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Post by The Beast Disincarnate on Jul 26, 2015 3:49:41 GMT -5
The more cliché-ridden company of all times that portrayed ON LIVE TV so many savage samoans, black silly dancers, evil accent speaking foreigners and mexican thugs for so so many years, fire someone for a racist rant on a private video tape and wants to present itself as a parangon of diversity virtue.
Oh irony, sweet sweet irony.
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Post by Dub H on Jul 26, 2015 4:06:07 GMT -5
The more cliché-ridden company of all times that portrayed ON LIVE TV so many savage samoans, black silly dancers, evil accent speaking foreigners and mexican thugs for so so many years, fire someone for a racist rant on a private video tape and wants to present itself as a parangon of diversity virtue. Oh irony, sweet sweet irony. They would never display any steotype in modern wwe Ever
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Jul 26, 2015 8:55:01 GMT -5
What is Rusev stereotype? A tough fighting never say die Patriot who was betrayed by a devilish blonde haired idiot.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jul 26, 2015 9:30:48 GMT -5
What is Rusev stereotype? A tough fighting never say die Patriot who was betrayed by a devilish blonde haired idiot. Well he's Eastern European, so obviously he's a Russian who hates America. Nevermind that he's from Bulgaria, not Russia. It was a part of the USSR over 25 years ago. but it has a long and unique history separate from Russia. It would be like making everyone of Hispanic decent, whether they are from the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, or the Southern US and making them a Border Jumping Illegal Alien.
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Post by gr1990 on Jul 26, 2015 9:59:16 GMT -5
What is Rusev stereotype? A tough fighting never say die Patriot who was betrayed by a devilish blonde haired idiot. Well he's Eastern European, so obviously he's a Russian who hates America. Nevermind that he's from Bulgaria, not Russia. It was a part of the USSR over 25 years ago. but it has a long and unique history separate from Russia. It would be like making everyone of Hispanic decent, whether they are from the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, or the Southern US and making them a Border Jumping Illegal Alien. To be fair, they didn't just say 'he's Russian now. What's a Bulgaria?' They did go some way to explaining how he'd taken Russian citizenship and sworn loyalty to Putin through Lana's manipulation of him, and even still called him the Bulgarian Brute sometimes. And at least there was some genuine political tension between Russia and the West at the time that they were playing off, unlike having the Ukrainian Vladimir Kozlov come out in a Red Army uniform with red stars and a hammer and sickle on his tron, billing him from Moscow and having Matt Striker call him the 'Sinister Soviet' (or something similar) in 2008. Kozlov was 12 years old when the Red Army and the Soviet Union were disbanded.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jul 26, 2015 10:06:10 GMT -5
Well he's Eastern European, so obviously he's a Russian who hates America. Nevermind that he's from Bulgaria, not Russia. It was a part of the USSR over 25 years ago. but it has a long and unique history separate from Russia. It would be like making everyone of Hispanic decent, whether they are from the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, or the Southern US and making them a Border Jumping Illegal Alien. To be fair, they didn't just say 'he's Russian now. What's a Bulgaria?' They did go some way to explaining how he'd taken Russian citizenship and sworn loyalty to Putin through Lana's manipulation of him, and even still called him the Bulgarian Brute sometimes. And at least there was some genuine political tension between Russia and the West at the time that they were playing off, unlike having the Ukrainian Vladimir Kozlov come out in a Red Army uniform with red stars and a hammer and sickle on his tron, billing him from Moscow and having Matt Striker call him the 'Sinister Soviet' (or something similar) in 2008. Definitely true. I forgot about Kozlov. That was much worse. But still what an incredibly lazy gimmick for a guy as talented as Rusev. That gimmick also would've made more sense had he been the one to turn face on Lana instead of the other way around.
