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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 17, 2018 18:40:57 GMT -5
With all the stories of wrestlers falling asleep driving fatigued & getting busted for DUI's, it's a minor miracle that the worst hasn't already happened. (As far as I know). Joey Marella died after falling asleep at the wheel. Junkyard Dog, too.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Jan 17, 2018 19:00:22 GMT -5
With all the stories of wrestlers falling asleep driving fatigued & getting busted for DUI's, it's a minor miracle that the worst hasn't already happened. (As far as I know). Current roster or ever-ever? If the latter, a mega-drunk Lonnie "Moondog" Mayne took out himself and a 25-year old elementary school teacher when he hit her car head on in the '70s. And if I'm not mistaken, that's how Junkyard Dog went as well, wasn't it? Not drunk, I don't think, but just exhausted? EDIT: And beaten to it.
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Post by Skeletor on Jan 17, 2018 19:16:14 GMT -5
This is his third I believe, which is a felony and possibly prison time and a license revocation of atleast 15 years. As someone who has two, all I gotta say is don’t drink and drive per state..?
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 17, 2018 19:29:59 GMT -5
Am I the only one who wishes WWE would just use a bus and charter everyone together from city to city to get to shows? Like sports teams. The roster should always travel together.
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Post by nisidhe on Jan 17, 2018 20:15:04 GMT -5
What would be the expense per head to hire a bus among, say, 12 guys to get from A to B versus the cost per head for renting a car (usually a largish SUV type)? Seems to be the direction WWE wants to look if it wants to avoid the PR of another DUI.
You know why incidents like these cheese me off so much? In part because on Sportsnet 360 in Canada, every second or third commercial is a PSA from either MADD Canada or from the ArriveAlive program, both anti-drunk driving ads. I find out something like this and I want to see the bum fired. DUI is serious shit elsewhere in the world; why it seems such a joke stateside is utterly beyond me.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jan 17, 2018 21:12:15 GMT -5
What would be the expense per head to hire a bus among, say, 12 guys to get from A to B versus the cost per head for renting a car (usually a largish SUV type)? Is that really wise?
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jan 17, 2018 21:17:35 GMT -5
What would be the expense per head to hire a bus among, say, 12 guys to get from A to B versus the cost per head for renting a car (usually a largish SUV type)? Seems to be the direction WWE wants to look if it wants to avoid the PR of another DUI. They do that for the European tours and stuff, but I don't know that it's really viable outside of that. WWE ends up running a lot of small cities that probably have zero public transit infrastructure at all, and even if WWE provided trips to the hotels and the arenas, the middle zones of dealing with getting food, getting to the gym, and just about anything else they need to do would be a problem.
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Post by Fade on Jan 17, 2018 21:24:11 GMT -5
Am I the only one who wishes WWE would just use a bus and charter everyone together from city to city to get to shows? Like sports teams. The roster should always travel together. Considering how many wrestlers have complained about how harsh the travel can be over the years, no, you're not the only one who wishes that.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 17, 2018 21:31:13 GMT -5
What would be the expense per head to hire a bus among, say, 12 guys to get from A to B versus the cost per head for renting a car (usually a largish SUV type)? Seems to be the direction WWE wants to look if it wants to avoid the PR of another DUI. They do that for the European tours and stuff, but I don't know that it's really viable outside of that. WWE ends up running a lot of small cities that probably have zero public transit infrastructure at all, and even if WWE provided trips to the hotels and the arenas, the middle zones of dealing with getting food, getting to the gym, and just about anything else they need to do would be a problem. Not to mention the wrestlers don't all stay in the same hotel. then there is stuff like going from city to city by bus for some of the tours is just not feasible with how quickly they'd need to be there. Then you get people who have days off and go back to their home (as some have been known to do) and again if say some of the guys want to go grab a burger and others want to go to waffle house or whatever... well they'd kinda be stuck since they'd either have to walk (which is not feasible in some places) or stay only at whatever hotel.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 17, 2018 22:32:52 GMT -5
They do that for the European tours and stuff, but I don't know that it's really viable outside of that. WWE ends up running a lot of small cities that probably have zero public transit infrastructure at all, and even if WWE provided trips to the hotels and the arenas, the middle zones of dealing with getting food, getting to the gym, and just about anything else they need to do would be a problem. Not to mention the wrestlers don't all stay in the same hotel. then there is stuff like going from city to city by bus for some of the tours is just not feasible with how quickly they'd need to be there. Then you get people who have days off and go back to their home (as some have been known to do) and again if say some of the guys want to go grab a burger and others want to go to waffle house or whatever... well they'd kinda be stuck since they'd either have to walk (which is not feasible in some places) or stay only at whatever hotel. Right The bus sounds good in theory but wouldn't work. In a perfect world everyone would be able to have their own travel bus like an Orton or Cena but obviously that isn't the case What they have now is a system that works for the most part since you travel and ride with like minded people or someone you can at least stand for a few a hours at a time
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Jan 17, 2018 23:05:55 GMT -5
What would be the expense per head to hire a bus among, say, 12 guys to get from A to B versus the cost per head for renting a car (usually a largish SUV type)? Is that really wise? Like Taker taping his fists, I want to see Braun flipping cars of drunk superstars become a thing.
