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Post by JTG Fan on Jun 2, 2015 9:59:15 GMT -5
 Maybe I'm alone in this, but I want to see heels be real goddamn heels. You can apologize profusely and take the boy backstage and make every single dream he's ever had related to wrestling come true...after the show. But during the show, I say make people HATE the heel. But perhaps I am thinking back to a simpler time, it is likely had it happened, even with the boy's consent, WWE would have been decimated by the media with calls for the company to fire Owens.  |
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jun 2, 2015 10:01:58 GMT -5
I didn't see it but...I don't know. To me, Cancer is the piledriver of diseases. Even most heels shouldn't support it.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 2, 2015 10:12:14 GMT -5
I'm guessing it's more likely that Cena would be the one decimated for daring to "exploit cancer" and point the kid out... At least by the hysterically cynical portion of our fanbase, anyway.
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Post by Rubix Cube Johnny on Jun 2, 2015 10:14:40 GMT -5
"I don't know much about childhood cancer John, all I know is if you have it means you're a bad boy or girl".
*Cena rips off shirt and makes an angry gorilla face*
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 2, 2015 10:15:29 GMT -5
Given some of the embarrassingly gross bile I've seen some fans spew about Connor, I am kind of glad they didn't draw any more attention to this kid than they already did. Some fans are disgusting.
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Post by cabbageboy on Jun 2, 2015 10:15:48 GMT -5
In a different era once Cena mentioned that kid Owens would have beaten the crap out of Cena in front of the kid and left Cena bloody, with the kid crying. The cancer aspect probably would make that a taboo though.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 2, 2015 10:16:55 GMT -5
If they'd gone that route, you know the anti-WWE/wrestling crowd would crucify the company for having that happen on National TV
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Post by Rubix Cube Johnny on Jun 2, 2015 10:19:04 GMT -5
Given some of the embarrassingly gross bile I've seen some fans spew about Connor, I am kind of glad they didn't draw any more attention to this kid than they already did. Some fans are disgusting. Maybe I'm opening pandora's box here, but where did you see that? I'm hoping it was just 2edgy4u "dark" humor for attention because the thought of people so embittered they'd hate on a dead child worries me. |
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Post by MC Blowfish on Jun 2, 2015 10:20:29 GMT -5
Given some of the embarrassingly gross bile I've seen some fans spew about Connor, I am kind of glad they didn't draw any more attention to this kid than they already did. Some fans are disgusting. Seriously? I didn't think fans could be that heartless. |
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jun 2, 2015 10:20:53 GMT -5
Take him out for pizza after the show
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 2, 2015 10:31:39 GMT -5
Given some of the embarrassingly gross bile I've seen some fans spew about Connor, I am kind of glad they didn't draw any more attention to this kid than they already did. Some fans are disgusting. Maybe I'm opening pandora's box here, but where did you see that? I'm hoping it was just 2edgy4u "dark" humor for attention because the thought of people so embittered they'd hate on a dead child worries me. Mainly on youtube comments but I saw it elsewhere, too, a lot of "I don't give a shit about some dead kid" or "Why can't they do it for all of them" as if that's an appropriate complaint to lodge at the deceased chid himself or his family. |
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Post by bigjohnsons on Jun 2, 2015 10:36:22 GMT -5
You WISH he did that ?
That's awful man ...
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Jun 2, 2015 10:40:43 GMT -5
Honestly, that would have been a profoundly "so uncomfortable I need to change the channel" moment for me. No outrage or anything, cancer is just a bit out of limits for me.
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Post by mysterydriver on Jun 2, 2015 10:40:58 GMT -5
You mean you wish he had done something other than huffing like a three year old who is being punished by a parent and running away from the guy he'd beaten in a fight the night before?
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jun 2, 2015 10:46:10 GMT -5
There are some lines you just don't cross. Honestly, I don't even think they would have ripped up that sign back in the day, either. If it was a "Let's Go Cena" sign, maybe. "I'm beating cancer?" no way.
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Post by "Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly on Jun 2, 2015 10:49:48 GMT -5
Maybe I'm opening pandora's box here, but where did you see that? I'm hoping it was just 2edgy4u "dark" humor for attention because the thought of people so embittered they'd hate on a dead child worries me. Mainly on youtube comments but I saw it elsewhere, too, a lot of "I don't give a shit about some dead kid" or "Why can't they do it for all of them" as if that's an appropriate complaint to lodge at the deceased chid himself or his family. The first one, yeah pretty shitty, but I can understand the concern some may have about singling out one kid out of all the hundreds or even thousands of kids who were just like Connor. So, I don't think it's fair to lump them with the assholes who say they don't care about some dead kid. |
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Post by angryfan on Jun 2, 2015 10:51:45 GMT -5
Just no. Some lines you don't cross, and maybe I'm sensitive to it since I watched my dad die from that damn disease, but going after a kid who beat cancer for cheap heel heat is...it's not even low, it's sick. Given that Owens has a child, and if I understand correctly the kid has special needs, no way in hell would he cross that line.
Some things aren't worth any amount of heat.
The problem is, while giving the kid a shout out is absolutely awesome, placing it directly in the angle...it makes no sense. Owens CAN'T respond to it, he CAN'T play off of it, it's just kidna there as the ultimate trump card of, "That child beat cancer, and that kid likes me, so you suck".
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 10:53:54 GMT -5
That thread title may just be the greatest thread title I have ever seen.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 10:54:58 GMT -5
I say no to ripping up signs at all any more.
It's not worth the bad p.r when some mother with a stick up her ass goes to the papers (its happened before)
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Post by Bo Rida on Jun 2, 2015 11:13:06 GMT -5
Why would father of the year Kevin Owens do that? He's a good man.
They have a hard time writing consistent characters as it is so I don't want them to mess up one of the good ones. Hell they've already made a few minor errors.
That's before you even get into issues of taste and decency and what's appropriate to use for heel heat.
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