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Yeah I don't really care what people want to do to themselves or each other as long as its not breaking any laws. It seems that there's more than just smoke to the other parts of the allegations, which is at once disappointing yet at the same time not considering how much he prefers how "things used to be".

DX eating bananas on commentary back in like 1997 on RAW was a dig at the infamous "Cornette likes it when his (first) wife shoves bananas up his ass" story that was well known at the time. Also someone on the WO board posted the confrontation between Cornette and Santino at a convention a few years back, and at one point Santino calls him a "fucking rapist". Wrestling's been known as , and sometimes proud of being, a scummy business forever. I always felt if the bill ever came due it would probably scorch-earth a lot of the business but whoever would be left standing could hopefully build it back to a higher standard (expecting people to not be sex creeps is not exactly a high standard, but it's where we're at now).

He and Bea allegedy bullied someone who accused Will's friend/roommate of misconduct.

Yeah that's the one, my bad.

ExposedWrestling on twitter is keeping a list along with screenshots/retweets of people telling their stories of abuse.

Apparently Marty Scrull sleeping with underage teens has been a known thing on the UK wrestling scene.

Sometimes people get more justice on Twitter than the courts, that's a reflection of how fucked up both are. Besides, at the very least it seems there's pretty clear evidence from David Starr himself (based on how he's handled this situation) that he's a shit person who emotionally abuses people he's in a relationship with. Not someone I'm going to shed any tears over losing their reputation, and honestly not someone I believe is innocent of anything he's being accused of.

Something is clearly brewing with the Arn stuff and since this isn't a company that has a history of disappointing the audience, I'm stoked to see where this is going. I will say as the promotion that clearly sees itself as the spiritual successor to JCP, it's odd to me Arn has gone this long without turning on a Rhodes yet. Him doing so would be a very "a leopard never changes its spots" thing for him to do.

Abadon could be a big star if handled right. A female wrestler with a legit disturbing gimmick is practically unheard of* and anything that can get people to stop what they are doing and say "what the fuck is THAT?" is a great addition to any show. Also signing Ricky Starks is a great, great move. He really came off as a star in the making on the NWA shows, and I'm stoked he landed with a company that won't waste his potential by having him spend his peak years in a warehouse doing rolling drills. *yeah you had Su Yung and Rosemary in Impact but this character takes it to another level

Also Rinku used to pitch in the minor leagues for my Pirates so I'm a big fan just for that alone. but yeah, they give off a real Samoan Swat Team vibe where they look like they could kill you if they felt the inclination which is a thing I didn't realize I missed in wrestling.

Lorcan/Burch vs the big Indian dudes sounds like it could be a fun time.

Watching NXT now and I noticed Bayley's plate on the women's tag belts is her old "hugger" logo. The SD women's title has her new one. They probably just reused it from the last time she had the tag belts but it's funny to me that's something they never bothered to change.

Jericho trying desperately not to laugh while Sammy sings is the best.

lol @ Britt in the dumpster.

Cody's been talking about wanting a TV title since before AEW got started so I would expect it to stick around.

I thought that when they showed Arn, Tully, and Spears in the same shot in the stands last week....looked like foreshadowing.

Didn't know Marylin Manson's daughter got into wrestling.

Sadly most folks don't bother filing charges for things like rape because at best it leads to the victim being dragged through the mud and slut shamed and/or the authorities not taking it as serious as they should.

Tessa had several people confirming reports of what she said, and the person it was said to even came forward and confirmed it. Not to mention it brought out others to share other stories of her being an asshole to people (just not necessarily a racist one). It wasn't just some mentions of a long ago incident.

I mean, Vince is the guy who long believed anyone sneezing was a sign of weakness, so it should be no shocker that they completely bungled their handling of a global pandemic. I'm sure he's in his office scoffing at all these people wanting to wear masks like "real men don't need masks, PAL!"

So listening to the Observer show from last night, WWE didn't want people wearing masks in the "crowd" because they didn't like how it would look on TV

I wonder how pro wrestling not being mainstream has helped wrestling fans not be as bad as those other fandoms. It seems to be a common denominator that once stereotypical "nerd" things become popular with the normies, all the folks who were down when it wasn't cool become insufferable.

I really hope the end of the doc has Taker happy with the Boneyard match and finally at peace to call it a career. Ending it with him wanting to do another match despite *finally* getting the "Mainia Moment" he's been desperately seeking for would be real-life-imitating-The Wrestler moment.

Not to mention a lot of (most?) female wrestlers have to deal with creepy stalkers on a regular basis, it really makes me want to punch anyone crying about being bullied because someone said their match sucked.

To be fair, Impact''s issues had a lot to do with Dixie getting publicly outed badmouthing Spike execs while lying to them about bringing back Russo. She made the company radioactive for any other TV station even after she "left" (she technically still owns like 5% of the company I believe) and none of them would touch Impact with a ten foot pole. Callis and company had to climb an Everest-sized mountain just to get back to ground level, I don't envy the position they were in.