WWE News: WWE has reportedly expressed their discontent over Renee Young’s revelation that she is COVID-19 positive. The WWE superstar had last week Twitter revealed that she has been tested coronavirus positive. She wrote “Man. What a few days. My show gets cancelled and I get COVID. Wear your masks and wash your hands. Stay safe, everyone”.
According to the WWE rumour mill, the WWE roster has been instructed not to share their test details with anyone else. The issue became more serious when Wrestling Observer journalist Dave Meltzer revealed that WWE was unaware that Young has been infected. As of now over two dozen cases of COVID-19 have been reported in WWE.
WWE Talent makes big revelation on how the company is dealing with the situation
Two days after, Young announced that she is COVID-19 positive, a WWE Talent made big claims on how the company is dealing with the current situation.
Now that WWE has more talent and staffers starting to test positive, we’ve been informed by talent relations not to discuss our illness wit anyone besides those we may live with that may need to know [sic.],” read the anonymous statement.
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“We are FORBIDDEN to tell anyone else nor can we come out publicly to make any statements. It was stressed that WWE will take care of any medical treatments, should we need them. In the same breath it was made clear the company would handle the PR and only those that needed to know about our condition would know as HIPPA laws would prevent them from making our names public [sic.],” reported the Forbes.
WWE to continue tapings despite the situation
Showing defiance and utter neglect of the current health crisis, the World’s biggest wrestling company WWE has opted to continue tapings of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown and WWE NXT. On Thursday it was revealed that more than two dozen positive WWE employees, wrestlers and professional staff have tested positive.