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Post by EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese on Jun 26, 2020 21:05:06 GMT -5
Just trying to think who might have it based on who wasn’t there for SmackDown... Sheamus, Styles, Bryan, Otis, Tucker, Shorty G, Rawley, Rose, Deville and Carmella are all legit possibilities here.
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Post by Tom Turkey on Jun 26, 2020 21:06:21 GMT -5
Well that Smackdown was awkward as hell to watch after all this COVID news The "fans" FINALLY had damn masks on which should have happened when they first showed up anyway but everyone was in extremely close quarters to begin and end the show and "Celebrate Taker". Can't say that wasn't awkward... And then there were the cancelled segments... - Sheamus’s toast to Jeff Hardy got bumped to next week - Drew Gulak vs. AJ Styles for the IC Title, though Gulak was at ringside for the Jeff Hardy vs. Baron Corbin match |
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 26, 2020 21:07:42 GMT -5
Just trying to think who might have it based on who wasn’t there for SmackDown... Sheamus, Styles, Bryan, Otis, Tucker, Shorty G, Rawley, Rose, Deville and Carmella are all legit possibilities here. Despite Braun's long ass promo on him as well, Bray was not there, only in stock laughter spirit. |
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Post by Tom Turkey on Jun 26, 2020 21:10:50 GMT -5
Just trying to think who might have it based on who wasn’t there for SmackDown... Sheamus, Styles, Bryan, Otis, Tucker, Shorty G, Rawley, Rose, Deville and Carmella are all legit possibilities here. Despite Braun's long ass promo on him as well, Bray was not there, only in stock laughter spirit. Sheamus was advertised for next week, Styles, Mojo, and Sonya are a heels and wouldn’t have made sense to be in the big group segments. That said, the others listed are faces and their absence was inconspicuous. |
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jun 26, 2020 21:14:42 GMT -5
sooooo in like a week Vince is gonna be caught having hidden that people had Covid and also trying to hide that half the roster has Covid now. There will be no consequences for him, of course. So what I'm wondering is: If someone dies, will he suffer any consequences?
I am not trying to be funny. I am trying to think of anything that would propel the company to want to change its behavior, and I am legit not sure of "someone on the roster dies of Covid" is definitely on the list, and that is horrifying.
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Post by The Captain on Jun 26, 2020 21:15:47 GMT -5
Bryan strikes me as someone who wouldn't take any unnecessary risks especially with Brie pregnant with their second kid. I don't think he has it, but he probably opted to stay home when news about this first broke.
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Post by DerktheDerk on Jun 26, 2020 21:20:03 GMT -5
From the Observer: "It’s also notable that neither Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn, Paul Levesque or Mark Carrano contacted her as of 6/25 to ask how she was doing, although a lot of talent did." Cool dudes running that company. Honestly, I don't see Renee staying with WWE when her contract is up. Wouldn't blame her at all. I'm guessing (assuming she wants to stay in wrestling) that AEW would be a hell of a lot more convenient. |
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Post by EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese on Jun 26, 2020 21:21:05 GMT -5
sooooo in like a week Vince is gonna be caught having hidden that people had Covid and also trying to hide that half the roster has Covid now. There will be no consequences for him, of course. So what I'm wondering is: If someone dies, will he suffer any consequences? I am not trying to be funny. I am trying to think of anything that would propel the company to want to change its behavior, and I am legit not sure of "someone on the roster dies of Covid" is definitely on the list, and that is horrifying. God damn, I hope we never have to find out. This whole situation has been f***ed from the start and it never had to be. |
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Post by DerktheDerk on Jun 26, 2020 21:21:32 GMT -5
sooooo in like a week Vince is gonna be caught having hidden that people had Covid and also trying to hide that half the roster has Covid now. There will be no consequences for him, of course. So what I'm wondering is: If someone dies, will he suffer any consequences? He was responsible for the death of one of his employees, scooped him up, then continued on with the show. If he survived that, he'll survive a situation like you described. |
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jun 26, 2020 21:23:29 GMT -5
sooooo in like a week Vince is gonna be caught having hidden that people had Covid and also trying to hide that half the roster has Covid now. There will be no consequences for him, of course. So what I'm wondering is: If someone dies, will he suffer any consequences? I am not trying to be funny. I am trying to think of anything that would propel the company to want to change its behavior, and I am legit not sure of "someone on the roster dies of Covid" is definitely on the list, and that is horrifying. "What will be the event horizon where literally anything is done?" has been the question of the past two years with WWE and it's a miserable question because instead of getting an answer you're left standing in the rain while people pelt you with bits of scrap paper and tell you that you don't care about [ethical stance] you're just mad about booking. The frightening reality may well be that nothing gets this company to change course and Vince never in his life gets to see any consequence or confrontation for the shit he does. |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jun 26, 2020 21:25:48 GMT -5
Just trying to think who might have it based on who wasn’t there for SmackDown... Sheamus, Styles, Bryan, Otis, Tucker, Shorty G, Rawley, Rose, Deville and Carmella are all legit possibilities here. Despite Braun's long ass promo on him as well, Bray was not there, only in stock laughter spirit. It fits Bray not to be there every week. That's actually a smart move by WWE to keep his appearances special. |
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Post by EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese on Jun 26, 2020 21:32:00 GMT -5
sooooo in like a week Vince is gonna be caught having hidden that people had Covid and also trying to hide that half the roster has Covid now. There will be no consequences for him, of course. So what I'm wondering is: If someone dies, will he suffer any consequences? He was responsible for the death of one of his employees, scooped him up, then continued on with the show. If he survived that, he'll survive a situation like you described. He was “lucky” back then that those kind of specifics about the Owen Hart tragedy didn’t come out straight away and by the time they did, as cold as this may sound, many fans had moved on and the internet hadn’t yet become so ubiquitous in society that the angry masses could gather up the torches and pitchforks to try and force justice to happen. Now, we have three months of evidence basically saying “You’ve been doing nothing to protect yourselves from this specific thing possibly happening” and goodness knows that social media would be shouting that from the rooftops if worst came to worst. |
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Jun 26, 2020 21:41:21 GMT -5
It's probably a bit worse when we consider the fact that of all the matches/segments on Smackdown tonight, not a single one of them involved less than 4 people at a time.
