*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

[sledger]

Good match between Uso and Bron.

Surprised they had Jey go over Bron though (although he really really needed to get a win from somewhere).

 

[honestbharani]

I am assuming he will move to a program with Dom Mysterio. Given how hot they both are, it makes the most sense. Could be the Triple H-Rock from 1998 all over again. At least, I would hope so.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Get Bron on a collision course with Gunther instead of that hobo Zayn.

 

[Arachnodouche]

lmao such nuclear heat. The wrestlers behind him are absolutely eating it up too. What a strange, strange man.

Edit: The Netflix doc is fascinating too, 4 episodes in. A lot of it is old hat but some interesting insight into how McMahon thinks...or wants you to think he thinks anyway.

 

[sledger]

The best bit is where at the start he basically says verbatim "You can't trust anything I say".

It makes his subsequent Twitter whine about how the doco didn't provide an accurate portrayal of his character even funnier than it already was.

I also particularly enjoyed him saying stuff that was then immediately and directly contradicted by other people (e.g., him saying that his family was fine with the proposed incest angle he wanted to do, and then them all one after another saying "no I hated that idea" lol).

Bruce Pritchard accusing it of being a hatchet job another factor that just made me like it even more.

 

[GotSpin]

The doco was alright. Probably really interesting for someone who doesn’t know the history of the WWE but not that revealing for those that do

 

[sledger]

The doco was alright. Probably really interesting for someone who doesn’t know the history of the WWE but not that revealing for those that do

Yeah, I thought so too, but I guess it wasn't really aimed at people who already know a lot about wrasslin' tbf.

 

[Arachnodouche]

That bit where The Undertaker insists he suffered a concussion in the loss to Brock but McMahon just outright denies it saying Callaway was probably just "traumatized" after being told the streak was ending...there are a few gems like that, especially the ones pertaining to his Randian outlook on life, that enhance his inhumanity/willingness to dehumanize others.

 

[sledger]

That bit where The Undertaker insists he suffered a concussion in the loss to Brock but McMahon just outright denies it saying Callaway was probably just "traumatized" after being told the streak was ending...there are a few gems like that, especially the ones pertaining to his Randian outlook on life, that enhance his inhumanity/willingness to dehumanize others.

The bit where Bret Hart says he used to think that Owen was murdered as part of an attempt to mess with him is really mind blowingly dire as well imo. Like...what a ****ing crackpot thing to think. At least he now admits it was a ridiculous thing to have ever thought, but jeez.

 

[Kraken]

the Stone Cold bit where he flat out denies the existence of CTE is an interesting take to say the least

 

[Athlai]

The bit where Bret Hart says he used to think that Owen was murdered as part of an attempt to mess with him is really mind blowingly dire as well imo. Like...what a ****ing crackpot thing to think. At least he now admits it was a ridiculous thing to have ever thought, but jeez.

Bret doesn't think the Sun revolves around the Earth, he thinks it revolves around him

 

[Athlai]

the Stone Cold bit where he flat out denies the existence of CTE is an interesting take to say the least

Noted scholar Stone Cold

 

[honestbharani]

The bit where Bret Hart says he used to think that Owen was murdered as part of an attempt to mess with him is really mind blowingly dire as well imo. Like...what a ****ing crackpot thing to think. At least he now admits it was a ridiculous thing to have ever thought, but jeez.

Bret doesn't think the Sun revolves around the Earth, he thinks it revolves around him

Wait, I read sledger's post as Bret saying Vince thought Owen was murdered as part of an attempt to mess with him?

 

[sledger]

Wait, I read sledger's post as Bret saying Vince thought Owen was murdered as part of an attempt to mess with him?

Sorry, what I was referring to was Bret explaining how he once thought that Owen's death was deliberately arranged (i.e., it was a murder) by someone in WWE (Vince I guess) in an attempt to get back at him for leaving for WCW etc.

Like I say, he's since retracted that view. But wow. It's one of the most ****ing batshit things I think I have ever heard. As athlai alludes to above, requires a staggering level of self absorption.

 

[sledger]

the Stone Cold bit where he flat out denies the existence of CTE is an interesting take to say the least

Yeah this was ridiculous as well. To say nothing of the equally idiotic implicit "people who get a lot of concussions must be doing something wrong, so it's their fault" undertone of what he said too.

 

[GotSpin]

Yeah this was ridiculous as well. To say nothing of the equally idiotic implicit "people who get a lot of concussions must be doing something wrong, so it's their fault" undertone of what he said too.

I thought the interview was cut up a bit for those Austin comments

I didn't think Austin denied the existence of CTE in its entirety. I thought he was denying that wrestling and CTE necessarily go hand in hand and that you cant put the Benoit episode just down to CTE. Unlike, say, American football where it's endemic and really just part of the game. Plenty of other guys have taken some serious head knocks over the years and haven't repeated what he did

 

[GotSpin]

Sorry, what I was referring to was Bret explaining how he once thought that Owen's death was deliberately arranged (i.e., it was a murder) by someone in WWE (Vince I guess) in an attempt to get back at him for leaving for WCW etc.

Like I say, he's since retracted that view. But wow. It's one of the most ****ing bat**** things I think I have ever heard. As athlai alludes to above, requires a staggering level of self absorption.

He is an artist after all

 

[sledger]

I thought the interview was cut up a bit for those Austin comments

I didn't think Austin denied the existence of CTE in its entirety. I thought he was denying that wrestling and CTE necessarily go hand in hand and that you cant put the Benoit episode just down to CTE. Unlike, say, American football where it's endemic and really just part of the game. Plenty of other guys have taken some serious head knocks over the years and haven't repeated what he did

Oh yeah I don't think he was denying their existence tbf, but his comments were to CTE what statements like "I smoked 100 cigarettes a day for my whole life and never got sick" are to lung cancer. Or so they felt to me anyway.

 

[social]

I took it as him saying that you didn’t suffer concussions if you knew what you were doing

He’s not a CTE denier IMO

Simply that he didn’t suffer many head injuries

 

[GotSpin]

but his comments were to CTE what statements like "I smoked 100 cigarettes a day for my whole life and never got sick" are to lung cancer. Or so they felt to me anyway.

I think it’s reasonable of him to suggest that certain styles of wrestling will leave you more susceptible to damage. That’s what I thought he meant anyway