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Busted Open

'The Master's Class': Curtain Pulled Too Far

Busted Open

SiriusXM

Aew, Bully Ray, Sports News, Ring Of Honor, Nxt, News, Tommy Dreamer, Mark Henry, Dave Lagreca, Sports, Professional Wrestling, Leisure, Wwe, Njpw, Wrestling

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Following the release of "AEW All Access", Dave LaGreca, Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer & Bully Ray have a heated discussion on just how far back the wrestling is being pulled for fans of the wrestling industry. Is this hurting the business by exposing so many previously well-kept secrets?

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0:00.0

This is the Busted Open podcast. You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday

0:07.0

from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern on Sirius XM, Fight Nation Channel 156. Welcome to the Busted

0:14.3

Open podcast, the Masters class. Here with our Masters of the Ring, Mark Henry, Tommy

0:20.6

Dreamer, Bully Ray, don't forget you can hear the Masters class each and every week exclusively

0:25.7

on the Busted Open podcast. And if you like what you hear, go to Sirius XM, Fight Nation,

0:31.6

we are live Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern time. And if you like us

0:35.9

even more, go to podswag.com slash Busted Open. For brand new merchandise, we just drop.

0:42.6

So make sure you go to podswag.com slash Busted Open. And this is an interesting topic

0:48.6

today, gentlemen, because coming off of what we're seeing with AEW, with AEW all access,

0:55.1

my question to you guys, is are we pulling the curtain too far back? And are we more

1:02.9

interested in what's going on behind the scenes than what's actually going on in the ring?

1:09.2

And I know that's a topic that is very interesting to all three. And Mark, I could see right away

1:14.4

that you have a lot to say. So let's start with you, Mark. Are we pulling the curtain too far back?

1:20.7

Yes, we're pulling the curtain too far back days. Now only are we pulling it. It's our fault.

1:29.2

It's our fault based on money. And Bully and I always come back to the money.

1:36.6

We didn't want to pay taxes on being athletics. So we became sports entertainment.

1:43.2

We pulled the curtain back. We started doing reality TV. Everybody wanted to be a star and

1:51.2

get that extra buck. We did it to ourselves. Now we're in a place where people expect

2:02.0

of all access show. All our friends and family have at least once go, hey, you think I can get

2:10.3

a backstage pass? No. Now, oh, yeah, cool. All right. I'll get clearance. Like we, we

2:18.9

acquiesce to everybody's will. What they want to see behind the scenes. And it's like I said,

2:28.3

it's our fault. You don't see David Copperfield. You don't see David Blaine and people doing all

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