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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 18:47:32 GMT -5
"I'm gonna watch an Ali match." "Who he boxing?"
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Post by MrElijah on Mar 25, 2019 18:49:24 GMT -5
Full list of the current WWE main roster - 3 Aiden AJ Ak Akira Ali Andrade Apollo Ariya As Axel Baron Bay Big E Big Match John Black Al Bliss Bo The Boss Braun Breeze Brock Bryan Buddy Cara Carmel Cedric Cesaro Chad Chet Cross Curt Dain Dana Dango Dar Dash Dawson Dean Dolph Dorado Drake Elias Epic Eric Finn Flair Foxy Gentleman Glorious Glow Gold Gulak Harper Heath James Jason Jeff Jey Jimmy Jinder Jose Kali Kane Kanellis Kanellis Karl Kay KO Kofi Konnor Lacey Lan Lashley Lio Liv Logan Luke The Man Mandy Mark Matt McIntyre Metalik Miz Mojo Moon Nattie Nia O'Neil Otis Prim RKO Rey Rez Roman Ronda Rousey Rowan Ruby Rusev Sami Samir Samoa Seth Sheamus Shelton Shin Show Sonya Sunil Tam The Tommas Tony Truth Tucker Vega Viktor Wolfy Woods Wrestling Wyatt Yse Zack Man, the new Street Fighter game looks dire if Vega is the only returning character.
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Post by Moppy on Mar 25, 2019 18:55:14 GMT -5
The trend seems to center around tag teams and guys with foreign backgrounds. Which makes sense since both seem to be seen as second class citizens by certain persons. I'm going slightly off-topic but since you mention tag teams, I'm absolutely amazed The Revival have escaped this treatment so far. I'd have thought we'd have said goodbye to 'Wilder' and 'Scott' by now.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 25, 2019 18:56:06 GMT -5
OK, just wondering. This board gets INFURIATED beyond belief when you call a wrestler by any other name. How long since that has even been a thing? I think it's more a case of those posters who used to call wrestlers by their real names were almost exclusively trolls who posted flame bait and adopted uber-smark personalities.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 25, 2019 18:58:37 GMT -5
How long since that has even been a thing? I think it's more a case of those posters who used to call wrestlers by their real names were almost exclusively trolls who posted flame bait and adopted uber-smark personalities. That really hasn't been a thing on here for a good min either
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 25, 2019 18:58:57 GMT -5
Well, his career's probably f***ed then. WWE ruins such simple things because they have no clue what they're doing anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 18:59:28 GMT -5
0:52 "You wanna step out in the ally, Ali?"
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Mar 25, 2019 19:02:14 GMT -5
If anyone is attending live shows/tv taping/PPV’s in the coming weeks, please take a sign saying something like “Give Mustafa Ali his name back”, same with Andrade as well. Spread the word so they hopefully see it’s freaking stupid. Especially for Ali who has had somewhat of a main event push.
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Mar 25, 2019 19:02:58 GMT -5
How long before The Man is "The"
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Mar 25, 2019 19:09:34 GMT -5
Why do I have this sick feeling that Vince is itching to make Mustafa Ali a heel (because he’s damn foreign pal....look at that name!) hence the name drop?
Seriously WWE writers....We know you lurk here. Why do you guys do stupid things and get a paycheck for it??
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 25, 2019 19:10:32 GMT -5
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Post by FinalGwen on Mar 25, 2019 19:31:30 GMT -5
Man, the new Street Fighter game looks dire if Vega is the only returning character. At least you've got Zack from DOA as a guest fighter.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Mar 25, 2019 19:47:29 GMT -5
I think it's more a case of those posters who used to call wrestlers by their real names were almost exclusively trolls who posted flame bait and adopted uber-smark personalities. That really hasn't been a thing on here for a good min either The only example I can think of recently may be tied to an ironic joke thing spawning out of the Ronda shoot & Triple H calling Ric Flair by his real name promo.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Mar 25, 2019 19:58:19 GMT -5
great now the ring announcer can add an extra syllable to his name since it starts with just an A now.
like...
UH-Asuka
so he'll be UH-Ali
and even at the base of it all, it's just horrible alliteration. It's the same reason Andrade 'Cien' Almas rolled off the tongue.
Meh.
Pleaseretireyadayadagetoffmylawnyouvarmints
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 20:08:27 GMT -5
Refresh my memory, has a white American guy ever gotten this name treatment? It feels like this happens exclusively with "foreigners", non-Caucasian dudes and women, and it's starting to get weirdly uncomfortable. I was thinking that wrestlers with ethnic/foreign sounding names might be targeted for twerks to make it easier for English speaking commentators to pronounce them. My theory was left with a gaping hole when upon changing Andrade Cien's name they took away the easy to pronounce part and left the tricky part.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Mar 25, 2019 20:13:19 GMT -5
His Mama named him Clay, I'm going to call him Clay
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 20:14:59 GMT -5
Refresh my memory, has a white American guy ever gotten this name treatment? It feels like this happens exclusively with "foreigners", non-Caucasian dudes and women, and it's starting to get weirdly uncomfortable. I was thinking that wrestlers with ethnic/foreign sounding names might be targeted for twerks to make it easier for English speaking commentators to pronounce them. My theory was left with a gaping hole when upon changing Andrade Cien's name they took away the easy to pronounce part and left the tricky part. They pretty much explained why that change happened on commentary a week or two later when the commentators suddenly starting going on about how fun Andrade is to say and repeating it over and over. That was clearly a, "Vince thinks it's a funny name," decision.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 25, 2019 20:26:36 GMT -5
I don't usually hate these that much but Mustafa Ali is such a defiantly Pakistani name, I felt like it was important for him to keep it.
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Post by Yacht Persona on Mar 25, 2019 20:43:55 GMT -5
Dumb company is dumb.
Mustafa is a bad ass name, it means "the chosen one." This move only hurts the character.
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Post by Fade on Mar 25, 2019 20:54:31 GMT -5
When you skip the anger, you gotta laugh that we’re at the whim of morons
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