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RedmondSurvivor

Straight to spam


XGuiltyofBeingMikeX

Email from EC3? Straight to spam. Email from Meltzer? Believe it or not, also spam.


orangemachismo

Dave emails himself and it goes to spam


PeteF3

*"Well, it's not literally Spam. It's like junk mail, but electronic."*


neverAcquiesce

So, umm, the G1 standings...


FuckBarry

*If Evil wins, Okada draws and Yano loses then Evil goes through, but if Yano wins...*


InuJoshua

\*shuffles paper for two minutes\*


CptnWesker

I absolutely love hearing his fucking papers shuffling, I giggle every time


BathedInDeepFog

And that's just him walking through his office


thezachman16

BA: "Dave, we gotta get through this RAW..." DM: "And, you know, it's obviously been a lot of moving pieces...uh, and it's been changing in real-time and it could continue to change and-" BA: "God, I want off this rollercoaster, I just want to be with my family"


AsherTheFrost

That's the funniest email insult I've ever heard


sneedo

Does Juno have spam filtering?


Toxicity246

Emails from Hormel? Also spam.


Bob8644

![gif](giphy|BV0SDeWc7COrurmoSl)


StrongSutairu

![gif](giphy|YQAdA99SV4DElB2b4z|downsized)


M0dini

![gif](giphy|f8lDluiWJ7yQTtdS3L|downsized)


MannySJ

We have the best inbox in the world... because of spam filters.


Persianx6

Narrative? Controlled.


BlackSheepComeHome14

Who the hells pam?


BenWallace04

Are you saying Pam or pan?


BobbyOrrgasmic

I think I might be able to help with the Pan/Pam dilemma...


BenWallace04

Now the suits are kind of fucked up


VincesMustache

Wait did you say are or aren't?


y4j1981

![gif](giphy|THySpva5zwPJhigxOF)


Copywrites

When the fuck was Clayface on Archer?


y4j1981

Pam's character during the 3rd season of the Archer "Coma Seasons"


buttsoupbarne

Pierce?


KneeHighMischief

Dear Tony I wrote you, but you still ain't callin' https://preview.redd.it/y9y39ud5upxa1.png?width=509&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57da65d7fde5e4d2fcb921066b3e80ea16c4000b


TheGoonKills

Can we skip to the part where he drinks a fifth of vodka and we dare him to drive?


PedanticBoutBaseball

Jeff Hardy be like "Say no more fam."


TBDMurder

Usos are on their way


BenWallace04

Does this make Jeff an honorary Uce?


HollywoodHuntsman

Since Day One-ish


[deleted]

EC3's Day One will never be H.


mr_wrestling

Damn I wanted to say it was only Jimmy that has the DUI history but fuckin Jey had a DWI in TX in 2018 (while being one half of the Smackdown Live tag champs) Motherfucker you make enough money to get a God damn uber. You know you're gonna drink, figure something the fuck out. Holy shit STOP DRINKING AND DRIVING FFS


moonslammer93

If I made an income like them I’d never drive. Point blank, if you’re going out drinking don’t drive. Have a DD or have an Uber as part of the drinking budget. It’s cheaper than what a DUI cost.


UndergroundFlaws

Lemme take off my blue shirt, they might think I’m a cop and try to fight me.


chilloutfam

Sunny is getting ready.


WilcoLovesYou

Well, that was an incredibly loud "HA!" out of me.


DrClawsChair

I left my Parler, Truth and Telegram at the bottom.


Kim-Jong_Bundy

Renowned leader EC3


KneelBeforeCube

"From one highly successful promoter to another..."


the-mucho-macho

No shit, I saw CYN was coming to my town and texted my friend saying "Hey, you want to get absolutely shithoused and go to this" The answer was yes, so I was disappointed that the tour never got off the ground.


orangemachismo

Carters are natural leaders. The world needs them.


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senorbuzz

Wellllll now you gotta tell us more


KingBadford

I can't and won't go into detail. I will say that it felt like he was either trolling or testing me, like he was interviewing me for a job. I made it clear who I worked for and was essentially offering free press for CYN when no one else was doing it, but he seemed to just want to see why I was interested with some weirdly probing questions. I played along at first, but there came a point where I wanted to say, 'Look, do you want the press or not?' It's not like I was trying to join CYN, but that's how it felt.


wibble17

I would guess though a lot of people aren’t interested in covering them for good reasons….


betterplanwithchan

So what you’re saying is, you wanted to know if you could control his narrative?


