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The comments is (unsurprisingly) filled with ugliness from both sides of the issue.
I don't know how I feel about Jay Briscoe right now. Everyone is entitled to their opinion...but come on dude. I love him as performer and I don't want his personal life to effect my opinion of him in the ring.
On a lighter note, Pizzamania is officially a thing today! Check out my #SWAG.
I don't know how I feel about Jay Briscoe right now. Everyone is entitled to their opinion...but come on dude. I love him as performer and I don't want his personal life to effect my opinion of him in the ring.
There's a drastic difference between voicing his opinions on gay marriage and threatening to shoot people. He crossed that line so I think we are all allowed to think of him as a complete dumbshit
So.... /wooo seems to have come up with an answer to there no longer being a synchtube. I should be able to come up with a Wednesday* Night Wrestling by Sunday. Is Sunday night a good time to get together?
ROH just made another lengthy announcement about Jay Briscoe:
Jay Briscoe would like to again express his sincerest apologies and regrets to all, especially his young fans, for his recent hateful twitter comment. Ring of Honor has insisted that Jay also make a public apology at the Ring of Honor event this Saturday night. Jay will address the public during the event.
In addition to this apology, Ring of Honor and Jay have agreed that he will donate his full pay from the next two Ring of Honor events to the Partners Against Hate charitable organization. Partners Against Hate was created to help prevent, deter, and reduce juvenile hate-related behavior.
So Henry vs Sheamus at Extreme Rules is a strap match. Has there ever been a strap match that didn't suck? I hope the strap is just incidental and they don't go with the "touching the 4 corners" part because that always makes some of the most contrived wrestling drama I can think of
So Henry vs Sheamus at Extreme Rules is a strap match. Has there ever been a strap match that didn't suck? I hope the strap is just incidental and they don't go with the "touching the 4 corners" part because that always makes some of the most contrived wrestling drama I can think of
This is the best strap match, for my money. It also is a pretty good parallel for Mark Henry and Sheamus since like Vader, Henry is an awesome, giant killing machine and like Sting, Sheamus is an asshole sore losing weenie that everyone likes for some reason.
@gorillamopena: Looks like New Jack might be a new correspondent, didn't catch the show tonight, but that's a pretty major accomplishment if he has a consistent job with TDS.
@gorillamopena: Looks like New Jack might be a new correspondent, didn't catch the show tonight, but that's a pretty major accomplishment if he has a consistent job with TDS.
It wasn't anything like that. It was just a cameo in this "Scared Straight"-like segment. He just ran in and yelled at some kids.
So, I was watching Smackdown and, during the main event of Ryback vs Chris Jericho, Josh Mathews seemed to have a psychotic break and became Ryback's cheerleader while calling out Michael Cole for being Cena's hype man (comparing him to JR with Austin). I don't know how to react to it, but I think I liked it.
Yeah, Jay Briscoe said some ignorant shit. Should he be punished? Absolutely not.
Yep. Freedom of speech and all that.
Really cool of him to donate 2 weeks pay, even though it seems kind like a shakedown on ROH's part.
Not to get into this again but you don't have "freedom of speech" when you're representing a national company. He made himself and ROH look like shit. If you're going to be an ignorant asshole, you need to at least have the decency to keep it to yourself.
Yeah, Jay Briscoe said some ignorant shit. Should he be punished? Absolutely not.
Yep. Freedom of speech and all that.
Really cool of him to donate 2 weeks pay, even though it seems kind like a shakedown on ROH's part.
Not to get into this again but you don't have "freedom of speech" when you're representing a national company. He made himself and ROH look like shit. If you're going to be an ignorant asshole, you need to at least have the decency to keep it to yourself.
How'd he make ROH look bad? His words, not theirs. He's not the representative for the company, he is an entertainer who works for them. Anyone with a modicum of common sense would be able to separate the two, but of course ROH need to follow in the footsteps of every other cowardly company who are scared to death of angering oversensitive people. Just once I would like to see a company say "we completely disagree with this opinion, but support the right of our employee to express it."
Briscoe's been with the company a LONG time and made them a lot of money. He deserves better than to be thrown under the bus like that, even if his views are despicable and stupid.
And not to be snarky, but ROH are hardly a national company.
@cmblasko: He's totally representing their company. He's the world champion. I don't think someone needs to be "overly sensitive" to be a little disturbed by the fact that Briscoe said that he was going to shoot anyone who told his kids that gay marriage was okay. There's a big difference between "I don't agree with gay marriage" and "I'm going to shoot anyone who says it's okay." I don't understand how ROH is cowardly for not letting one of their employees spew hate speech in public.
Briscoe doesn't deserve anything after what he said. He should be extremely thankful that his punishment isn't much more severe. Think about your job and if you had said something like in a public forum, you probably wouldn't have that job anymore.
Just started watching Raw after some time away from it.
"Ryback Rules"
Okay yeah this show is quite literally for children now and has given up on hiding it. Ryback is playing the big bully to Cena's "witty" everykid. I hate WWE again already.
@cmblasko: He's totally representing their company. He's the world champion. I don't think someone needs to be "overly sensitive" to be a little disturbed by the fact that Briscoe said that he was going to shoot anyone who told his kids that gay marriage was okay. There's a big difference between "I don't agree with gay marriage" and "I'm going to shoot anyone who says it's okay." I don't understand how ROH is cowardly for not letting one of their employees spew hate speech in public.
