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April Wrasslin' |OT 2| I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!

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Zach

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Beefy said:
Never even heard of it.
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Heh. I went to the Wikipedia entry and this is the picture:

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I rest my case.
 
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Beefy

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"Right now, the backlash towards a friend of mine, a colleague, 'JBL' John 'Bradshaw' Layfield, a guy that I have been knowing for 25 years… Man, it's crazy. I don't know if you saw SmackDown just last week, the chants were, 'fire JBL' and that right there, this flashmob takeover from the fans sometimes, getting into the business side because of social media now and everybody knows everything." Booker T acknowledged, "the wrestling fans have never been so close to the business than they are right now in 2017 and I'll tell you it's a good thing. It's a great thing because, as sports entertainers, we need our fans. We do. We definitely need our fans, but as far as the hashtag, #FireJBL, I'm like [podcast cohost Brad Gilmore], it should go away. We should move on. Men fight! That's what we do!"

Booker T implied that the rift between JBL and Ranallo centered on things JBL did in his role as a heel commentator and that the professional wrestling business is unique and difficult for some people.

"A lot of people like Ranallo. A lot of people really and truly like what he does as a journalist, what he does as a commentator for New Japan for many years, what he does for Showtime [Championship] Boxing, Strikeforce. He has done it all. He has been around for a long time and, like I said, a lot of people love him. But the business, the wrestling business is different from any other entity that you are ever going to encounter on this Earth!" Booker T continued, "I think Mauro, and I say again, I like Mauro even though he blocked me or unfollowed me on Twitter. I mean, I didn't do anything. Do you know what I mean? We talked boxing all the time, but Mauro obviously had a problem with JBL and the way they did their work. Now, JBL is what is called a heel commentator. That's just something we do and that's something that has been done since the beginning of time. It's going to go on throughout the history of professional wrestling. One guy's going to be for the good guy. One guy's going to be for the bad guy. Or just vice versa. It's just part of the game."

With respect to bullying, Booker T is of the opinion that bullying is a term that only applies to youths.

"I'm going to be straight up as far as this 'bullying' term. Let's take that bullying term and put it back in preschool and our junior high schools and our high schools. When you're out of high school, I think the bullying rule stops. Do you know what I mean? I think the bullying rule pretty much goes away when you're a grown man and you're able to take up for yourself and throw hands or go and talk to someone and say, 'hey, I don't feel like I'm being treated right with this commentator here. Maybe you need to move me somewhere else and put me on another show. Otherwise there could be problems therefore ramifications.' But I don't think the bullying rule falls under grown men having an issue with each other."
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http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2017/0420/625441/booker-t-on-mauro-ranallo-jbl/
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Fuck Booker T
 
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FlammableD

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I suspect we should avoid speculating wildly on the relationship, mental health and drug use of people we don't know and will never know.
 
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BewareTheBatsie

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serenewarfare said:
That was the second suspension. The reaction is to the first suspension, where she failed because she delayed taking the test too long, probably because she knew she would fail. Then she got mad because "I didn't fail, I just didn't take it in time." Which is a ridiculous justification.
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That's a weird excuse and a tad bit suspicious. Since it kind of makes Paige sound like she was dragging the test out since some drugs do only take a few days before they're out of your system.

I don't know what the story is there. My best guess is she was taking something for the pain in her neck which wasn't WWE approved.
 
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SallyIsNow

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Tupakaveli said:
Fuck JBL, fuck Vinnie, fuck WWE as a staff, Sports Entertainment company and as a motherfucking crew!
And if you want to be down with WWE, then fuck you too!
HHH: fuck you too!
All you motherfuckers, fuck you too!
(Take money, take money)
All of y'all motherfuckers, fuck you; die slow, motherfucker
My .44 make sure all y'all kids don't grow!
You motherfuckers can't be us or see us
We motherfuckin' marks, GAFside til we die!
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^
 
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Oersted

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How exactly did Nia Jax happen? Vince had issues seeing the beauty in Gail Kim and AJ, but he somehow sees it in Nia? Not a dig against Nia, she is just such a massive departure from WWEs typical model type.

Has Vince changed or is it because of that family?
 
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Mahonay

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FlammableD said:
I suspect we should avoid speculating wildly on the relationship, mental health and drug use of people we don't know and will never know.
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If you don't think Paige's general behavior is worrying I don't know what to say. I've had family members and my current spouse who've suffered from addiction, and Paige is throwing up red flags.
 
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Pikma

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FlammableD said:
lol at Aliyah getting literally 0 reaction at Full Sail, you have to be a special level of garbage to get no reaction from them
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She's fucking horrible at anything related to wrestling, she can't even make her entrance feel natural. how she has a fucking tv spot over more talented women, because I refuse to believe they don't have anyone even remotely more talented, is beyond me
 
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BewareTheBatsie

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Oersted said:
How exactly did Nia Jax happen? Vince had issues seeing the beauty in Gail Kim and AJ, but he somehow sees it in Nia? Not a dig against Nia, she is just such a massive departure from WWEs typical model type.

Has Vince changed or is it because of that family?
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If Rock picks up the phone and tells Vince his cousin wants to become a wrestler, it happens.
 
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FlammableD

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Mahonay said:
If you don't think Paige's general behavior is worrying I don't know what to say. I've had family members and my current spouse who've suffered from addiction, and Paige is throwing up red flags.
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Didn't say it isn't, just that it's not really my place to speculate on it. You think half of Twitter's armchair psychology is helping whatever her mental state may be?
 
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Zach

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He was just being a heel, guys. In real life. Wrestling business. Sports-entertainment. It's a unique culture. You just don't understand. No one could possibly understand. But we're totally not in the wrong in any way. It is what it is.

It is what it is.

It is what it is.
 
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Pikma

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I wonder what the piece of shit thinks of having to job to the infinitely more talented Ember Moon every fucking night.
 
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Beefy

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Zach said:
He was just being a heel, guys. In real life. Wrestling business. Sports-entertainment. It's a unique culture. You just don't understand. No one could possibly understand. But we're totally not in the wrong in any way. It is what it is.

It is what it is.

It is what it is.
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I'm going to go to a SD live event and slap JBL, then give them that quote and see if they let me off.
 
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Zach

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Ninja Scooter said:
Listening to the Stone Cold pod...why the fuck does Vince Russo speak like that?
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I rarely listen to Stone Cast Steve Castin' these days, but I listened to the Vince Russo episodes because I can't help it. That man is such a nut. What a gah dang buffoon. Trumpian, really.
 
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