Ted Turner

"Without Ted Turner buying Crockett in 1988, there's no Monday Night War, no nWo, screwjob never happens, no Mr. McMahon, nothing. His importance in wrestling cannot be understated. If there's anything he did poorly it was being too hands off. He also turned the Atlanta Braves into a consistent winner and the Atlanta Hawks into a playoff perennial. Vince McMahon was so afraid of Ted and WCW before the big boom that he took out full pages in newspapers to try to get investors to back out. That's why I roll my eyes at performative pearl clutching by podcast grifters and fans when they cry foul over a Tony Khan or Ricochet tweet or Adam Copeland's rah rah speech."

"I can't rate Ted Turner? I can't give him a 10? I can only review him? The man is essentially a modern saint. He saved The Crockett family from financial devastation. He gave us a Wrestling version of "Mexican Coca Cola" to be an alternative to McMahon's crappy "diet pepsi sports entertainment". His political, ecological and humanitarian beliefs are SPOT ON. I will never have ill words to say about Mr. Turner and I only have deep respect. Even when Ted made mistakes HE OWNED UP TO THEM. The only thing I don't like is how his health has declined so steeply. That and the merger that led to the monopolization of American wrestling. Maybe one day I will get to stick a "10" by his name but if that never happens. you know how I feel."

"This man was responsible for WCW. Everything good, bad, and ugly about that brief but wonderful company is owed to this multi-billionaire who didn't know the first thing about professional wrestling other than it made money. Anybody who ever loved WCW at any point in its existence has this man to thank (or curse out. )"