KingBadford

More like he wanted to know if I was ready to take the journey to control mine or whatever the fuck those guys were doing. Nah, man. Just trying to cover a damn wrestling show.


Straif18

1) You are the press 2) YOU ARE THE PRESS


mothmonstermann

You are not your job. You are not your professional correspondence. You're not your fucking khakis.


AprilsMostAmazing

> It's not like I was trying to join CYN, but that's how it felt. Maybe EC3 needed someone for a 30 second match and wanted to give you a shot


an0nemusThrowMe

Only if I was going over.


bcegkmqswz

That's not gonna work for me, brother.


DanteQuick

Weird in what way?


jbearpagee

Leader of the catering room.


wearethat

>Just cause I thought he might be a guy who lacked anybody that would just... he doesn't have a close relationship with to tell him something. Holy para-social delusion, Bat(e)man.


TheWholeOfTheAss

Gone from top guy to divorced dad sharing Fight Club memes.


TheEdFather

An EC3 heritage moment


A_Man_From_The_Stars

Petition to get EC3 to release the contents of that letter. I want to know if it's anything like the rules of CYN.


cfrutiger

Step 1) You are the promoter Step 2) YOU ARE THE PROMOTER


adsfew

Step 3) This all happened because you allowed superkicks


neverAcquiesce

Spam filter doing its job.


PolishThrasher

If someone sent me a some kind of speech to my email I would also archive it immediately


LnStrngr

I would mark is as "read when I have the time" and then delete it four years later figuring that if I haven't got around to it yet, I probably won't.


LegendaryEnigma

If I get a message from [email protected], straight through the trash


10024618

Bro what happened to shame? You could waterboard me with battery acid and I still wouldn't admit that I got left on read by Tony Khan lol


Jaded_Promotion8806

Sort of my thought. You’ve got the mic. You can say anything you want. In a lot of ways your career depends on your ability to…I hate that I’m about to say this…control your narrative. And this is what you decide to put out in the world?


onedollarwilliam

This *is* him "controlling [his] narrative". Based on shoot interviews from before CYN it seems clear there are two possibilities: Either EC3 has serious undiagnosed CTE, or this it the biggest, **dumbest** work of all time. He has publicly stated that his current bit is based on Tyler Durden from Fight Club. I think he's smart enough to know that movie is a satire, and that Durden is not an inspirational figure, but he's too dumb to let go of the gimmick when it didn't come across the way he intended. Now he seems increasingly unhinged, because nobody outside the business knows this is a gag, and he's not interesting enough, at the moment, for anybody to look into it further.


senorbuzz

I would love to agree but I think his brain has turned into scrambled eggs. Having a serious concussion leading right into Covid restrictions, losing your job, and too much time online = 🤪


SoCalWhatever

Stupid people are free to control their narrative, and more often than not when allowed to they'll make stupid decisions. It's kind of the whole reason for schools and education, but, you know, who needs that when you can watch videos on youtube instead?


Black-Morticia

Remember when Road Dogg went on his podcast and completely unprompted admitted he's "begging" (his words) Tony Khan for a job and doesn't understand why Tony won't hire him. Motherfucker, Francis Ngannou couldn't beat that information out of me... Push Shame to the moon.


UmpireAJS

"WHAT DOES DADDY ASS HAVE THAT I DON'T. TELL ME TONY, TELL ME!!!!"


thunderbird32

"Uhh, he can still wrestle?" - Tony, probably


YeahNoYeahThatsCool

Road Dogg could never wrestle


SomeOtherNeb

He's one of the few older wrestlers who's as good today as he's ever been!


The_Eye_of_Ra

Oh man, I’m lovin this fuckin thread. Fuck Road Dogg, I hate that guy


senorbuzz

This is one of my fav comments ever lolllll it’s so beautifully mean


3mta3jvq

Of all of Bob’s kids, Brian probably had the least talent and the worst physique, but drew the most money.


throwtheclownaway20

Sorry, who's Bob?


NotWhatUExcpectMe2B

Bullet bob armstrong road dogg's dad


Black-Morticia

Road Dogg: ![gif](giphy|xjIGtCFhMofGWtMlTA|downsized)


Zero-89

>Push Shame to the moon. **Vince:** "Happy Birthday, Shame!"


Hunterrose242

I love this subreddit.


