The Stupidity In The IWC Episode 9...The Zilla Hate Makes NO SENSE
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The video addresses a surge of negativity and hate directed at Zilla Fatu following his debut in NXT, arguing that such reactions are unfounded given he has not yet competed in a full WWE match. The host critiques a specific comment from user Mo Punk on X, who suggested that wrestlers without royal family names deserve more respect while implying those with famous last names have it too easy. The speaker refutes this by explaining that having a wrestling lineage does not guarantee success or talent; many individuals born into "royal families" fail to make an impact in the business. He uses the example of Rhea Ripley, daughter of The Rock, noting that despite her family name and initial opportunity, she was moved behind the scenes as general manager because her in-ring performance did not meet expectations, proving that legacy alone is insufficient for a career.
The host further dismantles the argument that Zilla received his spot solely due to being part of "Bloodline 2.0," pointing out that he has not even been officially included in that faction yet and was instead sent to NXT as an independent contractor rather than immediately joining the main roster. He asserts that the primary reason for Zilla's opportunity is his strong work ethic, years spent grinding on reality wrestling under Booker T, and clearing up prior legal issues, all of which are overlooked by critics who jump to conclusions based on social media speculation. The speaker emphasizes that while people may not know these details because they haven't been involved in the industry or seen Zilla's training process firsthand, assuming he got a free pass simply for his surname is disingenuous and ignores the actual pipeline from Booker T School to WWE.
Finally, the video condemns the practice of using isolated mistakes, such as botches during matches at House of Glory, as definitive proof that a wrestler does not deserve their chance, noting that even top stars make errors regularly on television. The host argues against the narrative that Samoan wrestlers are new or undeserving due to their heritage, reminding viewers that families like the Anoa'i have been integral to WWE for decades regardless of when specific individuals were born. He concludes by challenging hypocritical fans who would likely seize any opportunity if they had a famous name attached to them, urging everyone to stop acting as though only non-royal family members can succeed or deserve recognition in the industry.
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What's good y'all? It's your boy Ross
back at again with another video and we
got some more stupidity in the IWC. When
do we never have stupid comments and
post? Um, we recently seen Zilifat 2
debut in NXT and I talked about this on
my video of his initial debut. I want to
say yesterday that I had seen some posts
of people showing love and support for
the homie and obviously you're going to
see some posts of people already being
negative and and feeling like he doesn't
deserve this opportunity. Well, since
yesterday, I've seen so many more posts
of people just coming out the woodworks
bringing all type of negativity and hate
to his debut. and he hasn't even had a
full full match in WWE yet. And one of
the the posts I seen was just pretty
egregious and I had to make a video
about this. Um it's unfortunate but at
the end of the day it's the IWC. When do
they not complain? When do we because
I'm part of the IWC so I have to give
you know my own self some uh fair
criticism you know. When do we not give
out complaints and and be fickle and and
not even wait for some things to play
out? But this one, it's pretty
egregious. Let's check this out. Y'all
will see exactly what I'm talking about
here. So, this is from someone called Mo
Punk on X. This is their post. My
respect for the guys and girls that
aren't from royal families in wrestling
who made it just goes over the roof.
It's too easy for some of these guys you
have fought to in your name and
automatically make the PC explode.
Now, with that comment alone, I'm going
be honest with you, bro.
Having a wrestling last name or royal
family does not automatically mean that
you're going to be successful.
We've seen other wrestlers who have that
royal family name get brought into the
business and it just doesn't work out
for them. Not every royal family will be
successful like their offsprings being
successful in getting into the business
and making a name for themselves. Now,
because you're born into a wrestling
family, you shouldn't also be shunned
away. If anything, it adds a lot more
pressure. It does because now your name
is synonymous with somebody else that's
great. So guess what? Guess what you
have to be able to do or people are
going to expect you to live up to?
