Double Standard? Why isn't Mark Henry fired?

[GameUniverse]

This Monday on Raw Mark Henry choked Jim Ross with his tie. Last year Daniel Bryan was released supposedly for the sam reason. Is there a double standard going on? If I was Bryan I would be very angry right now. Any insight on this? Why would one superstar get fired and another one be assigned to do the exact same thing. If anything Henry's attack was far more brutal....

Did anyone else find this weird or unfair?

 

[THE SWAG]

he really didn't pull on the tie, plus he would probably to the WSS on vince if he tells him he is fired for that incident, plus he has been there forever won't happen

 

[#hamler]

If you were to give the illusion of killing someone via neck tie, which would you believe more?

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If you ask me, Daniel Bryan looked as if he was going to kill Justin Roberts Chris Benoit style and I don’t think the WWE wanted to relive that. Granted, I wouldn’t have fired Daniel Bryan over something this stupid; people will look at the simplest move and take it the wrong way. Maybe Daniel Bryan offended some people and they had no choice but to fire him but Mark Henry was no where near that bad. Same for Jerry Lawler choking Cole a few months ago by his tie; he didn’t pull back which I believe is the same way Benoit killed his wife.

 

[BigPoppaPunk]

I think sometimes ppl online read way too much into little details like this. From what I read around the time he was fired, it was for spitting on Cena, not choking JR with his tie. Plus, several others have attacked JR in a storyline and NOT been fired. Remember Foley using the Mandible Claw on JR? Or what about Kane setting JR on fire? See where I'm going??? Those guys used JR to make their characters look stronger, but didn't get fired.

Seriously, it's really not a big deal to me. If anything, someone needs to attack Michael Cole like that and shut him up for good. Maybe he needs to join The Hall Of Pain...

 

[TUFFY54]

This Monday on Raw Mark Henry choked Jim Ross with his tie. Last year Daniel Bryan was released supposedly for the sam reason. Is there a double standard going on? If I was Bryan I would be very angry right now. Any insight on this? Why would one superstar get fired and another one be assigned to do the exact same thing. If anything Henry's attack was far more brutal....

Did anyone else find this weird or unfair?

The're night and day. Henry grabbed him by his tie to intimidate him. It fucking looked like Bryan was going to kill Justin Roberts. This is a ridiculous comparison. According to your logic, shouldn't Kane and Big Show be fired for choke slamming people? Can we please stop asking why everyone isn't fired for choking someone on TV.

 

[xoxo French Kiss xoxo]

Its probably because last year, when Daniel Bryan did that, no one gave a shit about Daniel Bryan. No one giving a shit about Daniel Bryan hasn't changed but were talking about Mark Henry vs Daniel Bryan. Henry has been a company guy for the past 15 years, and has had to endure some horrible garbage shit in those 15 years to finally get to where he is. Daniel Bryan was green, new to the company and overstepped a line. But as I already pointed it out, it was mainly due to no one giving a shit about Daniel Bryan

 

[DeadmanWalkinagain]

Daniel Bryan's firing was a work. He was fired making it look like the Nexus didn't want him. That way he could come back when Nexus was about to disband, and be PART of the cause of it. If he was fired for allegedly choking Justin Roberts with a tie AND spitting on the Golden Boy, John Cena, he would not have been welcomed back. Much less, be introduced, by John Cena. I'm pretty sure Bryan and Roberts had the choke tie planned and he didn't go running around choking people, just like Henry choking Good ole JR.... its called cheap heat.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

It's even more simple than most people have proposed. The thing with Mark Henry last night was scripted, part of the show, people knew it was going to happen. The Nexus attack last year was scripted, but they were told more or less to go out there and smash the place up and attack people. After reviewing something Daniel Bryan effectively took it upon himself to do people obviously decided it was too much.

Plus what Hamler man said about the two different scenes as a spectator, Daniel Bryan looked like he was trying to remove Robert's head. Of course, DeadmanWalkinagain's theory would stick but I don't buy it. I think Bryan was fired back then and then re-instated after some pressure from people like Cena.

