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[truly101]

JBL is a piece of dogshit, but the culture isn't changing because he is gone. WWE is run by a egotistical meglomaniac whose favorite activity is to shove unsuspecting people into a pool just for the looks on their faces when it happens. Everything you need to know about whats wrong with WWE is right there.

 

[Nekofrog]

The crowd? Do you mean the crowd that are marks or smarks? Because there's clearly a difference. Don't act like all of the crowd supports the same thing. JBL falls in line here because from what I've seen everyone on this forum has disliked him even before this news broke, same with other places I visit, not everyone likes the guy. What you're doing is putting every wrestling fan in a box because everyone's against this. That in no way mean everyone wasn't against JBL in general. That's just blaming fans rather than the central problem. Secondly,

We've literally gone months and months with daily "fuck jbl" posts in the community thread, probably years before I even started posting there. No idea what that guy is on with the implication that we've only just now picked up on it

 

[crackhead_bob]

There's a difference between a rib like the ones Owen Hart pulled, and JBL specifically targeting those he knows can't fight back and trying to make them kill themselves.

I hope that you can see that.

What were the types of ribs that Owen Hart used to pull on wrestlers back in the day? I know he was a prolific ribber through the numerous accounts of his friends, co-workers, and family members. By all accounts, he was a real stand up guy. When people talk of Hart's ribs, they do so with fond recollection. So it would be a travesty if anyone within the WWE ever tried to use Owen's antics as a means of minimizing those of dicks like JBL, Bob Holly, and others.

 

[Tagyhag]

What were the types of ribs that Owen Hart used to pull on wrestlers back in the day? I know he was a prolific ribber through the numerous accounts of his friends, co-workers, and family members. By all accounts, he was a real stand up guy. So it would be a travesty if anyone within the WWE ever tried to use Owen's antics as a means of minimizing those of dicks like JBL, Bob Holly, and others.

Here are some

During a shoot interview Tony Norris, who wrestled in the WWF during the mid-90's as Ahmed Johnson and faced Hart in the ring on many occasions, stated that he had received a phone call saying he was to be featured as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. After spending a large amount of money on new clothes for the occasion, he was told a limousine was to pick him up and deliver him to the studio. After waiting a seemingly long time, he says that Hart appeared and asked him why he wasn't at the show yet. Norris, suspicious as to how Hart could've known about his guest appearance as he had not told anyone, said that Hart was then on the ground laughing; he then realized that Hart was behind the ruse and there was no guest spot on The Tonight Show. Despite this, Norris spoke very highly of Hart and said that he had loved working with him.

During the segments of wrestlers sharing stories about Hart during the RAW IS OWEN broadcast following his death, Shane McMahon mentions Hart and himself taking his brother Bret's wrestling boots and hiding them in a shower. Shane mentioned he was fearful of what Bret would do when he found out.

In his autobiography, his brother Bret spoke of a time when he, their father Stu, and Bret's oldest daughter Jade were in a hotel room during the WrestleMania IV weekend when Stu received a phone call apparently from former bodybuilder and wrestler Reg Park, who said that he was calling from the hotel's lobby. Having been acquaintances before, Stu was originally cordial until Park supposedly began accusing him of cowardice and challenging him to a confrontation. Bret mentions Stu becoming extremely irritated to the point of anger and was ready to meet Park face to face until he slammed the phone down, mentioning that it was Owen all along.

From the ones that I read around the web, the Tonight Show one is the meanest, and it's still light-hearted all things considered.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

I heard Ivory say JBL kissed Brock's ass from day1.

Yeah, Brock was a money guy, destined to be on top of the company, JBL would want to ride them coattails.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

There's obviously no problem here, see Kevin Nash has the answer, Mauro should just not be a bitch; bitches get mental illnesses yo

What a set of utter cunts some of these guys are

 

[funkystudent]

Old wrestlers defending the old way is the worst.

Saw the same stuff after Bill DeMott.

 

[plagiarize]

Old wrestlers defending the old way is the worst.

Saw the same stuff after Bill DeMott.

I think in this case it's more that JBL is really nice to the people he likes. Look at El Patron's comments. If JBL had done shit to him, there's no way he'd keep quiet on it. Plus there's probably a bit of not wanting to believe this about their friend.

If Nash was there the whole time, that'd be different, but he hasn't exactly been around JBL in the locker room much in the last couple of decades.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

There's obviously no problem here, see Kevin Nash has the answer, Mauro should just not be a bitch; bitches get mental illnesses yo

What a set of utter cunts some of these guys are

Mental illness: Don't be a bitch.

And JBL could be the nicest guy in the world. He is an absolute shit broadcaster.

