Dreamer criticized for bringing his kids ringside

[CrazySting]

www.cagesideseats.com/2010/8/9/1614347/hardcore-justice-more-like

But wait there's more! Dixie would be rewarding someone who willfully traumatised his two six year old daughters by mutilating himself right in front of them to get over his fake pro wrestling storyline. Just like Mick Foley traumatised his young children by allowing them to see The Rock bash his brains in with a steel chair for Beyond The Mat and Mark Coleman did by allowing his daughters see Fedor Emelianenko beat him senseless. The wrestling media was united in their condemnation of TNA for allowing this incident to happen. Bryan Alvarez and his friend Vinny went on a passionate rant against Dreamer for being so screwed up to think such behaviour was acceptable on the August 8th Observer Radio Show. Dave Meltzer later added that it was "horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible" and was "appalled" by it. Wade Keller summed things up nicely on his blog:

One of the most egregious lapses in judgment I've seen in pro wrestling came on tonight's show.

For the parents of those two little girls to script and sanction them to be sitting four feet away from their father getting hit with a chair in the skull and bleeding was inexcusable.

For Dixie Carter to allow that, and be part of it by sitting next to them so she could be the one to order security to take them away, was inexcusable.

Those girls are not old enough to fully grasp real and fake, especially because the blood is real and the chairshot to their father's skull wasn't fake.

I was surprised Foley didn't tell him beforehand not to do that.

[Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal]

Yeah, and he kissed them on their foreheads before the match too. The whole thing was just very off-putting.

[Orange]

So wait, is this Dreamer's fault or Carter's fault? The article writer can't make up his mind,

"...Dreamer for being so screwed up to think such behaviour was acceptable"

"For Dixie Carter to allow that, and be part of it by sitting next to them..."

[forgottensinpwf]

It was absolutely disgusting IMO. I'm sorry, but I don't think any other parents want their children to have wonderful memories of seeing daddy bleed and get his head smashed in.

[mysterydriver]

Aug 10, 2010 12:00:55 GMT -5 Orange said:

So wait, is this Dreamer's fault or Carter's fault? The article writer can't make up his mind,

"...Dreamer for being so screwed up to think such behaviour was acceptable"

"For Dixie Carter to allow that, and be part of it by sitting next to them..."

Well...I'd say they believe both are at fault. Not one or the other.

[Michael Coello]

Maybe they knew. They're 6, they've seen this for awhile.

Plus, they saw him do stuff on Syfy's ECW, so how is this any different?

[Orange]

Aug 10, 2010 12:07:19 GMT -5 Michael Coello said:

Maybe they knew. They're 6, they've seen this for awhile.

Plus, they saw him do stuff on Syfy's ECW, so how is this any different?

Yeah. I mean, I doubt he's keeping it a secret he's a wrestler, it's his job.

[Deleted]

Ah you know - they're his kids so its really a moot point.

[Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal]

They might have seen it and know about it but that still doesn't make it right that they're exposed to it. A small child just entering grade school should not see that kind of graphic violence, let alone from their own father.

[forgottensinpwf]

Aug 10, 2010 12:07:19 GMT -5 Michael Coello said:

Maybe they knew. They're 6, they've seen this for awhile.

Plus, they saw him do stuff on Syfy's ECW, so how is this any different?

How often did he bleed and take shots to the skull in WWECW?

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Aug 10, 2010 12:07:19 GMT -5 Michael Coello said:

Maybe they knew. They're 6, they've seen this for awhile.

Plus, they saw him do stuff on Syfy's ECW, so how is this any different?

Uhhh he never had a full-on gusher in WWECW...especially in front of his freakin' kids.

[joeiscool]

Man, when did wrestling become so pc? The kids were in no real danger, and if dreamer wanted to expose his children to that I don't see the issue. It may not be the course I would take, but I'd bet they will grow up and be positive parts of society despite seeing their father in a wrestling match.

[Krimzon]

They weren't needed. It boggles my mind why he would even bring them to the show. What father is that short-sided? What father would willingly allow his children to witness him like that? He was wrestling freakin' Raven! With his history with Raven, and given Raven's promo on iMPACT, WHY bring them? What possible good would that do? How could that benefit ANYBODY?

[Feargus McReddit]

Honestly, I'm not a guy to usually do this...but I side with the people saying they shouldn't have been there.

It was kind of disturbing they were there in the first place but then came the fact that he knew the match was going to get that brutal...geez...

Did noone in wrestling watch Beyond the Mat?

[Deleted]

The kids were removed right after Tommy was busted open, but still it wasn't best situation for them to be around. I'm assuming they know him and Raven aren't actually trying to kill one another, but I think Foley's kids knew that too and that part of the movie is hard to watch.

From the storyline I get why they were there. Raven thought they should be his kids, and Beulah should be his wife. By the way Beulah is still hot after all of these years. Way to go Tommy!

I think it may have been better for just Beulah to be there, but the original ECW did use Sandman's son, so they were trying to recreate that feeling.

[mydixiewrecked]

the way the rags describe it make it sound alot more evil than it was, should they have done it? probably not, but wasn't the worst thing in the world, his daughters are fine



being Tommy Dreamer's kid >>>>>>> being Wade Keller's kid

[joeverfield]

This was absolutley classless and apthetic on Dixie's part. For her to allow that shows how F'n inept she is. Seriously she should not be in charge of anything. She's about as useful as SoCal Val at ringside...

These are your kids watching you bleed right in front of them. With the ref, who had his own children witness first hand as he got his brains bashed in by the Rock.

I am so sick of Dixie and how (profanity galore) she is.

"Fire Russo"

NO..

FIRE DIXIE

[forgottensinpwf]

Aug 10, 2010 12:57:19 GMT -5 Feargus McReddit said:

Honestly, I'm not a guy to usually do this...but I side with the people saying they shouldn't have been there.

It was kind of disturbing they were there in the first place but then came the fact that he knew the match was going to get that brutal...geez...

Did noone in wrestling watch Beyond the Mat?

Yep, cause Mick's kids looked like they had a fun time at Royal Rumble '99

[AriadosMan]

Aug 10, 2010 13:06:16 GMT -5 @forgottensinpwf said:

Aug 10, 2010 12:57:19 GMT -5 Feargus McReddit said:

Honestly, I'm not a guy to usually do this...but I side with the people saying they shouldn't have been there.

It was kind of disturbing they were there in the first place but then came the fact that he knew the match was going to get that brutal...geez...

Did noone in wrestling watch Beyond the Mat?

Yep, cause Mick's kids looked like they had a fun time at Royal Rumble '99

Maybe they were self-consciously trying to make it look like RR '99? Was this Dreamer's idea, or someone else's?

[comahan]

Dreamer took nothing even remotely close to the beating that Foley took at the Rumble. Like, no where near the same stratosphere.

That, and his kids were taken away to the back right after the original bladejob (so beulah could do the run-in later), so they werent there to see 75% of the match.