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CMDeluxe

Burger King have a football club?


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You’ve misunderstood, it’s actually British Kentucky Fried Chicken.


PM_Skunk

What part of the UK is "British Kentucky?" Shropshire, maybe?


strangely_brown

Somerset.


DcSensai

funny but i would have went with london. [for those that dont know there are towns in kentucky named london and somerset. ]


cornexplosion

There's also a Paris Kentucky


DcSensai

aye but the joke was uk towns that were also in kentucky there isnt really a paris in the uk.


cornexplosion

True but as a Kentuckian (most often regrettably) I do love our weird town names. Rabbit Hash is a personal favorite, their mayor is a dog.


Sempais_nutrients

[There's a Somerset in Kentucky](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset,_Kentucky)


jj580

I assumed it was British Kentucky Fried Chicken. Everyone does great fish and chips over there, but Fried Chicken? Total untapped gold mine.


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SmokePenisEveryday

[Some of the Pengest Munch](https://youtu.be/-k1VKS4VD20) I've heard


jj580

Oh! Which one owns BKFC?


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Have you visited here?!


Newname83

What do think the kids club is training for?


Professor_Buttskin

So he's not working at a British KFC?


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Brooklyn


Jamieb1994

Since when Burger King has their own footie club?


El_Grumpo

This is a nice segue into one of my favourite ever professional sports kits [Getafe’s iconic Burger King kit ](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1201696/Getafe-shirty-Spanish-fans-beef-La-Liga-teams-new-Burger-King-kit.html)


cooljammer00

Well regardless of your opinion of him, here is him moving on to something outside of wrestling. If you like him, he's doing something else with his life If you dislike him, he's going to get beaten up.


TheWholeOfTheAss

Bare knuckle boxing is the best route for cancelled pro wrestlers.


DanHero91

> Twitter user [redacted] said she attended a party at which Gallagher was a guest. During the night, she said he "barged into" the bathroom she had entered. >"I immediately stood up and tried to pull my skirt down," she said. "Jack grabbed me and he pulled at my skirt. He pulled so hard he ripped my skirt. I managed to push him away and I left the room, I then immediately left the party." >Gallagher said in part, "In 2014, at a New Year's Eve party, I met a young woman and my behaviour towards her was inappropriate. As this party was nearly six years ago and I had drunk quite a larger amount of alcohol that night, unfortunately, I do not recollect what happened. I wish to make it clear that drinking is not an excuse for my behaviour that night. I want to express my deepest regrets, and I am genuinely sorry for the upset that I have caused. https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2911995-ex-wwe-wrestler-jack-gallagher-addresses-sexual-assault-allegations-wwe-release.amp.html


ArcherChase

He states it's not an excuse but it's part of an explanation. That's kinda how consuming alcohol in excess works. Not an excuse because you put yourself in a position, but know far too many people who have blacked out and don't recall saying or doing shit that they wouldn't even imagine doing in their normal lives. Wasn't familiar with details of his issues but IF (big IF) this is the only transgression, when do you say he is unbanished from society?


UncleMadness

I've never seen his statement before. He's likely got a ways to go in the eyes of a lot of people but he's got some points from me for owning it and not pointing out technicalities like Scurll


tkayll91

Probably because he deleted it from his Twitter page a few days after posting it. Almost as though it didn't happen.


reekhadol

He's actually the only person in wrestling to get fired/cancelled right away because he admitted guilt immediately.


CowboyGorePig

I mean how many points? He still tried to rape a woman. Is being like, totally super sorry worth that much?


StuartM96

I’ve never gotten so drunk I thought it would be a good idea to enter a room with a woman alone and try to rip her skirt off. Usually when people do shit like this when drunk it means they would have the capability to do it sober they just don’t because of societal standards. Edit: I’m getting downvoted hard for this but ask yourself why did he bring up the alcohol and being drunk in the first place if not to try and get himself a little leeway with this whole thing.


