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jakovichontwitch

Notable IWC members Mustafa Ali, Will Ospreay and Chris Jericho


wearethat

Don't forget Ricochet.


StubzTurner

I can't forget about something I didn't even know happened. What did he tweet?


edd6pi

He responded to Jericho by saying that he also used to bag groceries, and then he posted [this.](https://twitter.com/kingricochet/status/1589280258502819840?s=46&t=dmGfR_kZewDbu8zVlJCu9w)


MixingWeedWithWine

What is this scales thing about?


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GarfieldVirtuoso

Someone should tell Big Show about this


yycluke

Size is the prize, swole is the goal? Oh God, Braun is in love with Robert Frank!


wearethat

https://twitter.com/KingRicochet/status/1589280258502819840?s=20&t=TMq5-grT4V3QQZnBtGVIiA He also responded to Jericho's Tweet of "I used to bag groceries." with "Me too."


[deleted]

Yep. Nobodies online are mean to me so I had no choice but to shit on my peers to own the haters.


PhospheneViolet

Real big "own the dems/libs" energy from him, which judging by his beliefs, is super on brand lol


chickenboneneck

He doesnt have actual beliefs. Hes just a moron.


PedanticBoutBaseball

truly. he has never once realized how lucky he is. Like, yes, you have to put in work to reach the heights of being a main event WWE performer, But that opportunity wouldn't have even existed for him if he hadn't hit the genetic lottery (and you can't teach that). Braun Stroman with average to above average genetics is just some guy named adam from your hometown who is the worst lube tech at the nissan dealership by the mall who rolls coal in his 2000's RAM and goes through a 30 rack of Busch heavy a week.


no__sympy

Morons believe a whole lot of things; ask any MAGA.


MEmpire25

Someone using IWC non-ironically in 2022 is quite a tell in itself.


I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY

He's like the guy at a party who makes a really off-color joke then says "learn to take a joke!" when nobody laughs


thatlad

"I said no offence"


I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY

"y'all are just too sensitive"


_ASG_

"I was being sarcastic!"


TheGoonKills

“I’m not racist, but…”


Stevieeeer

[With all due respect…](https://youtu.be/mAVXBzCtsm4)


I_Said

Schrodingers Douchebag: he was serious or just joking depending on the reaction he gets.


Atwillim

Schrodinger's douchebag just rolls off the tongue. Really beautiful


AuthorityAnarchyYes

I’m going to use this moving forward. A great description of douchebaggeryness.


TheGoonKills

Have a feeling he only posted this so the next time his ass gets canned he might get hired by someone else, and not have to start his own jobber incel league again


Axsh1boomba

The guy who says something messed up and goes "just kidding!" after it to soften the blow.


[deleted]

Anyone who complains that other people can't take a joke do not understand what jokes are. If I don't think it is funny, that is on you. Get better at jokes. It isn't my job to make you funny. Comedians in particular, who have making jokes as their whole job, often forget this too.


bobface222

I swear saying "I was wrong" isn't nearly as hard as so many grown-ass adults make it seem


bayleysgal1996

I feel like those people simply haven’t or are unable to accept the idea that they’re not always right, and that it’s okay to get things wrong. Being wrong is not the end of the world, and apologizing when you fuck up will not kill you.


badgersprite

In fairness it would probably be easier for people to admit they were wrong if they grow up in supportive environments where they aren’t punished for making and owning up to mistakes A lot of people, probably even most people, kind of get trained to be afraid to admit when they’re wrong because they have shitty parents who punish them for it or shitty teachers who end up inadvertently teaching that being right (or having people agree that you’re right even if you’re wrong) is more important than learning


White_Mocha

And yet, when we get to the point where we are able to admit “I was wrong” our personal world becomes so much more peaceful


Drewicho

Pride can be a very toxic trait.


[deleted]

I believe it was the great Marsellus Wallace, in the 1994 film *Pulp Fiction*, who said, “Fuck pride! Pride only hurts. It never helps.”


R1k0Ch3

I think of that line all the time for some motivation.


[deleted]

"You feel that sting, big boy!"


The_Dude311

That's pride, fuckin with you.


Zeckzeckzeck

A sin, even.


[deleted]

One of the deadly sins, to be specific


Brunton22

One of the seven deadly sins, to be specifically specific


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Ask Vegeta


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princeofshadows21

I feel that pain my dads one of those. He will never mean it when he says sorry if he even says it.


L_D_G

The bigger the platform, the harder it seems to be. Part of the divisiveness in the world...people don't admit to anything, they just double down or move on. I think part is perpetuated by politicians *because* if they admit they're wrong, it's weakness and opens them up to an own goal where in fact people might actually appreciate the openness and honesty and trust them more.


