The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2003 "New Jack called and threatened to make Jason his fifth justifiable homicide if he didn't take back what he'd said about Raven being the first guy to push a shopping cart with weapons to the ring." I just think this is great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2003 Haven't seen this anywhere else, so here'll do. Just want to say kudos to Shelton Benjamin for his little tribute to Crash on Velocity, wearing the name 'CRASH' on his right wristband during his match. Nice to see that despite the company not showing proper respects, the talent has enough class to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2003 Haven't seen this anywhere else, so here'll do. Just want to say kudos to Shelton Benjamin for his little tribute to Crash on Velocity, wearing the name 'CRASH' on his right wristband during his match. Nice to see that despite the company not showing proper respects, the talent has enough class to. Considering that the WWE agents approves any of what the talent wear to the ring, don't you think there's a reason why he wasn't mentioned on television? - WWE has already been accused of trying to distance themselves from the Crash situation by not mentioning his death on TV yet. But considering it was up on their own website before anyone else had heard about it, that's not the case. The feeling inside the company is that they just finished their coverage of Stu and Hawk, with the big Hawk tribute running just this past weekend, and jumping right into another death announcement seemed a little too soon. Not to mention that it's kinda depressing to start a show that way. This has brought up a somewhat callous discussion at times of how Crash's death should be handled. Some people seem to be expecting JR and Lawler to take a couple minutes out of the show to discuss their memories of him, with anything less being a slight on his legacy. One fan attended a house show where they didn't do a 10 bell salute for Crash and was upset about it, pointing out that WWE had done one at the same arena for Andre when he died. But the other side of the coin, and it's a valid position, is that Crash was not exactly Andre or Stu Hart or Hawk. At most, even if Crash had died three months ago or three months from now, we probably wouldn't see much more than a graphic to inform people that he'd died. There wouldn't be a discussion about it during a show, or a video package on him, or anything like that. They may still run a graphic for him on the major shows, especially if people complain or something. But the thought in WWE was that their announcement on the website, and a mention of it on Confidential or something like that, would be appropriate. They did do 10-bell tributes to him at some of the shows over the weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ghettoman Report post Posted November 17, 2003 What's worse than using BS to further some vendetta on the internet? Watching it work.... How can you guys read this shit.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2003 The feeling inside the company is that they just finished their coverage of Stu and Hawk, with the big Hawk tribute running just this past weekend, and jumping right into another death announcement seemed a little too soon. Yeah, Crash really picked a bad time to die. He probably should have waited a month or 2. That's really a poor excuse. They didn't need an elaborate tribute. JR and/or Lawler saying something at the beginning of Raw, or a graphic of Crash with "(birth date) - 2003" would have been fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Megatron Report post Posted November 18, 2003 As if I care what you think? Obviously you did, or else you wouldn't have replied to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