As someone with depression, I couldn't imagine working in a WWE-like environment.

 

[plagiarize]

Mental illness: Don't be a bitch.

And JBL could be the nicest guy in the world. He is an absolute shit broadcaster.

As someone with depression, I couldn't imagine working in a WWE-like environment.

Okay yeah. Good point. That comment is clearly directed at Mauro, and whether Nash knows the truth or not... he shouldn't be telling Mauro to be a bitch. That's extremely shitty.

 

[MC Safety]

The WWE ran a segment where Stephanie McMahon physically assaulted an announcer.

Be a star is definitely just a theoretical concept for the WWE. And that's with the understanding its programming revolves around physical altercations.

 

[ebullientprism]

Yeah the Be A star has always been bullshit at best. Downright hypocritical at worst.

So many of WWE's storylines are where one guy straight up bullies another. And often its the "good guy" doing the bullying.

 

[Exis]

I canceled the network and put this as why*
* Really the network is easy to cheat

 

[bjork]

I like Big Sexy but I can't agree with him here. JBL has a track record of being a shithead, and WWE letting him slide on it is sad.

Yeah the Be A star has always been bullshit at best. Downright hypocritical at worst.

So many of WWE's storylines are where one guy straight up bullies another. And often its the "good guy" doing the bullying.

Enzo trying to bone another guy's wife and being the face in that story still totally blows my mind.

 

[Striker]

Nash is buddies with Scott Hall and Shawn Michaels who would fuck with guys like Bam Bam, Holly, Candido, etc. and made them miserable. Fuck them.

Bam Bam should've beat Shawn's ass like the Marine did.

 

[Mahonay]

There's obviously no problem here, see Kevin Nash has the answer, Mauro should just not be a bitch; bitches get mental illnesses yo

What a set of utter cunts some of these guys are

Suck a fat dick Nash. Piece of shit.

 

[shanafan]

What about Randy Orton? Didn't he shit in someone's luggage?

What about Hardcore Holly? Didn't he mentally and physically push rookies to a breaking point?

Didn't Miz get tortured early on for eating KFC over Chris Benoit's gym bag, and was forced to change clothes in the arena's bathroom for a year?

WWE superstars pull pranks across the ranks for decades. It's not just JBL.

 

[kiguel182]

Those old school guys are probably the last dudes you want to hear when it comes to that stuff. The culture in WWE is rotten, and it was much worse back then.

 

[Sephzilla]

There's obviously no problem here, see Kevin Nash has the answer, Mauro should just not be a bitch; bitches get mental illnesses yo

What a set of utter cunts some of these guys are

#FuckJBL

#FuckNash

 

[Mahonay]

What about Randy Orton? Didn't he shit in someone's luggage?

What about Hardcore Holly? Didn't he mentally and physically push rookies to a breaking point?

Didn't Miz get tortured early on for eating KFC over Chris Benoit's gym bag, and was forced to change clothes in the arena's bathroom for a year?

WWE superstars pull pranks across the ranks for decades. It's not just JBL.

JBL's recent incident is far more fresh. It didn't happen 10 years ago. And supposedly current performers within the company aren't happy about this either, since Mauro is just a nice guy that a lot of them liked. Most of the guys in the back aren't into this kind of masked abuse anymore.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Nash being a carny fuckwit. Never thought I would see the day.

 

[LionPride]

What about Randy Orton? Didn't he shit in someone's luggage?

What about Hardcore Holly? Didn't he mentally and physically push rookies to a breaking point?

Didn't Miz get tortured early on for eating KFC over Chris Benoit's gym bag, and was forced to change clothes in the arena's bathroom for a year?

WWE superstars pull pranks across the ranks for decades. It's not just JBL.

Yeah, and Randy shitting in Kelly Kelly's bag is still brought up by fans, Holly is a known asshole who people liked, so was Benoit. Yet almost none of that, is like being a catalyst for a man losing his dream job because you're a cunt who likes bullying people.

 

[Heroman]

What about Randy Orton? Didn't he shit in someone's luggage?

What about Hardcore Holly? Didn't he mentally and physically push rookies to a breaking point?

Didn't Miz get tortured early on for eating KFC over Chris Benoit's gym bag, and was forced to change clothes in the arena's bathroom for a year?

WWE superstars pull pranks across the ranks for decades. It's not just JBL.

And all those guys should be punished and fired for their actions. And it's not pranks it's bullying.

 

[Striker]

And all those guys should be punished and fired for their actions. And it's not pranks it's bullying.

Go read up on Cena and his altercations with Alex Riley and Kenny Dykstra which all but ruined their careers.

