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Post by rocnsoc88 on Sept 18, 2018 13:24:30 GMT -5
This time there’s really no mystery at all. There’s no way in hell they're giving the title back to Brock now You sure about that? Lot of talk (and right now, it's just talk) going around that they're going to let Brock go into the Cormier UFC match holding the WWE title. I’m pretty sure they won't put it on Brock. I wondered about whether they would do that cross-promotional gimmick this past summer, but I don’t think they would have had Brock drop the title at Summerslam if they were going to do that.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Sept 18, 2018 13:37:06 GMT -5
Crown Jewels??! They really show some "testicular fortitude" to call a PPV in a muslim country like that. Since Vince also got away with "Great Balls of fire" we might see an event called "Grapefruits" in the future. The next all-women's PPV will be called "WWE Evolution: Lady Balls".
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Post by Chainsaw on Sept 18, 2018 14:00:14 GMT -5
If they actually treated it as a round robin tournament for the World Cup with different international wrestlers, then I'd be all in for it.
But all that's going to happen is, it'll be a bunch of Raw dudes and Roman wins LOL.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Sept 18, 2018 14:07:44 GMT -5
Vince has found a perfect audience in the House of Saud: wealthy patrons who don't give any kind of a f*** what kind of show he puts on as long as he lets them sit in the front row, so they'll give Vince more profit than he drew with f***ing Wrestlemania. Even their requests of "bring back old dudes" is right up Vince's alley.
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 18, 2018 14:22:56 GMT -5
Brawn should win the World Cup.
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Post by ryanjoste on Sept 18, 2018 14:37:10 GMT -5
Why do they keep trying?! $$$. Can you imagine the crowing they could do if the WWE champ defeated the UFC champ on a UFC ppv? Also, more $$$. Dude's getting over a mil to work the SA show because he's money for it. Those guys aren't paying WWE eight digits to watch Kevin Owens and NXT call-ups. They're paying for the big stars (to them. Remember, for the first show, they requested the already-then deceased Warrior wrestle on it) like UT, Brock and HHH. Brock is Fox deal money. Brock is Saudi deal money. He may not be IWC money anymore, but we're not handing Vince $50 million to see Lesnar do a few suplexes, either. But what happens if the UFC champ kicks Brock's ass? WWE would really look bad.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Sept 18, 2018 14:49:23 GMT -5
If this were the Attitude Era it'd be called WWF Family Jewels. Given that it's for the Saudi royal family and the exclusion of the women on the last PPV, that name would somehow be even more applicable today.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Sept 18, 2018 15:20:52 GMT -5
$$$. Can you imagine the crowing they could do if the WWE champ defeated the UFC champ on a UFC ppv? Also, more $$$. Dude's getting over a mil to work the SA show because he's money for it. Those guys aren't paying WWE eight digits to watch Kevin Owens and NXT call-ups. They're paying for the big stars (to them. Remember, for the first show, they requested the already-then deceased Warrior wrestle on it) like UT, Brock and HHH. Brock is Fox deal money. Brock is Saudi deal money. He may not be IWC money anymore, but we're not handing Vince $50 million to see Lesnar do a few suplexes, either. But what happens if the UFC champ kicks Brock's ass? WWE would really look bad. Brock was just too beat up from fending off the Big Dog and that's why he lost at UFC.
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Post by Dub H on Sept 18, 2018 15:25:32 GMT -5
Why do they keep trying?! $$$. Can you imagine the crowing they could do if the WWE champ defeated the UFC champ on a UFC ppv? Also, more $$$. Dude's getting over a mil to work the SA show because he's money for it. Those guys aren't paying WWE eight digits to watch Kevin Owens and NXT call-ups. They're paying for the big stars (to them. Remember, for the first show, they requested the already-then deceased Warrior wrestle on it) like UT, Brock and HHH. Brock is Fox deal money. Brock is Saudi deal money. He may not be IWC money anymore, but we're not handing Vince $50 million to see Lesnar do a few suplexes, either. While I agre ewith the sentiment. I dont think Saudi cares about brock.last time they has a list of wrestlers they wanted to see,and i`m pretty sure most of then were old star ,including Yokozuna.
