This week's Tough Enough - Bob Holly opened a can of whoop ass

[PatCooper]

So, in the end, I can't see how anyone can make a case for what Holly did. He was completely and totally wrong, and no one can convince me otherwise. I fully understand that some people in the business may want to defend what Holly did as being "old school". You see, coming up in many wrestling dojos around the country, the trainer often beat the snot out of the student. Some legitimately believed, misguidedly in my opinion, that it was a necessary part of a wrestler's training to have the tar beaten out of him, for no perceptible reason. Other trainers were simply sadists who liked to beat up the young guys who were paying them. Whatever their reason, the fact of the matter is that the wrestling business is a tough one, and it will teach its young all of the hard lessons, and then some, at points along the way. The practice of mauling young students is antiquated and has no place in the business today. It doesn't "teach" anything other than there are nasty, bitter people in the business and you know what? The aspiring students will learn that, without getting mugged, soon enough.

Stu Hart's dungeon was also a training ground for some of the best in the business. He would render kids unconscious and make them scream in pain until he released the hold. Im sure this happens in every wrestling school around the country.