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Post by gritizen on Aug 18, 2023 16:57:39 GMT -5
Unconfirmed report that this was the victim's car.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2023 16:58:16 GMT -5
Damn, I was ready to say "look we don't know what exactly happened. MAYBE something happened where there was some kind of justification." Then read the witness report and yeah, what a dumbass. That sounds like dude had a "Falling Down" moment and just decided to evil eye people with his gun. WTF dude. I was willing to give Dash the benefit of the doubt that it could have someone threatening him with a knife or something but this sounds so incredibly messed up up. The Sean Dean and Diamante Tweets were pretty sus but MJF’s is just gross to me. Just shut the f*** up. You can’t criticize the internet for talking about this while you yourself don’t mind your own business.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Aug 18, 2023 17:06:19 GMT -5
I get what MJF is doing, but I do wish he would refrain from tweeting in situations like this. His LuFisto tweet was awful and this one isn't that good either. He's just not very good at wording things in diplomatic ways and always sounds like he's cutting a promo. Yeah, it's like he's trying to be the spokesman for the company since he's the champ, but he isn't actually good at spoke-ing
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Post by Citizen Snips on Aug 18, 2023 17:09:35 GMT -5
A dude who derailed a PPV weekend and stalled out a co-worker’s career by throwing a tantrum and getting a raise for it is telling people to check their privilege over a co-worker being arrested for pulling a gun in a road rage incident.
Pro wrestling, ladies & gentlemen .
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 18, 2023 17:12:24 GMT -5
I get what MJF is doing, but I do wish he would refrain from tweeting in situations like this. His LuFisto tweet was awful and this one isn't that good either. He's just not very good at wording things in diplomatic ways and always sounds like he's cutting a promo. Yeah, it's like he's trying to be the spokesman for the company since he's the champ, but he isn't actually good at spoke-ing He's got Seth syndrome. He'll be talking about food on tables next.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Aug 18, 2023 17:12:38 GMT -5
A dude who derailed a PPV weekend and stalled out a co-worker’s career by throwing a tantrum and getting a raise for it is telling people to check their privilege over a co-worker being arrested for pulling a gun in a road rage incident. Pro wrestling, ladies & gentlemen . Yeah, I was reading the thread and about to type that The nerve of him to even talk dirt like that after what he pulled before is crazy. You can defend you coworker without looking like an ass and shitting on your fanbase
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Aug 18, 2023 17:13:32 GMT -5
I mean MJF DID confess to killing his high school sweet heart and then rearranging the crime scene to make it look like it was her fault
I'm not surprised he's willing to excuse some pistol brandishing
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Post by Instant Classic on Aug 18, 2023 17:16:51 GMT -5
FTr are old school alright, right down to being shitty people.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Aug 18, 2023 17:18:09 GMT -5
The wrestleshow is the wrestleshow. This is real life shit. Like, I kinda compare it to the issue people raise of Vince and his rape allegations versus why people talk about CM Punk so much/why there's a "Tony Khan is a bitch" thread but not a Vince once. The shit that really, really matters? Not a tenth as controversial. Down at the real core of it, there's stuff that people disagree with way way the f*** less and it's typically the stuff that's serious enough to really be worth that. This is the kind of shit people can agree from across a whole lot of viewpoints, ideas, tastes, and sensibilities. Not everyone, but it is definitely bringing a lot of people together and the thread where Rick Styles and I have liked more of one another's posts than probably anywhere else since the night we thought the Saudis inked a WWE buyout. Yeah this is a rare moment in time here. Hell I can guarantee a whole bunch of us are gun owners and even WE are like this guy should be suspended and that was an extremely irresponsible and cruel thing to do to someone. Just because you have a weapon doesn't mean you can just wave it around at someone blasting crazy town's butterfly in the car next to you, as tempted as you may be. I also wonder how many people who have such a visceral reaciton to how insanely bad an idea this is have maybe, y'know. Been afraid of someone with a gun in a situation before. There's really no capacity wherein having someone threaten you with a gun is a light, non-scary situation.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Aug 18, 2023 17:19:10 GMT -5
Letting people tweet was a bad idea. Fixed. elon's working on it.
