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John Oliver Body Slams WWE Ahead of 'WrestleMania'
https://news.yahoo.com/john-oliver-b...084133621.html
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04-01-2019, 08:12 AM | #2 |
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I get the whole bit about Vince sucking ass for not giving people health insurance but I am just generally sick of people complaining about "insert sport here" being dangerous. No shit it's dangerous. No one is making these people do it. They could go be anything else in the world. But they like doing this, they like the money and the like the fame so it is what it is. Could the WWE be better? Sure. But no one is forcing anyone.
Same exact way I feel about concussions and football. You mean to tell me extremely large guys bashing their heads together at full speed gives them brain damage? REALLY? I would have never guessed! |
04-01-2019, 08:21 AM | #3 |
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I agree that these guys and girls have a choice to not be wrestlers. But just because they happen to want to follow this career path doesn't excuse the shadiness of their employer.
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04-01-2019, 09:27 AM | #4 |
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I love this because you can tell John Oliver is genuinely a fan and understands what wrestling is.
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04-01-2019, 09:32 AM | #5 |
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lol I love the cuts to Vince McMahon getting beaten up or humiliated. Was rofling when the rock hit him with the garbage can lid.
At the end of the day, I already knew these things and nothing will change. But as far as entertainment goes, it was a great segment with mostly sound logic. |
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I think it could change I would expect a lot of roster cuts though if it does. |
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04-01-2019, 09:38 AM | #7 |
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I thought he did a nice job overall on this.
I read somewhere he and Mic Foley are good 'irl' friends too. |
04-01-2019, 10:01 AM | #8 |
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Wait... By what metric does WrestleMania draw more viewers than The World Series?
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04-01-2019, 10:20 AM | #9 |
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04-01-2019, 10:51 AM | #12 |
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Just watched. That was fucking fantastic. And I’m usually not a big fan of John Oliver from a comedy standpoint. I lol’ed a few times though.
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04-01-2019, 10:53 AM | #13 |
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04-01-2019, 11:00 AM | #14 |
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Bully Ray on busted open blaming wrestlers for signing the contracts in the first place.
"Learn how to read" #bestheelinthebusiness |
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04-01-2019, 11:34 AM | #17 |
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The WWE are media whores and every news Outlet is talking about it I wonder if they'll acknowledge it probably not but it would be interesting.
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04-01-2019, 11:42 AM | #18 |
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#makethememployeesnottalent
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04-01-2019, 11:42 AM | #19 |
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"WE WANT HEALTHCARE! CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP"
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04-01-2019, 11:44 AM | #20 |
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I swear there's a decent chance that the chants happen on Raw and SD tonight and after WM
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04-01-2019, 11:46 AM | #21 |
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#GiveDivasAChance #ToHaveHealthcare
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04-01-2019, 12:27 PM | #23 |
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04-01-2019, 12:31 PM | #24 |
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The key with what Oliver here, is he came from a place of respect for the business while still being irreverent.
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04-01-2019, 12:48 PM | #25 |
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04-01-2019, 12:50 PM | #26 |
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I'm nitpicking here, but using a clip of Bret from Wrestling with Shadows and then being like "well obviously Bret feels that way since his brother died in the ring" even though the clip shown was filmed way before that was slightly out of context.
Other than that, a very good segment with lots of good points. |
04-01-2019, 01:06 PM | #27 |
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Look here's the deal if everyone just turns off this show for the week you could do so much if you really need to watch watch it on the stream because they get no revenue from that and you can still get your fix.
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04-01-2019, 01:14 PM | #28 |
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Great episode. Glosses over the fact that most of the dead guys left for WCW and wrestled long after WWE career were over. Some did come back later for a light schedule or one off appearances.
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04-01-2019, 01:27 PM | #29 |
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04-01-2019, 01:32 PM | #30 |
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04-01-2019, 01:33 PM | #31 |
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lol that is so dumb
He will literally take whatever they do then use it to fillet them on his show. |
04-01-2019, 01:37 PM | #32 |
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Their PR statement pretty much just re-iterated they love their performers, etc.
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04-01-2019, 01:37 PM | #34 |
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I expect Vince McMahon's response to be a 20-minute unfunny segment where a guy dressed like John Oliver takes every finishing move known to man at the end of his rant.
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04-01-2019, 01:42 PM | #35 |
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The thing is, the segment wasn't even that bad negativity wise.
Most platforms doing the same thing would shit all over wrestling as a whole. This actually put over wrestling and its performers... even Vince himself AS a performer. If anything, it's done WWE a favor like it did with the Saudi show. It makes them seem far more relevant than they actually are in the cultural zeitgeist. |
04-01-2019, 01:51 PM | #36 |
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Sample rebuttal to their PR statement would be to reiterate the points that John Oliver talked about and press them to answer the questions.
Plus it's hard to argue when wrestlers themselves say the exact same thing. |
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Would be funny if that guy gets injured and Vince doesn't pay his medical bills |
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And it's not like he brought anything new to light. I'm sure there's a strong part of Vince who's pissed at being attacked, but the carny in him has to see this as an opportunity for publicity. |
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04-01-2019, 02:03 PM | #40 |
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All publicity is good publicity etc
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