WWE-LEE FITTING RUMOR KILLER
By Mike Johnson on 2024-12-24 23:12:00
Over the course of today (Tuesday), PWInsider.com has received emails asking about rumors of WWE executive Lee Fitting being reprimanded or in hot water with WWE over the report that came out earlier this week in The Athletic breaking down misconduct allegations that led to Fitting exiting ESPN before being hired by WWE.
The crux of the reports, we are told, are based on comments made by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer, who stated that WWE removed Fitting from the WWE Raw credits on the episode that aired on 12/23. The problem with that claim is it would be 100% incorrect. WWE would have had to have Fitting listed in the credits of Raw in the first place in order to remove him.
PWInsider.com’s check of WWE Raw episodes dating back to the first week of November showed that not only was Fitting never listed in the credits, there were no credits for the show listing anyone else, just a graphic showing the WWE copyright at the end. So, Meltzer’s claim was not based on any factual information whatsoever.
Fitting was listed, as he has been in recent weeks, at the end of WWE NXT’s broadcast tonight.
PWInsider.com has been told that WWE was aware of the Fitting situation at ESPN at the time of his hiring.
We are also told that, as of this writing, there has been no known fallout of the article’s publication within WWE.
Meltzer is washed up
I defended the guy for a good long time (and honestly at that point he kinda did need defending given the IWC) but over this last year things have gotten so fucking bad with his and Alvarez’s reporting its insane.
I try not to post anything WON/F4W reported unless if I see Sapp/Johnson/anyone else talking about it first at this point lol.
The decline seemed very rapid. He is 65, and that’s about the age my stepdad started to rapidly decline due to brain and heart issues.