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the no-holds-barred sensibilities of social media, uplifting support is quickly beginning to devolve into mean-spirited animosity as these so-called Mauro Ranallo supporters fight fire with #FireJBL. WWE's digital media audience remains healthy well past WrestleMania season. Raw's social media score has topped the Nielsen rankings in its timeslot for two weeks running. The post-WrestleMania edition of Raw received 285,000 Twitter interactions from 57,000 unique authors to go along with 328,000 interactions on Facebook. Raw's Superstar Shake-Up episode garnered 206,000 Twitter interactions from 36,000 unique authors. With this scandal still going strong as it approaches the end of its first month, JBL's every tweet has been subject to intense trolling from WWE's large digital media base of angry wrestling fans. A recent tweet, where the SmackDown Live commentator referred to Hong Kong as a great city, received the following comments "Apologize to Mauro, ya buffoon." (@VillainScurlll) "You deserve to be fired from WWE." (@AJPaxton_) "Yep. He blocked me a few hours ago. He needs to find a job at McDonald's because if WWE fires him that'd be his only option." (@AJPaxton_) #FireJBL "Please stay there and never come back to wwe. #firejbl" (Salvas94) "Stay there. #firejbl" (@embersmoon) Did you get a one-way ticket? #FireJBL(@A_TAB91 The groundswell of negative comments was headlined by former UFC champion Pat Miletich, who took a threatening tone when he proposed he and JBL have a "man to man discussion." It's one thing if JBL's actions were caught on camera, or if there was damning evidence that proved he bullied Ranallo out of the lead announcer's chair on SmackDown Live. But this tale of backstage tension was mainly reported by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, a wrestling tabloid that serves as the most trusted source of news in a world where reality and kayfabe are often blurred and WWE makes little effort to discern the two. Though the Observer has been a pillar of wrestling news coverage for decades, its dependance on anonymous, back-channel wrestling sources make it less Washington Post and more Us Weekly. What does seem apparent is that JBL and Ranllo did not get along. Ranallo has done nothing to silence the uprising of criticism toward his former colleague over the past month, and even fanned the flames with a recent anti-JBL tweet where he mocked his 1998 knockout loss to Bart Gunn during WWE's ill-fated Brawl for All. - Forbes And here's Cornette + Brian Last debating whether or not JBL is a bully twice:   And here's info on JBL fighting racism by creating a nonprofit rugby organization for troubled youths. As he acclimated to Bermuda, he noticed what he called "the almost predominant black-on-black violence that is unfortunately pervasive throughout the local neighborhoods", and in 2011 created the nonprofit organization Beyond Rugby Bermuda, using rugby union to provide young people with an alternative to gangs. The organization is an offshoot of Beyond Sport, a South African nonprofit that uses running for similar purposes; Layfield was introduced to that group's founder when he and his wife visited the country for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He spends much of his time outside of WWE with the organization, filling duties as varied as celebrity fundraising and mowing the rugby field. Beyond Rugby Bermuda began with six boys; as of February 2017, more than 400 boys and girls were involved. Layfield is now a global ambassador for Beyond Sport alongside figures such as Tony Blair and Desmond Tutu.  Interesting stuff
When the going gets tough, the tough go have a little cry in the corner.
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I feel terrible for JBL. I really do.
Really. I really do. For real.
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curtland posted...
I feel terrible for JBL. I really do. Do you feel like he is being bullied by fans?
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Magazine that profiles and profits from rich people, are protecting the people make them money? No s***.
BTW, ''Here's a picture of JBL with a black kid, see he's a nice guy with his arm around this black boy.''
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FIghting violence with violence only creates more violence. We need more peace in the world.
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calling someone out for being a bully is bullying?
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schizoid37 posted...
calling someone out for being a bully is bullying? Depending on how you go about it, potentially yes.
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JoCrazy posted...
Magazine that profiles and profits from rich people, are protecting the people make them money? No s***. Err, that was me not Forbes. I don't think JBL's attempts to help gang members get on the right track is a PR stunt, hardly anyone knows about it and it's something he funded himself. Hell Ron Simmons is one of JBL's best friends.
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OtakuD50 posted...
schizoid37 posted...calling someone out for being a bully is bullying? This. If someone is tweeting him saying they are gonna kick his ass or telling him to kill himself or something like that, yeah that is crossing a line into being hypocritical. If someone is tweeting the FireJBL hashtag and saying WWE need to do something about this guy being a bully and not threatening him that's fine. |
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schizoid37 posted...
calling someone out for being a bully is bullying? The argument is that people are being hypocrites trying to get him fired for allegedly being a bully. Forbes example is he made a tweet about a city being great and was bombarded with tweets telling him to get fired and kill himself. Which were sent because people are angry he sent tweets mocking Mauro being happy he won commentator of the year and that's mean... Lep106317 posted...
Brian Last is trying to get various forms of #GetInTheWoodchipper trending.
When the going gets tough, the tough go have a little cry in the corner.
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Yeah I am sure JBL cares about what a bunch of losers on Twitter think
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JBL is innocent.
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watch JBL bounce back from this controversy and become more over than ever.
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Bullying a bully is inherently morally superior to bullying an innocent. It may still be wrong, but it still morally superior. In other words, two wrongs don't always make a right, but one wrong can be more wrong than another.
In this case though, JBL's whole "tough guy" schtick falls apart if he needs a safeplace because meanies on the Internet (people who JBL regularly mocks) are hurting his feelings.
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It's not remotely similar to what JBL does to people as we aren't in positions of authority or seniority over him, aren't physically intimidating him, and aren't sexually harassing him.
