Dark side of the ring

764dak wrote: »

What should they have done?

Best thing to do would be to cancel the show and reschedule. This should be protocol any time a member of the active roster dies suddenly. I know wrestlers want to pay tribute to one of their own, and they have a real 'show must go on' mentality, but it would be best at least to give it a week, to let the reality of the thing sink in and collect their thoughts.

I'm very slow to criticise WWE in those kind of situations. In other things I'll do it but not in these situations because this is an active roster member dying. Owen hart they should have stopped the show but they didn't but they made the call they made.

Eddie guerrero and Benoit and Pillman are different types of cases to Owen because they didn't die at an event. I mean they can't not acknowledge it but they also can't really go on as normal IMO. I mean the people I mentioned had friends in the locker room and you don't know are they up to wrestling.

I know Jericho said it and I've said it that the William regal tribute was very different to the others the night of Benoits tribute. As far as I know he's never commented on it so only he knows what he knew and why he seemed different that night.

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

My likely version of events is him killing Nancy in a fit of rage, they'd been having troubles and he'd hit her before, then when he comes to his "senses" he decides Daniel would be better off dead than without his mother before finally himself since how in the hell could he live with what was done

It's all idle speculation really except it's known when they all died

Another sick crazy thing which was said in the episode was that he was 'looking up flights to get to the wwe event' after he done the murders

As those of us who watched the Benoit double episode there was a line in regards to Kevin Sullivan and it appears there was a lack of communication or communication mishap so Kevin Sullivan will be on Jim cornettes podcast on April tenth to have his say.

Itssoeasy wrote: »

As those of us who watched the Benoit double episode there was a line in regards to Kevin Sullivan and it appears there was a lack of communication or communication mishap so Kevin Sullivan will be on Jim cornettes podcast on April tenth to have his say.

The producers said the reason Sullivan didn’t take part because he felt his participation would compromise Nancis family involvement.

Gonna watch New Jack later. I assume it will only further the opinion that he is a absolute toe-rag.

New Jack what an absolute scumbag

brianregan09 wrote: »

New Jack what an absolute scumbag

I've not seen the episode yet but nobody has ever said new jack was a saint of any description in fairness.

Whatever about him as a person, New Jack had a great, believable character. You don't see that too much these days, aside from maybe Brock.

New Jack no doubt has his demons and mental issues.

The incident with the guy who lied about his age is odd as new jack was on the right side really but he showed no remorse and respect for the family esp when the guy passed away a few years after

PTH2009 wrote: »

New Jack no doubt has his demons and mental issues.

The incident with the guy who lied about his age is odd as new jack was on the right side really but he showed no remorse and respect for the family esp when the guy passed away a few years after

I'm right in saying the guy passed away from issues around gastric band surgery and had nothing whatsoever to do with what happened that night in ECW. So while it's awful he died, I don't see how the two are in any way connected. Should new jack have payed his respects to the guys family when he died ? Maybe, but new jack doesn't strike me as that type of person but I don't see why he'd need to be remorseful.

Brawl for All is a great episode.

Nice to see Droz on it.

Bart Gunn as well.

For all the relentless negativity and venom spewed at Vince Russo from all corners of Pro Wrestling, I thought he came across as very reasonable and balanced in that documentary. He admitted he wanted to stick it to JBL and see him get his head kicked in, and if I was in that locker room in 1998, I would have wanted that bully getting whipped too. After all, it was approved by the muppet at the top anyway, and even JR admitted he wasn't totally against it. OK, the Brawl for All turned out to be a disaster for everyone concerned but hindsight is great. Russo even felt remorse about seeing JBL get clocked by Bart Gunn after all the known concussion data out there now. I never hear Cornette show any of that humility in all his years mouthing off.
If Brawl for All was announced today for the first time, as a brand new concept, I'd be all over that. It would be great to see those lads try and fight for real and see who genuinely is tough. Kind of like how Lesnar answered the question when he jumped to UFC.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

That's a good idea for a thread.


Which 16 wrestlers in the WWE today would you have in a 2020 Brawl for All.


Winner faces Brock at WM.

Bobby Lashley would be a strong contender
Braun for his size
Prob a few NXT guys on there roster and in development that would be decent

J. Marston wrote: »

Someone on Reddit posted this a few hours ago...



You'd have to fancy Riddle from that, I'd say.

Corbin could be strong enough in that too

Feels odd saying something positive about him

CastorTroy wrote: »

I'd say Joe could be a tough opponent as well.
Who's the guy at the back of the right picture?

Tucker from Heavy machinery

How do we think Cesaro would do in there? I feel he's one tough mutha f'er. Strong as a horse too.

Furious-Red wrote: »

What was the idea of the Brawl for All concept? I wasnt watching wrestling till about 2000 onwards

Russo wanted JBL to get his head knocked off.

JBL kept saying in the locker room if this sh1t was real he would destroy them all.

Russo got ****ed of him saying that and wanted the bully beaten up.

Pitched the idea and Vince liked it and they decided it was a way to get Dr Death over.


Everything back fired except for JBL getting knocked out cold.



As it turns out knocking JBL out cold wasn't that hard as Joey Styles knocked him out cold too.

For a bully JBL didn't seem to learn his lesson with guys knocking him out.

Furious-Red wrote: »

What was the idea of the Brawl for All concept? I wasnt watching wrestling till about 2000 onwards

I remember even at the time me and my mates talking about how it was a bad idea. Remember, heavyweight boxing was red hot at the time with Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis etc so everyone knew a good boxing match when they saw one.

And then we had these clumsy wrestlers swinging handbags at each other.

HanFiredFirst wrote: »

That was an excellent episode I wouldn't say it was a dark side of wrestling just a stupid side.

LOL. That'd be a pretty packed series if they were ever to make it. Stupid Side of the Ring:D

If it ended up Riddle vs Lesnar now there'd be a good Mania spectacle