Maybe this is some sort of initiation into the boys club. Sounds like a lot of effort was put into the rib. In a way that’s better than just being ignored isn’t it? This could be a test to see how Ryder reacts. If he wines and bitches he will fail the test. If he takes it all in stride he may show the boss something and get more attention.
Okay even if this were some sort of hazing/initiation, it's flat out childish and wrong to begin with, regardless of the fact that this is common place in wrestling history. This isn't a good tradition to pass down, it's a totally childish, immature, and juvenile one that was maliciously intended to break down another man's SPIRIT. Seriously, that is just soul crushing stuff here and that's not an exaggeration because Ryder has dedicated his entire life and being to professional wrestling and to dangle all of his dreams right in front of him and then rip them away while pointing and laughing is so cruel and juvenile that I can't even begin to explain how utterly disappointed I am in Vince McMahon for the ten thousandth time. You'd think maybe with old age he's gain some wisdom, or atleast some karma.
No voice attached, ergo who knows who really is sending it.
I didn't
literally ask you what the difference was. I'm well aware that a phone call involves two people speaking by voice and a text message involves words sent over an electronic device. But fundamentally, they are the same thing in their method of delivering information. Getting information from a phone call or a text message is no different, you're still getting that information.
And I
highly doubt Meltzer would print/run a story like this based entirely on a text message from an ANONYMOUS person. The guy has a ton of sources in the company that talk to him on a regular basis, so the assumption here is that's the case again.
But I've also read rumblings that Meltzer didn't actually run this story, and that it was mis-attributed to him. It seems to have some validity regardless based on wrestlers comments on Twitter.
No conversation so no follow up questions or perceptions of tonality. One text message with vague opinions is a pretty crappy thing to build a whole story on.
How do you know it was one single text message? At no point in that article did it ever even imply that he received only ONE text. You have no clue if there was follow up questions or back-and-forth communication. If there wasn't any, I highly doubt Meltzer would run the story (if he did).