Busted Open Skips #RanceFiles: Bayley Interview Dodges Izzy Ties and Bully's Past
Professional wrestling loves to talk about “the boys’ club” being broken open, but when real accountability comes knocking, the microphones go quiet.
On or around February 20, 2026—right as the #RanceFiles investigative series was blowing up on X—Busted Open Radio welcomed WWE Superstar Bayley for a lengthy sit-down.
The conversation hit all the usual notes: her current storyline, WrestleMania speculation, being called a “living legend,” and the standard feel-good wrestling banter.
What it didn’t touch? Bayley tapping out for the first time in 5 years, RIGHT after the files dropped.
Not a single word about Izzy Moreno, the 18-year-old wrestler Bayley has publicly championed for years, or the convicted sex offender at the center of the current storm: Chasyn Rance.
Bayley was following Eric Hinkes up until early 2025 on X. Erik is the 3rd pedophile connected to Wrestling Atomic, where Izzy holds a title. Two others are Rance and Russell Steven Rowe, incarcerated child pornographer founder of Atomic/ALW
Chasyn Rance is a registered sex offender in Florida following a 2011 conviction for lewd and lascivious battery on a victim aged 12–15.
Despite that record (and more recent registry violations as late as 2025), he’s remained active in wrestling through his Orlando-based Team Vision Dojo—a facility that’s trained and placed talent into major promotions, including TNA/Impact’s Knockouts division.
Grok actually called TVD a pipeline for the KO’s over the years, and yup — totally obvious looking back now. Seems like every season funneled fresh knockout talent right into the main event mix.
The #RanceFiles threads have spotlighted those pipelines, old photos with Booker T, mentions from Chelsea Green, and a broader pattern of silence from figures like Dave Meltzer and Sean Ross Sapp, who should know better.
via Grok
Bayley has been one of Izzy Moreno’s most vocal supporters since Izzy was a kid attending NXT tapings and posting fan content.
Bayley shouted her out on social media for debuts, matches, and milestones.
Yet since the #RanceFiles started circulating details about Izzy’s early training connections to Team Vision Dojo (around ages 12–13, before she switched schools), Bayley’s mentions of her have gone dark.
No tweets, no stories, nothing. In an era where wrestlers are expected to speak on social issues, the selective silence stands out.
Busted Open—hosted by Bully Ray (Bubba Ray Dudley), Dave LaGreca (who has worked TNA pre-shows), and regulars like TNA’s Tommy Dreamer and Mark Henry—had the perfect platform to ask the tough questions.
Bully and Tommy were also cool with this.
They didn’t. And that omission stings more because of who’s on the mic.
Bully Ray was a cornerstone of TNA from 2005 to 2015 (with later returns), headlining as World Champion, leading Aces & Eights, and feuding in the company’s most memorable storylines.
During the exact 2005–2007 window when Chasyn Rance was appearing on TNA television and house shows as enhancement talent—squashing against Samoa Joe, Monty Brown, LAX, and others—Bully Ray and Team 3D were fixtures on the same cards.
While no direct match between them is documented, they shared tapings, events, and the tight-knit TNA ecosystem multiple times.
One archived recap even floats the possibility of Rance seconding Team 3D in a 2007 “Belting Pot” match against LAX (though primary databases don’t confirm it—possibly a house show or dark match).TNA wasn’t a sprawling corporation like WWE with thousands of employees; it was (and still is) a small, interconnected world.
Leva Bates, Izzy and Effy, back when the media cared.
Talent pipelines were narrow, and schools like Team Vision Dojo fed directly into the Knockouts division—Santana Garrett being one clear example who debuted in TNA in 2010 after Dojo training and later challenged for the Knockouts Championship.
Bully Ray, “in and out forever” of that promotion, was embedded in the same environment where these connections formed.
See photo above about Leva
So when Busted Open brings Bayley on during the peak of #RanceFiles and doesn’t even nod to the controversy—let alone ask about her relationship with a young talent tied to that network, or reflect on the host’s own TNA history—it doesn’t look like oversight.
It looks like dodging. Wrestling media has a responsibility to do better than surface-level chats when serious allegations and uncomfortable histories are public.
Chasyn was arrested in 2025, Busted Open hasn’t said a word. You know who else hasn’t personally? Dave Meltzer and Sean Ross Sapp.
