>>18677799
>“You got these veteran guys drinking alcohol before the show, and then they come out there, and you hit one of the kids… upside the head with a beer can. He’s supposed to understand and process all this information. No, it’s not going to happen.”
This part I agree with. How many other feds openly allow their roster to indulge in pre-show drinking/smoking? You have to be sober, alert, and firing on all cylinders for a match lest you make the fight look like trash or botch a spot and put yourself or someone else in the hospital (or worse). Even the Rattlesnake who would take a foam bath every night as a gimmick would typically only do so when promo'ing or AFTER a match in victory. And when he did, he allowed most of the can contents to run down the side of his body to accentuate for the camera while minimizing any buzz.

HOWEVER, Stu was clearly operating under false assumptions that the "backstage" was billed a place where workers can work so he acted accordingly and when he found out otherwise tried to immediately extend a hand of apology to make things right. There was no universe where any of that merited him getting his face and teeth plastered in.

Also, NO, wrestlers should not have to be able to shoot fight to do well. It's not the same thing and real fights look ugly and frankly awkward as Raja demonstrated (a Ken Shamrock or Steve Blackman he fucking never will be). But for arguments sake let's even say Stu could shoot fight with the best, getting surprised picked up from behind and slammed into the mat for an immediate KO following by 21 drills to the head while out was a coward's attack that even the most hardcore MMA authority would never condone.

IMHO Blame can be summed up as:
80% Raja
19% KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy
01% Stu