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    NFL 2023 - WEEK TWO

    in FOOTBALL

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    It says a lot about how the game has changed, when it comes to Logan Thomas getting KTFO in catching a touchdown pass. Circa 2000, ESPN NFL Primetime would have shown it eighty three billion times with the words "JACKED UP" said roughly the same amount, and now it gets a player ejected.

    (I prefer modern day, if you were wondering)

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    The Rugby Thread, 2nd Tackle

    in SPORTS

    Posted · Edited by SirFozzie

    Namibia got demolished by New Zealand. My personal favorite moment was I AM (De) GROOT being sent off,

     

    And @ohtani's jacket just activated my TRAP card. Was waiting for someone to say "Yeah, the 'Boks look undefeatable".. but this'll do nicely

    AEW - SEPTEMBER 2023

    in ALL ELITE WRESTLING

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    1 minute ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

    I just watch the Mountain Madness Clash of the Champions so I know the Black Scorpion story. Never heard about shooting on Flair.

    Gary Hart told the story in his autobiography:

     

    Eventually, I pushed for Al Perez to get a run with NWA Champion Ric Flair. Dusty booked a couple of matches between them, and things started off well until Kevin Sullivan  approached me with a serious issue.

    ‘We have a potential problem,’ Kevin said. ‘Al told me he’s planning to stretch Ric and take his belt during his match at the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida.’ I figured Al must have been kidding around and that Kevin took him seriously, so I brushed it off. But, to be sure, I asked Al if he really said that. To my disbelief, Al confirmed it. ‘Ric can’t wrestle, and I can,’ he told me. ‘The Bayfront Arena will be the perfect place to do it. I’ll take that belt from him, and if they want it back, they can give me a big fat contract.’

    That was Al’s mindset, and I couldn’t talk him out of it, no matter how hard I tried. His taking Ric’s belt was non-negotiable, and it put me in a real bind. I was always loyal to my talent- but there’s a limit.

    Al Perez was looking to sabotage an NWA World Title match that I fought for him to get. I knew I had to do what was right for the business, so I told Al that I couldn’t be a part of his scheme. Then, I found Kevin and confirmed what Al had told him. Kevin told me not to show up at the Bayfront Arena for their match and that the office would handle it. I obviously wasn’t there that night, but from what I understand, Al entered the ring, and his whole family was there. He was a Florida boy, and the Cuban community turned out to support him. As he stood in the ring, Doug Dellinger, the head of security, went down and told him to get out of the ring. It was then announced that there was a clause in the contract that said that I had to be in Al’s corner, or the contract wasn’t valid, and since I wasn’t there, the match couldn’t go on. They finally got Al out of the ring. Eddie Gilbert came in to wrestle Ric that night, and they fired Al on the spot.

    Al called me as soon as he got home, wondering why I didn’t show up, adding, ‘I thought we were partners.’

    ‘Yes, we were partners,’ I said. ‘However, I didn’t condone what you wanted to do, and I made that very clear with you. I’m sorry you lost your job, and if there’s anything I can do to help you in the future, please don’t hesitate to let me know.’

    We left it at that and went our separate ways. It was an unfortunate ending to a great partnership."

    Oh, he then burned his bridge in WWF in 1993 when he claimed Pat Patterson propositioned him (apparently he said that Perez could "go both ways" (ie, heel or face), and attacked Patterson physically.

     

    Just self-inflicted multiple-time career immolations.

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    AEW - SEPTEMBER 2023

    in ALL ELITE WRESTLING

    Posted · Edited by SirFozzie

    With CM Punk ruining his spot multiple times with AEW, I'm trying to think of who else has tanked their career so spectacularly for stuff in the business, or just demanding too much.

     

    Here's who I came up with: 

     

    1) Thunderbolt Patterson thinking that he was bringing a ton of people into Ann Gunkel's "outlaw" promotion, demanding not only a contract raise, but an ownership share in Ann Gunkel's company, or he'd make things bad for them racially. (someone pulled a gun on him, and he was fired on the spot)

    2) The Grappler was big in Mid-South and quit because he couldn't get a big contract, and never hit the same level elsewhere

    3) Of course, Al Perez planning to shoot on Ric Flair, win the NWA title and hold it for ransom for a huge contract, (and was doubly stupid by apparently confirming it openly to Kevin Sullivan and Gary Hart), Hart no-showed to avoid trouble (he managed Perez), they used that fact that Gary Hart was not there for a reason to not have the match, and had Doug Dellinger pull him out of the ring and fired him on the spot.

     

    Anyone else? Of course, there's outside the business stuff like the sleaze thread, Velveteen Dream, etcetera...

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