Briscoe doesn't deserve anything after what he said. He should be extremely thankful that his punishment isn't much more severe. Think about your job and if you had said something like in a public forum, you probably wouldn't have that job anymore.
Does every movie company who signs Tom Cruise to play a role in one of their movies also endorse scientology and agree that psychology does not work?
And yeah, let's not pretend that Briscoe's comments were to be taken at face value. I'm totally sure he's never going to shoot anyone for doing anything. His comments were made on Twitter which is a public forum completely independent of ROH; as long as Twitter themselves are cool with allowing people to say what they want on their service then Briscoe's done no wrong on that front, either.
I'm pretty sure that neither my company nor anyone I work with follows me on Twitter, so my job would be safe. Not that I usually make my homophobic rants on Twitter, anyway.
Just started watching Raw after some time away from it.
"Ryback Rules"
Okay yeah this show is quite literally for children now and has given up on hiding it. Ryback is playing the big bully to Cena's "witty" everykid. I hate WWE again already.
@cmblasko: Well, first off, as far as your Tom Cruise example goes, there was this guy named Mel Gibson who said some shit and didn't get a whole lot of work after that but I digress.
Here's the bottom line with the Briscoe stuff. You're right. He absolutely has the right to say whatever he wants. If he wants to go on Twitter and say he wants to kill gays, blacks, jews, whatever. Go right ahead. But Ring of Honor also has the right to punish him in whatever way they see fit. Don't act like Briscoe is suddenly the victim here and is receiving anything more than a slap on the wrist. He'll donate his money, give his apology (I have my doubts about how sincere that will be) and everyone will forget about it. He's incredibly fortunate that he happens to be an extremely talented wrestler as well as an ignorant asshole.
Poor Ziggy. =( Also, I hope any and all kids Brisco have are all gay just so he can die from having an aneurysm trying to cope with this fact. Fucking Idiot.
You guys don't know how much shit I'm going through just to get this Cliff Compton/Big Donnie match up... I can trim the video but the sound is lost everytime and I have to get sound through Soundflower and synch it up later...
Wasn't the Briscoe stuff just in-character nonsense? At least, I assumed/hoped it was.
The funny thing about all this is, prior to all this happening, I thought they were Puerto Rican. I've never heard them talk, and I remember seeing a giant star on their bandanas, which I thought was for the PR flag. They looked like hoodlums, and I thought their gimmick was that they were street thugs. I'm shocked to discover they are actually white trash. I'm not sure how racist that makes me
You guys don't know how much shit I'm going through just to get this Cliff Compton/Big Donnie match up... I can trim the video but the sound is lost everytime and I have to get sound through Soundflower and synch it up later...
But the match is worth it.
I don't know much about Cliff Compton beyond the Deuce & Domino stuff, but the idea that he was in a match worth seeing is sort of freaking me out
@bennym6: I'm happy that he didn't come across as "I love gay people all of the sudden". He understood what part of what he said was over the line and apologized for it.
Wasn't the Briscoe stuff just in-character nonsense? At least, I assumed/hoped it was.
The funny thing about all this is, prior to all this happening, I thought they were Puerto Rican. I've never heard them talk, and I remember seeing a giant star on their bandanas, which I thought was for the PR flag. They looked like hoodlums, and I thought their gimmick was that they were street thugs. I'm shocked to discover they are actually white trash. I'm not sure how racist that makes me
They're actually really good at being white trash (and one of the very few in ROH that can cut a promo)... he's a good promo from them:
Been commissioned to draw a character called American Dream Girl. Hopefully, you guys can figure out why I'm having difficulty getting her drawn... if you wheel.
@cmblasko: Well, first off, as far as your Tom Cruise example goes, there was this guy named Mel Gibson who said some shit and didn't get a whole lot of work after that but I digress.
Here's the bottom line with the Briscoe stuff. You're right. He absolutely has the right to say whatever he wants. If he wants to go on Twitter and say he wants to kill gays, blacks, jews, whatever. Go right ahead. But Ring of Honor also has the right to punish him in whatever way they see fit. Don't act like Briscoe is suddenly the victim here and is receiving anything more than a slap on the wrist. He'll donate his money, give his apology (I have my doubts about how sincere that will be) and everyone will forget about it. He's incredibly fortunate that he happens to be an extremely talented wrestler as well as an ignorant asshole.
A solid picture of the streamers for Kobashi's last match.
THAT is cool. What an awesome sight. Really wish WWE were more open to the idea of big stars in other companies coming in to do short-term programs with some of their main eventers, or something similar. I want to see more Japanese and Mexican wrestlers in American wrestling.
Won't be able to make WNW* tonight. Gonna take Mamacut out for Mother's Day.
I wanted to be able to contribute a little something to tonight's entertainment as well but technical difficulties proved to get the best of me, so I guess I'll just make an announcement with no fanfare...
By the end of the month, the King Of The WarLoCs tournament will continue with the #BattleOfTheBears
Won't be able to make WNW* tonight. Gonna take Mamacut out for Mother's Day.
I wanted to be able to contribute a little something to tonight's entertainment as well but technical difficulties proved to get the best of me, so I guess I'll just make an announcement with no fanfare...
By the end of the month, the King Of The WarLoCs tournament will continue with the #BattleOfTheBears
@demoskinos: I've actually had one for about a month but I had to take it in yesterday and get it replaced because it was defective. Had a warranty luckily. I swear I have the worst luck.
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