The internet is full of F-Tards
Has the whole world gone mental?
This morning on SiriusXM, Bubba the Love Sponge was playing clips on his radio program of various internet radio shows commenting on his firing from TNA Wrestling. Well, some of it was comments, most was slander and amateurish name-calling.
Now, let’s get things straight. To start with, Bubba never did anything wrong. I don’t agree with all of his comments regarding TNA – I’ve found the edgier product to be entertaining – but he surely has every right in the world to be pissed at the company that wrongfully terminated him.
But again, Bubba never did anything wrong. Bubba voiced his opinion – I’m fairly certain we still have free speech in this country, right? – and in return, Kong – real name Kia Stevens – repeatedly punched an unsuspecting Bubba in the face at a TNA taping for Bubba’s comments regarding supporting Haiti.
But from the start, Bubba was the bad guy. All he did was speak his mind.
Reports – mainly one emanating from the Baltimore Sun – painted Bubba as a racist for comments made on a radio program with Kong at the end of April. No where has anyone brought up that Kong physically assaulted him.
And really, what Bubba said wasn’t racist. It certainly wasn’t nearly as bad as what some of the “marks” have written and said about Bubba – which is comical, because they’re calling him racial and other slurs for calling what they perceived as racial slur towards Kong.
Hypocritical much?
Bottom line is that Bubba was wrongfully terminated. You can like or not like what he brought to the table as far as television product goes, but he was an untapped resource for TNA that they threw down the drain for someone who isn’t even employed by the company anymore.
I’ve written it a million times – Bubba could have been a HUGE asset to TNA, if they ever utilized him correctly.
He’s listened to by millions of people everyday. He’s listened to by more people on Sirius XM and in the state of Florida on his terrestrial show than TNA gets national viewers. Why not tap into that incredible resource? TNA blew it. TNA blew it for no reason. Bubba’s controversial, that’s what he brings to the table, but if I were him, I’d be filing a wrongful termination lawsuit.
But instead, guys who have never heard his program – guys from say, the Baltimore Sun and internet marks around the world – slander someone they’ve never met or heard, doing the same thing they want him crucified for.
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Good job on writing about this. At first, some fans won’t think that his termination is a big deal and will naively think that TNA is better off.
Far from it, when you take into account:
1)His radio show and name would have and probably did generate heightened interest in the TNA brand.
2)The hypocritical reasoning that Bubba claims Dixie fired him for (the “black” reference that TNA readily throws around on several BLACK performers) should concern not only fans, but other performers under TNA’s employ.
3)Bubba also is investigating claims that SpikeTV officials were not happy over his firing because of his possible promotional value for the brand, which wasn’t helped after he was fired and then TNA moved their timeslot again.
And man, if anyone watched those “TNA Tough Guys” that Bubba played on the air… Holy crap, the word FAIL has new definitions.
While this whole episode is indicative of the pisspoor management running TNA right now, I’m afraid I just don’t have much sympathy for mr. love sponge over all this. Honestly I don’t think he would’ve been as big of an asset as everyone else seems to think: celebrity endorsement has always been iffy with Professional Wrestling, especially a product that reinforces all the negative perspectives TNA does (the same type of show that lead one of the heads of USA network to totally blast WWF when they moved to spike tv). Meanwhile WWE’s new PG product has opened up countless endorsement and merchandising opportunities they wouldn’t have had before the shift.
Not to change the subject but I think TNA has far greater assets going to waste (all the new acquisitions and while heel Sting is a pretty good thing and was enticing to see for a while it became yet another Russo marketed direct to snark storyline, leaving most of the audience in the dust), and I would’ve expected they could’ve grown at least a little bit by inviting attitude era fans with open arms but it hasn’t happened yet. MAYBE Bubba could’ve helped with that but I don’t quite think so.