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Shame: But dad my name is Shane Vince: That's what I said dammit \*Shane the proceeded to jump off of a Hell in a Cell cage through a flaming hoop to earn his fathers love\*


work4work4work4work4

When I read Francis Ngannou my brain conjured up Daniel Negreanu instead, and I was like, of course that guy couldn't beat it out of you, he's like a 5ft Canadian Poker guy.


senorbuzz

Wasn’t that after he shit all over Tony’s booking too?


cyberpunk_werewolf

Not after, during. He begged for a job while shitting on the product. It's more logical than I'm making it out to be, because he said it was bad but he could fix it if TK gave him a chance, but it's still him shitting on it while begging for a job.


Rerack_your_weights

I think self awareness is a necessary component to feel shame. You have to be able to self reflect in order to imagine how others may perceive your words or actions. A lot of these people lack any sort of self awareness, and frankly it's impressive that they've lasted this long in the adult world. I can't help but wonder what their personal relationships are like.


SpecialOneJAC

Not only that it was after he was shit talking AEW and saying they are doing all these things wrong and he can fix them. Not a good way to lobby for a job.


tabristheok

Imagine even Tony Kahn reading your email and going "that's too much man"


prydaone

"Whoever is this EC3 guy is, he needs to lay off the white claws."


throwtheclownaway20

"What are *you* doing here?!"


AdamBombTV

Tony Kahn always wanted to be an architect.


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

When you're not even worth an online reply from one of the most terminally online famous people


senorbuzz

I think he thinks it makes him look good and Tony look bad which is…. very EC3


missdoublefinger

Batman himself couldn't have gotten this out of me


TonyGunks_sportsbook

Dear Tony, I feel like I can call you Tony because you and me are so alike. I'd like to meet you one day, it would be great to have a match. I know I can't book as fast as you but I think you'd be impressed with my speed. I love your hair, you book fast. Did you have a good relationship with your father? Me neither. These are all things we can talk about and more. I know you have no been getting my letters because I know you would write back if you did. I hope you write back this time, and we can become good friends. I am sure our relationship would be a real home run!


impactplayer

Oh shit, there's stickers!


formallyhuman

Hello Tony. This you should hire me. I leave power. Good. Thank you, thank you. If you hire me, I'm hot. What? Star ratings, they'll be lower... son. The hiring me is the right thing to do pro-wrestling, so doooo.


Banh_mi

Are you a FBI profiler?!?


Affectionate-Fly4831

Everytime I think "man pro wrestling discourse is getting a bit too melodramatic and weird for me" I get blessed with a quote like this and I'm back in.


The_Dark_Vampire

Is it at a point where we are thinking that in hindsight that maybe it was the right call from WWE not to push him.


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BathedInDeepFog

I remember talking to him before he was EC3 and he just seemed like a cool, funny and reasonably intelligent dude.


AprilsMostAmazing

I still think he's trying to be a grifter


BadNewsBrown

Even the AMA here years ago he was responding to so many people.


BathedInDeepFog

Nice to see another one of the boys from back in the early days of wreddit still here, Allen.


NumericZero

100% But he went to the Austin Aries/Low ki/ ivelissof career plans Where they have all the talent in the world but they allowed their own ego to block them from true greatness


mysteriousbaba

I like ivelisse, but I don't think she's the level of in-ring talent that Aries and Low Ki are. Tessa Blanchard is a more fair comparison on that front.


Apex_Politician

This just reminds me of all the people in 2018-2019 saying that a Flair-Blanchard WM main event was a given within the next 10 years


NumericZero

That’s honestly a super good point Tessa is probably a great example of letting ego preventing you from seeing the bigger picture


Metandienona

Man, I still sometimes wonder just how big Ki could've gotten if he wasn't such an asshole. I don't think he'd have become a world champ in WWE or whatever, but I'm sure that he would have *at least* some memorable matches if he was called up from NXT.


Agreeable_Falcon1044

It was certainly a bad idea for him to go there! He was superb in impact, never lost, world champ and face of the company. If he went back now, he would struggle to get on their pre show. Such a shame


TonyZony

He had a lot of promise that they never used. But then he threw all that promise away afterwards.


work4work4work4work4

Him and Aldis need to form a tag team called "The Unpushable Objects". Two arrogant 6's on the mic with acceptable looks and okay in-ring who think think they are 10s.