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Aug 18, 2023 17:19:22 GMT -5
Welp... my theory is out the window. I hoped "flashed a gun" meant that Wheeler's passenger, Austin Gunn, mooned a passing motorist.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 18, 2023 17:22:02 GMT -5
This is... insane.
I don't know how you let this dude compete in front of 80K people after this, especially given the witness reports.
Also not really surprising that there is always that one person in these threads that tries to derail them with absolutely batshit statements surrounding a serious event but holy shit was there ever lol
Idk if he's punished, might be too early to tell for sure right now, but this sure sounds like something where the guy should go off TV for a bit and get therapy before anything else. If he didn't tell AEW about it though, he's in deeper shit. Also MJF really needs to shut up on socials, all of the wrestlers do, they're not helping this situation one iota and could look even stupider later as more shit comes out.
Also just a friendly reminder we are just like a week removed from Cash having his Mom on Collision for a feel good moment... what an absolute neck cracking whiplash...
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Post by HIM on Aug 18, 2023 17:24:30 GMT -5
MJF needs to take the Roman stance and just shut the hell up at times. We rarely get Reigns chiming in about random shit and for as bad as he's had it this past decade the best part is that these days he's giving less of his thoughts than ever. I hate when wrestlers do this stuff. I get it, I'm not one for the "shut up and dribble" discussion but f*** if you're going to talk at least think about what you're saying. Dude pulled a gun out in the middle of a road rage incident and he's the one you're defending? We aren't saying abandon your friend just don't talk about it.
"He's a great dude and a badass."
Bruh...who cares what Ja Rule thinks about this?
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Post by Nosnorb on Aug 18, 2023 17:27:11 GMT -5
Just put the straps back on The Ass Boys. They have been great these past few months.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Aug 18, 2023 17:29:39 GMT -5
MJF needs to take the Roman stance and just shut the hell up at times. We rarely get Reigns chiming in about random shit and for as bad as he's had it this past decade the best part is that these days he's giving less of his thoughts than ever. I hate when wrestlers do this stuff. I get it, I'm not one for the "shut up and dribble" discussion but f*** if you're going to talk at least think about what you're saying. Dude pulled a gun out in the middle of a road rage incident and he's the one you're defending? We aren't saying abandon your friend just don't talk about it. "He's a great dude and a badass." Bruh...who cares what Ja Rule thinks about this? If you going to release a statement say "we love x wrestler and hope and we only know he is better than this" Short sweet and to the point. Calling people clowns and privileged is asinine. I am one of those people who don't mind wrestlers talking shit when warranted because get away with a whole hell of a lot but when it comes to stuff like this and the LuFisto stuff, you look like an asshole You only saying these public comments to get the people you like to support you. Don't nobody care about that shit. You want to support your friend I am sure he would care about it just as much in private with a phone call
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Post by jm on Aug 18, 2023 17:32:11 GMT -5
Good. The sooner Elon torches Twitter to the ground, the sooner people can go back to talking to each other like grown mature people. Because Twitter has always been a cesspool.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 18, 2023 17:32:34 GMT -5
Cash's new favorite AEW show to appear on is gonna be Rampage for all the wrong reasons.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Aug 18, 2023 17:33:13 GMT -5
All of this just confirms to me that AEW’s PR guy is some dude shotgunning fourloko, eating bugles and playing baldurs gate 3, completely unaware of the world
at some point you gotta put all the talent in a room and put the hammer down, stop interacting and saying stupid shit
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 18, 2023 17:34:54 GMT -5
Good. The sooner Elon torches Twitter to the ground, the sooner people can go back to talking to each other like grown mature people. Because Twitter has always been a cesspool. Twitter's never gonna get torched to the ground Main reason being nothing compares to it even with Elon smacking it with a hammer. Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, they all keep trying, they all keep failing to even get an inch off the ground Doesn't help Bluesky is also run by a giant asshole who doesn't want you to block anyone so... yeah, people keep saying they're going to leave, they don't, no counter app or rival social has proven they can take it down, unless Elon just shuts it down forever himself, hey who knows lol
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Post by Kalmia on Aug 18, 2023 17:36:50 GMT -5
When stuff like this happens, surely there should be an all-employee/talent email that goes around saying "do not comment at all on the situation as it's an ongoing legal matter." And if there isn't one, there should be.
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