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Jan 17, 2018 23:06:46 GMT -5
What would be the expense per head to hire a bus among, say, 12 guys to get from A to B versus the cost per head for renting a car (usually a largish SUV type)? Seems to be the direction WWE wants to look if it wants to avoid the PR of another DUI. They do that for the European tours and stuff, but I don't know that it's really viable outside of that. WWE ends up running a lot of small cities that probably have zero public transit infrastructure at all, and even if WWE provided trips to the hotels and the arenas, the middle zones of dealing with getting food, getting to the gym, and just about anything else they need to do would be a problem. ...and getting to the bars...
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 17, 2018 23:16:12 GMT -5
They do that for the European tours and stuff, but I don't know that it's really viable outside of that. WWE ends up running a lot of small cities that probably have zero public transit infrastructure at all, and even if WWE provided trips to the hotels and the arenas, the middle zones of dealing with getting food, getting to the gym, and just about anything else they need to do would be a problem. ...and getting to the bars... well a lot of hotels have bars..
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Jan 17, 2018 23:23:13 GMT -5
...and getting to the bars... well a lot of hotels have bars..
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jan 17, 2018 23:26:19 GMT -5
They do that for the European tours and stuff, but I don't know that it's really viable outside of that. WWE ends up running a lot of small cities that probably have zero public transit infrastructure at all, and even if WWE provided trips to the hotels and the arenas, the middle zones of dealing with getting food, getting to the gym, and just about anything else they need to do would be a problem. ...and getting to the bars... There's bars everywhere, especially in parts of town hotels are in if there's no specific hotel bar. It's harder to find (specific food place that suits my diet) or a good gym to train in, especially in more small town and rural stops.
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Post by Kyn on Jan 18, 2018 0:04:49 GMT -5
Damn, I stand extremely corrected about the fatal crashes. Why hasn't someone at head office realised this makes the heavy travel schedule look even more insane? (I guess the same reason they have people work through injuries...) A lighter schedule would be so much better for the wrestlers overall safety & wellbeing, and the roster is so stacked these days, it'd give the underutilized more time to shine.
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 18, 2018 0:11:32 GMT -5
Maybe giving everyone a driver would work better. Less expensive than a bus, would never be a concern for driving drunk, gives freedom to go wherever they'd need/want to go while also letting talent sleep after a show instead of having to drive hundreds of miles to the next town.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 18, 2018 0:42:06 GMT -5
Maybe giving everyone a driver would work better. Less expensive than a bus, would never be a concern for driving drunk, gives freedom to go wherever they'd need/want to go while also letting talent sleep after a show instead of having to drive hundreds of miles to the next town. Pretty sure A driver for everyone would be way more expensive than a bus
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 18, 2018 0:57:06 GMT -5
Maybe giving everyone a driver would work better. Less expensive than a bus, would never be a concern for driving drunk, gives freedom to go wherever they'd need/want to go while also letting talent sleep after a show instead of having to drive hundreds of miles to the next town. A driver is more of a long shot than a bus and would more than likely be more expensive
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 18, 2018 1:01:24 GMT -5
I think a bus would also have the problem of guys getting sick of each other, or stupid shit like Hunicara making noises and irritating people.
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