garfieldsnose 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 At the same time, nobody would attack someone if they made a joke about Heath Ledger at a roast of some actor or actress. At least one wouldn't think someone would. Wrestling fans are just some of the most sensitive people I've seen/heard and it's really annoying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 Well, Scott Hall didn't wrestle with Heath Ledger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garfieldsnose 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 See what I mean. Christian Bale probably wouldn't have gone and attacked someone. Even if there were prominent wrestlers there, I think they know better to attack someone, and they'd probably just leave if they were offended. Scott Hall was intoxicated, so it's not like he should be praised for being some kind of moral savior. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 I'm not saying people should be assaulted but to think everyone will react the same way because it's a "roast" is stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garfieldsnose 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 I'm not a huge fan of roasts at all, and I know it's normal for people to get offended but they can't act like it's something so taboo. And Hall was in no way in the right for attacking the guy who made the joke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garfieldsnose 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 Not the video of the attack, but the aftermath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9vjM7IZtY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 Norm MacDonald did the best roast. I hope you're not talking about the Saget roast. He was ok at best. I hope this pops up on youtube Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 A lot of you are missing the point. Comparisons to stuff like jokes about Chris Benoit are way off base. Benoit was clearly an insane maniac when he killed his family and then himself. Owen Hart was a widely acknowledged great guy who everyone loved, who was killed in a tragic accident that was completely not his fault. There is a difference, whether people here want to admit it or not. Yeah, it's a roast and "nothing is off limits", but common sense says you don't joke about that in front of a group of wrestlers. It would be like going to some social event at a synagogue and making Holocaust jokes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 Not the video of the attack, but the aftermath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9vjM7IZtY What a tremendous douche. Hey, have another drink, Scott! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UZI Suicide 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 The thing about a roast is technically, stuff about the people who are there is off limits because they are there to respond. When you bring other people that aren't there to defend themselves, it isn't necessarily frowned upon or anything, but it's not the same as making a joke about someone who is there at the roast. I personally don't give a shit about the joke, but I can see why others are getting a little up in arms. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 Watching Jim Powers roast people was like watching Henry Fonda pick blueberries. Some video of the incident is on youtube- a drunk Scott Hall sure was right! "I think everyone in this building would *love* to watch Henry Fonda pick blueberries" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Obi Chris Kenobi 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 I was thinking the other day, while watching old Nitros - 'What happened to Jim Powers'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2008 Watching Jim Powers roast people was like watching Henry Fonda pick blueberries. Some video of the incident is on youtube- a drunk Scott Hall sure was right! "I think everyone in this building would *love* to watch Henry Fonda pick blueberries" The only time Bob has something on his mind is when he wears a hat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jebus 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 Hall speaks on incident: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 Hall speaks on incident: Man, Scott looks worse than Owen's corpse there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 *Drunkenly attacks Cheech* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blue2 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 It might be in bad taste(the Owen joke). But if Bret was there.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boxer 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 It might be in bad taste(the Owen joke). But if Bret was there.......... I'll finish your thought. Frankly, he'd quietly walk up and beat the shit out of the guy. Unlike Hall here, because he was drunk, I would think everyone here would support Bret if he clocked him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 Bret's a stroke victim- he's not beating up anybody. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 Scott Hall's career is a bigger car wreck than the one that killed Adrian Adonis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 Watching Jim Powers roast people was like watching Henry Fonda pick blueberries. Some video of the incident is on youtube- a drunk Scott Hall sure was right! "I think everyone in this building would *love* to watch Henry Fonda pick blueberries" The only time Bob has something on his mind is when he wears a hat! Bob, if people say you're over the hill, don't believe them. Why, you'll never be over the hill-not in the car you drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 Bob has the face of a flower. Yeah, CAULI-flower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 I had a roast this morning. Chicken, some gravy, a lovely yorkshire pud. Marvelous. Things are so much simpler over here. Nobody ever gets drunk and starts a fight at English roasts unless it's at Christmas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 I wish someone took notes on how to roast from Lowell Mather on Wings . . . The Iron Sheik . . . is BAD Have you ever seen the Iron Sheik wrestle . . . he's BAD And that camel clutch he does . . . it's BAD And the time he said he'd fuck B Brian Blair's ass . . . that was BAD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ivpvideos 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 The roast itself was pretty funny in the beginning, but then after the Hall incident all the drunk idiot fans wouldn't shut up so I ended up just leaving and missing the ending. Highlights include "Hey Nikolai, can you see Sarah Palin's house from your house?" "Bill Apter, you have real bad dandruff. Wipe it off before Muraco comes over and starts snorting it" Bob Backlund gets up on the podium, doesn't say anything for over a minute. Fan starts yelling so Backlund gets in his face and starts screaming at him to shut up, using a ton of big words. Then he goes back to the podium, says thank you, and sits down. "Tom Brandi says in his shoot interview that he was happy that he was in the Rumble for three minutes, while JBL was in the rumble for 37 minutes. Yah, great to be happy about that, one guy is a millionaire and the other goes from town to town selling photos of Del Wilkes" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2008 I had a roast this morning. Chicken, some gravy, a lovely yorkshire pud. Marvelous. Things are so much simpler over here. Nobody ever gets drunk and starts a fight at English roasts unless it's at Christmas. I was waiting for someone to make a pun about comedy roasts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted October 12, 2008 See what I mean. Christian Bale probably wouldn't have gone and attacked someone. What if it was his mom or sister? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2008 I was ready to take Hall's side until I realize I laugh at 9/11 jokes all the time, esp. Gilbert Godfrey's joke a few weeks after 9/11. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted October 13, 2008 My favorite 9/11 joke was actually an Owen joke. I don't remember who posted it, but shortly after 9/11 someone started a thread titled something like: "What do Owen Hart and the Twin Towers have in common?" And when you opened the thread the answer was: "They both debuted in 1988" or whatever year it was. I dunno why but I found that hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2008 I was ready to take Hall's side until I realize I laugh at 9/11 jokes all the time, esp. Gilbert Godfrey's joke a few weeks after 9/11. Didn't almost nobody find that joke to be funny, forcing Godfrey to revert to the tired Aristocrats joke? My favorite 9/11 joke was actually an Owen joke. I don't remember who posted it, but shortly after 9/11 someone started a thread titled something like: "What do Owen Hart and the Twin Towers have in common?" And when you opened the thread the answer was: "They both debuted in 1988" or whatever year it was. I dunno why but I found that hilarious. That joke also makes no sense. Owen Hart debuted in 1986. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
