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WON: The Saudi government told the WWE that they didn't wanted Sami Zayn on their show because of his ethnicity
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Black studies and had done some satanic rituals, but he dabbles in many different religions in the same way. I'm pretty sure I heard he does not consider himself a Satanist.
The NFL is pretty shit too when it comes to ethics, morals and such. So they don't deserve free advertising either eh?
Yet threads are allowed for it?
Pretty much.
Colin Moriarty = an individual who contributes nothing of value. Not much to talk about there except to reaffirm what a boring garbage person he is, and the end result of that less than productive discussion would just be to give him free exposure.
WWE = a massive corporation that is a significant part of a wider cultural phenomenon, and like a lot of those things, has a problematic history and is ran to a large degree by garbage people.
There are, of course, a lot of things worse than Colin Moriarty. Moriarty just happens to be bad, specifically reliant on a shtick that channels the annoyance of the left, and not the least bit conducive to good discussion all at once.
I remember when the SA crowd booed, and were apparently so offended that women wrestlers appeared in a WWE ad on their big screen.
I don't think WWE threads should be banned, but I do question how people can still watch it. Aside from Vince being a shitstain, it's just awful TV outside of NXT which Vince has no say in.
I don't think WWE threads should be banned, but I do question how people can still watch it. Aside from Vince being a shitstain, it's just awful TV outside of NXT which Vince has no say in.
Fun fact: In 2012 Saudi family representatives visited Ankara Turkey to invest in some real estate. But they found out Ankara was housing a Gathering House, a worshipping place for Alevi/Bektashi community. The family rep told Erdogan that they were not paying a dime until that "Satan house" was demolished and followers were converted to the Muhammadian sects. Erdogan actually tried to do that, but even he was not powerful enough to go against ECHR, which Alevi community filed a complaint there right away.
Saudis don't give a shit about human rights of discrimination of any kind. They'd gladly start a slavery business as Islam permits if they didn't have such big pressure above them. But the US do, just like Turkey did. Protesting WWE is not enough, Americans need to find a way to stop this shit.
Saudis don't give a shit about human rights of discrimination of any kind. They'd gladly start a slavery business as Islam permits if they didn't have such big pressure above them. But the US do, just like Turkey did. Protesting WWE is not enough, Americans need to find a way to stop this shit.
Our shit fuck of a president wouldn't condemn Saudi Arabia (or even admit it happened at all initially) after they dismembered one of our journalists. That is a tall fucking order.
That's why the US needs something that's equivalent of ECHR. All these shit happening because there's not a higher power to protect the most basic human rights. It's actually kinda ironic that the nation who wrote the first draft of the bill of human rights has no means to protect them.
That's not even touching the video game side. Should we not allow Red Dead Redemption threads because of all the well documented stories about labor abuse at Rockstar? What about MK11? Seems like a slippery slope.
The video game analogy to WWE is probably THQ Nordic.
I had slowly stopped watching the past couple years only because of my work schedule, sometimes checking the youtube clips
Now I don't even miss it, aside from a handful of wrestlers (New Day, etc)
How much money did the WWE make off of their scummy SaudI deal? It could never have been worth all this, fuckin surely.
Bringing awareness to the people on this site is different than turning a significant number of new eyeballs onto the product itself...not sure what's so hard for you to understand here.
This has been known for a year and not at all surprising giving the lunacy of that government, OP probably should've mentioned Sami being Syrian too. He's also raised money for mobile hospitals in Syria which I don't recall WWE ever mentioning.
Even if he wasn't prevented from going, he still wouldn't go.
Even if he wasn't prevented from going, he still wouldn't go.
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I don't have anything to add but I'm surprised that so many are surprised that Roman "at the end of the day as long as I'm getting rich" Reigns is going. The ONLY reason he didn't go last time was because of cancer. I really don't understand why people like Sami and Sasha don't just go do interviews and bury the company for shit like this. What are they going to do, fire you?
CTE/CTE relates cover ups.
Domestic Abuse cover ups/dismissal/forgiveness.
Animal abuse forgiveness.
Taken money for political policies to be enforced (tax dollars for pre game patriotic celebrations).
Lax drug enforcement (reason why Adderall is being popular and miuse in NFL and they acknowledge it but nothing yet to curb use).
A lot more....
This isn't even focusing on seperate owners part of owners association with their own agendas
So why should WWE be barred here when we allow NFL related stuff as all these corporations aren't innocent
No no no no I already know about what the NFL does but this isn't about the NFL is about the wwe. Do you want to make a thread them be guest
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Should people not be able to discuss things like this on here? Or do you mean casual fandom conversation should not be allowed?
demote all the gaming news figures and organizations that attacked Anita Sarkeesian.
One of the most repressive governments in the entire world based on Wahhabi doctrine(the origin of islamic fundamentalist terror interpretation of islam) gets WWE pandering and countless USA perks. Meanwhile, we are drafting plans to invade Iran.
American goverment is a joke
American goverment is a joke
They are paying for Ultimate Warrior and Yokozuna.
Awful stuff. Fuck both WWE and SA
Just a reminder that the WWE is hosting another blood money event in Saudi Arabia this Friday (June 7th) as part of their 10-year contract with the kingdom.
Here's a great video (that needs to be viewed by more people) talking about the WWE's relationship with the Saudi Royal Family:
Here's a great video (that needs to be viewed by more people) talking about the WWE's relationship with the Saudi Royal Family:
The term used to be money marks
Rich guys that pay to put on shows just to hang out with their faves
Here it is:
Money Mark (n): A promoter who invests his own money in a wrestling promotion in order to get close to wrestlers and feel as if he is part of the wrestling industry. Wrestlers often pretend to be friends with the Money Mark, but snicker behind his back about fleecing him.
good resource - https://www.pwtorch.com/insiderglossary.shtml
Money Mark (n): A promoter who invests his own money in a wrestling promotion in order to get close to wrestlers and feel as if he is part of the wrestling industry. Wrestlers often pretend to be friends with the Money Mark, but snicker behind his back about fleecing him.
good resource - https://www.pwtorch.com/insiderglossary.shtml
So i don't understand, is KO in the show in the end ?
Anyway i still think about the wrestlers in that shit situation. It's kinda sad that make them all look like weak people not able to stand out for their ideas. I mean, we hear every day about a wrestler being about to leave WWE cause he's not happy about the way he's used, but none of them will tell WWE fuck you we're not going in SA ? Cause if they all did, WWE would have no choice.
I would almost imagine WWE has some sort of way to pressure them here cause i'm really surprised so few are saying no.
KO is not on the show. Sibarraz's extract was talking about last year's second show.