5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (June 23)
3. JBL Gets A Rollicking
It's about d*mn time.
On last week's SmackDown, JBL was finally taken to one side and reprimanded for his ghastly, destructive bullying ways. At the close of the Naomi Vs. Tamina match, just of out shot, you could see JBL with his head lowered like a scolded schoolchild, taking in a right b*llocking. Perhaps he had been caught stealing Greg Hamilton's passport. Maybe he soaped up Mojo Rawley's ass in the shower as some sort of hazing ritual.
No, hang on: JBL was slapped on the wrist for saying a four-letter word on air. The word was not "f*ck". The word was not "c*nt". The word was not "sh*t".
The word was "belt".
As Lana laid Naomi out, she demanded the championship/title and lofted it above her head. JBL in response to that honed in on the colour of her dress, something of course he'd never do if a bloke did the same thing, unless he was using them for xenophobic heel heat ("Hey, shouldn't Nakamura be wearing yellow?!"). "And look at this: the belt matches the dress! That championship belt will look good around her waist!'
Yes, bullying fellow members of staff is accepted as just part of WWE's culture - but using an old-fashioned wrestling term is completely beyond the pale.