Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread

[TheDarceKnight]

hopefully this new generation of wrestlers watch this shyt....the bumps these guys are taking today are absolutely nuts

I love NJPW but they could tame down some of the head bumps just a bit. The avalanche dragon suplexes and reverse Frankensteiners are especially bad. Ring apron bumps like that are scary too because I'm pretty sure the ring has less give on the edges.

IMO a solid bump across the shoulders (think of a good but safe brainbuster like the ones Eddie, Dean, and Chavo did; or death valley drivers like what Saturn did) should be about as crazy at it gets from now on when it comes to vertical drop moves. Anything where you can tuck your chin and take it across the shoulders. If you have to take it on top of your head and hope your neck and trap muscles adsorb the impact is too much IMO.

Nothing will ever be as bad as AJPW in its prime and then early NOAH (King's Road Style) in terms of scary head drop bumps though.

 

[TrueEpic08]

even w the all japan stuff I've never seen anything as crazy as the Ibushi/Naito feud shyt.

or

someone needs to tell them to chill over there having your top talent taking these types of bumps is retarded

Naito/Ibushi clearly have some sort or suicide/death pact they do this shyt every match too

I love some njpw due to the realism in their early scrambles and stiff work but that stuff is relatively safe outside the Shibata shyt but as soon as they start trading germans n shyt I maybe I'm getting soft w old age but I don't need to see nikkas get crippled to be entertained give me a good athletic match w good storytelling and im happy.

If I remember correctly, Okada lost feeling in one of his arms after taking that bump. Hopefully he learned something that day.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Wrestling is a dangerous sport

 

[DaHNIC82]

Breh

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

This 100% Once your brain reaches dementia level damage, you're done. Nothing can be done. You're either going to end up hurting yourself or others. Same thing happened to former NFL player Jovan Belcher, who shot his girl then himself. Come to later find out he had CTE and his brain was all fukked up.

The underlined is how I've felt for the longest, once I saw how understood the findings and saw what his brain tissue looked like

Spoiler

The bottom pic of Benoits brain compared to a normal healthy brain

Unfortunately, you have emotional people who don't understand this and they accuse you of defending Benoit or making excuses and making him a victim. It's not about making excuses or absolving him of any wrongdoing. What happened was absolutely horrific. But it's about why it happened and the build-up of what led to this. To ignore the evidence put in front of you is ludicrous, especially now when we fully know the effects of brain damage. NFL put the CTE issue front and center.

At this point, measures need to be put into place for all sports to protect the brain and prevent internal damage. But I doubt we'll ever see that happen

Dude, people are incapable of understanding nuance about stuff like this.

It's almost like primative.

They have to have "good guys " and "bad guys".

They don't understand that shyt is more complex than that.

Also Perry is all fukked up too.

I mean, we make fun of Jericho for never being home because of his music shyt, but that's probably extended his career & life.

He takes years out of wrestling at a time to go on tour and play music.

Those are years he's not taking bumps.

 

[richaveli83]

 

[ALonelyDad]

Recommend me some other good episodes from this series

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

Recommend me some other good episodes from this series

I enjoyed Von Erichs, Gino & Bruiser

 

[Amor fati]

Dude, people are incapable of understanding nuance about stuff like this.

It's almost like primative.

They have to have "good guys " and "bad guys".

They don't understand that shyt is more complex than that.



I mean, we make fun of Jericho for never being home because of his music shyt, but that's probably extended his career & life.

He takes years out of wrestling at a time to go on tour and play music.

Those are years he's not taking bumps.

I totally agree it being complex

 

[MenacingMonk]

Recommend me some other good episodes from this series

There's only 7 eps, just watch them all. They're all worth it.

 

[Silkk]

Watching season 1 now. This dude Russo is such a fukking liar

 

[Flex Luger]

Recommend me some other good episodes from this series

All of them have been good in my book so far.

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

Watched the Benoit episode..Never knew all that was happening behind the scenes & didn't know Nancy was married to Kevin Sullivan before that
I watched the Von Erich episode too

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

That Dino Bravo ep is gonna be crazy

 

[CBoz]

New Jack trailer. This one gonna be wild.