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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Sept 30, 2014 20:30:48 GMT -5
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Sept 30, 2014 20:33:08 GMT -5
Did they do this after the JBL flag incident
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Post by Andrew is Good on Sept 30, 2014 20:36:26 GMT -5
Why did they post a video of it in the apology?
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Sept 30, 2014 20:37:19 GMT -5
This is what gets me about the WWE's current state. It's like they are that kid in high school who tries to appear hardcore but immediately regrets it the moment his parents find out. They apologize, but keep doing crap like this anyway. Frankly, those dishonest apologies just seem insulting. If you are going to go for a xenophobic, creatively bankrupt story of a foreign villain who's evil due to his foreignness, issuing apologies about not meaning to offend people is just baffling.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 20:47:38 GMT -5
Why did they post a video of it in the apology? Because it's a disingenuous apology, whether they know it or not. |
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Post by Adam Black on Sept 30, 2014 20:50:16 GMT -5
Big Show is the worst.
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Post by Lancers on Sept 30, 2014 20:51:45 GMT -5
Big Show should have given it a hearty headbutt. Nobody would have had a beef with that.  |
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Sept 30, 2014 20:58:18 GMT -5
WWE: The GLOBAL leader in sports and entertainment! Now watch our huge babyface trash another country's flag.
Cheap HEEL Heat 101. Trash a flag.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Sept 30, 2014 20:59:47 GMT -5
Easier to fake an apologize than get any sort of permission or okay.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 30, 2014 21:03:38 GMT -5
This is what gets me about the WWE's current state. It's like they are that kid in high school who tries to appear hardcore but immediately regrets it the moment his parents find out. They apologize, but keep doing crap like this anyway. Frankly, those dishonest apologies just seem insulting. If you are going to go for a xenophobic, creatively bankrupt story of a foreign villain who's evil due to his foreignness, issuing apologies about not meaning to offend people is just baffling. It's a really tight spot to be in, since they didn't draw this county out of a hat. It's not that he's foreign, or they could be doing this with Bulgaria, for all it'd matter, or Kofi being the Ghana Gangster or something silly like that. There are very hard limits on what can be discussed, but the irony of Rusev being looked at as a relic is that this is the most topical they've been in years with their target. That's about as much as can be said. |
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Post by StuntGranny® on Sept 30, 2014 21:06:13 GMT -5
Vince knew he would never get to play kickball with Putin if he didn't apologize. Classic Vince.
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Post by xCompackx on Sept 30, 2014 21:12:13 GMT -5
This is what gets me about the WWE's current state. It's like they are that kid in high school who tries to appear hardcore but immediately regrets it the moment his parents find out. They apologize, but keep doing crap like this anyway. Frankly, those dishonest apologies just seem insulting. If you are going to go for a xenophobic, creatively bankrupt story of a foreign villain who's evil due to his foreignness, issuing apologies about not meaning to offend people is just baffling. It's a really weird mindset. WWE loves to constantly remind us all how great the Attitude Era was, yet the Attitude Era was fairly trashy when it comes to storylines and all that. It's their own fault for giving power to people that they have to appease and also being so obsessed with PR (certain events have made that more understandable though), but still. |
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 30, 2014 21:21:44 GMT -5
WWE: The GLOBAL leader in sports and entertainment! Now watch our huge babyface trash another country's flag. Cheap HEEL Heat 101. Trash a flag. Fair point- but Should Jack Swagger resort to being the evil "Real American" for the shows WWE is in Europe or Canada, then? It is connected. No matter how GLOBAL WWE is, it is a company based in America, and there has to be a little bit of leeway there. |
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Sept 30, 2014 21:36:55 GMT -5
WWE: The GLOBAL leader in sports and entertainment! Now watch our huge babyface trash another country's flag. Cheap HEEL Heat 101. Trash a flag. Fair point- but Should Jack Swagger resort to being the evil "Real American" for the shows WWE is in Europe or Canada, then? It is connected. No matter how GLOBAL WWE is, it is a company based in America, and there has to be a little bit of leeway there. There's "a little leeway" and then there's "face doing the EXACT thing he was pissed at the heel for doing". How DARE that dastardly heel insult our country's flag! BOOO!!! Our noble face has insulted that country's flag! YAAAAY!!! It just wears thin after awhile. WWE goes on and on about how they're this huge international force in the world of entertainment...but if a wrestler isn't a white American dude, about 90% of the time they're going to spend much of their career as a heel. |
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Post by edgestar on Sept 30, 2014 21:43:28 GMT -5
"We would like to apologize for Rusev saying he was gonna kick Big Show in the groin. It's disrespectful to all the other groins in the WWE Universe."  |
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 30, 2014 21:45:51 GMT -5
"We would like to apologize for Rusev saying he was gonna kick Big Show in the groin. It's disrespectful to all the other groins in the WWE Universe." Rusev studied Muay Thai, so of course he'd know the capital of Thailand. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 22:00:59 GMT -5
This is what gets me about the WWE's current state. It's like they are that kid in high school who tries to appear hardcore but immediately regrets it the moment his parents find out. They apologize, but keep doing crap like this anyway. Frankly, those dishonest apologies just seem insulting. If you are going to go for a xenophobic, creatively bankrupt story of a foreign villain who's evil due to his foreignness, issuing apologies about not meaning to offend people is just baffling. It speaks to a larger problem with our hypocritic boo hoo society. It's all about forcing insincere apologies and blowing the whistle on dumb shit. |
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 30, 2014 22:10:24 GMT -5
Fair point- but Should Jack Swagger resort to being the evil "Real American" for the shows WWE is in Europe or Canada, then? It is connected. No matter how GLOBAL WWE is, it is a company based in America, and there has to be a little bit of leeway there. There's "a little leeway" and then there's "face doing the EXACT thing he was pissed at the heel for doing". How DARE that dastardly heel insult our country's flag! BOOO!!! Our noble face has insulted that country's flag! YAAAAY!!! It just wears thin after awhile. WWE goes on and on about how they're this huge international force in the world of entertainment...but if a wrestler isn't a white American dude, about 90% of the time they're going to spend much of their career as a heel. That, I can agree- but at least "face doing the EXACT thing he was pissed at the heel for doing" can also be read as "face punishes the heel by giving him a taste of his own medicine"- which is a natural form of punishment and at least fair enough. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 22:12:53 GMT -5
I DEMAND AN APOLOGY FROM HBK FOR BLOWING HIS NOSE ON THE CANADIAN FLAG AND SCREWING CANADAS NATIONAL TREASURE BRET HART IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!
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Post by The Unconquered Sun on Sept 30, 2014 22:13:00 GMT -5
now are they going to apologize for how crappy their PPVs have been any time soon? that's the apology i want!
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