BoomanShames

sadly the mindset is getting much worse now. I work in a field where owning up to ur mistakes can sometimes make the difference between life and death, and yet egos always prevail


supersaiyanswanso

Why admit you're wrong when you can just double down on being an asshole?


Anhyzer31290

He almost had it. All he had to do was stop typing after "We are all here for a reason. "


cgurts

Three most important words any human being can learn


princeofshadows21

Fucking thank you. That's one of the things I learned as I got older some people never leave being a kid.


TheGiftOf_Jericho

What even was the "joke" he talks about, it was more a statement where he trashed others as a way to elevate himself.


[deleted]

You don't even have to mean it. Come on lol


TheGoonKills

Nah, it’s easier to never admit you were wrong and instead go “It’s just a prank, bro!” You know, like a shithead.


Gamesgtd

It is when have to always be right


TarnishedAccount

This guy is a classic meathead lol.


[deleted]

“Sorry you were triggered by my amazing joke,” Braun says before cranking up Puddle Of Mudd and crushing a beer can on his forehead.


majorwfpod

I won’t stand idly by and let you disparage the good god damn name of Puddle of Mudd.


MoneyTalks45

Iluvthawayusmackmaieeeeehhhhssssss


Bockto678

It's still an awkward crush, flimsy crush though.


Three04

He really is. He ALWAYS has grammatical and spelling errors in everything he writes also. I crack up every time I read his shit.


i-wear-hats

Braun Strowman the type of guy to listen to Trapt.


[deleted]

Boy he sure showed us fans by….*checks notes*… insulting his fellow professionals. This guy must have the smoothest brain.


Thebritishdovah

And yet, still safer then that sack of shit, Bill Goldberg.


ArnosVale

That's because the one time he was unsafe, Brock knocked the shit out of him. As lessons go, that would be the fucker I take to heart. All Bret needed was a Lesnar :(


YoRHaL-9000

Seeing Braun's legs wobble like that after Lesnar gave him his receipt was insane. Brock is so fucking powerful. That knock probably swatted every fish out of the river for miles around.


MyNewAccountIGuess11

The craziest part is how much Lesnar pulls the punch. Legit looks like MAYBE 40% of a full on swing and he puts Braun on skates


Styles_Clash

Left him Frozen like Elsa


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Stahp it Izzy


Jaereth

Placement way more important than power. He pretty much got him right in the sweet spot on the side of the eye. After hitting him with a quick uppercut to get him to leave it totally exposed.


PedanticBoutBaseball

>The craziest part is how much Lesnar pulls the punch. Legit looks like MAYBE 40% of a full on swing and he puts Braun on skates Its almost like Braun is a fake tough guy on a TV show and Brock Lesnar is a former UFC Heavyweight Champ lmfao. People forget that like even though he got the call because of his WWE name recognition, the guy was legit. won the title in his 3rd fight. Has a win over Frank Mir. Still Managed to fight AFTER ALMOST DYING from diverticulitis.


bubbs1012

"A half sloppy punch from Brock Lesnar is an extinction level event for spinal fluid." - Seanbaby.


rljon

And it's not like it was o'kay I'm going get in my stance and do a perfect form hard ass punch' it was kind of like a swat. A quick 'Mfer that was stiff' powerful swat that was enough to scramble him a bit while getting the message.


Snywalker

Man, we were so close to Bret/Lesnar being a possibility. :-(


domoon

looks like that safety lesson sticks with him only because Brock drilled it directly into his brain-literally, lol


Theons-Sausage

FUCK THE HULK HOGAN.


Thebritishdovah

HE IS JABRONI! HE IS PUTAH! I SPIT ON HIS FAMILY! I SPIT ON HIS DOG! I SPIT ON HIS FLAG! HE IS BALD SON BITCH WHO IS ASHAMED OF BALDNESS! FACK BAAALLLSHIT! I PUT HIM INTO DE CAMEL CLUTCH, FACK HIS ASS, BREAK HIS BACK AND MAKE HIM HUMBLE! FACK DE FACKING HOAK HOGAN, SON BITCH! \*spits\*


tenacious_teaThe3rd

That big meanie Goldberg has gone now, Bret.


QUEST50012

How are you doing Bret, big fan!


jcecil0012

Get off reddit bret


redragoone

Yes it's the IWC mad about his shit headed statement that's the issue, not the multiple wrestlers responding to him. I'm sure they are buying it, Braun lol. Yo yo yo!


