odessasteps Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Hey, Lana just pinned a former March Madness champion. Does that make her the linear March Madness champion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 16 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Does that make her the linear March Madness champion? I adore Bayley but would be A-Okay with Lana as March Madness champion. After all, Lana is the best, Lana's number 1. *clap clap* 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 That's a damn shame. Aside from being a local guy considering what he had to overcome I was rooting for Rich to succeed in WWE. While charges might have been dropped I certainly didn't expect an easy road back for him. It's likely the incident factored into his release though I wonder if there's more to it. I also hope that he doesn't let past demons creep back in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 The eyewitness accounts of what happened were pretty damning. He was never gonna come back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Yeah, releasing Swann seems like the right thing to do, though I'm still surprised they didn't use the technicality of the charges being dropped to put him back on the road. Charges were dropped due to "insufficient evidence", but apparently the problem was that his wife quit cooperating and didn't want to see him charged. There were multiple witnesses to the incident, so he was most likely guilty. The witness accounts made it sound like Su Yang was legit afraid of him and she (Yang) told the responding officer that he had a temper and implied (or outright said) that there was a history of abuse. Most guys aren't unlucky or dumb enough to be arrested the first time they fight with their wife, so it's likely Yang jumped out of the car because she knew from experience where the situation was headed. It's Swann's bad luck that he's not important enough for the company to do a *nudge nudge wink wink* deal and reinstate him on a technicality, but that's probably for the best. I'm not going to be outraged if a promoter books Swann and won't buy a DVD or not because of him, but he's definitely in the Michael Elgin category of guys I kinda hope my favorite promotions stop using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I also wouldn't be surprised if the release was with a "you and Su need to get professional help and work through your shit, and we'll check back in a couple years" spin as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 They better recycle that theme song. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 On 2/13/2018 at 4:46 PM, AxB said: Apropos of nothing, but see how the Broken Matt Hardy deal in TNA was really good, but the Woken Matt Hardy stuff on RAW is pretty terrible? Well, the three authors of the Broken stuff we Matt Hardy, Billy Corgan, and Jeremy Borash. Since then, Corgan's done the awesome Ten Pounds of Gold series, and Borash went and had a Broken universe style match himself on TNA PPV (Borash & Park vs Steiner & Matthews). So... were we giving Matt too much credit, or is it just that WWE RAW turns everything into shit? The CorgaNWA featuring Dave Marquez has gotten worse and worse once people actually started wrestling. A mediocre Nick Aldis alongside Austin Idol, who hadn't really been missed against Tommy Dreamer and James Ellsworth?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I don't know what anyone sees in Magnus. He is so bland and generic. WWE developmental 2007 personified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 3 hours ago, mattdangerously said: The eyewitness accounts of what happened were pretty damning. He was never gonna come back. Yet, they'll trot Austin out every few years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 March Madness will happen, it's all the other Wrestling tournaments that are banned now. Rippa says no, and what Rippa says goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 My offer to run a Best NXT character tourney stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I get the feeling after reading her interview that Mo has an ace up her sleeve that she hasn't dropped yet. Elgin is smart to lawyer up but a lawsuit might drag more shit to light than he wants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Not sure if this has been covered here or in the Joshi thread...Lufisto just announced she has been diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. They've caught it early but her insurance can't cover the whole procedure. Feel really bad for her as it seems everytime she is about to breakthrough to something bigger something happens to her. Hope she can recover and get the medical treatmetn she needs at a price that is works for her. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 That is a damn shame to hear. Hope she can get the treatment she needs soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 4 hours ago, MADCAP said: Yet, they'll trot Austin out every few years. Apparently if you make someone a billionaire, the rules are different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 3 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: Why is he redacting the name in a press release about a lawsuit. Unless Elgin has something incredibly fucked up on his phone, he should be an open book and show everything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 9 hours ago, Keep Calm, Akira Hokuto On said: There were multiple witnesses to the incident, so he was most likely guilty. I wouldn't say that. I've watched enough Dateline and Forensics to know that eyewitnesses don't know what the hell they saw. They are the worst type of evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 7 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: I wouldn't say that. I've watched enough Dateline and Forensics to know that eyewitnesses don't know what the hell they saw. They are the worst type of evidence. This. I can't say this enough, being in law enforcement. Humans are not infallible, just because there are "witnesses" to an incident doesn't mean they aren't lying, actually believe what they said they saw, have a personal bias etc. On the other side, her LOPing isn't helping either. Some states will press charges regardless if the victim wants to or not, in this case apparently the state it occurred in isn't one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 #Rashomon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I like the idea of a rising star tourney. Performers 25(?) or under who have not held a title in a major promotion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 1 hour ago, The Green Meanie said: This. I can't say this enough, being in law enforcement. Humans are not infallible, just because there are "witnesses" to an incident doesn't mean they aren't lying, actually believe what they said they saw, have a personal bias etc. On the other side, her LOPing isn't helping either. Some states will press charges regardless if the victim wants to or not, in this case apparently the state it occurred in isn't one of those. Fair enough. And I wasn't there or privy to the investigation, so I can't know for sure what happened or who did what. But... I kinda feel like y'all are jumping through hoops to give Swann a break he likely doesn't deserve. There's a saying: when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras. Which means the obvious explanation is more likely to be correct than the convoluted explanations. Sure, maybe the witnesses are all lying. Maybe they were all drunk and can't see straight. Maybe Su Yang secretly hates Swann and is trying to tank his career by paying off witnesses. Maybe they didn't both jump out of a moving car voluntarily, but the brakes failed and they had to jump for their lives. There are a lot of maybe's in Swann's situation, but for any of those scenarios to be true, you have to assume that everyone is lying or wrong EXCEPT for the one person who has a motive to lie. I get that there's a sizable demographic out there that doesn't trust police, and some statistics seem to back that up, but it's a slippery slope argument. Maybe Swann didn't get physical with his wife. Maybe she wasn't really afraid of him and was just acting. Maybe Chris Brown didn't beat his pop singer girlfriend. Maybe the dude who says Hitler didn't gas Jewish people because no one can draw a picture of the gas chambers is right. Maybe the kids in the Fla school shooting this week were traumatized and id'ed the wrong kid and the cops arrested the wrong kid cause they wanted to make a quick arrest. If Swann is actually innocent of any wrongdoing, what is the most plausible alternative? That his wife is gaslighting him for some reason and put on a performance to convince both the officer and passerbys that he was violent? I mean, ok, I guess. I can't refute that idea, but I can't think what would be in it for her. Unless Swann didn't beat her that night but had a history of abusing her and this was her passive-agressive way of getting revenge? But that doesn't seem likely either, I dunno. I read this "Well, maybe the police got the wrong guy and the witnesses were wrong and you can't trust the physical evidence and this was wrong...." and I want to sigh and bury my face in my hands like that Captain Picard gif, I don't know where it stops with this stuff. Maybe Vince is right to give Austin a pass because he was a draw? Maybe Debra was a member of the Illuminati and set Austin up. Hell, maybe my account has been hacked and someone else is posting this in my name. I'm not sure I can prove that's not the case, so you probably can't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 12 hours ago, J.H. said: Not sure if this has been covered here or in the Joshi thread...Lufisto just announced she has been diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. They've caught it early but her insurance can't cover the whole procedure. Feel really bad for her as it seems everytime she is about to breakthrough to something bigger something happens to her. Hope she can recover and get the medical treatmetn she needs at a price that is works for her. James That's horrible news and I hope she finds some way to get the treatments needed. A friend of mine had cervical cancer but thankfully was able to get the treatments needed to kick its ass. If there's a GoFundMe for Lufisto then I'll certainly donate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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