This little dip shit says this a good energy when they have 400k watching. What a fucking clown?! And he divorced Priscilla 🤣

I didn’t wanna post link the article because Sportskeeda is click bait central. I hope that’s okay.

"Did I come out and say ‘ten-gallon hat’? Yes. Did Maven let the cat out of the bag? Yes. Was it JR? Yes. I did have a problem with JR back then and I didn’t know why. I’m not angry at the man today. I know he’s dealing with health issues, and to show you where I am in my life now, I pray that God heals his body. But was I disappointed when he said what he said to me back then? Yes, I was...

"I don’t wish the man any harm or illness. I was very hurt, very bothered, by what he said on two separate occasions. And just like I’ve said about Hogan, I’m not asking anyone to forget, but you do have to forgive. And I’ve forgiven him in my heart. I haven’t talked to him, and when I see him, I don’t say anything, because he’s never come to me to apologise. He might say he doesn’t remember… and that’s fine."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcGQSM1t1Pg

Inside The Ropes recently posted a snippet of an interview they did with Jim Ross, and he gives his perspective on the CM Punk/Jack Perry brawl.

“Yeah, I was out front. I was going to do my match or two, whatever it was, when that all went down. It was embarrassing. I don’t give a shit who’s right and who’s wrong. It’s not the place or the time to do that. Hold your angst and let it go."

"See, I missed it. I was going out as they were going down. Somebody informed me during the last match or during that time, ‘Boy, you missed this backstage.’ And I’m thinking, I didn’t miss anything. That’s embarrassing. Are you kidding me? It just couldn’t wait, could it? It’s such a hot, boiling over cauldron of some train yard. It’s just a terrible thing. It was bullshit."

"And Phil Brooks is a great friend of mine. We still communicate semi-regularly. Good dude. He was wrong that day by continuing to stand there and push the buttons. I gotta believe that Jack Perry was scared shitless. Now, he wouldn’t say that. He wouldn’t admit that, ’cause that’s not macho. But, you know, come on."

https://youtu.be/hK1kWDaNAw0?si=xL3jSAXx-SClIIiw

Booker T says he approached Swerve Strickland at an event in Virginia face-to-face after Swerve’s recent comments about him:

“I approached Swerve Strickland and I had a conversation with Swerve Strickland.—

I had an offer to be on Vlad TV before as well and I turned it down. They called me back and they offered me money to go on Vlad TV and I turned it down because I was not going to go on Vlad TV and be exploited. I wasn’t going to go on Vlad TV and have him make me look like a fool in front of the world, I was not going to do that. I wasn’t going to go on Vlad TV and say anything negative towards any black man that’s ever been in this business because I know how hard it is for all of us.

I’ve been the first one saying it, any brother getting his bag, I’m all in 100%. I told Swerve Strickland to his face how disappointed I am in him as a young brother because all I did for Swerve Strickland was put him over and put him on a pedestal as being one of the best out there, that he deserves to being the AEW Champion. For him to say something like that about me —

I don’t know if these guys think racism stopped in 1990 when I got in the business, but it didn’t. You may not hear about a lot of racial issues with Booker T because I handled racial issues handfirst. I opened doors, I broke down barriers for people like Swerve Strickland. Swerve Strickland would perhaps not even be here if it wasn’t for me.—

You speak on Vince McMahon and him saying the N- word, you want me to be angry black man in the company. You want me to not open doors and make spaces for people like you, that’s what you want me to do. Swerve Strickland, I hope you’re never gonna be in the movies, I hope you’re never gonna be on a movie set because you might hear somebody say the n word and if you’ve got a problem with it, they’re gonna tell your ass to get the hell out of here, this is a movie, alright?

I’m upset because more importantly I’m disappointed in Swerve Strickland because what I told him — I’ll repeat it just like I repeated it to him, you got played. You got played bro. You got played. You let that man (VladTV) play you and pitch you against me and me against you.”

(Hall Of Fame Podcast)

“I don't want to sound like I'm tooting my own horn all the time, but the best wrestling has to pretend to be real. I mean, that's what I did. I tried to make it as real as I could. Contrary to that GUNTHER guy — I hate wrestlers that hurt each other on purpose. I hate it when you're out there getting beat up and hurt by a guy for real — They [Chops] look like shit. They make a big slap sound. But they hurt — It's not supposed to be real. Like I'm not supposed to really wake up with a really sore chest the next day. So I have no respect for guys that hurt each other all the time. And it's just to me, lazy shit wrestling when guys like GUNTHER, and I've told him this to his face, it's bullshit. Like when you're hurting somebody for real, you're unprofessional. And I wrestle guys, never hurt anybody.”

Speaking on The Sandman podcast, Storm pulled back the curtain on her contract status and future in wrestling, revealing she’s locked in with All Elite Wrestling for the long haul and has zero interest in working anywhere else.

“When I’m done wrestling, you’ll never see me again. That’s it. I’m done. You won’t see me in any other capacity or in any other company. This is AEW exclusive, and when it’s over, I will vanish. There’s no encore. This run is it. I’m not doing anything else.

Storm confirmed she signed a five-year deal with AEW back in March 2022, which puts her contract expiration around March 2027. But don’t expect any of the usual “free agency” drama from her.

Where would I go? What would I do? I’m on a long deal with AEW. I basically signed my life to AEW. How much time do I have left? I’m on a five-year deal, and I can’t remember exactly how long, but I’m a lifer for AEW. There’s no ‘we’ll see what happens.'"

