jakecronus8 wrote:Scott Hall wrote:Waking up to the news that Ric Flair and Tommy Dreamer got cancelled on Twitter because of the
plane ride from hell. Had no idea Dark Side of the Ring is back already sounds like I need to see this
new episode asap.
I was jazzed to start the episode because the brief ways I’ve heard it recalled over the years propped up the Plane Ride to Hell as a funny story.
As the episode moves forward the gravity of how messed up the wrestling business was/is really takes hold of you. Rvd explaining how date rape drugs amongst the boys was interpreted as normal. Female talents being the victims of male talents exposing themselves seemingly on the regular. Ric Flair and Scott Hall attempting to sexually assault flight attendants in full view of their peers, 30k feet in the air. JR doing mostly nothing to stop the shenanigans. Just gross stuff.
Besides flair himself, Dreamer came off the absolute worst. While I can maybe understand not wanting to throw a friend and mentor under the bus on a nationally televised show, the simple method would to just give no comment or at most claim you didn’t see what happened. Instead he goes out of the way to defend Flair and essentially give the attitude of “It was funny. Don’t take things so seriously.”
Interestingly enough, they left out one of the most famous stories where Michael Hayes (who was obliterated drunk and also slipped a date rape drug) thought he was in the bathroom and attempted to urinate on Linda McMahon.
RVD was really the only one who came off likable in this episode (other than the poor flight attendant victim herself) and to a lesser extent Dustin Rhodes who in a stupor was the only one who stepped in to stop Flair’s antics from going any further. I believe Van Dam as he was probably the only guy who wasn’t drunk on the entire flight.
Another interesting part of the show was Jim Ross. I think over the years he’s mostly avoided the meat and potatoes of the story. Now as he’s interviewed in detail about it you can almost see in real time how JR slowly realizes just how messed up of a situation it was. When asked why Flair and Lesnar avoided any punishment: “…that’s a good question.”
This whole thing makes me thankful for the rosters we have today. Taker can stick it when he yearns for the good old days when “men were men.” I’ll take the wrestlers playing video games and doing podcasts over making a drunken ass out of themselves daily and exposing themselves/attempting sexual assault for fun.
This will undoubtedly affect Flair’s legacy and I don’t think Tony Khan would be stupid enough to bring him in anymore. I’ve also heard that Tommy Dreamer has already been excused from the next round of Impact tapings. I expect a future endeavors announcement on him soon.
I don't know about the current wrestlers and generation playing video games and doing podcasts we're just
coming off the Velveteen Dream and Tessa Blanchard scandals from last year not to mention the giant scandal
with guys like Joey Ryan, Marty Scurll, Michael Elgin, Jake Crist and so many other Impact, ROH and NXT UK talent.
So many Baseball players have done similar things with Roberto Alomar being the latest and then there is the whole
Kobe thing who like Ric Flair has been getting a free pass from all their fan boys all these years despite everyone
knowing what they did plus Steve Austin is a wife beater and is beloved by everybody and gets his own day and
podcast on the network. Seems like a lot of dudes can't handle being celebrities and feel like they're god and
can do whatever they want and the corporations that back them would rather sweep it under the rug then
deal with the PR hit.
As for Dustin Rhodes I've seen him get a lot of flak as well let Brock flash his wife and told her to sweep it under
the rug actually she said she has ton of stories and he told her to look the other way maybe that's why she eventually
dumped him? Also apparently he told one of the stewardess that they were gonna bang later. Agreed about Tommy
Dreamer dude has taken one to many garbage cans and steel chairs to the head over the years and I found it really weird
that he was marking out and putting over how big Ric Flairs junk is like a 19 year old girl.
Jim Ross knows the answer as to why Flair didn't get punished it's like Penn State covering up Joe Paterno. Flair
is STILL trending and it's been almost 24 hours since the episode aired I don't know if he can ever come back
from this and is finished for good?
I can't believe they didn't even mention Vince And Kurt Angle wrestling or fighting and Undertaker choking out
Kurt Angle to get him to stop and then passing out again.
I don't know what it is about Wrestling that draws in so many creepy people and complete low lifes to the art
form? I grew up in that brief period of time during the Golden Era where Wrestling was pop culture and main stream
and everyone seemed to like it. Then I would hear grumpy media types always trashing it and Wrestling became a
dirty word and something you didn't tell other people you watched. I remember I went 12 years without going
to a show and I couldn't believe the people I saw at the WWE and Impact shows I don't want to sound snobbish
but I felt like I was at a Star Wars convention and the fans at the Impact show seemed like they crawled out
of a sewer I just don't get it? Even though I don't like it I understand why Vince wanted to get away from "wrestling"
and call them "Sports Entertainers" because Wrestling became a real dirty word with a real bad reputation.
Agreed about the Date Rape stuff being treated like it was normal. I've met Shawn Michaels twice and always
tell everyone what a piece of garbage this guy STILL is but I saw this clip posted a few hours ago and I can't
believe how Brutus Beefcake thinks it's so hilarious and I'm also always surprised how these carnys snitch and
trash each other for a few hundred bucks for a shoot interview.