Rings of Europe is now dealing with a full-blown talent revolt after Diana Strong’s disturbing claim about what happened backstage.
Strong previously said the promotion printed a large picture of a topless woman with her face photoshopped onto it, wrote “Dirty Diana” under it, showed it around backstage, and left it in the men’s locker room. She made it clear she never approved any of it.
Now, multiple wrestlers appear to be walking away from the promotion. Diana shared several posts on Instagram Stories showing talent distancing themselves from Rings of Europe and backing her and Violet Nyte. One wrestler said they were done working for the company after what went down.
“From today on I won’t be working for Rings of Europe anymore. After the actions the promoters made without the consent of workers, I want to distance myself, because I believe there should be a baseline level of respect for every individual.”
Another post said the locker room had a discussion and decided they were not comfortable working the show after everything that happened.
“After a discussion with the entire locker room we all decided that we were not feeling comfortable working for Ring of Europe after everything that happened yesterday. So today’s show got canceled.”
A third wrestler said the roster came together and refused to continue with the show.
“After recent events taken place at ROE concerning @violetnytepw and @dianawrestling the roster banned together and decided to no longer participate in the show. Respect your talent.”
That is a huge escalation. This is no longer just one wrestler speaking out about something she says happened to her. Now other talent are refusing to work the promotion, and at least one show appears to have been canceled because the locker room did not feel comfortable continuing.
The whole mess started with Strong warning women to be careful accepting bookings after she claimed the promotion used her face on a topless image without consent and tried to explain it away as a “storyline reason.” That excuse clearly did not land with the locker room. Rings of Europe was already taking heat over the Violet Nyte situation, and this latest wave of posts makes it look like trust between talent and the promotion has fallen apart fast.
This is the kind of issue that can wreck a company’s reputation overnight. Once the locker room starts walking, the promotion has a much bigger problem than online backlash.
Do you think Rings of Europe can recover from this, or did the talent boycott seal the damage? Let us know in the comments below.