 

[Rockandrollclown]

What about Randy Orton? Didn't he shit in someone's luggage?

What about Hardcore Holly? Didn't he mentally and physically push rookies to a breaking point?

Didn't Miz get tortured early on for eating KFC over Chris Benoit's gym bag, and was forced to change clothes in the arena's bathroom for a year?

WWE superstars pull pranks across the ranks for decades. It's not just JBL.

I don't routinely see people defending any of these.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Go read up on Cena and his altercations with Alex Riley and Kenny Dykstra which all but ruined their careers.

Whats your point here?

Cena is a Hogan like carny and bully?

Fuck him too.

It is ridiculous that this type of thing happens in a work place.

 

[Sanjuro]

Whats your point here?

Cena is a Hogan like carny and bully?

Fuck him too.

It is ridiculous that this type of thing happens in a work place.

James Ellsworth. One man show in an empty arena during halftime.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Go read up on Cena and his altercations with Alex Riley and Kenny Dykstra which all but ruined their careers.

What Cena did was wrong, but let's not pretend Kenny and Alex were particularly good. Both make Zack Ryder look like Ric Flaur in comparison.

Now Miz should use whatever stroke he's got to get JBL kicked out. I mean he cut a promo on air about JBL being a bully no less.

 

[Goose_Se7en]

Big Sexy, saying exactly how things are currently in WWE and have been for a long time.

 

[MC Safety]

What about Randy Orton? Didn't he shit in someone's luggage?

There's no doubt Orton bullied the woman. Rochelle Loewen, Orton's victim, claims he did not defecate in her bag.

http://rajah.com/2005/3394

 

[Autumn Wind]

I asked Nash a similar question. No one could have thought he was actually going to trash JBL though.

 

[Grifter]

Warning: thread contains unironic uses of "what about" and "in my day."

 

[XenoRaven]

Warning: thread contains unironic uses of "what about" and "in my day."

Don't forget "it is what it is"

 

[Zach]

Warning: thread contains unironic uses of "what about" and "in my day."

Don't forget "it is what it is"

Get 'em.

 

[AColdDay]

Don't forget "it is what it is"

Stone Cold Steve Austin says that all the time on his podcast, and that's how it started working its way into my normal vocabulary. Now my wife says it all the time!

 

[XenoRaven]

Stone Cold Steve Austin says that all the time on his podcast, and that's how it started working its way into my normal vocabulary. Now my wife says it all the time!

I'm not a fan of the phrase in general, but there's an innocuous way to use it and there's a dismissive way to use it.

For example, someone botches a piledriver and breaks your neck, it is what it is.

If that person keeps doing piledrivers and continues breaking people's necks, "it is what it is" is no longer appropriate.

 

[Tom Nook]

There's obviously no problem here, see Kevin Nash has the answer, Mauro should just not be a bitch; bitches get mental illnesses yo

What a set of utter cunts some of these guys are

SMH at Nash.

 

[Catchpenny]

Nash should tell his quads to stop being such bitches.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

What a surprise, Nash is being a dumb asshole.

Seriously wrestling is the worst.

 

[Skatterd]

Nash wanted to make a response so bad that he tore his quad

 

[Tom Nook]

http://www.gerweck.net/2017/04/13/kevin-nash-defends-jbl/

 

[LakeEarth]

I had an idea for a Youtube skit called "Kevin Nash Mental Hospital" where he goes around the hospital introducing people with serious mental conditions that he cures by screaming "DON'T BE A BITCH!" at them.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

http://www.gerweck.net/2017/04/13/kevin-nash-defends-jbl/

So sneaking around showers and rubbing people's asses without their consent is "men being men" now?

 

[Keyser Soze]

Nash does not have a leg to stand on with that logic

 

[Professor Beef]

No, not Big Sexy...😭

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Nash does not have a leg to stand on with that logic

Truly

 

[Violence Jack]

http://www.gerweck.net/2017/04/13/kevin-nash-defends-jbl/

And Nash just tore his quad again while Tweeting.

 

[kiguel182]

fuck Nash. That toxic masculinity idea is ridiculous and using it as an excuse to bully others is terrible.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

http://www.gerweck.net/2017/04/13/kevin-nash-defends-jbl/

 

[RedAssedApe]

What about Randy Orton? Didn't he shit in someone's luggage?

What about Hardcore Holly? Didn't he mentally and physically push rookies to a breaking point?

Didn't Miz get tortured early on for eating KFC over Chris Benoit's gym bag, and was forced to change clothes in the arena's bathroom for a year?

WWE superstars pull pranks across the ranks for decades. It's not just JBL.

"pranks" lol