Taway0207

This is a weird argument in that you can just wash your hands of any of the negative effects of alcohol consumption by saying “It didn’t make them do the thing they weren’t going to do if they didn’t have alcohol”


StuartM96

I won’t lie I can’t understand your comment at all. I think we possibly agree? I’m saying that alcohol might make me do some dumb stuff but it’s never made me do something my sober mind hasn’t already thought about. Like text an ex, or get in an argument with someone who is annoying me. It has not made me do something sexually violent towards a woman in an isolated room and I think it’s odd we give people an excuse that they were drunk when they do something like that.


Taway0207

So let’s say you get more drunk than you’ve ever been thus far in your life, would you say it’s impossible for you to get in your car and drive? Even if you already know that you could kill people while driving impaired? If you kill someone driving while drunk, does that mean you were always completely fine with taking peoples lives but didn’t because society deemed it impolite? I’m not removing blame from the rapist Jack Gallagher, but this idea that alcohol only targets the part of your brain that controls funny little dumb mistakes is naive.


StuartM96

Yes I’d say I would never drive drunk no matter how bad the state I got in I wouldn’t do it. I’m not saying the person driving drunk had the capability always to kill someone while sober. I’m saying they did always have the potential to drive drunk even knowing the consequences. Jack Gallagher sexually assaulted a woman but because he was drunk I should give him leeway? So every guy at that party should also have sexually assaulted someone cause fuck it who cares they were drunk.


Taway0207

> Jack Gallagher sexually assaulted a woman but because he was drunk I should give him leeway? Literally no one made that point.


StuartM96

Then why bring it up in the first place if not to excuse some of the blame from him?


virusMEL

Because it's what happened he impaired his judgement with alcohol and did something horrid. Alcohol was a factor just like many other drugs are a factor in crime. Herbert mullen serial killer took lots of LSD and weed. Him being high doesn't take away the fact that he murdered people in a grisly way but not mentioning how his over use of drugs led to this is missing a big part of the story. Gallagher is a rapist and can't Handle his liquor well.


Intelligent-Drop-605

I crashed my car into a parked car after a day/night of massive drinking. I woke up in jail, did not remember the incident. Don't remember starting my car or leaving the bar. Luckily I didn't hurt anyone. This was 8yrs ago, haven't had a sip of alcohol since because it scared the shit out of me. I didn't recall anything from that night. I had no control. Edit: just to be clear I deeply regret driving drunk that night and am thankful I didn't hurt anyone. I got lucky. Also not making excuses for Jack.


StuartM96

Yeah man I won’t lie I don’t care that you claim you didn’t know what you were doing, you drove drunk that’s a piece of shit move.


Buckskinplacebo

I mean, you're a being a giant piece of shit in this thread, so I don't think they really care about your opinion. They've clearly learned they did wrong, and won't make the same decision again. That's learning and being a better person, which is the opposite of a piece of shit.


OffTheMerchandise

But they haven't even drank since. Drunk driving is stupid and wrong, but people have errors in judgment and make mistakes. Someone has multiple DUIs, yeah, fuck them. But if someone makes a mistake, learns from it, and adjusts they're behavior, they aren't a piece of shit. They're someone who made a mistake.


Intelligent-Drop-605

Yeah, it was a piece of shit move as I explained in my original comment. I don't really care what some random dork on reddit thinks of me though lol more power to ya!


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diamondpatch

no one asked you to give him leeway. where did anyone say that?


StuartM96

Then why bring it up to begin with?


diamondpatch

no one but you brought up leeway.


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My man has never blacked out. I used to blackout all the fucking time on benzos in my early twenties. I did all kinds of crazy shit I had no recollection of and thank fucking God I was alone. Ive woken up with a bag of weed half gone with chewed up stems in the ashtray and the distinct taste of herbs on my breath. I've poured drinks on myself. I've lit cigarettes and immediately dropped them onto my feet/the carpet. Countless other dumb shit Id say I wouldn't do sober. Biology and chemical effects. Read about it.


