Urethra Franklin
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jan 18, 2022 22:15:47 GMT -5
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 18, 2022 22:18:36 GMT -5
I... Did someone see the old "undead frozen Nazi" thing from years back and catch Vince on an ether sniffing day?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 18, 2022 22:19:58 GMT -5
First thing to note, if it’s not on TV, it doesn’t exist. Right now, his name would just be “GUNTHER” because that’s all he said on TV. If they do go with the full name that was apparently a Nazi boat guy, yeah, that’s VERY bad.
I’m not crazy about change for the sake of change, BUT… I can live with it. I’m gonna have to. And it frees up the WALTER name (not that it really needed to, since it’s his real name) for his next run elsewhere once he inevitably gets cut, so, silver linings.
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Mecca
Wade Wilson
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Post by Mecca on Jan 18, 2022 22:20:08 GMT -5
This literally comes right after Jews, especially ones in wrestling media like Meltzer were pointing out how completely insensitive it is to run something called the Elimination chamber in a country like Saudi Arabia...but yea self mutilation uh huh.
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Facetious
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Post by Facetious on Jan 18, 2022 22:21:35 GMT -5
First thing to note, if it’s not on TV, it doesn’t exist. Right now, his name would just be “GUNTHER” because that’s all he said on TV. If they do go with the full name that was apparently a Nazi boat guy, yeah, that’s VERY bad. I’m not crazy about change for the sake of change, BUT… I can live with it. And it frees up WALTER for his next run elsewhere once he inevitably gets cut, so, silver linings. It was making the rounds on Twitter earlier in the day so it's possible they caught wind of it well before he went out there and called himself Gunther. But it's also WWE, land of one name so who knows. But It's uhhhh certainly something.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 18, 2022 22:21:44 GMT -5
I mean I'm sure there were multiple Gunther Starks... neither are really that uncommon German names... but on the other hand ...yeesh...
maybe just run a 5 second google search next time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 22:22:59 GMT -5
Is he going to be kayfabe related to Zoey Stark?
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 18, 2022 22:26:03 GMT -5
First thing to note, if it’s not on TV, it doesn’t exist. Right now, his name would just be “GUNTHER” because that’s all he said on TV. If they do go with the full name that was apparently a Nazi boat guy, yeah, that’s VERY bad. I’m not crazy about change for the sake of change, BUT… I can live with it. I’m gonna have to. And it frees up the WALTER name (not that it really needed to, since it’s his real name) for his next run elsewhere once he inevitably gets cut, so, silver linings. But how do you even get so far as to trademark that and bring any bit of it to TV? Even just going with Gunther, the NXT will more than likely know what the original plan was. I'm not even trying to shit on the idea of a name change, just goes do you get this far with that name?
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Post by Tiffany Stratton's Daddy on Jan 18, 2022 22:26:18 GMT -5
Is he going to be kayfabe related to Zoey Stark? Zoey is his stepsister. The ring is sacred.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Jan 18, 2022 22:26:53 GMT -5
NXT was having trouble What a sad, sad story Needed a new wrestler to restore Its former glory Where, oh, where was he? Where could that man be? They looked around and then they found The man for you and me And now it's springtime for Gunther and NXT...
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 18, 2022 22:27:17 GMT -5
Is he going to be kayfabe related to Zoey Stark? See, I thought it was gonna get nixed for THAT reason. You already have a Stark on the roster. I suppose they’re not as fussed about surnames as they are first names, though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 22:28:12 GMT -5
Is he going to be kayfabe related to Zoey Stark? See, I thought it was gonna get nixed for THAT reason. You already have a Stark on the roster. I suppose they’re not as fussed about surnames as they are first names, though. Maybe they got married and he took her last name... while also changing his first name for some reason. I wonder how many people forgot about Zoey Stark until they saw my post.
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Post by MrElijah on Jan 18, 2022 22:32:34 GMT -5
Who'd thunk WWE would find a worse name than the Submission Sorority?
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FinalGwen
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Post by FinalGwen on Jan 18, 2022 22:35:18 GMT -5
So Meltzer was a bit ahead of the curve this week with his metaphors, then?
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Mecca
Wade Wilson
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Post by Mecca on Jan 18, 2022 22:36:01 GMT -5
This is on the level of when WCW tried to call a dude The Final Solution.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 18, 2022 22:38:27 GMT -5
First thing to note, if it’s not on TV, it doesn’t exist. Right now, his name would just be “GUNTHER” because that’s all he said on TV. If they do go with the full name that was apparently a Nazi boat guy, yeah, that’s VERY bad. I’m not crazy about change for the sake of change, BUT… I can live with it. I’m gonna have to. And it frees up the WALTER name (not that it really needed to, since it’s his real name) for his next run elsewhere once he inevitably gets cut, so, silver linings. But how do you even get so far as to trademark that and bring any bit of it to TV? Even just going with Gunther, the NXT will more than likely know what the original plan was. I'm not even trying to shit on the idea of a name change, just goes do you get this far with that name? I think in general, it’s probably because the average person isn’t that well-versed on the individual people that were involved with the Nazis other than Hitler. Everyone knows the main guy. You might get a fair amount who know about Goebbels, Goering and Himmler, but after that it starts getting a bit patchy for the average person. They won’t know about Gunther Stark the U-Boat captain.
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 18, 2022 22:39:14 GMT -5
So can we just never say "WWE can't screw this person up" again? Cause the second WALTER announced a full US run, they screwed him up...
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Gus Richlen Was Wrong
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jan 18, 2022 22:39:44 GMT -5
So can we just never say "WWE can't screw this person up" again? Cause the second WALTER announced a full US run, they screwed him up... No.
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Mecca
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Post by Mecca on Jan 18, 2022 22:41:11 GMT -5
But how do you even get so far as to trademark that and bring any bit of it to TV? Even just going with Gunther, the NXT will more than likely know what the original plan was. I'm not even trying to shit on the idea of a name change, just goes do you get this far with that name? I think in general, it’s probably because the average person isn’t that well-versed on the individual people that were involved with the Nazis other than Hitler. Everyone knows the main guy. You might get a fair amount who know about Goebbels, Goering and Himmler, but after that it starts getting a bit patchy for the average person. They won’t know about Gunther Stark the U-Boat captain. If you type that name into google the Nazi Uboat guy is the 1st result...it would have taken 5 seconds to nix that name and do a different one.
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asuka007
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 18, 2022 22:43:13 GMT -5
They’ll change the name Imperium to Anschluss next.
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