Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread

[nasty]

I’m going to call chokes “Adams apple situation” from now on

 

[MenacingMonk]

About to run the recent ep, but these Stinky marks turning their attention to Dark Side now. Talking about every ep is E bashing. Even brought up ratings. No surprise.

 

[MenacingMonk]

They got the Bucks. Was wondering if they would appear.

 

[MenacingMonk]

I don’t even remember Kanyon being this good.

 

[MenacingMonk]

How would the E know if he was gay if he kept the secret for a long time? Is there any proof he approached Vince about it before the Boy George incident? If they didn’t know, I can’t see how the E is to blame. Dude was his own worst enemy.

With that said, the hiding really damaged his mental health. So unfortunate for the dude. He could go in the ring and the “who better…” stuff was good. I used to quote that shyt too.

 

[invincible1914]

kanyon was dope to me as far as workrate, but nothing special. He definitely innovated a couple moves, but nothing separated him from a guy like Nova (Simon Dean) or Mike Awesome when it came to workrate


He definitely had charisma. I was a fan.. but let’s be real, he wasn’t blowing anyone away to the point where you’d put him above the other guys on those stacked ass rosters.. so people acting like Kanyon was some next level revolutionary wrestler that WWE fukked over is 1000% overreacting emotionally and in the moment



I do think the Boy George thing was a rib though. Wasn’t the first or the last. They trash for that

That Boy George thing was just bad television. It was there to entertain some sick b*stard backstage and nobody else. Nobody knew what was going on or why it was happening.

 

[invincible1914]

How would the E know if he was gay if he kept the secret for a long time? Is there any proof he approached Vince about it before the Boy George incident? If they didn’t know, I can’t see how the E is to blame. Dude was his own worst enemy.

With that said, the hiding really damaged his mental health. So unfortunate for the dude. He could go in the ring and the “who better…” stuff was good. I used to quote that shyt too.

I felt like he was putting all of the energy that should have went into dealing with being bipolar into hiding the gay stuff. Kanyon has to hold this L for trying to get Michael Sam on. Don’t nobody care about a wrestler being gay.

But somebody in the WWE knew something. That segment played out like a public execution. I still don’t understand why they did DDP and Kanyon the way they did. I just hated watching it and the Undertakers old hook nosed wife. Trash tv.

 

[invincible1914]

I watched the Plane Ride from Hell last night. Wtf is Tommy Dreamer talking bout. He might as well have said it ain’t sexual assault until he bust a nut.

 

[Larry]

positively kanyon is hands down one of my fav gimmicks


cena reall had some nerve as a dude who had basically everything handed to him in wwe to tell someone they aint got it in the ring, he was fukking over untill they sabotaged his career

not even surprised at flair sucking that wwe dikk since they pretty much made what he did on the plane ride from hell go away



it sucks he went so long going undiagnosed with being bipolar, coulda got help sooner

yeah, one of the biggest wrestling stars of all time has some nerve saying a guy who’s literally a footnote in wrestling history wasn’t that good


I know some of y’all love to believe that Cena was completely manufactured… I’d never in my life deny the notion that the machine wasn’t directly behind him, giving him every opportunity to prosper.. but trust me, if it were THAT easy to pump out Cenas, there’s be a million Cenas



You can’t just push a button and create a crossover megastar

 

[Ace Money]

I felt like he was putting all of the energy that should have went into dealing with being bipolar into hiding the gay stuff. Kanyon has to hold this L for trying to get Michael Sam on. Don’t nobody care about a wrestler being gay.

But somebody in the WWE knew something. That segment played out like a public execution. I still don’t understand why they did DDP and Kanyon the way they did. I just hated watching it and the Undertakers old hook nosed wife. Trash tv.

This...this right here. Boy George queered his gender performance and was also openly gay. That segment definitely comes off as more than poor writing/coincidental (it legit was on some Garlic Jr./Other world tournament shyt [both DBZ filler and non-canon respectively]). Correspondingly, isn't the 'E known for putting the personal lives of wrestlers on TV? Like bruh said, someone knew something and/or had suspicions about canyon's sexuality.

 

[stro]

Didn't watch but in regards to Kanyon/Taker stuff, Taker (and Kane, but more so Taker) went out of his way to beat the shyt out of Kanyon and DDP and make them look like complete schlubs during the Invasion as well. Not just those two, of course, but primarily them because that's who he was programmed with the most during that period.

One day people are going to start talking about Taker's locker room respect bullshyt being built entirely on fear and intimidation and how often he'd take liberty with younger talent on TV or tank careers of guys who offended him in anyway.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

yeah, one of the biggest wrestling stars of all time has some nerve saying a guy who’s literally a footnote in wrestling history wasn’t that good


I know some of y’all love to believe that Cena was completely manufactured… I’d never in my life deny the notion that the machine wasn’t directly behind him, giving him every opportunity to prosper.. but trust me, if it were THAT easy to pump out Cenas, there’s be a million Cenas



You can’t just push a button and create a crossover megastar

dude, he went out of his way to trash kanyon and tote that company line bullshyt he was spewing back then
kanyon was only a footnote only cause they sanbagged his career after he got hurt
wwe dont even be acknowledging wcw like that either

like you keep responding to these posts like we're saying kanyon was supposed to be some super mega main eventer, when none of us said that

 

[No Ma’am]

Kanyon on Mae Young

: “The fukk is going on? This bytch is crazy!! She’s shooting on me!”

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

someone probably realized the math wasnt adding up and mentioned it to a higher up
cause they also felt the need to make that sex tape to throw off suspicion
probably didnt work
he prpbably turned down pat patterson and pat knew

 

[MenacingMonk]

shyt, forgot about Patterson. Yeah, now that I think of it, they likely had to have known. The entire segment makes no damn sense.