I like to poke fun at this jacka$$ as much as the next guy. He’s been a cartoon character his entire career.
But on a serious note this should be a reality check for the wrestling community. And as an aside, I’m going to leave
@Corby2 out of this criticism because he has a personal relationship with the family, I think, and that obviously affects your public comments on anything AJ. Understandable IMO.
But the infantilization of him by the various media outlets, trivializing consistently anti-social behavior has been disgraceful. The attitude that many carried, that we “need” characters to raise the profile of the sport is disgusting. The fact that we have a bunch of fans at nationals, including children, cheering for him to put on a narcissistic display- friggin’ parenting at its worst. The cast of characters at FLO should take a long hard look at themselves and decide whether they want to keep selling their soul like this.
I don’t want to hear it about not knowing that this was coming. Has had a kidnapping charge dismissed. There’s still video in the internet of his phone call with a girl he sent an unsolicited d!c pick to, berating her and calling her a c@m sucking wh@re. Now this. Can anyone say with a straight face that he’s not doing some lasting damage to some women? And this is on top of his numerous other transgressions.
I always viewed wrestling as the most honorable competitive sport at the highest levels. Sure, plenty of low class participants at the entry levels, but the crucible of the sport forged some very remarkable and impressive people character wise. The sport builds character and the longer you’re involved the better. But it seems lately that the people that promote the sport would rather wallow in the mud.
This mirrors society as a whole where entertainment value far outweighs honesty, integrity, and character to the masses. But why do we need to play to the masses? I, and many others, are perfectly happy with wrestling as a niche sport.
Old man rant over, but needed to get it off my chest. I’ll go yell at some clouds now.