A former WWE wrestler has claimed he was sexually propositioned by a company official, and after he informed Vince McMahon, he was punished.
On January 25, a lawsuit was filed hitting Vince McMahon with allegations of sexual trafficking, abuse and more – you can read the full lawsuit below.
Also named as defendants in the suit were John Laurinaitis, and WWE.
Since that lawsuit was filed, a number of former WWE stars have told their stories of alleged sexual misconduct within the company throughout the years.
Appearing on John Pollock and Brandon Thurston’s podcast for POST Wrestling, Nick Kiniski, who worked for WWE (then the WWF) from 1986 to 1987, claimed he was propositioned for oral sex by company official Terry Garvin.
Kiniski said:
“He would come up to me and hit on me… I won’t say what he said, but you’ll understand the meaning behind it. He says ‘Hey Nick, let me perform oral sex on you, you can read a Playboy and you’ll have it made for life.’ And, you know, he is my boss, he controls my boss. This is my livelihood, what I want to do, I kind of joked with him, I said ‘Hey Terry, you know, I’m not that way. But if I ever change, you’ll be the first. I’ll let you be the first.’ We just kinda laughed it off. But he was always kind of coming up and joking, and one time he came to my hotel room late at night and I told him to leave. Knocked at the door. So, it put me in a very awkward position, you know?”
POST Wrestling noted:
Kiniski was informed to lose a bit of weight by road agent Rene Goulet (Robert Bédard) with the expectation that the company would be getting behind him.
Standing in the way of career advancement was Garvin, Kiniski reflects, noting how the official would frequently hit on the wrestler and is sure that his failure to acquiesce impacted his trajectory to the next level.
Kiniski said:
“There’s no doubt about it. ‘Hey, if you let me do this, you’ll have it made for life financially.’ I mean, there’s no other way to take that.”
Kiniski stated that he voiced his concerns about Garvin’s behavior to Vince McMahon:
“I remember where it was, it was in Milwaukie, Oregon, we wrestled in Portland. I called Vince, and I said ‘Hey, Vince, I don’t think this is right. Terry’s hitting on me. I don’t appreciate that and I would like it to stop.’ And Vince said ‘Oh, ok. I’ll deal with it.’ And that was it.”
However, Kiniski said that instead of Vince McMahon putting a stop to it, Kiniski was actually punished after the complaint. He stated:
“I talked to Vince, I said ‘This isn’t right, Vince. I complain, and now you guys are punishing me. I’ll finish my bookings, but I’m not putting any guys over. Put me in the ring we’ll see what happens.’ Vince knows I could take care of myself, so he said ‘No.’ I said, ‘I’m done.’ I said, ‘I’ll finish my matches,’ ‘Nope, you’re done now.’ ‘Thank you very much.'”
Barry Orton and Tom Cole have both publicly claimed that Terry Garvin sexually harassed them.
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