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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Aug 18, 2023 23:25:37 GMT -5
Some of these online takes are maddening though...even if the other party was participating in ignorance like cutting off lanes etc there isn't a single thing that justifies the gun...It's almost as if the other party being guilty as well somehow lessens Cash's involvement. The fact that no one got out of vehicles makes this even more perplexing from both standpoints. Yeah, it definitely feels like there's a lot of people who don't WANT Cash to be guilty, because then it f***s up the All In card. Like, there's a concerning amount of people out there who apparently think that, because he didn't actually shoot someone, that it's not a big deal that Cash was pointing a gun out his window, or that he knowingly performed on shows for two weeks with an open arrest warrant. Hell, I saw someone unironically say "he didn't shoot anyone, why are people acting like he's Chris Benoit?" Good to know that the standard is apparently that anything less than outright murder shouldn't be punished if you're important enough. (This same person has also spent the last week griping about all the Punk-related dirtsheet reports, claiming that they're only being leaked this close to the show because someone in AEW is "trying to sabotage All In". It led me to unfollow them, and I'm probably gonna wind up muting them too.)
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fingers on Aug 18, 2023 23:28:40 GMT -5
I hope dude's license plate is like C4P-P33L3R or something
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Aug 18, 2023 23:29:13 GMT -5
It is wild when you look at how companies handle things for different people over the years. Obviously folks like Jimmy Uso get a pretty big pass for who they are. And then there was the time Emma was briefly released when she was arrested for shoplifting an iPad case. Hell, look at how WWE handled Speaking Out. If you were a lower card guy, like Travis Banks or El Ligero, you were out on your ass faster than you could say "consent is king". Meanwhile, anyone WWE had an investment in, like Matt Riddle or Austin Theory, were never even given a slap on the wrist. It just goes to show that in some places, the only real metric of whether or not you're guilty is if you draw.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 18, 2023 23:33:22 GMT -5
Some of these online takes are maddening though...even if the other party was participating in ignorance like cutting off lanes etc there isn't a single thing that justifies the gun...It's almost as if the other party being guilty as well somehow lessens Cash's involvement. The fact that no one got out of vehicles makes this even more perplexing from both standpoints. Right? Like at the end of the day, this is a television show actor and you have people trying to do "oh well wwe did this" or leaping over themselves to think of potential ways that statement that came out could look better. Even compared to the bullshit with punk, people getting assaulted doesn't even remotely compare to someone pointing a gun at you, whether you intend to use it or not. Dude could've blown somebody's head off and people are being f***ing idiots about it, like they do not have the capability of understanding things take precedent over your soap opera episode. Yeah... rule one of Gun Safety is DO NOT POINT IT AT ANYTHING YOU DO NOT WANT TO KILL... even if you unload it... even if the safety is on... it does not matter... do not aim any gun at anything you are not going to shoot...
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Aug 18, 2023 23:38:04 GMT -5
Any time I hear about gun stuff in the US, I’m just completely baffled. Not even just the big stuff. I get that. Somebody wants to hurt/kill a bunch of people and the means to do so are readily available.
But little stuff like this. You’re angry at somebody in traffic and you just so happen to have a firearm on you so may as well threaten somebody’s actual *life*? Like, genuinely, what the **** is that?
Dude should spend some time in jail and (and this should go without saying, but I guess it’s pretty unlikely) never be allowed to own or carry a gun again. But he probably won’t.
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 18, 2023 23:38:19 GMT -5
There is absolutely zero chance of Edge being in AEW. I mean, come on. Maybe by All In is too soon,but I’d say it’s more likely than not he ends up in AEW soon.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2023 23:41:14 GMT -5
There is absolutely zero chance of Edge being in AEW. I mean, come on. Maybe by All In is too soon,but I’d say it’s more likely than not he ends up in AEW soon. I think there is a great possibility but I also am a bit concerned about all of this considering how close Edge is to them and were those decisions made before and does this situation have any effect on that? All possibilities now unfortunately especially if it changes the plans they had agreed upon
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 18, 2023 23:43:24 GMT -5
Any time I hear about gun stuff in the US, I’m just completely baffled. Not even just the big stuff. I get that. Somebody wants to hurt/kill a bunch of people and the means to do so are readily available. But little stuff like this. You’re angry at somebody in traffic and you just so happen to have a firearm on you so may as well threaten somebody’s actual *life*? Like, genuinely, what the **** is that? Dude should spend some time in jail and (and this should go without saying, but I guess it’s pretty unlikely) never be allowed to own or carry a gun again. But he probably won’t. In New York he'd have to turn in all of his firearms. This is Florida so I don't know... maybe they give him meth and bullets >_>
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Aug 18, 2023 23:44:10 GMT -5
Any time I hear about gun stuff in the US, I’m just completely baffled. Not even just the big stuff. I get that. Somebody wants to hurt/kill a bunch of people and the means to do so are readily available. But little stuff like this. You’re angry at somebody in traffic and you just so happen to have a firearm on you so may as well threaten somebody’s actual *life*? Like, genuinely, what the **** is that? Dude should spend some time in jail and (and this should go without saying, but I guess it’s pretty unlikely) never be allowed to own or carry a gun again. But he probably won’t. In New York he'd have to turn in all of his firearms. This is Florida so I don't know... maybe they give him meth and bullets >_> Meth bullets.
