mikehoncho

21 hours ago, Andy Roy said:

Nadia sapphire just shared a particularly disturbing story about welsh wrestling just now. 

The fact welsh wrestling runs shows that are attended primarily by children makes it abit more grim

This isn't about Welsh Wrestling, the company.  It's about "a Welsh wrestling promotion".

A promotion from the Cynon valley area, by all accounts.  Something to do with a diminutive alligator ...

18 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

Reading through your posts I'm not sure that you do. 

Well, you read it as you desire; the truth is that there are scummy cunts out there who wish to take advantage of those they are ultimately able to coerce & manipulate.  Maybe Bowler is misunderstood, but I'd doubt that.

4 minutes ago, PowerButchi said:

Is it worth introducing the not proven verdict like in the Scottish courts? 

Lack of evidence, is how it's reported.  As per the Cliff Richard allegations ...

16 minutes ago, Jonny Vegas said:

I would imagine that if anyone contacts the Police that generates some sort of a reference number so they can to identify that individual report or contact.

This is standard operating procedure in all British police forces, & it feeds into the PNC.

29 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

Not the point you utter fucking moron. 

No no & I get that, but .. Bowler??  Leveraging pressure like that??  Seriously??

Every female involved in BritWres could snap Bowler like a twig.

Eric Embry was ... different ... not your classic buff-bod, but had the chops.

Mind you, a lot of the USWA/World Class crew were the same ... Iceman King Parsons was a beast.

Comments??

How did Hager & Mysterio survive in the UK for 5Star??

Here's a question then ... how was Hager through the 5-Star wrestling period?

And if it's not explicit enough, are there any tales to tell?  BritWres fans, 'cos that's the latest "home grown" product on Sky, want to know (I think).

PS - Rey was there too, but he's a family man, right?

5 minutes ago, Factotum said:

I don't have anything to really say bar my heart aches for those who have had to go through this all and suffer for so many years scared to even tell their story. Its a dark day and I am sure there will be many more stories coming out. My hope is that with this being exposed as it is no other person trying to fulfil their dream has to experience the horrors that these people had to.

Just awful.

Hear, hear!!

1 minute ago, Frankie Crisp said:

Nobody, unless the search function and my eyes are fucked (there's a chance), has said Predator. I mean, come on.

If I could be arsed switching devices to Corkhill you all, I would.

As old as I am, I've never seen Predator or any of the derivatives.

1 minute ago, Shy Dad said:

I'm honestly so sad by it all, so sickened, so mad. 

I've used wrestling as an escape from every mental health struggle I've had and to find people I respected and cared about have turned out to be cunts who deserved to burn. 

 

I'm so fed up of everything. 

It's shit now but have some heart in knowing that there are some amazing people out there, working hard to keep the faith.  They're encouraging fans to stick with the biz.

And I know that the saints of BritWres (and the wider community) are going to roust these abusive/predatory cunts.  The purge is coming, & about time too!

"They Live"

Hands down ... 

Then "The Condemned".

One name missing is a British ref, who also worked/works NJPW ... not wanting to go into it too much, but ... anyone else heard the same? 

3 minutes ago, buba3d said:

somebody said ligero as well but i don't see it on wwe or twitter

Nothing so far ... you watch though, as I type this it'll bloody magic-up & I'll look like a boob.  Again.

2 minutes ago, Liam O'Rourke said:

That was with Excalibur when he got choked out.

Ta ... I'd read or recalled something ... didn't realise he'd been choked out ... 

So opinions of Havoc are pretty ... low?

4 hours ago, Yakashi said:

I don’t think WWE will care about binning off any of these guys, including Riddle. There’s no way AEW, despite hiring scum like Jericho and Hager, would sign anyone out of this whole mess. And that’s all they really care about.

Are they going on the Bischoff mantra ... ??!

Didn't Havoc have a fight/scuffle with Tony Khan at a birthday celebration?

Just now, MPDTT said:

Well that's what it says on AEWs Twitter account

Yep, just seen it ... I'm a bit late with my comment.  Fuck's sake ...

8 minutes ago, MPDTT said:

So Jimmy Havoc is off to rehab and counselling

I don't think Brandi would have that ... I'd imagine he's gone from AEW ... I can't see Cody defending this allegation.

4 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

in Dan Severn's autobiography, he mentions having been at college with Dr Death Steve Williams, and what an absolute machine he was. Ever since reading that I've imagined them as a no nonsense tag team suplexing jobbers to death, or butting heads with the Steiner Brothers in early '90s WCW.

