Okay, so I only called this slide No Laughing Matter because that was Hugh Morrus old finishing move. But besides that, and the General Hugh G. Rection jokes you can make, this is no laughing matter! Wrestling is a brutal business. Anyone that ever competed in WWE is bound to have countless stories of working through exhaustion, illness and injury. Its not for everyone. In the past, wrestlers would beat and stretch rookies in an attempt to break them. As the public was let in on wrestling being pre-determined, that style of training began fading away. Society also continues to progress where bullying, racism and homophobia are increasingly frowned upon. Bill DeMott allegedly never got any of those memos. This week, one former NXT developmental talent after the next emerged to shine light upon DeMotts brutal and offensive training methods. WWE was left with no choice but to let him go. It was the right call, and probably years overdue. It's a wonder it took so long. Luckily, there are hundreds of former wrestlers who could do his job without harassing anyone. There were like five other guys in Rection's old stable the Misfits in Action who could probably train more competently. How about Lash LeRoux? He seemed like a decent guy. Time to kick out. That's all for this week. Agree? Disagree? What was your worst wrestling moment of the week? Sound off below and thanks for reading!
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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