Drew Gulak reportedly labeled a ‘bully’ and ‘odd’
According to Fightful, several NXT talent made claims to Fightful’s reporter Corey Brennan that Drew Gulak was a ‘bully’ who would often target injuries during matches with talent that were recovering from minor injuries at the time.
One talent claimed that during a match with Gulak, he purposefully re-dislocated a previously dislocated finger, while another claimed that Gulak would intimidate talent into not reporting the incidents.
There was an incident during an NXT taping last year where Gulak was verbally reprimanded by Shawn Michaels and NXT coaches for intentionally spiking an opponent during a match.
One NXT talent who worked with Gulak noted that he was “odd” in the sense that he would often ‘test’ talent to see if they would react to his bullying.
“several NXT talent”. Who? He’s gone and they’re still scared to come out? And why didn’t anyone speak up before? Since when did Drew Gulak have any pull?
Just to be clear, I don’t give a crap about Gulak, but this situation doesn’t exactly add up.
Well Luke, let’s look at things with Bill DeMott. People didn’t come forward too much when he was in charge of developmental, due to fear for what could happen with their jobs. Trainers are seen as having a place of power. That’s how that kind of thing happens. I’m sure it’s probably the same with Gulak. Maybe they still don’t feel like they’re at a spot where they can come forward. There’s also plenty of victim blaming with things, so maybe they don’t want to be blamed for the things that happen to them.
You have to wonder if this is a beat up due to Ronda Rousey’s whining.
@Dustin
Except Gulak was not a trainer and it seems he was rather disliked backstage (by the higher-ups). So your theory doesn’t really clarify anything.
And if all this (both DeMott and Gulak) is true, then the cowards who never did anything about it are just as guilty.