They're going to expect you to live up
to
break uh your your family's name, the
you know people earlier in your
generation. Prime example, The Rock, one
of the biggest wrestling stars ever of
all time. his daughter
get into NXT. Now, we know the reason
why she was, you know, given that
opportunity. She's The Rock's daughter,
so we're not going to sit up here and
act like that's not the case. But she
still had to be good. And unfortunately,
when it came to the in ring work, she
wasn't that good. It wasn't connecting.
So, guess what they end up doing? They
made her NXT general manager. I'm not
going to lie to you. Was that a move
that was probably facilitated by The
Rock or had some play into it? Of
course. But once again, she was born
into the family. At least they realized
that at least the wrestling aspect
wasn't going to work. And she had big
shoes, damn near impossible shoes to
fill cuz no matter what she did, she
would have had to been a uh a
charismatic individual on a microphone
just like her dad at one point. She
would have had to been pretty good in
the ring. People would her people's
expectations of her would have been damn
near impossible.
But this just proves that not be every
time you have someone's last name or in
some royal family does not automatically
mean you are going to flourish within
the same business they were in. But I
had to respond to this because when I
saw this I saw I thought this was pretty
disingenuous. So I responded with this
this uh oh no this is not even a post
because we had a back and forth. Um,
saying stuff like this discredits the
hard work people like Jacob and Zilla
put into the indies. They didn't just
start wrestling yesterday and got called
up because of their name alone. I've
seen wrestlers who came from wrestling
royalty and it still didn't work out for
them. So, he responds with, "I didn't
say they didn't put the work. They re
they re they're ready like Jacob and not
ready. Zilla is simply nowhere near
ready. And it's obvious why he got the
job. The Bloodline, he will be like the
other Bloodline 2.0 guys who got
released in less than a year. But I'm
happy to be proven wrong. Now, this
comment alone was absolutely stupid. I'm
going be honest with you. It's dumb,
bro. For you to sit up there and say he
obviously got the job for the bloodline.
They're not even including them in the
bloodline even right now. I don't think
they're even worried about that. How
would you know? Were you there during
contract negotiations or you just saying
some [ __ ] out your ass because you think
you know? They haven't even included him
in that. You may have a point if they
brought him in and instantly moved him
to the main roster. They didn't even do
that. He's on NXT.
He's over at NXT.
And if you really want to be honest, if
you really want to be honest here,
probably the biggest reason why he
ultimately ended up going getting that
opportunity is
obviously some people felt his work
ethic was good enough to get into that
situation. I know there was some other
stuff he was dealing with legally that
you probably wouldn't know of that he
was dealing with legally that I'm sure
they were waiting for that to get
cleared up too as well. He's been a part
of reality of wrestling for a p the past
few years. And if you don't know, that's
a pipeline from uh Booker T school all
the way to NXT and WWE. You want to know
how I know? Cuz we've actually been up
there. And if you go to reality of
wrestling, they show all the people
that's, you know, kind of graduated from
the school. Roxanne Perez came from
there. Jimmy and Jay came from there.
Azilla came from there. Other wrestlers
have graduated from reality wrestling
and went to WWE
even before the WWE ID stuff. So if you
want to sit up there and try to make it
seem as if, oh, it's just bloodline
related because his last name. No, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's not
the whole truth.
It's because of his relationship with
Booker T more than anything else and the
work he's done with that um with that
promotion. But you wouldn't [ __ ] know
that because you don't know that. You
just going off of what you think is
probably what's going on here. I would
know because we've actually been there.
We've actually seen his relationship
with Booker T. I would know because I've
actually talked to Zilla and we didn't
even talk so much about him even coming
to WWE. He's just been focusing on
grinding and and and perfecting his
craft. Simple as that. Like, we got to
stop this. Yes, people know he's uh
Umaga's son, but they weren't just going
to give him no hand, no free handout.
