Ex-WWE star alleges executives asked male wrestlers to do 'sexual things'

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Former WWE star Paul Roma said Monday he knew of wrestlers in the company who were allegedly propositioned for sexual favors during his time in the pro wrestling company.

Roma was in WWE – then known as the World Wrestling Federation – from 1984 to 1991 before he moved on to World Championship Wrestling. He was a part of The Young Stallions and Power and Glory tag teams and had a short run as a single competitor.

Amid the explosive lawsuit from Janel Grant against former WWE chairman Vince McMahon, Roma appeared on NewsNation and made further allegations of sexual misconduct from company executives against wrestlers. He told Ashleigh Banfield that the most recent claims sounded like the McMahon he knew and would hear rumors like that regularly.

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"You heard it on a regular basis for the most part," Roma said. "Then you wouldn’t hear it for a while; then it would come full circle. But it wasn’t so much Vince as it was the people that he had surrounding him.

"We’re talking about an industry where young, good looking, well-built men in the ring, half-naked, three-quarters naked actually … so yeah, it left a door open. He had a lot of people around him. Vice presidents and bookers that were very much into that. And they’d put you in really bad situations especially once you started making some money you kinda get comfortable with that; then you find out your job’s on the line – either do it or get fired. I witnessed quite a few that walked away. Money wasn’t worth it for