Gilbertti mentions that the guys who work this style aren’t trying to be unsafe and they’re not trying to injure each other, but that doesn’t change the fact that the style IS unsafe. He doesn’t recall Bret Hart or Ric Flair hurting their opponents, and they’re two of the best workers of all time.
Russo says he and Gilbertti continue to get attacked for preaching safety. He’s getting to the point where he’s soon just going to give up preaching about it, and if these guys want to go out and kill themselves in the ring they can go right ahead. He fears that this will never change until someone dies or gets paralyzed in the ring.
Gilbertti informs that he has very thick skin. Since his argument with Rhodes he has read some very terrible comments online, but he doesn’t even block people on Twitter. He says doesn’t bother him because he’s very confident in himself. People can call him a jobber if they want; he made good money and worked a lot during his career and he’s quite content with that.
Russo points out that if the performers don’t start policing the business themselves, commissions are going to start getting involved just like we’ve seen in New Orleans for this weekend’s events. He points out that this stuff is supposed to be a work, and if they knew that guys were getting in the ring and beating the crap out of each other they’d never allow it.
