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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 8, 2009 11:10:38 GMT -5
Some heavy shit went down after a house show this weekend. Thanks to the Observer for the below account, reprinted without permission. YouTube clip of the incident, jumpy as it is, is below. Its worth a watch folks. After the show outside the arena, there was some sort of altercation between Jericho and a female fan. I was not there to witness this, but from what I was told by people who saw it, as Jericho was driving out of the arena, a female fan jumped on top of his car. Jericho rolled down the window to yell at the fan and she spat at him. Jericho got out of his car and spit back at the female fan. The female fan's boyfriend then ran in and threw a punch at Jericho. I had also heard that the female fan kicked Jericho in the knee as well. At this point, security jumped in and tried to restrain all three. Jericho apparantely pushed past security and tackled the female fan down to the ground.
The police showed up about 10 minutes after all this happened (even though the police station is right behind the arena). Jericho had left before they arrived. There were a lot of people capturing what happened on their phones and some of them were showing the police the footage when they arrived. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbnPUegD9f4 |
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 9, 2009 8:55:34 GMT -5
Not sure what to think of this. Yeah, Jericho hitting a girl is bad, but at the same time, these people were harassing him and security didn't do shit.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 9, 2009 8:59:24 GMT -5
Still, you cant hit a woman, and you should not be fighting with fans. To be blunt, he should have stayed in his vehicle, and called the cops. In fact, they are instructed to do such. The fans were real jackoffs, sure, but you need to show restraint here.
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 9, 2009 9:25:37 GMT -5
Hard to say. Self defense is self defense, and it was a mob situation. It's very hard to figure out what exactly happened due to the camera being jittery.
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Post by King98er on Feb 9, 2009 14:57:13 GMT -5
I'm all for Jericho on this. They started it and security did nothing. You can hear him yell at security to do their jobs and they simply didn't.
I'm surprised that this is mentioned on wwe.com
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 9, 2009 15:23:32 GMT -5
WWE.com mentions this stuff, cause they want to "own the story." They dont want people breaking news or talking about them without their own arm steering some of the talk. And they want people, when they hear offhand about something like this, to know they can go to WWE.com to get the scoop. Keeps a lot of people from poking around, taking their "hits" elsewhere.
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Feb 9, 2009 18:39:16 GMT -5
Jericho was not to blame. The girl not only put her hands on him first but she also almost got in his car.
Now of course you can say how much of a threat is she to him if she is a girl but how is he to know just how crazy this chick might have been. If he felt threatened and defended himself he really didn't do anything wrong.
That chick was asking for it.
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 9, 2009 19:11:18 GMT -5
Not only that, she spit on him, which is an assault. It was a mob situation, and security didn't do anything. They didn't do their jobs. I actually feel sorry for Jericho here, since it's hard for him not to take a hit to his public image, yet this was a sitution that was not his fault.
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Feb 9, 2009 20:13:44 GMT -5
Dude, anyone spits on me, I don't care who they are. They're getting decked.
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Post by joetee316 on Feb 10, 2009 7:47:25 GMT -5
If they paint Jericho as a "criminal" here, I'll be pissed. Clearly it's not his fault but you know how the news media portrays wrestlers and the business. The story is getting a lot of hype in the news and the general consensus seems to be against him. Sucks for him and the fact that the security team did nothing to alleviate the situation. I care more about this than the freakin' A-Rod escapade.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 10, 2009 8:26:45 GMT -5
I have even seen the words "roid rage" making an appearance. Thats just something these wrestlers will need to live with.
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 10, 2009 8:44:13 GMT -5
The only problem is that he is the victim.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 10, 2009 8:47:30 GMT -5
Sorry, I wont go that far.
He helped escalate the situation, by as little as getting out of his car. While I understand why he did what he did, and would probably have done the same or worse (Hell, I once kicked the crutches out from under a woman in a bar) he is not a VICTIM.
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Post by thecaptain15 on Feb 10, 2009 9:05:03 GMT -5
If someone spits on me I am sorry as the Mandlebaums' would say "It's go time!"
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 10, 2009 9:10:02 GMT -5
He is totally the victim here. He acted in self defense. Spitting at someone is bad. Remember when that punk spit on Phil at the Stadium?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 10, 2009 9:41:14 GMT -5
Whatever.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 11, 2009 21:55:49 GMT -5
Ok, you guys are going to LOVE this. Its come out that Jericho indeed spit on the woman first. At that point, she spit back at him. All of the physicality came after this.
Thoughts?
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 12, 2009 7:30:28 GMT -5
She still had it coming. Remember, the man is always right.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 12, 2009 8:34:39 GMT -5
I just printed out this weeks edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, so by tonight i should have a lot more details on this story as it stands.
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 12, 2009 8:41:52 GMT -5
She should go back to the kitchen, and bake Jericho a pie.
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Post by 4dogg on Feb 12, 2009 16:26:53 GMT -5
kicking the crutches out from under a woman in a bar.....priceless
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