I hope to keep writing and/or editing for Uproxx, but whether that will be about wrestling or another topic remains to be seen. We've been told that an official statement is coming soon. I don't know when wrestling coverage-written by me or anyone else-will return to Uproxx. There is supposed to be a public statement from soon. As such, the vertical has been suspended until further notice.ģ.
BRANDON STROUD SOULED OUT 1997 PRO
My editor in chief at was one of many people named by the pro wrestling community #SpeakingOut.Ģ. Our original post on this continues, first with the tweets from With Spandex writers about the vertical’s suspension:ġ. Pending the outcome of the investigation, we will take appropriate action. We took immediate action, including placing the employee on leave, suspending the publication of With Spandex, and launching an internal investigation into the employee’s behavior. We condemn discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are deeply disturbed by these allegations. Recently, allegations of inappropriate behavior by one of our employees came to our attention. Update: Uproxx finally confirmed that suspension of the vertical in a statement issued June 30, more than a week after their writers discussed the vertical’s suspension and two weeks after initial accusations against Stroud emerged. And as per With Spandex writers Scott Heisel, Elle Collins, and Emily Pratt, that’s led to Uproxx suspending the vertical. Stroud has a long history of involvement in wrestling (including time as an announcer for independent promotions) and in sportswriting (including time at Progressive Boink and its spin-off “The Dugout,” which he founded alongside Jon Bois and Nick Dallamora.) But the wider #SpeakingOut movement about sexual assault and sexual harassment in wrestling has included several allegations about Stroud. A good part of that has involved Brandon Stroud, currently the With Spandex editor-in-chief. Since 2014, Uproxx’s “With Spandex” vertical has been a prominent source of wrestling coverage, and Uproxx’s wrestling coverage dates back well before that previous Uproxx sports site “With Leather” incorporated a lot of wrestling coverage as well.
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