Steveweiser
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Mickie Mickie You're So Fine... Hey Mickie!
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Post by Steveweiser on Jul 9, 2008 15:28:49 GMT -5
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jul 9, 2008 15:31:31 GMT -5
This thread's reaching page 9 at the least.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jul 9, 2008 15:31:32 GMT -5
and to think, all this time I thought he did it all on his own
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Jul 9, 2008 15:31:34 GMT -5
Ok Earl. That's why you wouldn't look Bret in the eye when he asked you not to fast count him. Oh and if it was such a hard thing to do, why not refuse the match on principle. Tell Bret and let him take it to you WCW.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jul 9, 2008 15:36:36 GMT -5
I love how he claims that WWE did his family wrong when they were let go because of their history with the company despite the fact that they were counterfeiting merchandise (possible stealing some as well) and selling it in stores they owned. He was lucky that they were only fired and not prosecuted.
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Crappler El 0 M
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Never Forgets an Octagon
I'm a good R-Truth.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Jul 9, 2008 15:38:21 GMT -5
You mean Earl didn't take it upon himself to screw Bret, hoping that Vince would be okay with it? Wow!
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jul 9, 2008 15:38:23 GMT -5
Earl was just the handler of info in this situation, but he had to do it in order to protect the company.
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Post by estrada on Jul 9, 2008 15:43:06 GMT -5
Just a disgruntled former WWE employee crying.
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jul 9, 2008 15:44:14 GMT -5
Just a disgruntled former WWE employee crying. Except he's a top referee who is at the center at the most controversial moment in recent wrestling memory. |
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greeby
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Post by greeby on Jul 9, 2008 15:48:08 GMT -5
Just a disgruntled former WWE employee crying. Except he's a top referee who is at the center at the most controversial moment in recent wrestling memory. Speaking of which, how come Bret is "still haunted" according to the article, by the Screwjob and not by Goldberg kicking him in the head and ending his career? Talk about lack of perspective |
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Legion
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Post by Legion on Jul 9, 2008 15:48:25 GMT -5
Just a disgruntled former WWE employee crying. This. The guy was fired for counterfeiting. He is far from an innocent little ref. Obviously a huge criminal and thus.....untrustworthy. |
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jul 9, 2008 15:54:27 GMT -5
Except he's a top referee who is at the center at the most controversial moment in recent wrestling memory. Speaking of which, how come Bret is "still haunted" according to the article, by the Screwjob and not by Goldberg kicking him in the head and ending his career? Talk about lack of perspective Well, strokes can mess up the brain. Thats probably what, and maybe flashbacks of his wrestling days. At least he's not in the health of Tom Billington, who by all accounts, should have been dead three times. |
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gimmieabreakbrain
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Post by gimmieabreakbrain on Jul 9, 2008 15:55:04 GMT -5
ugh. He is just a ref. He should be invisable. I don't understand why any fed feels the need to highlight any ref in any angle and whatnot. Bobby Heenan said it best. Nobody pays to see the ref. They are background and should always be that way.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jul 9, 2008 15:59:24 GMT -5
It's not as if Vince had a gun to ol' Earl's head anyway.
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Post by wrestlecrapcrap on Jul 9, 2008 15:59:50 GMT -5
This whole 'WWE are heartless bastards! We care about our fans and staff!' thing that any TNA employee has going on right now is so boring.
It's even more boring because The Sun seem intent on hammering home the fact that TNA are so great to all their fans where as WWE would never, ever consider to do such things.
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Cheeba
Don Corleone
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Post by Cheeba on Jul 9, 2008 16:00:00 GMT -5
Who the f*** cares anymore?! It was eleven years ago.
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Johnny B. Decent
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Jul 9, 2008 16:02:06 GMT -5
Who the smurf cares anymore?! It was eleven years ago. A-freakin'-men. |
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azz0r
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Post by azz0r on Jul 9, 2008 16:10:48 GMT -5
Eh who cares...arent we over it yet
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Max
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im smokin skunk and poppin the truck to make me feel good
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Post by Max on Jul 9, 2008 16:10:48 GMT -5
Bret is mad he tapped out.
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NOwave
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Post by NOwave on Jul 9, 2008 16:16:21 GMT -5
People care because it is the biggest story in pro wrestling since the end of the territory era.
Never before or since has the promoter intentionally and so blatantly changed the storyline in a match without telling one of the participants. And, no other match has had so much impact on the business.
The Montreal Screwjob created the "evil" Mr. McMahon character-who went on to feud with Stone Cold steve Austin in the biggest drawing angle of all time. It arguably saved the WWF from disaster, at a time when it seemed the WCW had a chance of beating them.
The various personalities involved in the Screwjob are still fascinating and worth speculating over. Earl Hebner simply did his job at the time-that is, he followed the script given to him by the boss-Vince McMahon. To have done anything else would have been foolish.
Bret Hart's continuing obsession with Montreal is fascinating in and of itself. He clearly has lost perspective. In the last 10 years, he's lost 2 brothers, one tragically in a ring accident; his beloved parents; his 20 year marriage; his health, and his career as a result of his health. Yet he still seems to think Montreal was the worst thing that ever happened to him. Amazing.
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