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Post by 06vwgti on Aug 18, 2023 23:49:27 GMT -5
Any time I hear about gun stuff in the US, I’m just completely baffled. Not even just the big stuff. I get that. Somebody wants to hurt/kill a bunch of people and the means to do so are readily available. But little stuff like this. You’re angry at somebody in traffic and you just so happen to have a firearm on you so may as well threaten somebody’s actual *life*? Like, genuinely, what the **** is that? Dude should spend some time in jail and (and this should go without saying, but I guess it’s pretty unlikely) never be allowed to own or carry a gun again. But he probably won’t. I have an idea why things are the way they are, but its going into a topic we can't discuss. And I and I know others are just exhausted due to little to no change being put in place.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Aug 19, 2023 0:01:10 GMT -5
Any time I hear about gun stuff in the US, I’m just completely baffled. Not even just the big stuff. I get that. Somebody wants to hurt/kill a bunch of people and the means to do so are readily available. But little stuff like this. You’re angry at somebody in traffic and you just so happen to have a firearm on you so may as well threaten somebody’s actual *life*? Like, genuinely, what the **** is that? Dude should spend some time in jail and (and this should go without saying, but I guess it’s pretty unlikely) never be allowed to own or carry a gun again. But he probably won’t. In New York he'd have to turn in all of his firearms. This is Florida so I don't know... maybe they give him meth and bullets >_> probably make him governor or declare he is the new mayor
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 19, 2023 0:15:27 GMT -5
There is absolutely zero chance of Edge being in AEW. I mean, come on. It is not absolutely zero, especially if his contract deal is up after tonight's Sheamus match They've been reporting there's a big person planned for Wembley that isn't Cody, this falls in line with that, it's not crazy to think it at all. If you’re talking about the JCup poster on the Meltzer boards, he already said it’s more of a light hearted surprise he was talking about, nothing major.
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Post by Chiral on Aug 19, 2023 0:24:53 GMT -5
Turns out Buckthorn Tim was just Cash Wheeler, PETE SELECT hot on the take again!
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 19, 2023 0:30:59 GMT -5
It is not absolutely zero, especially if his contract deal is up after tonight's Sheamus match They've been reporting there's a big person planned for Wembley that isn't Cody, this falls in line with that, it's not crazy to think it at all. If you’re talking about the JCup poster on the Meltzer boards, he already said it’s more of a light hearted surprise he was talking about, nothing major. I mean Edge himself said his deal's up, even if not Wembley, him in AEW doesn't seem like an absolute zero chance, he's talked to them before
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Post by bearned on Aug 19, 2023 0:36:06 GMT -5
Some of these online takes are maddening though...even if the other party was participating in ignorance like cutting off lanes etc there isn't a single thing that justifies the gun...It's almost as if the other party being guilty as well somehow lessens Cash's involvement. The fact that no one got out of vehicles makes this even more perplexing from both standpoints. Right? Like at the end of the day, this is a television show actor and you have people trying to do "oh well wwe did this" or leaping over themselves to think of potential ways that statement that came out could look better. Even compared to the bullshit with punk, people getting assaulted doesn't even remotely compare to someone pointing a gun at you, whether you intend to use it or not. Dude could've blown somebody's head off and people are being f***ing idiots about it, like they do not have the capability of understanding things take precedent over your soap opera episode. Is it any worse than the people laughing it up and using it as an excuse to take jabs/meme it up at Punk/FTR bald, neither of whom have had any involvement in this at all (so far)? Can’t have it both ways, it’s either a serious incident or it’s not.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 19, 2023 0:40:08 GMT -5
I mean, Edge is supposedly a free agent now or really, really soon. AEW would be silly to not talk to him and he’d be silly to not hear them out. Just weird how so many are talking about it like it’s a done deal and it’s DEFINITELY happening as soon as Wembley.
Not saying it’s not possible, but existence of the possibility is not confirmation of the definite.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 19, 2023 1:00:09 GMT -5
Any time I hear about gun stuff in the US, I’m just completely baffled. Not even just the big stuff. I get that. Somebody wants to hurt/kill a bunch of people and the means to do so are readily available. But little stuff like this. You’re angry at somebody in traffic and you just so happen to have a firearm on you so may as well threaten somebody’s actual *life*? Like, genuinely, what the **** is that? Dude should spend some time in jail and (and this should go without saying, but I guess it’s pretty unlikely) never be allowed to own or carry a gun again. But he probably won’t. It's mental. I'm trying to imaginine the UK equivalent, say a Premierleague footballer doing it. Imagine the reaction to James Milner pulling out a gun in a road rage incident on the A23. I'm trying to see it from other sides but it's a struggle to wrap my head around it not being seen as a big deal, even by the courts.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Aug 19, 2023 1:01:58 GMT -5
Right? Like at the end of the day, this is a television show actor and you have people trying to do "oh well wwe did this" or leaping over themselves to think of potential ways that statement that came out could look better. Even compared to the bullshit with punk, people getting assaulted doesn't even remotely compare to someone pointing a gun at you, whether you intend to use it or not. Dude could've blown somebody's head off and people are being f***ing idiots about it, like they do not have the capability of understanding things take precedent over your soap opera episode. Is it any worse than the people laughing it up and using it as an excuse to take jabs/meme it up at Punk/FTR bald, neither of whom have had any involvement in this at all (so far)? Can’t have it both ways, it’s either a serious incident or it’s not. Yes. I think trying to find ways to lessen pointing a pistol at someone because of your preferred place to watch wrestling is more bad than cracking jokes about your favorite wrestler.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Aug 19, 2023 1:08:25 GMT -5
I'm trying to imaginine the UK equivalent, say a Premierleague footballer doing it. Gazza at the Raoul Moat siege
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Post by DMO- on Aug 19, 2023 1:18:05 GMT -5
Should be an interesting reaction. Do they drop the belts? Is Cash given the Hitman moniker? He has to be pretty careful with what they say on live tv. keep max castor away from them for a while lmao.
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