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   theleftfist (theleftfist@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 16:51:36 JST theleftfist

   Working on something that examines the parallels between Bret Hart and CM Punk and, well, let's just say this for now: if there was social media back in 1997/98, Bret would have been absolutely trashed; the portrayal would have been that of a difficult, threatening, dangerous, egotistical, disloyal individual who ruined his legacy and wasn't well-liked in WCW, either. #BretHart #CMPunk #BretWasRight #PunkWasRight #wrestling #ProWrestling

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     theleftfist (theleftfist@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 16:54:06 JST theleftfist

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     Vince McMahon's pre-Montreal leaks that Bret had turned his back on the WWF to defect to WCW - and already had outraged fans flipping the finger in Bret's face at shows - would have taken on a greater reach and impact with the existence of social media and a bigger dirtsheet clickbait industry. In fact, there may well have been no "Mr McMahon" character.

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     theleftfist (theleftfist@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 07:45:54 JST theleftfist

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     @jake2 The inevitable distant future episode on CM Punk will be interesting for the same reasons! (With Jericho doing narration...!)

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     smoking 𒋆𒄣𒌦𒈾𒁍 with 'ilu (jake2@kolektiva.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 07:45:55 JST smoking 𒋆𒄣𒌦𒈾𒁍 with 'ilu

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     @theleftfist this is basically the line that the Vince loyalists interviewed in dark side of the ring take