Also he's rich and we're just random people. Despite our complaints he's still keeping his job, while apparently employees who speak out against JBL's bullying get removed from the show. I'd say the Tweeters are justified in keeping this up if WWE doesn't give Mauro a commentary spot back. It's bulls*** that JBL's the one causing trouble but Mauro's the one who has to go. They shouldn't get away with that. |
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Sojy posted...
Who got removed from the show for speaking out against JBL?
When the going gets tough, the tough go have a little cry in the corner.
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People need to stop confusing Forbes contributors with Forbes itself. Forbes contributors are essentially bloggers with no quality control whatsoever once they get brought on.
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I'll f***ing Bully a bully and f*** Forbe for defending JBL. f*** them and f*** it.
Someone who soaps asses in showers, bully talent into quitting and always act like a damn tough guy....is...annoying. f*** JBL and props to Joey Styles to have knocked him the f*** out with ONE punch. |
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Stopped reading at Forbes.
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f*** a bully! I'll f*** them up!
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Suspiria posted...
Stopped reading at Forbes. Well then you have no idea what the topic was about....
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I dont think JBL is a bad guy. I think he's a guy who was able to bully people in a hostile environment and now he isnt getting away with it anymore. He comes from a time when that crap was ok but now its not and its biting him in the ass.
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I dunno how Meltzer having a go at Coachman aggressively for his views, playing a role in him leaving his position and mocking him afterwards, and getting all his sideb****es to attack him is any better if not worse than what JBL did. Some smarks are hypocrites of the highest order.
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BaronNugget posted...
I dunno how Meltzer having a go at Coachman aggressively for his views, playing a role in him leaving his position and mocking him afterwards, and getting all his sideb****es to attack him is any better if not worse than what JBL dud. Some smarks are hypocrites of the highest order. Meltzer's problem was that Coachmen wants to report on the WWE but is ignoring this issue. He said his issue was more with ESPN than Coach It would be like if ESPN or CBS ignored the Ray Rice issue because they have NFL contracts. I agree with Meltzer though on that issue
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he literally f***ing physically attacked the bluemeanie.
jbl is a piece of s***. this is inarguable at this point.
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Is still think Mauro's being a puss.
And lol at people saying Joey Styles KO'd JBL. Have people actually listened to the story? They were both getting held back, Joey slipped free & landed a punch. It wasn't like Mike Tyson dropping some schlub in 15 seconds, he's probably lucky JBL didn't get free & kill him.
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Lotta tough keyboard warriors in here...
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Even if you consider this bullying there's a difference between bullying an a****** like JBL and bullying someone who doesn't deserve it.
f*** him, no sympathy. |
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I really hate social media. -.-
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why would you post a forbes article
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People on the Internet have no solid evidence or right to try to get JBL fired.
The only acceptable thing is for JBL to be bullied in real life, or at least mocked in real life. The people who he has bullied need to stand up to him and start to bully HIM, and it needs to be seen by many. The only thing that will get to JBL is public emotional/psychological torture.
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I know it's happened several times, but it's still so weird seeing Forbes talk wrestling.
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Mauro is a whiny little b**** and the only reason everyone's so upset on his behalf is because he did commentary for NJPW, and the entire IWC get stiffies for anyone from NJPW.
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While I like and sympathise with Mauro, these reactions are a bit stupid. These people who think they have a monopoly on morals and ethics and personally attack anyone who isn't their cheerleader are the worst.
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SmashBurb posted...
Mauro is a whiny little b**** and the only reason everyone's so upset on his behalf is because he did commentary for NJPW, and the entire IWC get stiffies for anyone from NJPW. i forgot he was even involved with njpw. thats not what he is known for. he is more known for pride. or maybe it was that biggest ppv of all time he called
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Kinda sucks that JBL isn't an active wrestler anymore, imagine how over he would be right now.
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It sickens me how people are towards JBL. The guy is f***ing awesome and yet here are a bunch of short-men nerds that got stuffed into lockers thinking he's the personification of the jock from their high school.
He does MORE for people without needing to draw any attention to it than Mauro ever has.
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this is a great topic
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I4NRulez posted...
He said his issue was more with ESPN than Coach Then why go after Coach then? and it's cute that Melitzer thinks he can take on a company the size of ESPN.
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BaronNugget posted...
Then why go after Coach then? because Coach started with Meltzer on twitter about how ESPN doesnt report on rumors. Which is a lie. So Meltzer called him out and Coach quit reporting on WWE instead of covering the story which is why meltzer got upset.
The night brims with defiled scum,and is permeated by their rotten stench.
Just think. Now you're all set to hunt and kill to your heart's content. |
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Canada Champ posted...
I think this nut kinda demonstrated Forbes' point
When the going gets tough, the tough go have a little cry in the corner.
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BaronNugget posted...
I4NRulez posted...He said his issue was more with ESPN than Coach coach went after meltz lol meltz is just challenging espn to actually cover wwe properly instead of doing little puff pieces like its a novelty dog show |
"Yep. He blocked me a few hours ago. He needs to find a job at McDonald's because if WWE fires him that'd be his only option." (@AJPaxton_) #FireJBL LOL get a load of the mark that tweeted this XD
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cheese_game619 posted...
kinda hypocritical of "Look at me" Meltzer critizing anyone else of lack of integrity
When the going gets tough, the tough go have a little cry in the corner.
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Maze_ posted...
cheese_game619 posted... id be interested to see you expand on that |
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Mauro had fans?
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LOL
A lot of people taking the high ground from a patch of quicksand in this topic. Internet people be cray. |
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How is it hypocritical?
Bullying a bully is not the same as bullying a person who isn't a bully. |
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King_Fenig posted...
How is it hypocritical? yes it is.
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Myzery posted...
King_Fenig posted...How is it hypocritical? No, it isn't. |
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