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Post by 67 more on Jul 26, 2015 11:56:37 GMT -5
What is Rusev stereotype? A tough fighting never say die Patriot who was betrayed by a devilish blonde haired idiot. Well he's Eastern European, so obviously he's a Russian who hates America. Nevermind that he's from Bulgaria, not Russia. It was a part of the USSR over 25 years ago. but it has a long and unique history separate from Russia. It would be like making everyone of Hispanic decent, whether they are from the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, or the Southern US and making them a Border Jumping Illegal Alien. Bulgarua wasn't even part of Russia or the Soviet Union, it made no sense whatsoever to make him Russian. At least with Kozlov, Ukraine was a former Soviet country.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 26, 2015 12:01:21 GMT -5
I figure Rusev is a Bulgarian who was convinced to support Putin by being seduced by a Russian agent who is herself an undercover CIA agent pretending to be Russian.
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Post by percymania on Jul 26, 2015 12:14:37 GMT -5
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Post by gr1990 on Jul 26, 2015 12:40:23 GMT -5
I figure Rusev is a Bulgarian who was convinced to support Putin by being seduced by a Russian agent who is herself an undercover CIA agent pretending to be Russian. smilingrussoinsandals.jpg
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Post by chrom on Jul 26, 2015 15:51:08 GMT -5
I'm dreading what's going to happen to Hideo once he gets put on the main roster.
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Post by Captain & Diet on Jul 26, 2015 16:07:21 GMT -5
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 26, 2015 17:48:28 GMT -5
It's fascinating that wrestling can be so backwards yet also be oddly progressive. It's something that seems to cross promotions and borders too.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jul 26, 2015 21:04:38 GMT -5
To be fair who wouldn't be Russian for demlegs
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 21:17:11 GMT -5
I've always felt like this is overlooked when people talk about racist moments in WWE. Then Shawn's promo after gave me a really bad vibe too.
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Post by schma on Jul 26, 2015 21:43:38 GMT -5
Los Guerrerro's Lie, Cheat and Steal. Eddie had the charisma to make it work but really?
Also, didn't JBL win the chance to face Mysterio for the U.S. title by proving his patriotism with a video of him hunting border jumpers? And then he proceeded to have a feud with Mysterio over said title pretty much on the basis that as a Mexican Mysterio was stealing jobs from honest Americans and didn't deserve the title?
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 26, 2015 21:50:28 GMT -5
I know it was a long time ago, but probably the most racist thing this company has ever done is act like it was common knowledge that all black and Polynesian wrestlers have "hard heads" that would use headbutts and no sell headbutts from other people. Hell, the Usos still do the no-sell of beadbutts every now and then. Can't recall the announcers pointing out the "hard head" part any more though.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Jul 26, 2015 21:52:23 GMT -5
Well he's Eastern European, so obviously he's a Russian who hates America. Nevermind that he's from Bulgaria, not Russia. It was a part of the USSR over 25 years ago. but it has a long and unique history separate from Russia. It would be like making everyone of Hispanic decent, whether they are from the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, or the Southern US and making them a Border Jumping Illegal Alien. Bulgarua wasn't even part of Russia or the Soviet Union, it made no sense whatsoever to make him Russian. At least with Kozlov, Ukraine was a former Soviet country. Russian is the main foreign language spoken in Bulgaria
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jul 26, 2015 22:20:29 GMT -5
Also, didn't JBL win the chance to face Mysterio for the U.S. title by proving his patriotism with a video of him hunting border jumpers? And then he proceeded to have a feud with Mysterio over said title pretty much on the basis that as a Mexican Mysterio was stealing jobs from honest Americans and didn't deserve the title? I think they were two separate feuds. The first part was with Guerrero for the WWE Championship in 2004, and the second part was with Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship in 2006.
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Post by schma on Jul 26, 2015 22:30:32 GMT -5
Also, didn't JBL win the chance to face Mysterio for the U.S. title by proving his patriotism with a video of him hunting border jumpers? And then he proceeded to have a feud with Mysterio over said title pretty much on the basis that as a Mexican Mysterio was stealing jobs from honest Americans and didn't deserve the title? I think they were two separate feuds. The first part was with Guerrero for the WWE Championship in 2004, and the second part was with Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship in 2006. That could very well be. My memory is a bit fuzzy on them as I didn't pay close attention. I just remember being disgusted by the hunting mexicans video.
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