This Bayley interview has me :dead:

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Leahy literally had the :mindblown: at wrestlers having to do them 4-5 hour drives themselves. Even used the "Superstar" term against Vinny Mac. "You're SUPERSTARS!" :laff:

Safe to say we prob won't see another WWE star on there again :dead:
Clip’s nowhere to be found now :russ:

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I've been said that one of them is going to die driving around in these podunk towns after falling asleep at the wheel and that's going to be the thing that changes the whole thing.

It'll be like Benoit and the steroids/concussion thing
 

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I've been said that one of them is going to die driving around in these podunk towns after falling asleep at the wheel and that's going to be the thing that changes the whole thing.

It'll be like Benoit and the steroids/concussion thing

But how much did the Benoit murder-suicide change really? Sure, we don't have chairshots to the head anymore for the most part, but WWE wellness is basically a was for WWE to cover their ass at this point, CM Punk exposed how much of a sham it really is, and the in-ring style is, in some ways, more dangerous and strenuous than ever for diminishing returns.

Magnum T.A.'s accident happened after a show in South Carolina and exactly zero people cared. I get the feeling it would be mostly the same if something like that happened again.
 

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But how much did the Benoit murder-suicide change really? Sure, we don't have chairshots to the head anymore for the most part, but WWE wellness is basically a was for WWE to cover their ass at this point, CM Punk exposed how much of a sham it really is, and the in-ring style is, in some ways, more dangerous and strenuous than ever for diminishing returns.

Magnum T.A.'s accident happened after a show in South Carolina and exactly zero people cared. I get the feeling it would be mostly the same if something like that happened again.
These cats have to unionize. They don't get it. They have leverage. They're THE WWE Superstars. Sure, Vince could replace them with the army of indy jabronies he has under contract, but the already dwindling audience would shyt all over that. Network subs would take a huge hit. Advertisers would be demanding the known names and faces back. Venues would be bytching. Mattel (or whoever makes the toys now) would be displeased, to say the least.

They could do it right now.
 

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These cats have to unionize. They don't get it. They have leverage. They're THE WWE Superstars. Sure, Vince could replace them with the army of indy jabronies he has under contract, but the already dwindling audience would shyt all over that. Network subs would take a huge hit. Advertisers would be demanding the known names and faces back. Venues would be bytching. Mattel (or whoever makes the toys now) would be displeased, to say the least.

They could do it right now.
Too many people are WWE marks and/or don’t wanna rock the boat, sadly.
 

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But how much did the Benoit murder-suicide change really? Sure, we don't have chairshots to the head anymore for the most part, but WWE wellness is basically a was for WWE to cover their ass at this point, CM Punk exposed how much of a sham it really is, and the in-ring style is, in some ways, more dangerous and strenuous than ever for diminishing returns.

Magnum T.A.'s accident happened after a show in South Carolina and exactly zero people cared. I get the feeling it would be mostly the same if something like that happened again.

Dude, Magnum T.A's accident was like in 1984 or something and he wasn't even in WWE

It was a whole different world now.

WWE has their own category on ESPN now.

They're covered like a real sport by ESPN now.

They're about to start a billion dollar deal with NBC.

shyt's even different from 2007 when Benoit was doing it.

Wrestling has come out of the shadows in the past 5 years.
 
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