Michael Elgin Statement About Glory Pro Situation

During some of these private conversations with both of them I was frustrated and short tempered. I used language I should not have with either. I felt like I was put in the middle of something that wasn’t my place, but I admit that my attitude and how I spoke to both of them in that situation was wrong. I used language that I should not have. Accused them both of things out of frustration. I apologize for that. Maybe I should have stopped interacting with both of them entirely, but one was a huge fan of Glory Pro and fans were worried about her, and another was someone that I had closely worked with for a long time.

So now I’m stuck in the middle of a situation that has nothing to do with me. I’m not the police, I’m not a counselor, I’m not even his real employer. I’m just a wrestler wanting to put on a wrestling show. So now I am put into the situation of deciding, should I go against the wrestler who is alleged to have done something terrible, which would without a doubt be the end of his career in this business and ruin his reputation or should I stand by the wrestler who is claiming that what she says isn’t true and has some things that back that up but at the same time risk making her situation worse? So, I decide to do nothing and hope that it resolved itself. When she would contact me about it, I would tell her to involve the police. When he would bring it up, I would tell him to get a lawyer. He said he’s got one and that the process was underway. So I’m stuck. I never wanted to be involved in this and assumed by staying out of it that it would not affect me or my students. That’s why when this situation started being made public on twitter I had to cut ties with the wrestler. Was this the right way to handle this situation, I don’t know, I’ve never been in this position before, I’m just a guy, not a big business. It obviously didn’t work out because now I’m accused of turning a blind eye to a sexual assault and helping to cover things up. This has affected my students, it has affected my job and my family.

For everyone saying I’m somehow guilty because I went off twitter and sold Glory Pro, let me set the record straight. I wanted to clear my thoughts. I was being attacked on all sides, with non-stop questions. I wake up in Japan and this thing is going full force without me. I’m not guilty of doing anything legally wrong. Was I frustrated with the situation and say some things that I shouldn’t have, absolutely. I apologize for that. My frustration is no excuse for talking that way, even though the statements have absolutely been taken out of context. Regardless, I shouldn’t have used the words that I did even though I was frustrated.

And no, I haven’t really completely sold Glory Pro in one hour as some people have said. That’s not really possible. What I meant was I have begun the process to transition the company to others because I don’t want my involvement to be detrimental to the company. I love the company I’ve helped build, the wrestlers that have worked for it, and I love that the fans enjoy the product. If me being involved harms that, I wanted to make sure that Glory Pro was able to stand on its’ own without me if necessary.