10 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: WWE's Plane Ride From Hell

3. Some Workers Do Not Come Across Well

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Of course, they're not the only ones.

Both Tommy Dreamer and Terri Runnels, in particular, downplay Heidi's grim experiences a little too much. Twitter is taking them to task too. The fact that Runnels goes from alleging that Brock Lesnar flashed her backstage to palming off Doyle's incidents as things that happened daily is shocking.

Also, Dreamer appearing to question Heidi's decision to take a settlement instead of going after WWE in court is sketchy in retrospect too. She's clearly still haunted by these memories in 2021, so wouldn't it be better to show even a tiny bit of compassion for someone scarred by wrestling's bullsh*t "boys will be boys" mentality?

Even Terri herself falls into that trap with her comments, and it's unsavoury as all hell. Perhaps some talking heads on 'Dark Side Of The Ring' could've chosen their words more carefully. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but sh*t - some of this 'protect the biz' stuff is overwhelming and abusive.

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