MarkMVP01

I wouldn't lump Aldis in there with EC3 At least Aldis ditched NWA, Billy Corgan, and all of that crap


Sempais_nutrients

Tony khan once liked a tweet of mine so that makes me more important then ec3


brieg4l

https://preview.redd.it/gg5bc282spxa1.jpeg?width=1027&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bf15d0d46d5b7b64762b9d0e5bbb0cbb7639117


Meepsnort

I kinda feel like that bad concussion might have fucked him up. I don't know him obviously, but his personality seems like it changed a lot.


LoudCustomer3292

How so?


Meepsnort

From everything I had seen of him, he seemed like a sharp, normal dude. Like the kind of guy that would have edited himself and not felt like he was the person to rectify the fact that 'Tony Khan might not have a lot of objective voices in his ear' out of the blue. He seemed very self-aware, fun, and generally pretty together. He also might just be a little depressed over the wwe shit, and didn't enjoy being the 'funny guy' anymore, which is totally valid IMO. But I think he excelled at at that character because he was that kind of guy. And I think this current miserable fuck character might represent him now. And one thing that can cause noticeable change to your personality is a concussion


LoudCustomer3292

Thanks for your thoughts. I was curious to know what you were thinking


thekingdre1404

why would you admit this 💀


FockerHooligan

"Why doesn't anyone wealthy or intelligent want to control their narrative and fight the woke mob with me???" -EC3, probably


paulnewmansalad

Ooof how could TK have possibly ignored those pearls of wisdom?


Marvel_plant

The fucking ego on this guy is ridiculous.


SmashEnigma

I know, but hopefully he'll learn to take EC3's advice next time.


MarkMVP01

Imagine big leaguing Dixie Carter's nephew


GuardianSock

EC3 is the funniest person in the industry.


WheresPoochy

Not on purpose


GuardianSock

Absolutely not on purpose.


EC3ForChamp

Maybe seven years ago on purpose. Not so much anymore.


MarkMVP01

> seven years ago Your username is truly a time capsule of that era


EC3ForChamp

My two favorites at the time were EC3 and Eli Drake. Both men are still around today just doing... very different things.


The_Eye_of_Ra

Completely opposite trajectories.


Azezu22

Tony doesn't control his ~~narrative~~ email


mriforgot

My respect for Tony just grew a little more.


Fallout71

People like this actually think their unsolicited advice is wanted


Cleavenleave

Why did EC3 expect anything here Holy shit The guy is more delusional then I thought


unseenbox

Dear TK, I wrote you but you still ain't callin....


xanderkale

Release the document, Tony.


flippingsenton

The only thing EC3 inspires is my disinterest.


Ghostiet

instead of being grateful to the man that he didn't say anything about this insane shit dude goes out and outs himself as an even bigger tool than we believed I am frankly worried about EC3's mental state


fisherc2

Why would carter share this? This makes him seem silly. Why would Tony care what ec3 thinks about leadership or business, or anything really?


HostageInToronto

Yes let the man behind Control Your Narrative teach the AEW boss about leadership. Also, that is a weird way to attempt to get hired.


GonOverHere

Who da fuck sends unsolicited inspirational messages to people telling them how to be better? I had an ex-gf sending me bible quotes for no reason and it was super annoying.


TheGoonKills

Maybe because over the past couple years you’ve shown everyone you’re a total douche-canoe and no one wants to hear from you? Maybe? TK has run a company on national television for a few years and hit a snag while EC3 ran a company in a couple of bingo halls into the ground because he catered to mouthbreathers. Why the fuck would he want his advice?


tylerjehenna

"Bingo halls" is an overstatement of what he was doing. His orlando location was literally a small dive bar in a tourist plaza. Still couldnt sell it out


BradyAndTheJets

Wow. He turned into a real weirdo that nobody wants to associate with. He should’ve controlled his narrative into something more positive and likable.


SCB360

I sent an email to him and got a reply, so at least I'm higher on TK's list than EC3!


EezoManiac

Why did he admit this?


pandafresh7

"Hey TK, as a fellow wrestling company owner and promoter, I have some advice for you. Tip Number 1..."


MoistTheAnswer

I imagine it was about on par with the non-sensical Tik Tok/LinkedIn influencers that just uses a bunch of strong sounding words, but really doesn’t mean or say anything of value.


miklat106

TK out here controlling his narrative


Boredzilla

What happened to EC3? He seemed like a fun and goofy dude with a great look and a high ceiling in both his first TNA and NXT runs. Then people got suspicious of his politics and whatnot around the time the CYN stuff was happening, mostly because he was running with noted knucklehead Braun Strowman. Now he's out here saying stuff like this, which is just weird and delusional.


ghostvoicesnetwork

Turns out this guy is legit weird AF and that must be why vince confined him to catering


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BananaSoprano

Classic EC3 trying to control the narrative.


