I know it's hot in the Raw thread but I wanted to put it to a vote. This segment is definitely going down in history though. Either as a huge mistake, or one of the best segments in history.
EDIT: I voted no for the few posters who somehow interpreted otherwise from my clearly unbiased OP
I think it was fucking great, wouldn't have worked otherwise, the insane punk pouring the ashes over taker and rubing himself with it was awesome, made him look like a psychotic bastard who needs to be put down for good (which will happen if rumors are true and he goes away for several months), made the segment actually work and made it much more interesting
Sometimes things happen that seem, to me, to be past the line of poor taste, such as repeated airings of video from Lawler's heart attack. This, however, was working a death into a storyline in a way that, while tacky (as are most things about wrestling), wasn't graphic or real. Exploitative? Maybe, but I didn't see it as insulting to the person involved.
As I said in the live thread, I could see the storyline as a kind of tribute and send off for both the character and the man. I don't have any problem with it, and almost sort of like having Paul Bearer be a part of Wrestlemania one last time.
While I thought it was great, I can understand why people are offended being that Bearer actually passed.
Though, for the life of me I still don't understand why the mocking heart attack segment got the negative response it did. Lawler was poking fun at it himself.
I'll say yes, even though I wasn't very offended since I knew that obviously they weren't his ashes. It's still no mystery why people might be offended by it.
I thought it was a powerful ending to say the least. I do think it's sick in a way to exploit a man's death to "enhance" something that's meant to be entertaining.
We all know WWE creative can't come up with jack s*** so let's just take this feud for what it's worth because I seem to think this is REAL personal now and there wouldn't have been any other way to get this feud that way so just enjoy the ride without being too sensitive.
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