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The Iron Sheik loving rules and even though it wasn't him on Twitter, it owns that he was like that, and I fully believe that if he DID do his own Twitter, the feed would probably look very similar. RIP to a real one, Sheik you legend. FACK The Hulk Hogan, worse than Michael Jordan-er, Jackson.
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Jun 7, 2023 21:11
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Critical posted:wrestling is a profession full of shithouse people and if we litigated everything these people have done wrong this place would be loving miserable, and we've gotten close believe me Also like...didn't he tone down the homophobic language in later years, or am I just coping on that one? I mean, there's the one infamous clip that got this whole Sheik era started, which I just went back to watch in memoriam and it was posted to YouTube 17 years ago (Jesus gently caress) which means it might've been recorded in like, 2004 or some poo poo. Of course that doesn't make it OKAY but like, even 17 years ago (posted to YouTube March 11, 2006)...the SA of 2006 would probably make most of us cringe out of our skin pretty regularly.
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Jun 8, 2023 05:29
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titties posted:Sheik was one of the best and i don't really care what he did or didn't say, i was just busting the collective goon balls. That's legit, I was just seriously asking out of curiosity; I thought I remembered something about him toning down the slurs in later years.
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Jun 8, 2023 05:37
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Dawgstar posted:Also B. BRIAN BLAIR. I'm sorry but I believe you'll find his name was Jumpin' Jim Blunzeller. (Seriously though I love how often Sheiky mispronounced names consistently.)
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Jun 8, 2023 19:57
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Luna Was Here posted:Weren't there reports like two days ago that he was on an upward path? What the gently caress??? Yes Jesus loving Christ This is literally the most stunned I have ever been by a wrestling death
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Aug 24, 2023 23:46
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Angry_Ed posted:I keep seeing people saying the tweet seems suspect because Mike Rotunda/IRS isn't a WWE Hall of Famer but...after Benoit dying completely axed Vince's stupid limo explosion angle I don't think they'd dare go for a fake death angle one day after Terry Funk passed. Of course it's loving real, Jesus gently caress They wouldn't work something like this, what is wrong with people This is absolutely crushing though. Just devastating.
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Aug 24, 2023 23:53
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Just stunned...this feels like its out of nowhere That's because it pretty much is. It was reported as an illness, then like a few days ago everything indicated he was improving, then WHAM There's only one thing I can think of in recent times that's behaved that way though, and that's COVID, unless heaven forbid it was mental in origin and Windham fooled people. 
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Aug 24, 2023 23:56
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Pat McAfee, William Regal, and Donovan Dijak have also tweeted about it at this point, so yeah. gently caress man. I know I'm in the minority but in terms of creative, out there poo poo, Bray may have been my favorite ever, and it genuinely saddens me that we'll never know what he had planned with this return.
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Aug 25, 2023 00:03
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Edward Mass posted:Also, is this the first active-roster WWE death since Benoit? I can’t remember any tragedies since then. Yes BigBallChunkyTime posted:Wasn't it reported not long ago that Bray was dealing with a "life threatening" medical issue? Also since no one directly answered this, for anyone curious because they've been out of the loop with WWE or in general, yes. The timeline went something like this. Bray comes back in October 2022. Has a couple house matches in the following months, but his first and now only significant match post-return was a match against LA Knight at the Royal Rumble. He stayed on TV for a bit afterwards, and WWE started to build to Wyatt vs. Bobby Lashley at WrestleMania. Shortly before then, WWE announced Bray had some sort of illness that was going to keep him from competing. They aborted the Lashley angle. Turns out we'd never see Bray again. News-wise, though, it was all very mysterious. My initial thought was COVID, because it seemed like it was being talked about like something that everybody was pretty confident he'd be back from eventually. Then more and more time passed. There were brief reports a couple months ago of creative differences that IDK if they were legit or not, seemed pretty flimsy to me, and then about a week ago there were reports that Bray's illness, while "career and life-threatening", was improving, and that WWE was starting to prep for his return. And now this. Also, I urge everyone to watch this. The first promo after Bray's return. Absolute masterclass, and hits entirely differently now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k5_uCC5JIM What a loving talent, man.
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Aug 25, 2023 00:48
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If I don't see multiple Bray tribute spots at All In I'll be severely disappointed, but the question also becomes who does them? I'd put some money on Mox doing one. Maybe Darby? Kenny seems like the kinda guy who probably would've loved how batshit Bray was, too.
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Aug 25, 2023 01:05
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Shard beat me to it but yeah I pretty much figured this entire time it was COVID and/or COVID-adjacent.
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Aug 25, 2023 01:27
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:gently caress, wasn't it just last week they were like "he's out of the woods and is preparing for his return?" Yes. And, COVID and heart issues, let alone both, be like that. It's sadly entirely plausible that they had every reason to believe that was 100% true.
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Aug 25, 2023 01:37
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The Cameo posted:Punk will most definitely at least be wearing a BRAY armband, he is the guy who called him “an Abrams tank with a Ferrari engine” and was a big supporter of Bray when the gimmick was in NXT. Claudio will also probably work some Bray spots in, Jay will probably kiss the forehead of whoever he’s hitting with the Blade Runner during the GE/Cinnabang Gang match, and I can’t help but imagine Malakai and the HOB will work something into their costuming in honor of their fellow lore dork. Oh my God I didn't even think of Jay. He might even dance with them first  If Jay did that it might legit make me cry because it'd also totally work in character for Jay since he's a smarmy, sleazy, grandstanding dickhead
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Aug 25, 2023 01:50
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https://twitter.com/JakeSnakeDDT/status/1694878113937674554 Okay if Jake the motherfuckin' Snake says that...I mean, c'mon now.
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Aug 25, 2023 02:12
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Erin M. Fiasco posted:I think Taker also really saw the world in him. He did. Taker has literally straight up said so. And definitely true. Big true.
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Aug 25, 2023 02:21
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I am being 100% serious. In retrospect Bray will go down with the likes of Brian Pillman as one of those guys who was SO loving GOOD and you just know they had so much more to give. Bray is a little different in that right now, it's hard for people to not think about the clunkers he had but good lord, what a talent with so, so much creativity and so many ideas and plans we'll never know.
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Aug 25, 2023 06:55
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Okkult posted:I'd rather see someone come out with a D&D character sheet for their wrestling persona than "I beat everyone and everyone's afraid of me." RIP to a real freak, a man of honor. I loved you when you were wearing a fedora in a swamp. THAT'S an awesome way to describe how I feel about it.
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Aug 25, 2023 07:47
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stab posted:Ya what the christ I literally knew Jon wtf is he talking about Make sure you give your boys the cordial greeting of their preference next time you see them and, if there's an appropriate time, remind them how gosh darn entertaining they are. 
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Aug 25, 2023 12:59
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Woah. Apparently WWE knew (according to Dave) about Bray's heart issue when they first released him a couple years ago. Like obviously COVID worsened it but according to Dave it was a known variable even then. Honestly that makes a bunch of things make more sense (why he didn't do indies, why he seemed so introspective about wrestling in the few times he did say anything public, why he was maybe looking into other media like movies as well).
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:This just makes it worse. gently caress.
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