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Post by Abdullah on Feb 5, 2019 23:31:29 GMT -5
Okay, this has been gnawing at me for a while. Yes, it sucks where they’re getting the money, but...... What about the wrestling fans in the country. I abhor the notion that the people of the country should be demonized, they have just as much right to enjoy a wrestling show as anyone else. I look at it as WWE stealing money from some shitty people while trying to entertain their fans in that country. It’s a delicate balance, and they haven’t handled it nearly as well as they should, but should the fans in that country not get to enjoy a wrestling show too? I’ve been to one of these shows, the GRR, and it’s not about the fans. The best seats went to VIPs while the fans had to watch their favorite superstars reduced to the size of ants. We could not even buy better tickets. Those weren’t for us. I won’t begrudge anyone for going. But I’ve been questioning if these mostly modest reforms are worth the way people have been walking on eggshells in Saudi. ...Yes. Way more than usual.
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Post by No One on Feb 6, 2019 0:09:24 GMT -5
An update for everyone, they still wont allow women, Sami Zayn to perform and the UAE government arrested someone for wearing a soccer jersey today. Yoyr information is wrong. The person was wearing an AEW t-shirt.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Feb 6, 2019 0:16:00 GMT -5
The Saudi Prince only wants nostalgia acts anyway, right? So take all the old dudes I don't have time for, and put them over there.
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Post by beefy on Feb 6, 2019 0:19:27 GMT -5
With all the responses in this thread, there’s only one name for this show:
WWE PRESENTS: The Greatest Backlash
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 6, 2019 0:20:46 GMT -5
The Saudi Prince only wants nostalgia acts anyway, right? So take all the old dudes I don't have time for, and put them over there. Hillbilly Jim vs Larry Zybszko is going to be lit!
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Feb 6, 2019 0:22:40 GMT -5
The Saudi Prince only wants nostalgia acts anyway, right? So take all the old dudes I don't have time for, and put them over there. Hillbilly Jim vs Larry Zybszko is going to be lit! Greg "The Lunch Lady" Valentine wasn't allowed to come.
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Post by Yacht Persona on Feb 6, 2019 0:35:01 GMT -5
I've been boycotting the company ever since this deal, and it has nothing to do with the country of Saudi Arabia, but rather that this deal is entirely a PR campaign for the government of Saudi Arabia in general, and MBS in particular. It's really quite disgusting, and Vince is a whore for doing it.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Feb 6, 2019 0:52:41 GMT -5
I wonder if they have to make it a network special or can they just treat it like a house show.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Feb 6, 2019 1:46:37 GMT -5
Okay, this has been gnawing at me for a while. Yes, it sucks where they’re getting the money, but...... What about the wrestling fans in the country. As others have said, they literally don’t matter. None of them could show up and as long as the Royal Family is happy with those shows, they’ll keep going. The shows are already paid for so any more income just makes it good. If WWE wants to do shows in Saudi Arabia, great. They could have paid for it off its own dime as they did in UAE or Dubai or other parts of the Middle East. Not that those places are perfect (nowhere near) but at least house shows with the intention of growing that audience instead of shady PR campaigns.
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Post by facethatrunstheplace on Feb 6, 2019 1:59:41 GMT -5
Let's see - no women, no Finn (openly supporting the LGBTQ+ dommunity), no Canadians (no Sami, no KO, no Jinder unless he has dual citizenship and flies in on a non-Canadian passport.) Roman's out still with leukemia; Dean will be gone from WWE by then (if the reports of his departure are true.) No Daniel Bryan (for reasons), no Cena (movies), no Rock or Batista (movies.) Who knows who else is asking or considering asking to opt out of the trip? I'm not sure about people who don't want to appear on these shows. But I've read that Scott Hall would like to be part of an nwo reunion for one of these shows.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Feb 6, 2019 5:42:13 GMT -5
I mean they are under contract.
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Post by MAGGLE on Feb 6, 2019 5:42:20 GMT -5
Let's see - no women, no Finn (openly supporting the LGBTQ+ dommunity), no Canadians (no Sami, no KO, no Jinder unless he has dual citizenship and flies in on a non-Canadian passport.) Roman's out still with leukemia; Dean will be gone from WWE by then (if the reports of his departure are true.) No Daniel Bryan (for reasons), no Cena (movies), no Rock or Batista (movies.) Who knows who else is asking or considering asking to opt out of the trip? I'm not sure about people who don't want to appear on these shows. But I've read that Scott Hall would like to be part of an nwo reunion for one of these shows. I would not be suprised if Hogan, Hall and Nash agree to that. I mean screw real issues brother, I got lawyers to pay for the horrible stuff that I do.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 6, 2019 6:40:19 GMT -5
WWE Crowned Prince of the Ring
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 6, 2019 7:55:40 GMT -5
Well, yeah. They have a huge contract and barely anyone even cared that they went last time. By May next year nobody will notice.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Feb 6, 2019 8:00:41 GMT -5
Well, yeah. They have a huge contract and barely anyone even cared that they went last time. By May next year nobody will notice. I mean, it wasn’t so much nobody cared as people did care, they got a backlash from it but then said “Eh, we have a contract, screw the political climate we’re going” and people went back to thinking pro wrestling’s just full of con artists and hicks.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 6, 2019 8:01:48 GMT -5
Can’t wait to see what wacky rabbits they pull out of the hat to try and stake their Golden Snowcones claim. Give me “Riyadh Roulette” or something like that so we end up with Steve Austin vs Kizarny in a Rap Battle.
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Post by RedSmile on Feb 6, 2019 8:03:12 GMT -5
Ugh, are we going to have one of these threads before each Saudi event? With everyone bitching about what a shitty place Saudi Arabia is and how awful Vince and Co. are? Yup!!!
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Feb 6, 2019 8:19:03 GMT -5
Ugh, are we going to have one of these threads before each Saudi event? With everyone bitching about what a shitty place Saudi Arabia is and how awful Vince and Co. are? The world revolves around money. If you have enough of it, people look away from the shitty things you're doing. I don't blame any talent who don't want to go or people who won't watch it because of what kind of Country Saudi Arabia is, but as long as they keep shelling out the cash then WWE will continue to go back. Accepting the money is a choice. It's a choice WWE makes every time they go. It's a choice a lot of people refused to make in light of the Khashoggi incident. UFC pulled out of a deal that would have seen 400 million invested into the company. WWE deciding to commit to the deal and to create propaganda to advertise the regime and paint them as progressive is a choice they make every time and the fact they're being paid for it does nothing to change that fact. Deciding to put money over human decency is not a justification, it's an excuse and a personal failing. Every day people make decisions against a lot of money because they can't morally stomach what they'd be doing for that money. People are perfectly reasonable for criticizing the continued honouring of this deal and WWE's willingness to put money over everything else.
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 6, 2019 8:21:30 GMT -5
These Saudi shows are probably the only real chance to ever get another official WWE Gimmick Battle Royale
That's about all I got
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 6, 2019 8:32:43 GMT -5
For people who don't want to hear about peoples' complaints about the Saudi Arabia stuff, fair play and all that, but this thread isn't titled, "Which Superstar makes the best cookout food?" or "Samoa Joe's bitching pancakes". You know what you're getting into by clicking on it. I assure you, if you decide to instead go into any number of other threads and read those instead, no one's going to stop you.
Before Roman left, we had new threads on him just about weekly. Given people had no new thoughts to add to things since like two years ago, I only went into those threads to just skim and make sure no one was posting their wiener. I otherwise just didn't participate. It's pretty freeing.
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