 

[BillAlfonso]

I think the difference is the way each guy did it, Daniel Bryan was more of "I'm gonna kill this motherfucker" and Mark Henry was more of "Come here, motherfucker." Also, it was part of the angle as well, they even worked it in when Barret spoke about it on Raw the next week.

Justin Roberts did sell that shit though.

 

[xoxo French Kiss xoxo]

read what she posted again dude she clearly says that no one giving a shit about Daniel Bryan hasn't changed

Sorry I don't find the Lebell lock impressive, and until he brings out this amazing arsenal of moves I've heard about out of his closet it will be hard to give a shit about him. There was pressure to have him rehired, but that doesn't change the fact that he's boring, and one dimensional.

Mr Kennedy also won MITB, but lost it to someone who was actually over, do not think for a second that the same thing couldn't happen to Bryan.

As for Henry grabbing JR by the lapels, it was LULZY. And choking some one with their tie is a lot different than grabbing someone by the lapels

 

[Deadlysyns]

Sorry I don't find the Lebell lock impressive, and until he brings out this amazing arsenal of moves I've heard about out of his closet it will be hard to give a shit about him. There was pressure to have him rehired, but that doesn't change the fact that he's boring, and one dimensional.

Mr Kennedy also won MITB, but lost it to someone who was actually over, do not think for a second that the same thing couldn't happen to Bryan.

As for Henry grabbing JR by the lapels, it was LULZY. And choking some one with their tie is a lot different than grabbing someone by the lapels

i was just saying DB is Relevent you dun have to like him not everyone is gunna like every wrestler. Also Mr. Anderson had issues backstage with a top guy and many others if the WWE had kept him around he could of been Relevent

 

[CraigThe13th]

Its probably because last year, when Daniel Bryan did that, no one gave a shit about Daniel Bryan. No one giving a shit about Daniel Bryan hasn't changed but were talking about Mark Henry vs Daniel Bryan. Henry has been a company guy for the past 15 years, and has had to endure some horrible garbage shit in those 15 years to finally get to where he is. Daniel Bryan was green, new to the company and overstepped a line. But as I already pointed it out, it was mainly due to no one giving a shit about Daniel Bryan

Don't you mean YOU didn't give a shit about him and you don't give a shit now, you can't speak for everybody.

How about that petition shitloads of people signed to get him rehired? I doubt Mark Henry would get as many sigs if it happened to him.

See what I did there? I put 'I doubt' rather than talking for the masses and saying 'No-one gives a shit about Mark Henry' as I'm not an idiot.

Oh and pass me some of whatever your blazing when you state D-Bryan was green

Green to what? WWE maybe but come on? You do know he was no rookie and has many years wrestling experience.

I have always felt DB's firing was a work anyway, though it was a little Benoit-like the choking. May I just add that wrestling, kayfabe or not, is full of double standards and this one is slight compared to the many over the years.

 

[Paralyzer Z]

...you all are aware that these things are scripted, right?

Why does that matter in this discussion?

Mark Henry didn't even look like he was choking j.r. Daniel Bryan looked like he wanted to.rip Justin Roberts (same initials as Jim Ross) throat from his spinal cord or even break his neck. But in the end it was all a work so it doesn't really matter.

 

[Ry.the_Stunner]

I'm not really impressed with Daniel Bryan either. He has no charisma, no character, and he's terrible on the mic. He's a great athlete, but not much else. He'll remain a midcarder for the entirety of his WWE career; that's where most non-speaking characters belong.

 

[AgeOfAwesome]

read what she posted again dude she clearly says that no one giving a shit about Daniel Bryan hasn't changed

Wow...I honestly missed that part, I sincerely apologize for my remark then, I quickly read it and your post seemed to be so mean i felt like responding. Sorry for my actions/words.


But for this thread, there is an obvious difference in not only the fact one superst-...wrestler is high up atm, while the other was more or less unknown(in the wwe sense) but the way they did it was different too. I dont see the point of pointing it out, in fact i hardly noticed it while watching.

