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Busted Open

'The Masters Class': The Art of Wrestling Politics

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

🗓️ 21 August 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Dave LaGreca and his Hall of Fame Panel of Masters Mark Henry, Bully Ray, and Tommy Dreamer discuss and educate you on the behind the scenes art of politics in pro wrestling. The Masters define what wrestling politics is and its impact on every wrestler and promotion's lives, and break down when it is right to go politicking.

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0:47.6

And I think we have a great topic. And it's very, very relevant, especially here on Busted Open

0:53.6

for today's Masters class. And that is the art of politicking. And coming off the heels of what

1:00.4

we heard from Road Dog this past week on Busted Open about why sting loss to Triple H at WrestleMania

1:08.3

31. Also what we heard from CJ Perry about why there was no payoff to her going through tables

1:16.0

weekend and week out from Nia Jax. I thought this was a perfect topic for our Masters of the

1:22.0

Ring. That's right. Tommy Dreamer, bully Ray, Mark Henry, Tommy, bully Mark. How are you guys

1:28.2

today? Awesome, man. Awesome, Dave. You're in the presence of three master politickers.

1:39.1

I like it. And you know what? I like it. But I don't call me made of face as if not he's not like

1:44.1

a big politicker. He's probably the biggest politicker on this discussion. All right. Okay.

1:51.0

All right. So we'll see what the payoff is. So Tommy, you'll go last. And Mark, since you said

1:57.0

hello first, I'll have you go first. So when you hear the word politics. And when you hear

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the word politicking, now us as fans, we hear those terms all the time. But I'm sure for you guys

2:12.6

being in the back, being in the ring, it means something completely different. So for you, Mark,

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what do you first think when you hear those terms? Well, it's two different things, Dave, totally.

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