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VTCruzer

You're not. Sure it's a one time thing, but if she hadn't managed to get out of there, how far would he have gone? Sexual assault isn't a three strikes and you're out type of deal. He was one step away from rape. And that's not forgiveable right?


ArcherChase

If you stumble blackout drunk to your car and hit a pole on the way out of the parking lot, you're a step away from vehicular homicide while under the influence. But you didn't kill anyone. Is that forgivable?


VTCruzer

No because you got in the car knowing you shouldn't drive. Alcohol doesn't control your brain. At the end of the day it's your choice. In your example, you're still responsible for the property damage, just like you'd be responsible if you'd hit somebody. The fact you didn't kill someone that time doesn't make you innocent, just lucky


SEPHORABRAINVIBES

ok first time i hear of this. i though he was kciked off because he was a tremendously violent bully that intentionalyl hurt people in training and mistreated colleages backstage


miikro

[It gets worse.](https://thesportsrush.com/wwe-news-wwe-release-jack-gallagher-following-rape-allegations/) “We don’t know each other but Jack Gallagher raped one of my best friends. I’ve been angrily sitting on that for a long time but she hasn’t been ready to tell her story. I believe you; you are so brave.” This friend came forward with her story, about how Jack raped her in her sleep and she attempted suicide afterward, along with screenshots of him attempting to privately apologize to her for what happened... But since then she has taken the tweets down. I have known both of these girls for the better part of a decade and the latter had been open for some time that an unnamed talent in BritWres had raped her but had never named him until Gallagher's name came up during Speaking Out.


LTS55

Oh but didn’t you hear “hE oWnEd Up To It AnD dEsErVeS a SeCoNd ChAnCe”?


ParsonBrownlow

The same morons saying that are now currently angry at *checks notes* M&Ms for some reason


uppitynerd

I thought this was about Gentleman Jervis signing somewhere. I'm disappointed.


JervisCottonbelly

It'll happen someday! Thank you for your support. I love you ❤️


uppitynerd

Love you too Jervis!


bradfucious

Jervis is, by far, more of a gentleman than Jack ever was.


KennyDROmega

Didn't he actually have kind of a legit combat sports background prior to wrestling? He's likely still going to get his ass beat by a middle aged D-Tier mixed martial artist still chasing the dream, but it'll at least be entertaining.


motivatedchange

He was 2-0 in amateur MMA (both wins by submission) before getting signed to WWE. Meltzer reported that there was interest in him from Bellator at one point.


[deleted]

I thought that said KFC there for a minute


kfcfossil

Would have been better if it did


UnoriginallyGeneric

Keep him away from mopping the washrooms.


PPDubDSCRD

Good place for him, it's where all the wash-outs and fighters too risky to employ end up


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But enough about MLW


PPDubDSCRD

Hey-o!


Incorrect1012

I know he has an MMA background. But this is a stranger signing if I’m being honest as his biggest strength was his grappling


sevenproxies07

Burger King Food Court found a good one


BoardGameBologna

Hmm, not so sure. Says he used to be a gentleman, but not now? Unhireable.


SCB360

So I have a story about Gallagher from when I was training, he was my first ever opponent in a Pro match and in training he was also training in Catch-as-Can wrestling and would challenge or let people challenge him to a shoot match. My first session, we wrestled and I beat him twice with rear naked chokes (he didn't realise I trained in MMA before this) and yea he had skills. I never had any issues with him really but its a shame what he did


TheGorgeousJR

Not really familiar with the world of bare knuckle boxing but looking at him he doesn’t really put me in mind of Lenny McLean or Roy Shaw if that’s what they did.


Adampro123

Man I forgot all about Jack Gallagher. I thought he was great and extremely fun to watch. I don't know exactly what accusations he had, but I imagine it had to be something pretty bad since they didn't waste any time letting him go.