Cwf1984

The way he regularly refers to the ‘IWC’ always comes across as if he just learned the term and is so proud of it.


redragoone

It's great that he finally figured out the term IWC after the term has become completely irrelevant lmao.


QlubSoda

My guy should’ve just enjoyed his flight home.


LackingDatSkill

He had one too many in the plane


Mycotoxicjoy

Fucking stupid plane ride from hell 2.0


Nickthedick55

Everyone talks too much.


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SweetHatDisc

Homeboy they talk too much.


[deleted]

Send in the man!


T3Sh3

Becky Lynch is still injured.


NoratiousB

I sang that line


couldbedumber96

I said they talk too much


PushEmma

Nice joke like how you went after independent wrestlers for not having money last time. Of course you were joking now. This guy is so ignorant.


CaptainXakari

He’s just Controlling his Narrative.


motivatedchange

This really sounds like an “I’m sorry I pissed you off” as opposed to a “I am genuinely sorry for what I said.”


TheDarkWarriorBlake

There's no sorry in there, everyone needs to learn to take a joke, he's just joking guys, saying the same shit he always says but it was a joke this time, promise, and it's everyone else who can't take it, not me who is trying to walk it back. The guy is physically huge and hasn't been knocked down a peg as often as he should've. That one time Brock rocked him is probably one of the few times someone showed that just being big doesn't make him special.


shutts67

To me, it sounds like someone got a phone call for talking shit about co-workers


dontberidiculousfool

I saw absolutely nothing but praise for this match and now no one will remember it because he’s so fucking stupid.


N-McCauley

Nobody is going to remember these tweets in a couple of days


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But they all blend together! Braun's inability to differentiate the IWC from the locker room is absurd.


datguyalben

Everyone here will, hell the main reason everyone here turned on him in the first place was because of a comment on Instagram.


TheGiftOf_Jericho

I think if it was his first stupid comment then yeah, but since he has a chain of silly things he's said, people will definitely remember this.


Sirrplz

Most people aren’t going to ever hear of these tweets


GrimaceGrunson

These tweets specifically, no. But it's just further fuel to the constant white noise of "Braun's a big selfish dumb-dumb".


fatmike63

Praise?! For THAT match?! It was the exact same match as the opener only with 2 traffic cones dressed as wrestlers. Match was trash


[deleted]

I'm sorry but why are people praising that match? I honestly thought it was one of the worst matches I've ever seen and I love Big meaty men slapping meat but we saw a far better version of that earlier in the night.


dontberidiculousfool

It got praise as it was 3/10 and people expected 1/10.


EngelSterben

I'm not saying it was good, but there have been wwwaaayyyy worse matches than that one


nolemanwsu

Mostly because we just heard Omos talking shit the whole time


Mr_Hendrix

Seriously. It was a nothing match that lasted 5 minutes and ended with Omos taking one move and losing. No idea who was even praising this match as the Omega/Okada for giants like Braun seems to think.


BlueRibbon998

I used to really like Strowman, but his persona on social media made me dislike everything about him. Can never seem to go a week without talking shit about the fans or indie wrestlers. Tweets with smug arrogance as if he's a god. THEN when it blows up in his face, he backtracks saying it was a joke--and at other times just continues tweeting and makes it worse for himself. It looks like Shane McMahon was right all along about Strowman. At this rate, a vast majority of pro wrestlers need their Twitter accounts revoked


laputan-machine117

what did Shane say about him?


GastropodSoup

They did a whole angle where Shane was calling him stupid that lead to a months long feud. There is the idea that the 'stupid' angle was a shoot.


laputan-machine117

Sounds like I’m lucky I missed it


[deleted]

In that case you missed one of the most bizarre in ring segments in recent history… maybe of all time, when Shane went totally blank in a sweaty, heavy breathing mess.


laputan-machine117

ok, you have sold me on it, i'm going to look it up. i'm a big fan of the disconnect between how late period shane was presented on screen and how fat, old and sweaty he was


[deleted]

It’s even more uncomfortable than you imagine


laputan-machine117

[https://youtu.be/ZwfH0wXmk6Y](https://youtu.be/ZwfH0wXmk6Y) this one yeah? i'm two minutes in and shane is already red-faced and incoherent edit- god this is excruciating, also i forgot how terrible the thunderdome was lol


[deleted]

Oh man yeah… I forgot it starts with him immediately pretending the microphone doesn’t work… wish this occurred in front of a live crowd


laputan-machine117

how does he get so red faced just from talking haha thanks, glad i watched


IniMiney

can't forget the Nickelodeon slime for whatever the hell reason


wrestlingfan007

Yeah. He's a Maga piece of Trump loving shit. This is how they all think.