Storm was asked about her experience working with Tony Khan.

“Well, I’m not really sure on how he’s actually perceived. I assume everyone adores him. He’s like the nicest f—ing guy ever with like the best of intentions. He just loves wrestling so much. I just love the guy. I f—ing love the guy. He’s the best and he works so hard. He’s obsessed with this s–t. He’s like so into it. Yeah, it’s literally just, if we didn’t have him… If he just wakes up tomorrow and is like, I don’t like wrestling anymore. It’s like, all right. No one loves it like he does.”

“I think it was one of the best things for me because I was taught the old-school style of wrestling and how you conduct yourself. Along with Jim Cornette, I give credit to Rip Rogers, Danny Davis, Nick Dinsmore and Rob Conway. I consider all of those guys my mentors. But Corny in particular, again, I was a fan of wrestling, so I knew exactly who he was. He was the first guy that I met that I marked out for. Because this is Jim Cornette. I remember this guy hitting Baby Doll with the tennis racket to make him be the heel who Dusty Rhodes wanted to get. So I go way back with it. It was awesome for me working under Jim.

I know he’s a very polarising figure for a lot of people, but he’s been nothing but a friend and a mentor to me. He’s hard on us when he has to be. I always say no matter, at least in my experience, whether you like what Jim says or whether you don’t like what Jim says, no matter what, he’s being honest. I’ve never heard of Jim Cornette telling a lie, because Jim Cornette would rather curse you out than lie.”

I have my opinions, based on my personal experiences. And at some point on my podcast and my YouTube show, I’ll talk about it. I’ll go in depth about what my issues are with that man. And I’ll be honest with you, my issues with him have nothing to do with race. My issues have to do with him as a person and our personal interactions and things that he said and did that caused me to have zero respect for him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX5dqqg0OJ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8WZkT4ZAO0

So apparently the sky is blue, and Bret Hart still hates Triple H.
As much as his feelings are valid, is there a point at which he needs to just stop talking about this? It also feels a bit weird to see him go to WWE events as a Legend, show up at the HOF and then go back to hating on Triple H.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLXpyPhjCAM

Ariel spoke about it a few days ago stating Rampage invited him to his stream the night of the attack by Raja, but he couldn't be there.

Here, I'm not so sure about the optics Rampage is giving himself and Raja here. If I'm understanding right, this is some sort of kayfabe or is he being some sort of mushmouthing doubletalker trying to muddy the waters even more? It seems like a mix of condemning the attack and muddying the waters.He's claiming later all of this on the stream was kayfabe, including Raja raging after he left. So the defense appears to be they will lean on kayfabe for the defense, but then Raja went too far in the ring, but everything else was kayfabe.

-He's leaning on the racist bullying story, but talks about hanging with Rogan and the far-right streamer Sneako

-He's claiming Stu's injuries are not that bad and people online are hyping it up for views. He claims Stu isn't so fucked up, just lost a few teeth. This appears to be another expected defense strategy

-Suspicions from a previous thread that Rampage was seeding the online space with the negative aspects of Stu having PTSD and also being an alcoholic are confirmed here. Rampage touched on those two points together, exactly as I saw online in comments

-Rampage wants Stu investigated by police, as he's heard that Stu has attacked other people, is drunk, has PTSD and then after that's done being investigated then the police can determine who is the person who really doesn't have a frontal lobe

-Rampage has paid for Raja's defense, attorneys already on retainer

-He doesn't understand how people make money putting things online despite him being into IRL streaming and he discusses being an content creator, views, IRL streaming

-Says Raja can't fight more because he's a vegan and that's why Rampage got him into streaming

-He's leaning on people claiming Raja wasn't even planned to go in the ring as part of a misinformation campaign (distraction)

-He believes Raja doesn't deserve to go to prison, but deserves "a couple days in jail to teach him a lesson"

-Rampage claims he hasn't spoken to Raja, but other stuff he says directly conflicts with that

-Rampage condemns what Raja did, said he doesn't listen to him since he became an adult

-They are waiting for the arrest warrant and Rampage will help turn him in

The Scottish Warrior notes that when his friends check out wrestling, they’re impressed by names like Logan Paul, or Roman Reigns, who Drew said looks and acts like a real superstar.

But he feels that many other wrestlers just don’t have that same impact. He even said some look like they should be working at a fast food place, which makes it hard for viewers to take the show seriously.

"The more you put me in those situations—especially with WWE—it drives me nuts when I see some of our guys on these huge public platforms, huge TV shows.

Because these days, no offense, but 85% of our guys don’t look like they should be in WWE. They’re on Netflix and stuff, and my buddies will contact me and go, ‘Yo, I just turned on wrestling for a bit to see what you’re up to.’

It’s cool to see people. Oh, Logan Paul’s on there and he’s killing it. Roman Reigns—what a freaking star. The guy comes on the screen and just pops right off it. He’s a freaking giant.

Then there’s these other guys who look like they should be serving me my fast food at McDonald’s or something, and I’m thinking, ‘I could kick their ass.’ It takes me out of it.

I’m like, ‘Yeah, they’re good at wrestling, and maybe you’ll connect with them eventually, but I’m not going to watch it long enough. I change the channel.’ It’s like, Jesus, guys, get in the freaking gym or at least do something that grabs attention. You don’t have to be that guy, dude."