Radiolab: The Montreal Screwjob

[Grimmas]

I was just downloading the newest episode of one of my favourite podcasts and it is about the montreal scewjob. Will listen tomorrow, but I am sure it will be fascinating.

 

http://www.radiolab.org/story/montreal-screwjob/

[Beast]

I had the same excited reaction, but after listening I found it completely unremarkable. The 3 main interviewees are Grantland's Masked Man, Peter Rosenberg, and VINCE RUSSO. As a wrestling fan it wasn't anything really and based on how they presented it, I don't know why a non-fan would have cared either.

 

I'm not necessarily saying they should have gotten Meltzer or not done it at all, but they should have gotten Meltzer.

[Grimmas]

Fucking Russo?

[Matt D]

NPR turned heel on you.

[Zoo Enthusiast]

NPR turned heel on you.

LMAO

[Parties]

While I'm not saying that wrestling should be held to the same BS tests and fact-checking as world affairs and politics, the way wrestling gets discussed within mainstream media always make me a little more suspicious of news reports and "experts" on other subjects. Whether your own area of interest is wrestling or Finnish movies or astronomy, it often seems that when presenting a topic to the layman, less-than-ideal people are chosen to speak on it. Even Shoemaker, who I like as a writer, can be hazy on history (though I can't blame him for wanting to appear on Radiolab rather than tell them "You don't wanna talk to me - you need Dave Meltzer"). I can understand Rosenberg as a 35-year old DJ for the biggest radio station in NY, and Shoemaker for Grantland cache, but Russo's continued ability to pull wool over eyes is really something. Though it's a something that would be avoided if WWE were willing to talk to the press about their own history.

[flyonthewall2983]

There was a laziness to the intricacies of wrestling during the Benoit thing that if applied to any other big story like that would have gotten people fired.

[Word Hoard]

My wife(who knows nothing about wrestling) listened to this today at work and texted me and asked me if I knew wrestlers called fans marks? About an hour later she asks me why I choose to be a mark. Thanks Radiolab, for introducing this term into her vocabulary.