
Mel Phillips
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Search complete. 10 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Mel Phillips".
Oct 30, 2026
WWE's SAUDI ARABIA CONTROVERSY EXPLODES! WHO THE HELL IS “THE HARDMAN”?
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9:44Mike MontiHOST
Very articulate.
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9:46Mike MontiHOST
But again, when he goes on a video and says he's on an airplane and he sees some kid under a blanket in Mel Phillips lap and he walks by.
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9:56Mike MontiHOST
Like what world is that? Okay.
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9:59Mike MontiHOST
Or, you know,
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13:37Phil CiceroGUEST
Right.
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13:37Phil CiceroGUEST
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13:37Mike MontiHOST
mean, I did want to say this, you know, by the chance that Mel Phillips is innocent, his life was ruined.
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13:44Phil CiceroGUEST
Yeah.
When It Was Real - Episode 87 - Madison Square Garden - October 22, 1979
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29:59Nikita BreznikovHOST
But it was somewhat intense.
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30:02Nikita BreznikovHOST
And then Mel Phillips was waved over.
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30:04Nikita BreznikovHOST
So I don't know what was going on.
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30:06Nikita BreznikovHOST
But they definitely had to do some kind of adjustment.
Ring boy lawsuit continues | Netflix upheaval | NXT vs. Blood & Guts | Pollock & Thurston
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8:24Brandon ThurstonHOST
So they if this goes forward, and doesn't get settled anytime soon, there will be depositions.
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8:31Brandon ThurstonHOST
Obviously, the people who are alleged to have done the abuse Mel Phillips, Pat Patterson and sexual harassment from Terry Garvin, Those people are all dead.
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8:40Brandon ThurstonHOST
So but there are still these John Doe plaintiffs who could all be deposed.
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8:45Brandon ThurstonHOST
I would think that they would be deposed.
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9:46John PollockHOST
It's did this information make its way to Vince and Linda McMahon? And what did you do as the leaders of this company? What did you do with this information that that made it possible? toward you.
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9:58John PollockHOST
And we have, on record, Nick Koniski telling us that he tried to voice his concerns about what was going on.
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10:05John PollockHOST
Like, there are enough instances that it would be very hard for Vince McMahon to state, I had no knowledge of this at all, and A key part of that is Mel Phillips being fired in 1988 and then being brought back and what they can ultimately get out of Vince and Linda McMahon, because they are trying to prove that they were negligent here in their overseeing of of these contractors that were working for the company.
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10:34Brandon ThurstonHOST
And let's review to why – so we had – we originally had eight John Doe plaintiffs.
Wrestling with NuKKle HeDDs (Wrestling Talk, News, Debate)
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10:19HutchPANELIST
so she can still be liable
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10:21ShowHOST
Yeah, so, oh, so they actually put the plaintiffs claim that they were groomed and sexually abused by former ring announcer and crew boss Melvin Phillips, who died in 2012, as well as other former employees, including Pat Patterson, Terry Garvin.
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10:36ShowHOST
The suit asserts that the company leadership were aware of the abuse and failed to stop it.
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10:41ShowHOST
So, yeah, they named Pat Patterson, Terry Garvin, and Melvin Phillips, but I know that there were some referees that were involved in it also.
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10:54ShowHOST
But like I said, I'm not sure if it
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10:55HutchPANELIST
specifically...
WMG 212: August 1989 WWF TV (3-Hour Prime Time Special, Sing-a-Song Showdown!)
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63:32Matt CrowderGUEST
He would get on the mic.
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63:33Matt CrowderGUEST
He'd give the Fink or Mel Phillips or Dave Zink, whoever, all getting, loading her
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63:40Ray RussellHOST
up.
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63:40Ray RussellHOST
You saw it.