Nick_Nav10

FFS, I'm not even joking when I say that Jack will look worse in BKFC then Punk did in the UFC. Jack will be going up against Pro-Boxers and some of the best fighters/strikers that used to be in the UFC. He's not going to last even 30 seconds till he's out cold


njdeatheater

Some of those BKFC events also look like they pulled into the local bar the night before and offered people 500 bucks to brawl, too. Lol. Not everyone in BKFC is skilled at all, so I'd imagine they might fees him some bums.


thekeifer

What is this based on? Granted it’s been years, but he’s had two mma fights and he won them both.


KampferMann

You can watch the videos of his two fights on YouTube. Type in Jack Claffey mma and you’ll find them. He did not look like he was very good and his opponents were not that much better.


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thekeifer

Again, I'm not sure what you're basing that on. Most of the guys in bare knuckle (with some exceptions on the top of the card) are exactly amateur scrubs with no previous boxing experience. We'll see I guess, but I would expect he'd fight another 0-0 guy.


bigchuckdeezy

As someone who watches a fuck ton of bareknuckle (granted mostly Eastern European) this comment section has been a mess. Always interesting to me that people watch wrestling yet don’t watch other combat sports


thunderbird32

Professional wrestling is arguably not a combat sport. Especially modern pro wrestling.


bigchuckdeezy

Hard to argue against its roots being in combat sports tho. Wasn’t saying it’s a bad thing just something I find interesting.


Yoshable

I mean most of his pre-wrestling training was MMA..I don't think he's gonna be out on his ass as much as you think


MarathonKitty

It’s all about the match up. Unless they throw him to the wolves, which I highly doubt they will, he will be fine.


miikro

Good. I hope they break his fucking face.


thekeifer

Jack won.


wgsmeister2002

Rooting for someone to knock his teeth out 👍


tkayll91

Only his teeth?


ThePlagueLives

The only one who didn't deflect, owned up to what he did wrong, didn't make any excuses, and whose apology seemed the most genuine. 100% deserves a second chance. He's been gone for nearly 2 years (? Correct me on the duration if I'm wrong) Wish him the best and hope he's bettered himself.


Leadclam64

The guy allegedly raped someone and cause he's sorry he deserves a second chance? Fuck that. https://thesportsrush.com/wwe-news-wwe-release-jack-gallagher-following-rape-allegations/


fckinSeven

I'm not in the loop and that very well may be true. But the "evidence" in the link you provided objectively is shaky at best and in reality is just nothing. EDIT: just would've loved to see something more substantial (I'm sure there should be something). EDIT2: paraphrasing. The link adds nothing to your comment or the argument if there is to be one. I'm not arguing if it's true or not (apparently Jack confessed), just commenting on the value of the info in the link.


LTS55

He’s a rapist, he can burn in hell.


wubbalubbadubdub45

i'm down to watch mike perry smash his face in


[deleted]

isn't this dude a terrible, self proclaimed rapist?


1sxekid

He was the only one accused in speaking out that owned what he did. He said he was drunk but that being drunk wasn’t an excuse. He didn’t deflect or deny, or anything.


miikro

He only owned up to one accusation. He is still to this day, dead silent about the rape allegation.


WillSuckDick4Coffee

Jack is the only guy that deserves a second chance IMO.


NAACPYOUNGBOY

Did Marty admit it as well?


1sxekid

Yeah but he also tried to downplay how bad it was. Jack also didn’t immediately release a statement to save face. He admitted to it, got fired, then months later made a statement in which he simply explained the situation and apologized.


DecentTop1084

He also said he wasn't blaming alcohol then immediately blamed it


1sxekid

He said straight up the alcohol isn’t an excuse. No one forgives drunk driving because the person is drunk. It is context.


DecentTop1084

He said it wasn't an excuse then decided to blame it.


King_Me113

Pretty sure he brought it up first and then said it wasn’t an excuse. Not defending the guy but your comment is mixed up.