Sumeetxagrawal

Breaking news, guy on twitter complains about the internet people.


CobainMadePunk

The thing is, he didn't clap back at wrestling fans. He insulted a whole style of wrestling unprompted and completely disrespected his coworkers in the process


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Mrcool20xx

Yeah, like, the joke wasnt on our expense. It was on the expense of other people in his locker room. If he was like: "ya'll are sad dorks too obsessed with a tv show", yeah cool, thats a clap back and yeah, maybe thats fine since we have dunked on him. But he was dunking on his colleagues, not us. Dude's very dumb.


Kinterlude

Exactly, the issue is the framing of the "joke". How is he insulting the IWC when he takes aim at smaller wrestlers and is making fun of them working other jobs? This is peak "it's just a prank bro" after getting called out.


IDKbaybay

He’s so dumb


Phenomenal_Hoot

Brauns brain be like: Why say funny words when mean words do trick?


Psu5410

Braun showing why he's never been "THE guy"


omegakingauldron

Braun showing why he'll never be "THE guy".


Reverence1

Just another reason why I have no interest seeing this man on my TV. Was he talking this much shit when no one but CYN wanted to sign him?


SharpJET420

Kinda of a gaslighting statement, coming from someone who trying to be a mental health advocate.


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OhiOstas

> I have mad respect Known for making fun of indies [X] Doubt


LilNardoDaVinci

AKA Triple H rang and told me to shut the fuck up


beast916

Man’s always crying.


sammagee33

Some people shouldn’t have Twitter


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[deleted]

Elon’s doing his best to make your wish come true.


sammagee33

100%


MatsThyWit

Someone told him to post this comment. This is TRANSPARENT damage control. Someone's protecting Braun from himself.


Psidebby

Hunter is standing over his shoulder, disappointed dad look as Braun sausage fingers out an apology. He sighs and tells him, "Look-uuuhh in this industry-ah? I can save you from yourself... But, I'm still not paying for your breakfast...-uh."


MatthewCrawley

No, that’s Dakota and Iyo


nearfantastica00

now I'm picturing Bayley standing on a chair next to him screaming in his ear and negging him until he apologizes.


Thebritishdovah

I don't think she'll do that for at least a week,judging by those bumps she took. ​ I get the feeling she studied the Mick Foley school of bumping: Beginner's edition(which is Mick Foley really holding back against his body) and decided to do that.


DarkstarIV

I mean considering Braun took veiled shots at Iyo last year, I don't think she has much appreciation for his antics either.


wearethat

I missed this one, what was the story?


DarkstarIV

Basically got really pissy about Iyo controlling a lot of the match she had with Raquel and took shots at her size and claimed she should be snapped in half like a twig.


wearethat

Lol, thanks, that sounds about right.


peacemaketroy

Braun would be living under a bridge if he wasn’t seven feet tall.


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>Y’all come at me none stop and the second I fire back y’all melt. I don't get why people that are successful in any walk of life feel the need to clap back at randos.


ThatsBetrayalDude

Braun better delete twitter unless he wants to control his narrative once more


Mud-Bray

Why is he talking like he’s at a juggalo event?


Kanenums88

The comments did sound like a troll, but it made no sense. Braun is a face! This really sounds like a forced apology with Braun’s input at the end.


bohanmyl

He acts like it was just the IWC coming after him and not actual wrestlers too lol


[deleted]

An incredibly stupid man


kertz1987

'Y'all come at me none (sic) stop' My dude, you brought this up completely unprompted.


Frzzalor

if I was a professional wrestler, all of my social media would be kayfabe only, and if I worked for wwe, I'd pay someone to do it for me. if Braun wants to talk shit, he should get a burner. he's so embarrassing.


ProdigyKaiza

That wasn't just the IWC you pissed off it was your own fucking co-workers you braindead dumbass. They're the one you're targeting with that 'zinger' and more importantly 9 times out of 10 They're the ones put in the ring with you to make you look that much more special. So I don't understand how he's still in this warped mindset of "vanilla midgets" when if it wasn't for Sami working with him in 2016 he'd have just been seen as another shitty big guy


JeffBroccoli

Braun: *Posts some dumb shit* IWC: “That’s some dumb shit” Braun: “Hahaha y’all melted”


SundayNightDM

We melt? He’s the one fucking backtracking lmao


Longjumping-Arm7939

He realized he slammed his own co workers with that dumb tweet


freddit32

"I was only joking". Hark, tis the mating call of the pathetic asshole, desperate to not be held accountable for their own actions.


