR. COHEN:
Q Let’s sift through a set of topics about the current
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Wellness Policy that’s in effect.
Were you involved ?? did you play any role in the development
of the current WWE Wellness Policy?
A No, I did not.
Q You did not. Okay.
Were you aware that ?? when the policy was being developed?
A Yes.
Q But you were not involved in any of the discussions?
A No. At that time my sole responsibility was ??
Mr. Leviss. We’ve been joined by Susanne Sachsman, who is
another counsel with the majority staff.
Ms. Levesque. I’m Steph.
BY MR. COHEN:
Q There have been several amendments to the Wellness
Policy. Have you been involved in the discussion or enactment of
any of those amendments?
A Yes.
Q Okay. There are two amendments I’d like to discuss. One
was ?? let me hand these out. We’ll call these Exhibits 1 and 2.
[Levesque Exhibit No. 1
was marked for identification.]
[Levesque Exhibit No. 2
was marked for identification.]
Mr. Koch. How do you spell the young lady’s name who just
came in?
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Mr. Cohen. S?A?C?H?S?M?A?N.
BY MR. COHEN:
Q These two amendments are amendments to the policy that
allow wrestlers who have tested positive to appear on television?
A Uh?huh.
Q The first of these two stipulates that the wrestler will
not be paid. The second stipulates that they will be paid a small
stipend. Were you involved in the development of these
amendments?
A Not of Exhibit 1.
But let me just read Exhibit 2.
Yes, I was involved in Exhibit 2, not in Exhibit 1.
Q Okay. Can you describe your involvement with regard to
that exhibit?
A With regard to Exhibit 2?
Q Yes.
A A discussion was held between Vince and John Laurinaitis
and myself, which was, you know, why should the company be
penalized when an individual has made a mistake, so why shouldn’t
we have them work live events as well as television and
pay?per?view?
Q I see.
A That is the reasoning for the second exhibit.
Mr. Buffone. So your Exhibit 1 is the second amendment?
Ms. Levesque. Second amendment is Exhibit 1.
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Third amendment is Exhibit 2.
Mr. McDevitt. Are you on the same?
Mr. Buffone. Yes.
BY MR. COHEN:
Q So you were not involved in the original decision to
allow wrestlers who test positive to appear at televised events in
pay?per?views?
A I was not a part of this exhibit, no.
Q Okay. Do you know if anyone in Creative was involved?
A No. Vince, who is essentially the head of all Creative,
but this was mainly done with Vince and ?? Vince.
Q Okay. This was ??
A Vince and John Laurinaitis and Legal primarily, because
this exhibit predates my involvement with Talent Relations.
Mr. McDevitt. When you say “this,” you mean 1?
Ms. Levesque. I’m sorry. Exhibit 1 predates my involvement
with Talent Relations. And the Creative Writing Team is not
involved in any amendments to any contracts or the Wellness Policy
or anything. They really just write the creative.
Mr. Cohen. Okay.
BY MR. COHEN:
Q And now you had described to us the policy change, that
these two amendments went into effect allowing wrestlers to
appear. There’s since been a change to that policy?
A Yes. It has not been in writing, however.
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Q Okay. Can you just briefly ?? I know you walked us
through it. I just want to understand make sure I understand the
time frame correctly.
Can you walk us through the changes that have been put in
place since this third amendment was passed and when those were
put into place?
A The best I can recollect, we had ?? let me take it from
the top.
When we first implemented the policy, performers were not
allowed to appear on television or pay?per?view. We then made the
second amendment because creatively it is so difficult, you know,
to make these stars and you build these stories and then, oops,
they’re gone. So we said okay we’ll ?? let’s allow them to work
television and pay?per?view.
Then we said well, if we’re allowing them to work television
and pay?per?view, why should the WWE be penalized for this
person’s mistake? So we said, we’ll allow them to work live
events. The $200 stipend is really just for everyday cost of
living; we didn’t want to be unreasonable.
So then, we’ve now ?? we do not have it in writing.
Mr. McDevitt. I’m going to ?? I’m ?? we covered that. I can
find out for you whether it’s further amendments.
Mr. Cohen. Okay.
Ms. Levesque. So now we have made the decision that once we
are going to make the names public, which was as of November 1,
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that we are not going to feature these performers on television,
pay?per?view or live events.
Again, in a special circumstance, we will, but only within a
week’s period of time. The next available television program or
pay?per?view, we will end the storyline creatively that we need to
end, and they will be suspended.
Q And has talent been made aware of that change?
A No.
Well, hang on. Talent has been made aware that their names
will be public as of November 1. But if you read these
amendments, it’s always been the spirit of the amendments that
it’s at WWE’s discretion whether or not we use you for television,
live events or pay?per?view. So it is still at our discretion.
The company’s made a decision that we’re not going to use
talent ongoing on TV because we don’t feel it makes a lot of
sense. If you are making the names public and people are aware
that these talent have been suspended, then it didn’t make sense
to us to have them on television. So that’s why we made the last
change.
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