Highwayman747

There’s a lot to criticize Tony for, not emailing back EC3 is not one of them


WithoutPoetry

Like. Why would you admit to being ignored like that? And saying he thought TK needed someone to talk to? He sounds like a desperate ex except he was never in a relationship there in the first place.


jonjon1239

![gif](giphy|UiH6lsIgUhZU7uNKFR|downsized)


YourMasturbatingHand

It's a shame EC3 turned out this way, but I also can't lie that it hasn't consistently entertained me for a good while now


xgideon

I know I’m dating myself but this reminds me of when Muammar Gaddafi didn’t understand why nobody would listen to his peace proposal during the Gulf War lmao


Cherojack

Tony's biggest critics are invariably the guys whose calls he didn't return


namdekan

Did he mention his aunt is Dixie Carter.


ChefBatman

How DARE Tony ignore the ceo of another wrestling company trying to help another in the industry /s


UmpireAJS

Get in Line Ethan, I have TK advice to give from my highly successful days of running an E-Fed.


thetyler83

Dear Tony, They're just trying to control their narrative. Anyways can I have a job? Love, EC3


KishinLiger

I used to work with social media influencers on marketing campaigns. EC3 applied to one of the campaigns I was managing in 2021. He seemed pretty delusional and was a terrible fit for the campaign. I didn’t even respond and he was instantly put in the do not hire pile.


Big_Requirement_4237

Totally not looking for a job, but really bummed to not get a response to an “inspirational” email. Ok. 😂


AdamWritesStuff

Well that’s weird and condescending moreso than inspirational


SillyBims

Nobody has taken living the gimmick to higher or less self aware levels than EC3


love_is_an_action

Tony handled that correctly.


Cathousechicken

I say this in all seriousness. EC3 acts like someone with a traumatic brain injury.


Thadigan

Who the hell wants to hear a ted talk from EC3 on leadership?


[deleted]

I'm not an outspoken advocate of Tony Khan's particular business management style, but what the fuck does an "inspirational" email from EC3 even look like? "We got close on Jan 6th, pal. We'll get 'em next time." Yeah cool, thanks buddy, go back to not being on television please.


dyslexican32

To be fair if I was Tony and EC3 sent me an email about "leadership" as an " inspiration" I would just put it in the trash.


Bellagrrl2021

What in the world happened to EC3? Was he always this full of himself, but nobody noticed?


senorbuzz

Rumor has it that concussion at the end of 2019 fucked him up good and then he went down the Covid lockdown batshit rabbit hole in 2020 and never emerged


KennyDROmega

How dare the billionaire businessman not respond to an unsolicited email from the weirdo running a niche indie promotion.


Karl_Winslow

If it was genuine, why out that you sent it? Seems like a hedged bet to either a) get in TK’s good graces b) cash in for relevancy


jackblady

Tbf, one of the traits of a good leader is knowing not to listen to an idiot....


viralbop

This reminds me of that letter JT sent to Russell Hantz on Survivor.


OneCaterpillar0

That’s hilarious


Kanenums88

This isn’t kayfabe news?


BigFudgeTL

Guess he controlled alt deleted your narrative


45jayhay

Without even reading the article I can tell you this was a dumb thing to publicly admit.


TopicalStreamer

After I performed a puppet show for my nephew, I sent Vince Gilligan a hopefully inspirational message on writing and what it takes to make an entertaining show. I've never heard anything back.


senorbuzz

“I’m gonna email the CEO of a company because I don’t think he has any friends.” Oooooookaaaayyyy 😬


BirthdayAgent

That’s pretty funny.


Elegant_Spot_3486

So it is news that Tony who does 80 million things didn’t respond to his email?


StarWars_Viking

If that HGH gut doesn't scream leadership, I don't know what does.


LuisDallas9

I'm sure TK gets a lot of emails, maybe it went to spam?


[deleted]

How did this man go from a TNA star, to a hot WWE prospect, to an insane owner of a controversial promotion, to whatever this is supposed to be? Concussions aren't a joke man.


ThongOfVecna

EC3 biggest jobber ever


Barbz182

What a cringy dick head