No, that's that's simply not what
happened here. But of course, people
online think they know what the [ __ ]
they're do talking about, and they
actually don't. So when he said this,
this is when I knew, okay, we got uh we
got a special one right here. So I
responded, this comes off as hate. How
do you at the beginning saying he's not
ready as if you are the one giving out
contracts to then back door and say I
hope he proves me wrong. Who are you for
him to prove you wrong?
And this is and this is my point right
here. This is my point.
I don't like when people sit up here and
make it seem as if, oh, they they have
to do all these amazing things to even
validate them coming up in the ranks.
This goes for anybody, not just anyone
that has the bloodline flowing through
their veins or whatever the case may be.
Somebody can see a clip of someone and
automatically deem, "Oh, they're trash."
Like, there's a clip, and I can show
y'all this right here, and this is not
by the same person, but I made a post
about this as well. This clip right here
where, and I've seen this, I think last
week when uh he had the match um um at
House of Glory, there was this was a
botch. This was a botch. There was, you
know, some miscommunication here. And
obviously people go, you know, and and
they use this clip as validation to make
their point. Oh, why? Oh, why why is he
coming up to NXT? Why does he get a
chance? WWE asked the new D Sheamus to
take a cut to sign this guy, by the way.
And I responded, I hate when y'all make
posts like this to fit your narrative
when all wrestlers have had botches
before in a match. We got to stop this.
We got to stop this. Just because a
wrestler has had a botch, does not mean,
oh, it invalidates everything that he's
done, everything that he's worked for,
everything that he strived for. Oh, but
you botched. How many times do we see
people botch weekly on WWE and AEW
television?
Stop it. Cut it out. Some of your
favorites have botched.
It happens. It's part of the show
sometimes. It's okay. I can understand
if it's a consistent thing, but a lot of
y'all are just bringing out prime hate
and saying [ __ ] because, oh, it's going
to it's another Bloodline Nepo, baby.
Cut it out, bro. And we got to stop
acting like Samoans have just got into
the WWE recently. No, they've been in
WWE for a very long time. What are we
talking about? Even when Vince would
have some some of y'all weren't even
born to know how many other Samoan
family members have been involved in
wrestling. Cut this [ __ ] out, bro. I get
it. If you don't feel like he's talented
or whatever the case may be, that's
fine. Whatever. But to sit up here and
say he doesn't deserve that because
his last name, the whole point in this
life is to build up a legacy so that
your children are able to benefit from
it. I'm just being honest. If you have
an opportunity
to leave a legacy for your child to
somewhat be able to benefit from it, why
wouldn't you do that?
And we got to stop sitting up here and
act like, oh,
WWE is uh, you know, known for making
the right choices all the time when it
comes to who they recruit. Cuz sometimes
it just don't work out no matter who's
in their family. It just don't.
Sometimes they'll pick somebody that's
not from a royalty family, shove them
down our throats, and it still don't
[ __ ] work. So, hey, I'll say this. I
know Zilla don't care. Do your thing.
I'm hoping he's able to prove a lot of
these people wrong. Granted, a lot of
these people are still going to find
reasons to hate. Oh, you know, this
whole bloodline thing. Cool. It is what
it is. But some of you guys, I just find
it very funny that
[ __ ] will come out here on
social media and make it seem like he's
the worst wrestler ever when we've seen
some pretty bad ones where he doesn't
deserve that opportunity. But I'm
willing to bet if you guys had an
opportunity to do something or get to a
certain spot and your name had a little
bit more weight and you knew the right
people, I'm pretty sure y'all would take
that opportunity. And guess what?
There'll be somebody like you, like some
of you guys out here, guys and girls,
sitting up there doing the same thing
y'all doing. What are you talking about?
They don't deserve that. They only got
that because blasé blas. We got to stop
that, bro. But it's IWC. when will they
ever stop? But comment down below. Let
me know how y'all feel about this whole
situation, this whole idea that um Zilla
Fatu doesn't deserve the spot that he's
in right now. Y'all let me know down
below. But I appreciate all love
support. Roll to 200K. Appreciate y'all
keeping on with me. See you on the next
one. Peace.