Jesse Ventura

[FreedomLost]

Two Jesse Ventura stories have recently been reported on:

1st is walking off the Opie and Anthony show


2nd is Ventura's remarks on WWE after hosting, and WWE's response:

Earlier this week, WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura appeared on ESPN radio and criticized World Wrestling Entertainment for their longtime company policy of classifying wrestlers as "independent contractors" and not employees. Ventura acknowledged that he had participated in a WWE event just a week ago when he hosted RAW, but says the wrestlers are treated unfairly and denied benefits because of WWE's refusal to acknowledge them as employees.
WWE spokesperson Robert Mitchell has responded to Ventura's remarks with some pretty sharp words of his own. Mitchell tells the Hartford Courant: "We find it highly hypocritical that Jesse had no problem coming on Monday Night Raw last week to promote his new project or was happy to be paid all those years by the WWE as a performer. He is just looking to garner additional press for his fledgling show, appropriately entitled 'Conspiracy Theory.'"

 

[Cheaptimes]

You should check out his book "I aint got time to bleed" he goes on for pages and pages about this. He tried to unionize the wrestlers to get them benefits. It got him into a spot of trouble (allegedly Hogan snitched on him to Vince). Then He started working on Predator and got his S.A.G. card with benefits and just didnt do anything about it afterward because he got his healthcare at a much cheaper rate than what a union would have provided.

 

[Zer0.MediA]

+100 props for the O&A vid. Didn't know about that shit and I love that show.

Edit: Jim Norton just schooled him. I just lost some respect for dude.

 

[Big ZAC]

Edit: Jim Norton just schooled him. I just lost some respect for dude.

Jesse's the shit to me but I'm kinda with you on that. I was disappointed in the way he lost his patience with Norton and just resulted to talking shit to him instead of debating him, but I didn't hear the whole show.