After being told for months that Cody didn’t want to even be in the same building as me, he showed up randomly on a weekend while I was working and I literally came face to face with him. He greeted me like nothing was wrong and gave me an aggressive high five after complimenting my All In shirt.
I barely squeaked out the word, “Hi” as I walked past him to my office where I sat at my desk and hyperventilated because I was terrified that I was going to lose my job because I just so happened to be in the building at the same time.
I had finally received a credit in the first Countdown special as a ‘production assistant’ which they were hesitant to give me, but I had finally received recognition, was tagged in a Facebook post by my boss and had multiple people tagging me to ask if it was my name they saw. I put out a single post thanking people for their support and hoping to make them proud.
Throughout the next week, I find out that Cody allegedly screenshotted my tweet and sent it to my boss with a thumbs down emoji.
I’m told that I have to delete all my social media or be fired. In the meeting, I asked my direct boss if he had read the tweet. Not in a snarky or hateful way. The response was my other boss shouting ‘DON’T F***ING TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT!’ at me.
This led to my 6’5, Hall of Famer boss getting in my face, intimidating me into deleting my social media in front of him, saying ‘Do it. Now!’ And he knew I would do it because I wanted the job. And he would remind me constantly that ‘AEW doesn’t want you. You would NEVER be hired without me.’ Or that this person or that person doesn’t like you so we can’t let you be seen by them.
*Go to the NEXT page to continue reading this article
