https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RAhxhIHdpM
Saw this blow up on reddit today and didn't know if the blog had already seen it. Dem feels!
Yeah, a bunch of people e-mailed me this already. That plus the Koko B. Ware story makes for an emotional day!
What Koko story?
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side he didn't have to watch the Kane angle on Monday
ReplyDeleteI don't mean this as a joke, even though it's unlikely to sound any other way, but Hunter selling Connor's punch HARD and then laying down for three got me weirdly choked up.
ReplyDeleteGoddam, who is cutting up the onions in here....?
ReplyDeleteSeriously, that was so sweet and sad. Major props to Daniel Bryan and Triple H.
I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry I'm not gonna cry.
ReplyDeleteDammit.
That's just tremendous stuff for Connor, that he got to experience that. Major props to WWE for setting all that up for him.
Just watched this and it's a pretty terrible show. However I want the greeting call from my favorite WWF wrestler....can you imagine them doing this today? What kid doesn't want a birthday greeting from Bray?
ReplyDeleteSeriously, this house is a palace of ugly crying, at the moment.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that this isn't a wwe.com piece makes me like it so much more also
ReplyDeleteI love this
ReplyDeleteYet another reason they won't turn Cena heel, he's the most popular guy for Make a Wish kids to meet. Is great seeing them do this and wonderful for that kid to have had such a fine time with his heroes, reaffirms your faith in humanity.
ReplyDeleteIn fairness, I cry at things like Toy Story 3 and The Lion King, so I'm probably not the best one to judge by.
ReplyDeleteYes, I said that out loud.
Looks like Stan Lane isn't the only wrestler Ric Flair trained - Farva has the moveset down pat!
ReplyDeleteGreat Reddit comment: "This has crashed through the Spanish announcer's table of my heart."
ReplyDeleteMy initials are AVD and I'm frequently stoned. I challenge C.O. Jones to a Battle Of The BOD Cod-RVDs.
ReplyDeleteThing is, even if it is cynical PR fodder (which I don't believe it is for the wrestlers, I truly don't) then who gives the remotest of fucks? At the end of the day, it's giving a sick kid a memorable time that means the world to them - no matter the motivation, it's worth it.
ReplyDeleteI do genuinely think the wrestlers are, as you say, 100% into it. Hell, Steph was on the verge of losing it just talking about the wee guy - you can fake that, but I'm pretty sure she wasn't.
When he hooked the leg I fucking laughed tears of joy. That was awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd Nathan Jones.
ReplyDeleteif you didn't have a smile on your face when watching this, you better not have a mouth
ReplyDeletei speak for the rest of the blog when i say fuck off
ReplyDeleteThey had their place. Kids loved them (myself included) and found them funny.
ReplyDeletelegit question: i'm not entirely sure where in town connor is from (might be an hour outside of the city), but when wwe comes back here in june for SD, i wonder if dbry will visit connor's grave. that would be nice
ReplyDeleteGot the gimmick wrong Brian, it's Asians not Brazilians.
ReplyDeleteYou 2 should be a tag team.
ReplyDeleteDidn't that happens years ago?
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you ask Cult, he said he knew the mother.
ReplyDeletegotta hook the leg, otherwise he might kick out! (after all, he's a I-don't-know-how-often world champion)
ReplyDeleteThis house needs a new HEPA filter I really need to get the vents cleaned someone is cutting onions the contacts I don't wear are bothering me seasonal allergies.
ReplyDelete:cries:
ReplyDeleteSo emotional.
Yet another reason?
ReplyDeleteThat's, like, the only reason.
This mean we are all on the writing team?
ReplyDeleteDude, I've cried multiple times in my life at pro wrestling outcomes.
ReplyDeleteI think you're safe here.
If you thought that was bad, don't ever read a Deadspin comment section.
ReplyDeleteGood show Bayless.
ReplyDeleteI also love that basic decency is now pretty much company policy, in that the heat you'd get from being a dick to a fan or a Make A Wish kid would get you in so much hot water that it's just not worth it not to go above and beyond. Not that people necessarily need that impetus not to be a dick, but I like the idea that anyone even thinking of shrugging their shoulders at one of these appearances will think twice about breaking a kid's heart.
ReplyDeleteToy Story 3, Fruitvale Station, Atonement, Up, Wall-E, Savage and Elizabeth at Mania 7, the "Hurt" music video on Raw Is Eddie. I swear, my eyes are puffy all the time, and not for RVD reasons either.