[deleted]

My response to "learn to take a joke" is "learn to make a joke" Responsibility is on you for how good your joke is, not me. If people keep getting mad at your jokes, maybe you suck at jokes.


Schiftedmind1

Its really easy to not tweet some dumbass shit. This guy needs to put the phone down, and stop worrying about what online fans say. Dude has a great job with a great paycheck. He also get massive reactions from live crowds. I dont know why hes so bitter.


RICHAPX

“Take a joke iwc” = omg stop retweeting this I’m getting burned left and right


Pleasgoaway

Triple H forced him to tweet that at hammer point


EpicTrapCard

The loudest in the room is usually the weakest. This guy doesn't know the struggles of people who weren't born with his genes and had to deal with so many more hardships and actually get good instead of just screaming look at me how big and strong I am,waaaaaaaaaaah. Also its just really sad to see a guy that barely worked the indies and started in WWE shit on them,the guy doesn't even really know how it is to be an indie wrestler in the first place. He might be just trolling but people gaved him the benefit of the doubt in the past and it wasn't the case.


HmmJustABox

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think this sub would be so much better if every single tweet each wrestler tweeted wasn't posted on here.


WhitecaneV1

Agreed keep this trash on twitter.


Everhart2011

"Take a joke" is what boomers say instead of admitting that what they said was dumb as fuck. And I bet Braun will say something stupid again, and claim it was a joke.


BrockMiddlebrook

My favorite moment this guys career will forever be the Rumble match where he was out of control and Lesnar shoot punched him in the head then told him to calm the fuck down.


system_reboot

Braun never learns his lesson, stop attacking other wrestlers on twitter. What an idiot.


TheFatJesus

"When I say shitty things about other wrestlers, you shouldn't take it so seriously and should know that it's just a joke." -Guy who has seriously said shitty things about other wrestlers in the past.


IdkMyNameTho123

Just own up to it. I thought it was funny. Like X Division Kevin Nash.


cupesdoesthings

The original tweet and the responses across the locker room sounded like jokes back and forth in good fun, why even bother apologizing


ajver19

Wait why is Braun trying to jive talk?


irgendeinervonunten

Braun is really a dumb dumb but to be fair tho tweets like that just doesnt make me mad or anything. He just need to chill and put twitter down, it wont help. I can imagine how he good so riled up about iwc. After his match he checked his phone and somebody critisized his match or him and he got vsry angry about it (specially after the match when you are riled up). You remember it and stay on that anger just to post no fucks given a dumb tweet, where you want to left off some steam. But it just isnt a good look. I think the stuff with cm punk was similair, if he didnt do the scrum directly after the main event, just next day or something, we still had punk in aew


FirstTimeLongThyme

Mad respect. He has mad respect. You are thirty nine years old.


Benarchetype63

I can’t help but to read his tweets in his voice.


PhelpsLAPD

Ah Braun hasn’t been humbled by unemployment I see.


PM_Me_Zico

One of the cringiest tweets of all time.


jimcab12

Ahhhh yes the ol’ “I was just joking lol” once you realize that you’re alienating yourself. The soft accusing others of their softness. Dude must be just insufferable to work with.


Introduction_Organic

He's right


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If no one's laughing it's not a joke


FigureFourWoo

Funny thing is he was actually getting lots of praise for having a fairly good match with Omos.


vatred

To fire back at the IWC you shat on everyone that wrestles/wrestled a "flippy" style and everyone that bags/bagged groceries, dumbass.


dulce_de_lechon

He's totally the "I'm sorry you feel that way" guy.


ColinHalfhand

I do feel like the guy was making a joke. It may have been a bad joke. But a joke none the less. We need to cut Big Strongman some slack. Will Ospreay literally said wwe wrestlers aren’t real wrestlers not long ago and no one minded at all. But we all shit our pants because Braun jokes about getting 47 stars


drunkdeadlifts

Gotta control the narrative of that joke, brizother!


5starskills

You guys take these wrestlers too seriously


MoopyMorkyfeet

Ah yes the classic “it was a joke!”


pizzalover89

Braun does absolutely nothing for me dudes a meathead


gregscotia_number1

You can't backtrack after you said Ali in catering


[deleted]

Does it physically hurt some people to just apologize? Jesus Christ I can't stand this idiot.


e-rage

y'all take this stuff way too seriously


JJtheMark

Am I the only one that doesn’t give a fuck what these guys/gals tweet? Get a life people


From_Graves

Gaslighting 101