I did a Raw rewatch of 96-99 a while back when it first started up and there's a LOT of homophobia and other derogatory terms that are straight up no-go's these days.
It's definitely unacceptable now but I admire the committment to the archival aspect of keeping it as it was.
Originally it was s**t because I believe it was a reskin of some other organisation's on demand service, maybe MLB or NFL or something?
Then last year they redesigned everything. And somehow it's now worse.
Don't think Jericho has any bad blood. Just felt stifled in WWE and is carving out a new legacy in AEW. He's the kind of guy who just goes and does what he wants, eg. leaving wrestling for Fozzy tours.
It might not be his fault per se, the buck kind of stops with him though. I'll admit I had the same thought, and started to feel sorry for him as well, then they showed the clip of him tearing down the reporter and deflecting over an innocent question, and counter suing the widow of the employee...
The murder-suicide details were coming out while Raw was on the air weren't they? I don't think I watched it either but seem to remember people mentioning the mood shifting in the wrestler interviews.
My wife mentioned the flood of people bitching about Game of Thrones the other day, I told her it's nothing compared to Reddit/BigFooty/The IWC after a WWE PPV.
It's such a great storyline and some of Owen's classic character work (I love the "I am retired!" stuff), but man it hurts to watch the Blue Blazer stuff knowing how it ends.
Just watched Raw from 23-11-98.
Background is the Corporation is just taking shape. Now I don't know if it's only because I knew what was happening, but even just with today's wrestling knowledge, it's so terribly obvious that Commissioner Shawn is going to turn on X-Pac and join the...
I'm with ya. I just don't really get Becky. A lot of what she does just seems very cringe.
The broken nose was super cool. But ever since then they've just really overdone it. Like yeah, we get it, she's supposed to be a badass. The protein shake thing was the most cringeworthy scene in ages.
Rumbles are super predictable. You can name 3 or 4 blokes every year who are the only chance of winning. Having some old blokes get a nostalgic pop distract from that inherent pointlessness momentarily. The Rumbles aren't about surprise entrants, but imo they make a good surprise in what is...
Dunno if it's unpopular or not but I'd rather see old guys in the Rumble than NXT guys. I marked out way harder for JJ, and the Hurricane last year, than I ever have for an NXT entrant.
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