ReplyDeleteA nice reminder that all this is fake and Stephanie and Hunter are parents,
ReplyDeletethe youtube link i watched it at wisely has comments disabled
ReplyDeletewhen lilian started the national anthem on the live SD following 9/11, i lost it
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so much dirtier than it actually was.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about that when he told Connor to hit him and sold it like that, probably something he's done a million times with his own kids.
ReplyDeleteI knew how it was going to end, still broke my heart.
:rereads it:
ReplyDeleteYou're right.
Link?
ReplyDeleteAnd the likes.
ReplyDeleteEveryone's complimenting Hunter, but Cena was also very nice to the kid, you know. Only insisted on 5 visual falls before jobbing.
ReplyDeleteMy beard is saturated in that feeling water which my eyes periodically make.
ReplyDeleteYou're an asshole.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not like you said 'llax knew the mom.
ReplyDeleteBetter than the kid hooking the leg was HHH bringing it up. This whole thing really made me forget all the little crap I allow to annoy me.
ReplyDeleteAh yes. I did too.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also got choked up at the end of Toy Story 3.
And while watching this video I noticed there was a lot of dust in my office.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go set something on fire to get my touch guy manhood back. Or something.
<<<<<This heartless bastard right here............has found out that he has a heart after all, and a soft one at that. I want to offer my sincere apologies to Scott Keith for the comment about hitting him with a hammer in the Meekin business exposing thread a few days ago. Also, I'm currently conducting a search for any unknown children I may have been a party to.
ReplyDeleteBonus points for hooking the leg! He had the psychology DOWN!
ReplyDeleteAlso he sells a ton a shirts. Essentially every lame thing he wears to the ring is something that can be bought at wweshopzone.com
ReplyDeleteLMAO at the 9 people liking this comment. I'm sure you are all angels who have never laughed, or told, an inappropriate joke.
ReplyDeletewoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
ReplyDeleteSomeone just tossed tear gas into the room.
ReplyDeleteI cried during Click. You're not alone.
ReplyDeleteand it would be just like Trips to kick out of the finisher and go over. All kidding aside, this was the best part of my day.
ReplyDeleteThat was beautiful and heartbreaking. No shame, I don't think I've cried so much in years.
ReplyDeleteDamn, my allergies are acting up again.
ReplyDeleteShaler, but I think they had recently moved a bit farther north.
ReplyDeleteYou know, Conner probably Woolf have liked the segment since he's not jaded like the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteWhat Koko B Ware story?
ReplyDeleteThe one thing that might have pushed him over the edge was if Demon Boy was one of Cena's Make A Wish kids.
ReplyDeleteHa! Love this!!!
ReplyDeleteLol! I'd totally forgotten about him. Still a bit unclear on what actually happened....
ReplyDeleteITs everyone now.
ReplyDelete'ITs everyone now'
ReplyDeletelegit lol
Sorry I didn't comment on this yet haven't had a chance to read it (read most of it on the shitter). Great stuff Bayless, I'm really loving this. You really put in effort here although I have no idea how you remember ever little thing from everybody's comments. It's either genius or creepy but probably a little of both. Thanks for the great read.
ReplyDelete.....great.........
ReplyDeleteWe are taking over! The big man Nick "The Brick" Piers, my main man EXTANT1979 which is a totally awesome name and myself the stopper of shows Magoonie who is NOT Teddy Belmont will be taking control of the BOD! We are the work horses of this place! We keep it going! But we get overlooked, why is that? Is it because we aren't in the prestigious Top 5? Because we don't talk about crappy sports? Because we don't post gif after gif of glorious asses? Because we aren't "doctors" with a lot of time on our hands? Because we don't have a wife stealing gimmick? All those are valid points but I'll tell you why we are overlooked and *beeeep* on! Because we don't get on our knees and beg for the approval of Bayless! The man isn't fit to be GM. He's barely fit to make a BMW by himself! This isn't over Bayless, this is only the beginning and there are more of us than you think....
ReplyDeleteWonder how he will punish you guys
ReplyDeleteI vaguely remember the official story: WWE was on an Australian tour, he got homesick, left the arena and never came back.
ReplyDeleteIt DOES sound like a bullshit story, but who knows.
yes we are
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Have fun with Caliber, I MEAN JESSY!
ReplyDeleteIT'S TOTALLY A WOMAN AND NOT AN EGOTISTICAL EX-BoD WRITER.
Archie Stackhouse.....is coming.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to have a future here, son stay off the drugs.
ReplyDeleteI was booked! And final 3! Awesome. My rise begins baby.
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