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Busted Open

The Master's Class: How Far is Too Far?

Busted Open

SiriusXM

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

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Our masters Dave LaGreca, Bully Ray, Mark Henry and Tommy Dreamer have seen and crossed just about every line in professional wrestling. But times they are a changing so we debate the question: How far is TOO far in wrestling in the modern era? To visit our partners at Chewy, click here.   The Master's Class is now available on its own podcast feed! SUBSCRIBE NOW to hear over 50 episodes of Dave, Bully, Mark, and Tommy taking you behind the scenes like only they can, plus BRAND NEW episodes every week.   Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Busted Open ad-free and get exclusive access to bonus episodes.    Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

This is The Busted Open podcast.

0:04.2

You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern on Sirius XM, Fight Nation Channel 156.

0:13.4

Welcome to Busted Open's the Masters class, and here we are with our Masters of the Ring, Tommy Dreamer, Mark Henry, Bully Ray, and I think we have a very topical subject for our show today.

0:28.1

And that is how far is too far?

0:32.1

And we can relate that to pro wrestling, the world of sports, and even past that as well.

0:37.8

And I'm going to bring up two subjects that we talked about the last week here on Busted Open.

0:42.4

One was MJF taking whether it was water or possibly even tequila and throwing it at a very young fan or bully,

0:52.6

a discussion that we had when we were talking about ray

0:55.1

mysterio and the story with dom mysterio and we had a caller on busted open that mentioned

1:01.5

about desecrating the lucha mask and you said in that culture that is going way too far so

1:08.1

I thought that that would be a good topic for the master's class today and mark

1:13.7

when you hear that question how far is too far what do you think of and is in wrestling is there

1:22.4

ever going too far if you're a heel well dave i i do think that there is a such a thing as going too far if you're a heel? Well, Dave, I do think that there is such a thing as going too far.

1:32.3

And I'm going to give you the two reasons why I say that.

1:39.3

If it costs you money, do you get sued?

1:50.7

Do you lose a sponsorship deal? Then you've gone too far.

2:00.9

Because it costs you money. And Billy and Tommy will tell you, we are in it for the money.

2:04.0

It's about the business.

2:10.3

And sometimes the business is keeping things in order to keep the structure.

2:14.5

But at the end of the day, it's about, are we making the dollar?

2:21.3

Are we able to fund everything that's going on in show show, pay the talent, pay all the bills, find a way to keep the doors open?

2:25.3

That's what it's about.

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