Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread

[TrueEpic08]

Coach just came out and buried WWE recently and says that they owe him money and he'd never work there again, so he's credible on this imo.

Coach fukked up and conflated the Plane Ride from Hell case (which was raised and settled in Arizona) with another case he was party to. If you notice, he deleted all the shyt he was slinging at the Dark Side of the Ring guys a few hours after this and issued a mea culpa of sorts.

The one thing he DID clarify was that Vince was NOT on the Plane Ride from Hell, which lines up with Meltzer's Observer Radio update from today, as well as his reporting from the time period (it's the May 13, 2002 Newsletter, for those who want to check). The Newsletter report actually corroborates the vast majority of the DSOTR doc, but it specifically states that Vince wasn't on the plane, and that Michael Hayes was actually supposed to be one of the people in charge (which would explain a lot). He doesn't accuse anybody of lying outright, but rather said that there were two or three flights that got to around the level of the Plane Ride from Hell, at least one of which Vince and Linda were on. He thinks people may be conflating flights when it comes to the subject of Vince's presence (I believe it was JR and Terri who said he was there, I'd have to rewatch the doc).

Everything else seems to be solid, though, in line with the reporting from the time. But this would explain why Vince gets off light in the doc.

Him knowing about wrestlers drugging women's drinks and just shrugging about it. He unlike the others felt it was wrong but he just moved on. All of the don't leave your cup around wrestler's shyt was the problem. How about firing all the suspects unless somebody tells? I see a lot of wrestling fans in comments giving him credit for his parts of the doc but I don't feel the same.

You act as if this wasn't standard operating procedure in the business. It's clear that, if so many people in the business were doing it that RVD can frame it as he does (and people can just openly tell stories about people doing shyt like this as if it's a harmless joke), then management at least didn't care too much about it. At worst, it would have been his ass that got the heat and severely harmed his career if he said anything. Start at the top if you want to dole out blame for actions like this being perpetrated.

 

[folasade]

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2...rom-hell-episode-draws-record-low-viewership/

Get the lowest ratings but be the most talked about episode

That's easy. We all have lives and didn't watch it live. I watched it the next day like I do with Are and then there's the re- posts on YouTube. I don't why y'all are so reliant on ratings.

 

[CBoz]

That's easy. We all have lives and didn't watch it live. I watched it the next day like I do with Are and then there's the re- posts on YouTube. I don't why y'all are so reliant on ratings.

My intent wasn't that I just found it funny.

 

[OVER]

And Vince absolutely should've went back there. I believe he made JR do his dirty work so he could keep distance between himself and maintain his place as apart of the dream. fukk JR! He fired me! I can't wait till he is gone so I can go back to the WWE and work for Vince! If Vince would've stepped back there and said they better stop acting like a$$holes with his wife on the plane or they'd get fired, I guarantee majority of that shyt would've been stopped.

 

[folasade]

Him knowing about wrestlers drugging women's drinks and just shrugging about it. He unlike the others felt it was wrong but he just moved on. All of the don't leave your cup around wrestler's shyt was the problem. How about firing all the suspects unless somebody tells? I see a lot of wrestling fans in comments giving him credit for his parts of the doc but I don't feel the same.

To be honest, what's he supposed to do? It was a part the culture and you couldn't necessarily be a vocal about it without risking your career. Vince would have fired he felt he could afford to fire, plus the person who snitched if they weren't high enough in the card.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

And Vince absolutely should've went back there. I believe he made JR do his dirty work so he could keep distance between himself and maintain his place as apart of the dream. fukk JR! He fired me! I can't wait till he is gone so I can go back to the WWE and work for Vince! If Vince would've stepped back there and said they better stop acting like a$$holes with his wife on the plane or they'd get fired, I guarantee majority of that shyt would've been stopped.

Vince wasn't on the plane thats why they were able to do so much bullshyt

 

[OVER]

Vince wasn't on the plane thats why they were able to do so much bullshyt

I might have to watch it again but I could've sworn they stated him and Linda were in the front of the plane.

To be honest, what's he supposed to do? It was a part the culture and you couldn't necessarily be a vocal about it without risking your career. Vince would have fired he felt he could afford to fire, plus the person who snitched if they weren't high enough in the card.

Your points are valid. It's more about trying to do the right thing than if that thing actually worked in this scenario.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Yo some of the comments in here

I gotta run home and watch this shyt later

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Dreamer seem amazed by the Nature Boy's Slick Rick

What is up with white men always pulling out dikks around each other and talking about each other’s dikks like it’s funny or something? So fukking weird. Only race of men that do that.

This degenerate Tommy Dreamer sitting there talking about another man’s meat on camera with pride and glee.

 

[Max.]

??

 

[CBoz]

I might have to watch it again but I could've sworn they stated him and Linda were in the front of the plane.

Your points are valid. It's more about trying to do the right thing than if that thing actually worked in this scenario.

I clearly remember them showing Vince on the plane. They showed an interaction between JR and Vince with Vince sending him back there to set everyone straight.

Linda I don't recall.

 

[Max.]

If your ever in Fresno let me know. Let me know where your at and if I'm ever I your area we can find out who's a grown man or not. I'm a knucklehead I don't care.

Fresno??? Jesus no wonder ur fukkn miserable ur town stinks

yeah tough guy knucklehead on the internet…go mow the lawn for ur mom u fukkn p*ssy

 

[Max.]

Mike Chioda has some serious repressed emotions. The way he literally laughed everything off was disturbing

“Yeah man we used to drug and rape women!!!”

- mike chidoa


Dude cant read the room at all lol

 

[Chris Cool]

I clearly remember them showing Vince on the plane. They showed an interaction between JR and Vince with Vince sending him back there to set everyone straight.

Linda I don't recall.

Vince, Linda, and JR were all up front.

 

[CBoz]

??

That is why legally nothing is going to come from this because it's already been settled.

Not justifying any of this but it is now in the eyes of public opinion and we know all what happens there.