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Post by Lt. Palumbo on Sept 18, 2018 15:47:50 GMT -5
If it's not The Greatest Crown Jewels count me out.
Unless Braun is defending the big green belt, then I'm back in
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Post by eJm on Sept 18, 2018 15:48:19 GMT -5
$$$. Can you imagine the crowing they could do if the WWE champ defeated the UFC champ on a UFC ppv? Also, more $$$. Dude's getting over a mil to work the SA show because he's money for it. Those guys aren't paying WWE eight digits to watch Kevin Owens and NXT call-ups. They're paying for the big stars (to them. Remember, for the first show, they requested the already-then deceased Warrior wrestle on it) like UT, Brock and HHH. Brock is Fox deal money. Brock is Saudi deal money. He may not be IWC money anymore, but we're not handing Vince $50 million to see Lesnar do a few suplexes, either. While I agre ewith the sentiment. I dont think Saudi cares about brock.last time they has a list of wrestlers they wanted to see,and i`m pretty sure most of then were old star ,including Yokozuna. Funnily enough, rumour’s going around that one of the people the Saudis want IS Brock. And considering one of the few people to eat with the Royal family was Brock, it kind of makes sense.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 15:59:46 GMT -5
Won't speculate on the reasons or who is to blame due to board rules but Canada and Saudi Arabia ain't exactly getting along these days, indeed their diplomatic bust up has gotten quite out of hand. Jericho is probably safe due to duel nationality but it'll be interesting to see if Owens and Mahal are given a waiver when attempting to enter the country.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Sept 18, 2018 16:04:27 GMT -5
Won't speculate on the reasons or who is to blame due to board rules but Canada and Saudi Arabia ain't exactly getting along these days, indeed their diplomatic bust up has gotten quite out of hand. Jericho is probably safe due to duel nationality but it'll be interesting to see if Owens and Mahal are given a waiver when attempting to enter the country. What? Not hometown hero Jinder Mahal whose homeland is closer to Saudi Arabia than Cameron, North Carolina is!
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Post by Chris the Bambikiller on Sept 18, 2018 16:09:00 GMT -5
Looks like you'll need binoculars to see the action from half the seats Implying the audience is going to pay attention. During the first Saudi Arabian show, people in the regular seats seemed to be paying attention and actually participating and enjoying themselves. The people in the best seats seemed to be more like "Hey, my new mobile phone really kicks ass" or "They're filming me, let's look as cool as possible". Guess it won't be any different this time.
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Post by Spider2024 on Sept 18, 2018 16:13:50 GMT -5
Brawn should win the World Cup. It's the only World Cup he could win. Because, you know, he likes using hands.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Sept 18, 2018 16:20:35 GMT -5
I dont think Saudi cares about brock.last time they has a list of wrestlers they wanted to see,and i`m pretty sure most of then were old star ,including Yokozuna. They most certainly want Brock. The Yokozuna and Warrior requests are laughed at because of how out-of-date and out-of-touch it makes them seem, but Brock's up there with the rest of the big names they were wanting.
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Post by Muskrat on Sept 18, 2018 16:29:25 GMT -5
Won't speculate on the reasons or who is to blame due to board rules but Canada and Saudi Arabia ain't exactly getting along these days, indeed their diplomatic bust up has gotten quite out of hand. Jericho is probably safe due to duel nationality but it'll be interesting to see if Owens and Mahal are given a waiver when attempting to enter the country. Don’t forget that Brock has become Canadian now too, although not sure if he has dual citizenship yet. His last UFC fight, he 100% represented Canada and basically said “It’s where I live, it’s now where I’m from, that’s who I represent”
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 18, 2018 16:31:55 GMT -5
They should just let the House of Saud book this. Can't be any worse than their regular booking.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Sept 18, 2018 17:21:22 GMT -5
They should just let the House of Saud book this. Can't be any worse than their regular booking. You say that now, but when we get Hiroki Sumi : Universal Champion...
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 18, 2018 20:34:34 GMT -5
They should just let the House of Saud book this. Can't be any worse than their regular booking. You say that now, but when we get Hiroki Sumi : Universal Champion... The start of a new era
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