 

[Wrestlingfan100]

You do realize they meant THEN not NOW, right? No one did care about him then, since not many knew him. Obviously NOW is a different story. Try understanding that, i know its kinda hard but a little effort is a good thing...or a lot.

actually they are right, A LOT of people gave a shit about him. A LOT. I dare you to look up the name Bryan Danielson on youtube you will find lots of praise. He's a big name in the wrestling world, in his promos he's actually a good " emotional" speaker and he actually got BIG pops on NXT when he first debuted and that's a fact I'd put my balls on the line for go watch his matches on NXT he got MASSIVE pops remember the
" I paid to see Daniel Bryan" signs at the NXT crowd? Probably not because you are idiot and a mark, PEACE.

 

[wrestlingfanusa]

just for the record i would rather have to fight off daniel bryan then mark henry he is probably one of the strongest men in the world go look up his weightlifting records i wouldnt want to face him in a dark alley if i did i would hope i would have some leftover mcdonalds lol.

 

[closet_fan]

the same thing could have been said for lawlor when he pulled on cole's tie when cole still had the box surrounding him.

to this day, this is still one of the funniest pics ever

 

[shooter_mcgavin]

I guess so much has changed between the last year or so. Last year, with Linda McMahon running for senate, the WWE had stricter guidlines with regards to PG.

I think ever since The Rock returned and with the mid term elections being over the WWE is more lenient than a year ago. This is obvious with people saying "A$$", "BIT*CH", "SON OF A....", less guidlines on blood (I remember before the WWE would stop the much if someone started bleeding), and the product being noticeably more violent.

I guess Daniel Bryan was just caught in the crossfire. Though it could also have been a work or his short firing meant more as a company formality than anything else (since he did return really soon).

 

[tomthebodz]

Didn't Daniel Bryan also spit on John Cena when it wasn't scripted?

 

[The Champ]

To this day I'm not really sure if it was a work or not, but my instinct goes toward it being real and them just hiring him back afterwards. If that was the case, which I think it was, his was worse because he actually took the tie off and strangled him with it. Henry just pulled on it a little bit, not the same thing. Lawler also just pulled on Cole's tie.

 

[AgeOfAwesome]

actually they are right, A LOT of people gave a shit about him. A LOT. I dare you to look up the name Bryan Danielson on youtube you will find lots of praise. He's a big name in the wrestling world, in his promos he's actually a good " emotional" speaker and he actually got BIG pops on NXT when he first debuted and that's a fact I'd put my balls on the line for go watch his matches on NXT he got MASSIVE pops remember the
" I paid to see Daniel Bryan" signs at the NXT crowd? Probably not because you are idiot and a mark, PEACE.

I never watched Nxt >_>

But regardless i know he was popular before wwe, but i mean he wasnt fully well known to the wwe fans, especially the kids/the fans who only know/watch wwe.

 

[WunNightStan619]

ok so theres def a BIG difference between what Mark Henry did and what DB did. DB looked like he was trying to rip the guys head off...i think you show go back and look at the two videos cuz theres clearly a huge difference between the two

 

[berlinbrawler]

There is a difference between grabbing someone by the tie until he goes "You're hurting me! You're hurting me." and pulling on the tie from behind until the guy's back is fully arched and he goes "GAAARGLGLGLGLGL." So, no, Henry doesn*t deserve a suspension over this and I highly doubt the thought even occurred to Bryan.

 

[billtyrrell23]

You do realize they meant THEN not NOW, right? No one did care about him then, since not many knew him. Obviously NOW is a different story. Try understanding that, i know its kinda hard but a little effort is a good thing...or a lot.

You do realize that DB has been wrestling for 15 years, and lots of people give a shit, just not people that only watch WWE...DB is an ROH legend which is why he is in the WWE, and as a great wrestler..Get it straight...People gave a shit Bryan Danielson before anyone gave a shit about Mark Henry...