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Read up on how the Power Rangers franchise and other Saban productions have long been non-union.  Read more

Probably not. His YouTube show is a WWE project. G4, being owned by NBCU, most likely went through WWE, especially to be able to use him as Xavier Woods or Austin Creed. Read more

Being that it’s a NBCU-owned network (like USA), I’m guessing that he got hooked up via WWE and will be Xavier Woods or Austin Creed, not Austin Watson. Read more

Well, yeah, it’s a WWE production. Woods doesn’t own it. Read more

Wrong. They could easily do it and still make massive profits: Read more

Up Up Down Down is WWE-owned, though. Has always been that way. Read more

Well, nobody’s saying it would hold up under legal scrutiny. But with WWE’s resources, that would be an uphill battle for any talent who tried to fight it in court. Read more

Well, it seems like nobody’s been willing to do that, though. Read more

Thank you! I appreciate it. It’s my third Kotaku piece, though :) Read more

To be clear: The unionization tweet mentioned in the article came after she was fired but before it was publicly announced. Unless you’re referring to her earlier, more oblique unionization support in a reply to Paige about 5 weeks earlier: Read more

The NYC market PBS situation, especially back then, is kind of confusing. Read more

Yes, he had completely taken over the fight standing. He shot for the takedown, Hardy stuffed it, and they would have been back on their feet again a few seconds later if not for the foul. Read more