I mean you've had honest to God positive tests here, and rather than decide to cancel the show, or failing that cut down the amount of people interacting with each other you decide to have a night where absolutely nothing you do has just 2 people involved. This is a ridiculous.
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Post by genericusername on Jun 26, 2020 22:06:40 GMT -5
He was responsible for the death of one of his employees, scooped him up, then continued on with the show. If he survived that, he'll survive a situation like you described. He was “lucky” back then that those kind of specifics about the Owen Hart tragedy didn’t come out straight away and by the time they did, as cold as this may sound, many fans had moved on and the internet hadn’t yet become so ubiquitous in society that the angry masses could gather up the torches and pitchforks to try and force justice to happen. Now, we have three months of evidence basically saying “You’ve been doing nothing to protect yourselves from this specific thing possibly happening” and goodness knows that social media would be shouting that from the rooftops if worst came to worst. Yeah, if what happened to Owen happened to someone like Roman, Byran, or Kofi today people would be furious and it wouldn't been forgotten so quickly. |
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Post by EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese on Jun 26, 2020 22:14:16 GMT -5
He was “lucky” back then that those kind of specifics about the Owen Hart tragedy didn’t come out straight away and by the time they did, as cold as this may sound, many fans had moved on and the internet hadn’t yet become so ubiquitous in society that the angry masses could gather up the torches and pitchforks to try and force justice to happen. Now, we have three months of evidence basically saying “You’ve been doing nothing to protect yourselves from this specific thing possibly happening” and goodness knows that social media would be shouting that from the rooftops if worst came to worst. Yeah, if what happened to Owen happened to someone like Roman, Byran, or Kofi, people would be furious and it wouldn't been forgotten so quickly. I wouldn’t think it’d matter who it happened to if someone dies of coronavirus on WWE’s clock, the outrage would be the same. The Owen thing didn’t drift out of the consciousness because he was just a midcard guy at the time, more likely that the incriminating details placing responsibility on the stunt coordinators and Vince didn’t get revealed for, what, a year or so after the fact? And again, it predates the rise of the internet, so no Twitter to maintain the rage. |
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Post by mattyy on Jun 26, 2020 23:04:36 GMT -5
From the Observer: "It’s also notable that neither Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn, Paul Levesque or Mark Carrano contacted her as of 6/25 to ask how she was doing, although a lot of talent did." Cool dudes running that company. Honestly, I don't see Renee staying with WWE when her contract is up. ESPN was courting her a couple years ago. Even if she doesn't jump to AEW, she has other places interested in her. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 23:08:58 GMT -5
Between the Renee thing, the accusation stuff, and his, "You'd be amazed at the precautions we're taking," lies a couple weeks ago, can we officially just stick Triple H entirely in the piece-of-shit category?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 26, 2020 23:16:44 GMT -5
Between the Renee thing, the accusation stuff, and his, "You'd be amazed at the precautions we're taking," lies a couple weeks ago, can we officially just stick Triple H entirely in the piece-of-shit category? I mean there was a lot of other things that I feel put HHH in that category, but, I guess this just reaffirms he hasn't changed at all. |
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Post by polarbearpete on Jun 26, 2020 23:19:40 GMT -5
Between the Renee thing, the accusation stuff, and his, "You'd be amazed at the precautions we're taking," lies a couple weeks ago, can we officially just stick Triple H entirely in the piece-of-shit category? What’s the Renee thing? |
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Post by Tom Turkey on Jun 26, 2020 23:21:05 GMT -5
Between the Renee thing, the accusation stuff, and his, "You'd be amazed at the precautions we're taking," lies a couple weeks ago, can we officially just stick Triple H entirely in the piece-of-shit category? What’s the Renee thing? I’m guessing the whole “not contacting Renee to see how she’s doing” thing. |
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