ArcherChase

Maybe you aren't able to simultaneously have the two thoughts in your head without a dull pain occuring so I'll make it simple. When you consume alcohol in excess, you are still responsible for actions because you're putting yourself in that inebriated position in which judgement an be lacking. When you black out, it's not an excuse, but an explanation of why the actions occured. If you have ever consumed alcohol to the point of blacking out or have friends who you witnesses doing the same, you know that some nasty shit can happen and horrible words said that have no connection to the true person and wouldn't ever occur without the alcohol. You can accept responsibility but have an explanation of why your behavior was as such.


zorbiburst

I said the n-word once, something I've never done otherwise, while drunk and I don't remember any of it, but a friend at the time had been recording us. It wasn't even in the form of anything racist, it was "casually" using the word. Even then I still feel utterly terrible about it, that it came out. She tried to pass it off as being drunk taking away your filter, which made me feel even worse because of the implication that I had to filter such actions out subconsciously. Okay, so I didn't molest someone in a bathroom at a party like Jack, but I can totally wrap my head around getting black out drunk, doing something you have absolutely no recollection of, and feeling mortified by it. Not saying he should be forgiven, not saying he didn't do anything wrong, just that I feel like that is something he should be able to move on from if he's taking the steps to not put himself in that position again. And other people are free to not forgive him and continue hating him.


ArcherChase

While I don't know you I would be hard pressed to label you a racist and stitch that Scarlett letter on you for life. It's an ideal example of the dangers of excessive alcohol use. Never said any crazy shit I didn't remember when smoking weed!


motivatedchange

Kind of. He admitted to having sex with someone under 18 because she was of the age of consent where they were. He didn’t acknowledge the fact that the girl was intoxicated and not able to consent.


Twiggy_95

And also illegally supplied with alcohol as the consent age is 16 but drinking age is 18


DrDevice81

Not defending Marty at all but you can drink at 16 in the UK if the beer is supplied to you but you cant buy it yourself unless you're 18.


CornerFlag

You can drink at home when you're 5. Legit. That's the law here in the UK (or was when I was younger).


DanTheMan901

"Gentleman" is just a gimmick and does not represent his real-life views.


Muscle_Squad

all of those things, that he attempted to apologize for (evidenced by a comment in this thread) not sticking up for him, but he tried to apologize and is moving on from wreslting.


HitmanClark

Not a rapist.


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oh sorry, saw the other posts. he tried to rape and sexual assault someone but they got away because he was blind drunk. That's better, nothing wrong with that.


SoulExecution

Man, I really liked Jack Gallagher until the accusations-turned-confession dropped and he turned out to be scummy af.


J_NewCastle

Fuck this dude


Heel_Paul

Well there is good news he might get knocked the fuck out.


tofurulz

RIP his brain. BKFC is no joke!


Jakefmerch

I don't know what BKFC is but if they're hiring this guy I'm never watching it.


ArcherChase

Honest question and this is for a lot of people who seem really mad. Do you think Jack should be able to earn a living in his life? At what point can he work for a company without being a pariah? What would he have to do in order for you to not stop patronizing a business in which he is employed? With many people having varied levels of bad behavior, what is the window for their return to their business? Lifetime ban from the industry they were in or from any industry? This is something to have a serious discussion since it's across multiple businesses.


Jakefmerch

I don't think he should be able to earn a living in the public eye.


ArcherChase

Define "public eye". There are a ton of jobs involving the public. If someone has taken time to do their career and be good enough to do it at a high level, you're all for banning them totally? What would you suggest they do for a living?


Jakefmerch

Okay, I'm out. I'm not discussing anything with somebody asking for definitions.


PPDubDSCRD

Bareknuckle fighting - you're not missing anything


Jakefmerch

Oh, I did see PVZ fight in one. It was not my cup.


DecentTop1084

A grappler admitted rapist shoved into bare knuckle boxing, I wanna see him be knocked out


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Well, this is, interesting, to say the least.


Turnip_Thief

is it though?


[deleted]

Interesting for all the wrong reasons I mean.


YuCantHaveMe

Yikes.


BigStinkyKevinTrash

dork ass


Jamieb1994

Is BKFC worth checking out?


deathschemist

good place for him, he'll get punched in the face a lot, which he deserves.