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Sulking doesn't make him unprofessional. As much as he may have bitched about and hated many things WWE have lumbered him with (quite vindictively) over the years, I've never heard of him flat out refusing to do anything. He has been constantly dealt a shitty hand by the creative team, more often than not in front of his home crowd too, yet gone along with it. He's been publicly fired several times (and now demoted) in a demeaning manner, kayfabe or not. Behind the scenes, he's had his pink slip for real twice. He has kissed Vince McMahon's bare ass. He has been beaten to a pulp, despite not being a wrestler. He has been continually replaced by men that the company feels would be better than him (only for each one of them to fail). He has been made to look foolish, spiteful, mean, gormless, cowardly, antiquated, disabled and ridiculous plus everything in between.
For a man widely respected by his colleagues and deemed by the company themselves as the greatest announcer of all-time, with 30 years in the business in virtually every role, it's truly pathetic that Vince plays these little games at JR's expense. I hope JR's restaurant chain is a huge success and he finally has the financial security to turn to Vince and tell him to shove his fucking job up his ass. Maybe even give TNA a shot in the arm by working for them.
I know I would never take that kind of humiliation from my employer, and I work in a much less visible and public environment. If I get humiliated at work, my friends and family don't have to watch it on live TV.
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