Jeff Mack
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Post by Jeff Mack on Jan 5, 2007 11:30:19 GMT -5
Has anyone ever clarified this? I was just wondering since he tags up with a Hindu, and praises him for his mastery of Nietzchen philosophy. Just wondering if they had any other laughable theological aspects to his character.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jan 5, 2007 11:30:54 GMT -5
Does it matter? He talks funny, BOO HIM!!!
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Post by hassanchop on Jan 5, 2007 11:40:15 GMT -5
I think Hassan was Buddhist, and Daivari still tagged with him.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jan 5, 2007 11:41:02 GMT -5
I think Hassan was Buddhist. Well, that was Mark Copani, the guy that played Hassan. The character himself, well, who knows.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 5, 2007 11:46:06 GMT -5
Daivari is a Shiite... head.
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Post by Brick Killed a Guy on Jan 5, 2007 11:50:11 GMT -5
Daivari is a Shiite... head. Guess that means, unlike Bret, Daivari hasn't had any..Sunni days.
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Post by The Peoples Elbow on Jan 5, 2007 11:58:23 GMT -5
Which Islamic denomination is Daivari? The terrorist denomination ;D
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Jan 5, 2007 12:01:12 GMT -5
I think he's actually Persian.
And Hassan was Italian.
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Post by The"threadicidal"bristolspapa on Jan 5, 2007 12:04:43 GMT -5
Daivari is a Shiite... head. Guess that means, unlike Bret, Daivari hasn't had any..Sunni days. I wish that joke had okurd to me. Cue Price is Right loser track.
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Jeff Mack
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Post by Jeff Mack on Jan 5, 2007 12:15:29 GMT -5
Guess that means, unlike Bret, Daivari hasn't had any..Sunni days. I wish that joke had okurd to me. Cue Price is Right loser track. We'll have more pricing games coming up next!
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Post by Chainsaw on Jan 5, 2007 12:24:41 GMT -5
Please help control the idiot population, have your member of WWE Creative spayed or neutered. Good night!
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jan 5, 2007 13:07:22 GMT -5
I am thinking that the character Daivari's religion is Islam, going back to how he (well, Hassan) used to say Praise Allah in the early days.
EDIT: Oh nevermind, I just noticed that you were asking for which specific denomination of islam. Beats me. Luger, do you know?
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Post by odanobunaga on Jan 5, 2007 13:12:19 GMT -5
I am the only one here that think that is boring the WWE position of "OMFG HE IS NOT FROM AMERICA SO HE IS UP TO NO GOOD"? You know, why should i hate Daivari? He walks with a very tall dude, and they speak some language I don´t undestand and cheat to win like every other damn heel in the federation.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jan 5, 2007 13:12:36 GMT -5
Well, he speaks Farsi. Is that a domination, or just a language.
And I hope none of the Arab posters who might be here get mad at my lack of knowledge, lol.
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Rocky Angle
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Post by Rocky Angle on Jan 5, 2007 13:13:06 GMT -5
If he's iranian (persian) then he's probably a shi'a muslim, since (according to wiki) 90% of Iranians are. But somehow I think a guy who's cool with playing the islamic character as the 'evil foreigner' is probably not the most religious guy...
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Post by seanwalsh on Jan 5, 2007 13:19:02 GMT -5
Well, he speaks Farsi. Is that a domination, or just a language. Farsi is just a more modern name for the Persian language. So no. But I was about to ask that question myself, so you weren't alone. All hail Wikipedia.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jan 5, 2007 14:06:53 GMT -5
I am the only one here that think that is boring the WWE position of "OMFG HE IS NOT FROM AMERICA SO HE IS UP TO NO GOOD"? You know, why should i hate Daivari? He walks with a very tall dude, and they speak some language I don´t undestand and cheat to win like every other damn heel in the federation. I was hoping after Hassan was let go that they'd do something different with Daivari. And for a little while, they did, when he was with Kurt Angle. But then, they went back to the old standby of evil foreign guy. I guess they don't trust the audience enough to make up their own minds. But considering the reaction Kozlov's getting, there may be something to that.
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Post by seanwalsh on Jan 5, 2007 14:35:59 GMT -5
I was hoping after Hassan was let go that they'd do something different with Daivari. And for a little while, they did, when he was with Kurt Angle. But then, they went back to the old standby of evil foreign guy. I guess they don't trust the audience enough to make up their own minds. I thought teaming him with Angle was just foolish. "Let him wrestle!" They treated him like a modern-day Harvey Whippleman (who speaks Farsi!), too - moving him from lousy wrestler to lousy wrestler (not counting Angle, clearly)
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Post by Rocky Angle on Jan 5, 2007 15:51:51 GMT -5
I was hoping after Hassan was let go that they'd do something different with Daivari. And for a little while, they did, when he was with Kurt Angle. But then, they went back to the old standby of evil foreign guy. I guess they don't trust the audience enough to make up their own minds. I thought teaming him with Angle was just foolish. "Let him wrestle!" They treated him like a modern-day Harvey Whippleman (who speaks Farsi!), too - moving him from lousy wrestler to lousy wrestler (not counting Angle, clearly) Got to agree here. I was pleased to see him being used as a singles wrestler in ECW, with the hassan music too. I do find the screaming in farsi hilarious, but i would prefer him to do some great promos in english. His promos introducing the great khali for the first time were amazing. Something about how khali would fight tigers in the bengali jungle? But sadly the focus seems to be firmly on khali again. Now I enjoy laughing at khali as much as the next guy, but khali's comedy attempts to speak and wrestle should not be at the expense of daivari.
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Post by Tyfo on Jan 5, 2007 16:00:13 GMT -5
I know Daivari's family is Iranian. However, I don't know what the charecter is supposed to reflect for sure.
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