Oh yes!  

Would have been good to see them against the Road Warriors too.

Aldo Montoya & 1-2-3 Kid in WWF, for a good run & a title run ... would have worked I think.  Against The Body Donnas, Well Dunn or even the Smoking Gunns ... 

Your go.

20 minutes ago, garynysmon said:

Brexit also highlights just how weak the Welsh media (if we have one) really is.

Any vox pop on Brexit will almost always have folk with broad valleys accents claiming that "we" are paying in too much to the EU, while blissfully unaware (or choosing to ignore) that Wales is a net beneficiary of EU membership.

There are no Welsh-specific arguments for Brexit, only the same old Daily Mail lines of "taking back control" and what have you.

Mind you, its also caused a crisis of confidence among the Welsh progressive and leftist circles who always considered Wales to be more forward thinking than some across Offa's Dyke, only to be totally flummoxed by Wales voting narrowly for Brexit.

I grew up 10 mins away from Holyhead, where Stena is one of the largest employers due to the ferry port. But despite its status as a major EU transport point, the town was one of Anglesey's Brexit strongholds, while the remainder of the county (mainly Welsh speaking and rural) was more favourable to remain.

I found this piece, and accompanying video, to be pretty heartbreaking tbh. 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/holyhead-on-brexit-when-will-people-wake-the-f-k-up-1.3705798

The media in Wales is too Cardiff-centric; it's like the M4 ends at J33 (at a push) & that's that.  The major stories emanate from Cardiff, while fluff pieces are visited (unless there's an AM/MP involved) to pad out the "main" 27-minute news slots.

It's funny that places like Swansea, Pembrokeshire, Powys, RCT & Neath Port Talbot have all had the Objective One money flung at 'em in the past, but opted out of the EU.  Ceredigion & Gwynedd aren't the most affluent places, but they want to remain.  Cardiff & Vale need not be mentioned for well-off-ness (sp?) but Monmouthshire really does surprise me, 'cos a lot of folk there would rather the county was returned to Westminster as a unitary authority, going on conversations I've heard & read from residents over the last 20-or-so years.

40 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

Thanks for that.

Thing is, though, things like devolution were planned for, and there wasn't necessarily a downside so significant that Welsh voters might not accept either result through worry about severe damage to their lives, no? Happy to be corrected if wrong, but it doesn't seem like there were many pitfalls for Welsh people having their own government.

With Brexit, plenty of people have actually stated that their lives will be negatively impacted, whether it be personal or business. Remaining is a known quantity, Leaving isn't - it's therefore on the Leave side to persuade people that what they were worried about can be addressed and dealt with, and not to constantly yell "YOU LOST, DEAL WITH IT". Basically, the Leave position appears to be "well, we won, so fuck everyone else, right?"

I've said this before, but people kept banging on about Labour's "magic money tree" for all their policies; it seems nobody is willing to go as relentlessly after the Leave side's "Believe In Britain" bullshit - the "magic patriotism tree", so to speak. We could leave the EU safely as the world's 5th biggest economy, but it requires time, patience, intelligence, and planning. The government and the Leave campaign's major figures have shown absolutely fuck-all of that. The right-wing side of Leave have behaved like fucking children with their "WE WANT BREXIT RIGHT NOW", and it's gone and provoked similar reactions in the Remain side as a result. 

Of course, the crying shame of all this absolute clusterfuck is that, whether we do end up Leaving or Remaining, none of the grievances aired will be addressed, because very few of them were actually caused by the EU. It has plenty of shit in its locker that needs addressing, but none of this will do any of that.

The "against" crew hinted heavily that funding for Wales would be diminished if the NAfW was brought into being, due to lack of solid legislation for tax-making, etc. which in turn was addressed by the Labour government of the time, & there has been a standardised formula for funding, plus further debate on tax-raising powers of the, now, Welsh Government via the varying amendments to the Government of Wales acts.

But I get what you were thrusting at.

Brexit was voted for in Wales, in the round, despite quite a lot of EU Objective One funding for many projects; the only counties that voted majority remain are Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Ceredigion & Gwynedd.

Divisive as it has been Brexit is also highlighting the wrong in the EU, namely that the parliament is elected however they don't have the final say in things as the unelected EU commission can over-ride any (God I hate this phrase) meaningful vote.

Magic money-trees aside, & I'm no fan of Corbyn, but he was the only politician who "showed the workings out" for his manifesto last time around, as I recall.

Anyway, I can't agree more about the term clusterfuck; the fuck is indeed clustered!