Kane & Undertaker Mentioned on ESPN

[Krimzon]

On SportsCenter, they were doing a story about baseball player Mark McGuire & his brother Jay. During the setup for the story, the anchor hinted that their relationship was strained, "but not on the level of Cain & Abel or even Kane & the Undertaker."

That honestly floored me. I had no idea that Kane & the Undertaker's rivalry was THAT well-known outside of wrestling circles. I wonder how many people got the reference? I could see Coach saying something like that, but not anybody else. It's not ground-breaking news, but I thought it was really interesting.

[Orange]

Wow that's actually pretty cool as I never hear wrestling mentioned outside of the shows (well except recently with Undertaker's fireball incident). That would surprise me too if I heard it to be honest

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

On SportsCentre here in Canada, it's not too uncommon for wrestling to be referenced.


Plus, Reali makes references on Around the Horn all the time. Most of which go over the heads of the panelists

[Toxik916]

Kind of a related story. Dan Boyle was being interviewed for a Sharks pregame show and mentioned that the last book he read was Bret Harts

[Professor Chaos]

Wow that is pretty cool.

[Clawley Race]

in addition to Riali, Wilbourn references wrestling on PTI also

[Ryushinku]

They say that now, but just wait until Jay McGuire stuffs Mark in a coffin and sets it on fire.

[Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan]

Feb 25, 2010 3:40:40 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

Plus, Reali makes references on Around the Horn all the time. Most of which go over the heads of the panelists

He called Woody Page "Diamond Dallas Page" one episode. I marked hard for that.

[nerdinitupagain]

Feb 25, 2010 3:43:48 GMT -5 Toxik916 said:

Kind of a related story. Dan Boyle was being interviewed for a Sharks pregame show and mentioned that the last book he read was Bret Harts

Dan Boyle is a douche. That cheap shot he took on Semin last night as retaliation hit was minor league.

[The Peoples Elbow]

Feb 25, 2010 4:54:37 GMT -5 Ryushinku said:

They say that now, but just wait until Jay McGuire stuffs Mark in a coffin and sets it on fire.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[SEND FOR THE MAN!!!]

Feb 25, 2010 4:54:37 GMT -5 Ryushinku said:

They say that now, but just wait until Jay McGuire burns Mark's clothes and absorbs his powers

Fixed for Wrestlecrappiness.

[Psychoblue]

ESPN and WWE seem to be pretty close from a business standpoint, with one hyping the other every now and then. Probably the Coachman connection!

[Big L]

Well alot of those ppl could be big wrestling fans

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Heh, one of the AFL commentators over here drops tons of wrestling references. They just come out of the blue and I never expect them.

[Brick Killed a Guy]

Well, the Kane/Undertaker rivalry blossomed during the Attitude era, back when everyone was jumping on the wrestling bandwagon. So even those who got off the bandwagon years ago could still recognize it.

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

Yeah, I saw it while I was in the gym.

Couldn't hear it, but I could see the caption and I went "cool".

[Chainsaw]

I know that Robert Flores is a huge wrestling fan, but I haven't seen him in forever. I don't even know if he still does SC.

[chac]

Michael Wilbon defended wrestling yesterday on PTI when the fill in host said it was fake.

[AriadosMan]

Why shouldn't they know about a storyline over a decade old? Its as much a part of pop culture as anything else, although I'm glad they got the facts right.

[Gopher Mod]

Feb 25, 2010 12:49:44 GMT -5 chac said:

Michael Wilbon defended wrestling yesterday on PTI when the fill in host said it was fake.

What do you expect from LeBatard?