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Originally Posted by addy2hotty
Weapon X said 'fake' and then 'scripted', it's clear that he meant scripted. Is it not beyond the realms of possibility that an ignorant newsreader did the same?
How would have JBL handled that, probably chuckled at her and said something constructive to make her understand. Edge isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, and unfortunately missed a good oppotunity.
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That's the thing. Arguing that it's not "fake" becomes semantics. It's fake, even though people really do get hurt. We can put a softer face on it as wrestling fans, but...It really comes down to being fake. It's not even ignorance to call it fake, it's ignorance to think that changing the wording makes it any less staged, scripted, or fake. I wonder why people are so eager to look past the elephant in the room.
There are smarter ways to handle a statement like that, but then maybe this is why wrestling looks so stupid to the uninitiated. Because our ambassadors to the outside world are rarely well-spoken or insightful. On the other hand, the
transcripts don't sound hostile on either side. Edge doesn't read as defensive, Anderson doesn't read as inflamatory.
On a side note, I wonder how RVD would have reacted (Had he gone to Iraq, or had he been interviewed in another scenario). JBL's intelligent, but RVD's a truly cool customer in almost any way imaginable.
Not that it matters. You go to war with the wrestlers you have, not the wrestlers you wish you had.