Sometimes there is no excuse. There are a lot of things going on in wrestling at the moment and a lot of that is due to AEW becoming the second biggest wrestling company in America almost overnight. The company only debuted about seven months ago and now has a two hour live show every Wednesday night. That is quite the remarkable progress, but it does not mean that everything is perfect.
When wrestling airs live, there are going to be some situations that do not go as well as they should. It’s the nature of the situation and sometimes, the camera catches what happens. This can be a major problem when you’re on national television and there is no way to hide what happened. Occasionally you can just shrug it off, but some of them are a lot worse than others.
This week’s edition of Dynamite ended in a huge beatdown from the Dark Order, as they attacked the Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Cody and several others. The segment featured several masked men attacking those wrestlers in a melee. However, the one attacking Dustin Rhodes threw several punches which clearly missed by several inches, as he seemed to be punching the air next to Rhodes’ head. This was clearly shown on the broadcast, prompting several wrestlers to respond on Twitter.
This just looks bad. Check out the bad attack, plus several wrestlers responding:
Fire this person now. https://t.co/igoWG4QykE
— TheMarkHenry (@TheMarkHenry) December 20, 2019
????? https://t.co/QFQNfElLjq
— Trish Stratus (@trishstratuscom) December 20, 2019
Oh what the fuck man!! Poor Dustin. It's TV!! I like AEW but seriously. What in the fucking fuck?! pic.twitter.com/cZXfBUCvNY
— Brian Heffron aka The Blue Meanie (@BlueMeanieBWO) December 20, 2019
Maybe they forgot to cut the eye holes out of his mask. ????
— Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) December 20, 2019
He apparently is a seasoned vet and is used to live tv and just assumed that the camera to his left was the one with that red dot thingy on it for those horrendous fucking punches #workonyourpunchkid https://t.co/GdQTNS10Bj
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) December 21, 2019
Or quit the buisness cuz you’re the drizzling shits https://t.co/3fUZXpGuzx
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) December 21, 2019
….or you can come to the top company and I’ll teach you one of the most important aspects of our biz. Throwing a fucking ?? https://t.co/Xvu78WoqXv
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) December 21, 2019
Opinion: Egads man. I know there are some problems that can’t be avoided but how could you do this on national television and think it would be ok? This looked terrible and there is no way to make it sound better. It shouldn’t be that hard to fake some punches and have Rhodes just lay there. Rhodes is just there and on the receiving end but did nothing wrong. I’m not sure who was under the mask but this was just atrocious.
How bad did this look? What should happen to the masked man? Let us know in the comments below.
Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. His latest book is KB’s Complete 2004 Monday Night Raw Reviews.
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