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Post by mattperiolat on Oct 14, 2018 8:45:32 GMT -5
For what it’s worth, WWE have removed all the references to Crown Jewel being held in Saudi Arabia on the main page for the show and in preview articles for the matches. www.wwe.com/shows/www-crown-jewelNot promoting where it is really doesn’t change the fact that WWE is still going there and has a decade long deal with some... morally ambiguous people, shall we say? To be fair, they don’t promote on air where RAW or SmackDown is these days, but there is still a difference. Getting into more depth would seriously breach the politics rule, but let’s say - House of Saud bad, dealing with them may put money in your pocket now, but will reap a serious whirlwind eventually. Not watching Crown Jewel, but I’m also not watching current product beyond NXT as it is. As to cancelling the Network, I lie to myself. I tell myself I am watching the classic stuff and not supporting the current product, knowing at my core that is not true. Guess that’s the difference between me and VKM, I own up to my hypocrisy.
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Oct 14, 2018 8:53:07 GMT -5
Man. I'm just amazed that my original post about the dead journalist was deleted and then immediately followed with ten pages about it. It's basically the biggest, fattest, nosiest neon-coloured elephant to ever exist in anything that can be called a room. The Greatest Capital Punishment
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Oct 14, 2018 9:09:55 GMT -5
Although it's interesting to think about, no way does anyone quit or get fired over this one show. WWE is a lot of bad things, but one thing they aren't is unprofessional enough to put a talent in that sort of position. Bruce Prichard said that when it came to shows like Tribute To The Troops in Iraq or performing the night after a death, WWE policy was to ask the talent who wanted to do it. Those who did, did, and those who didn't, didn't (excluding the women in this case). Saudi Arabia has been Saudi Arabia for a long time. If that didn't raise enough red flags with enough wrestlers to make a show impossible to do the first time, I can't see that happening now. WWE would rather make some money off this than none. At worst, the venue gets changed and the card goes as planned. Ummmm, didn't RVD get a tonne of heat from both the company AND the other wrestlers for refusing to go to Tribute to the Troops in Iraq?
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Post by Tenshigure on Oct 14, 2018 9:45:27 GMT -5
Watch they move the show to India, just in time for that return of the megapush for Jinder Mahal!
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Oct 14, 2018 10:58:32 GMT -5
And now WWE's taken off the link to by tickets from their site.
This is some TNA level craziness
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Post by Spider2024 on Oct 14, 2018 10:59:50 GMT -5
And now WWE's taken off the link to by tickets from their site. This is some TNA level craziness
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Post by xCompackx on Oct 14, 2018 11:13:55 GMT -5
Knowing WWE, they'll cancel the show and then run some batshit crazy PR campaign proclaiming to be as pro-America as possible, ending with Titus or somebody eating apple pie and waving flags on Raw.
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Post by Spider2024 on Oct 14, 2018 11:21:18 GMT -5
Knowing WWE, they'll cancel the show and then run some batshit crazy PR campaign proclaiming to be as pro-America as possible, ending with Titus or somebody eating apple pie and waving flags on Raw. Then he vomits the pie into someone's hat. Or Jinder's turban.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Oct 14, 2018 11:48:30 GMT -5
Knowing WWE, they'll cancel the show and then run some batshit crazy PR campaign proclaiming to be as pro-America as possible, ending with Titus or somebody eating apple pie and waving flags on Raw. Then he vomits the pie into someone's hat. Or Jinder's turban. "I may've puked, but that's ALL-AMERICAN PUKE RIGHT THERE!"
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 14, 2018 12:12:50 GMT -5
It's been removed from the WWE.com calendar.
I guess we're just waiting for the official announcement now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 12:15:06 GMT -5
I’m sure that the WWE will wait until this blows over before trying to resume the agreement next year or whenever, but it will be interesting to see how this plays out, if the WWE were to lose that ridiculous deal that will be a huge blow to them,
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Oct 14, 2018 12:17:47 GMT -5
It's been removed from the WWE.com calendar. I guess we're just waiting for the official announcement now. Apparently a rep is saying that it should still be on the calendar.
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Post by Spider2024 on Oct 14, 2018 12:20:04 GMT -5
It's been removed from the WWE.com calendar. I guess we're just waiting for the official announcement now. Apparently a rep is saying that it should still be on the calendar. Lol, dammit. Adding 'website errors' to all this, NOW we're totally in 'TNA level' here.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 12:31:18 GMT -5
From what I read, they could be moving it to Manchester, since they’ve got TV tapings set there for the following two days, and the venue is open.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 12:31:33 GMT -5
Apparently a rep is saying that it should still be on the calendar. Lol, dammit. Adding 'website errors' to all this, NOW we're totally in 'TNA level' here. First Raw turn into WCW 2000 then now were having TNA level decision moment. Are we sure that Vince isn't dead and Dixie Carter somehow running WWE?
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Oct 14, 2018 12:32:29 GMT -5
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Post by Chainsaw on Oct 14, 2018 12:34:02 GMT -5
I'm guessing they're burying the event in some vain attempt to get the press off their back, hoping the mainstream media doesn't run with it. I expect the next step to be for it to not run on the Network at all, and get turned into a glorified house show, only for it to end up on the Network in a year's time with no fanfare, and probably with Saudi propaganda in it still.
This is...a really, really, really bad look for the WWE. And we still have a decade of this to go.
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Oct 14, 2018 12:35:25 GMT -5
Either the event still happens or it will be delayed until Greatest Royal Rumble 2. It doesn’t matter how much people are outraged or concerned. No way is WWE walking away from that money.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 12:36:23 GMT -5
The saddest part is all of this craziness is probably the most entertainment this show was ever going to be able to provide anyone anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 12:37:39 GMT -5
It didn’t take long for this deal to go south.
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