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Elephant Ambush posted:What happened with Mel? I don't read sports forums but I remember him being a pretty good poster in LF all those years ago. When WWE started running shows in Saudi Arabia, he started making posts defending the house of Saud and saying that any criticism of their policies was just over-exaggerated racism It then came out that he was actually working either directly or indirectly (I forget the exact details) for the Saudi government in some fashion, I think as part of their PR/propaganda wing to shine up their image in Western media
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CommonShore posted:He got really defensive of the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia Welp Edit: lol wow
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It's been a while but I think he was teaching English
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Sydney Bottocks posted:When WWE started running shows in Saudi Arabia, he started making posts defending the house of Saud and saying that any criticism of their policies was just over-exaggerated racism Indirectly. I believe either taught at the embassy or a school that was primarily kids of members of government overseas. His role gets exaggerated in retelling. But it's still really funny that people were being really careful in being explicit they were mad at the government, he called the criticism racist and then lol turns out he might be a little biased.
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3902822&pagenumber=12&perpage=40&highlight=vision#post499670125 here's the original post this was while mel was posting that jim cornette, who has a history of bigotry towards islam, was a funny and interesting person
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Gumball Gumption posted:Indirectly. I believe either taught at the embassy or a school that was primarily kids of members of government overseas. His role gets exaggerated in retelling. But it's still really funny that people were being really careful in being explicit they were mad at the government, he called the criticism racist and then lol turns out he might be a little biased. I can't believe he was part of the squad that chopped up a Washington Post journalist.
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A crown prince who loves mudkip diapers on our very forum!
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From that thread:quote:You've got people digging into the financials on the F4 board and the was a weird line item on the July Q2 financials where profit predictions were based on "if" the 2nd Saudi show took place which is odd if they had a 10 year deal with KSA. Was this ever looked into properly?
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I'm sure Vince loves the money and doesn't want to stop running shows there, but also, I wouldn't put it past them to threaten him if he ever did stop.
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They were sued over Saudi a few times and I believe one of the suits mentioned suspicious insider trading but they were all settled before discovery
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WWE settling and settling for 39 million is super telling as they like to fight all law suits. And they just folded before discovery
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Some old friends of the thread: https://twitter.com/RealBShannon3/status/1483171495463600141 https://twitter.com/MCLev76/status/1483133768315842561
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MassRafTer posted:Some old friends of the thread: The worst treatment anyone got on the north Korea trip was being kept awake by Akira hokuto being an extremely noisy sex haver.
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cagliostr0 posted:The worst treatment anyone got on the north Korea trip was being kept awake by Akira hokuto being an extremely noisy sex haver. Scott Norton allegedly got taken away by the military and locked in an interrogation cell for calling North Korea a "shithole" on a phone call with his wife. But he came out of it all right.
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disaster pastor posted:Scott Norton allegedly got taken away by the military and locked in an interrogation cell for calling North Korea a "shithole" on a phone call with his wife. But he came out of it all right. well, until someone activates him at least
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cagliostr0 posted:The worst treatment anyone got on the north Korea trip was being kept awake by Akira hokuto being an extremely noisy sex haver. say, aren’t they still a couple? I remember that story ending in an oddly cute way but I may be wrong
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SatansOnion posted:say, aren’t they still a couple? I remember that story ending in an oddly cute way but I may be wrong the other half of the incredibly loud sex was Kensuke Sasaki and they were married later that year and remain married to this day, yes
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I always thought the story was they were introduced to each, and then got married that very day.
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Davros1 posted:I always thought the story was they were introduced to each, and then got married that very day. the story is that Sasaki proposed on the spot but they were married in October
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Alaois posted:the other half of the incredibly loud sex was Kensuke Sasaki and they were married later that year and remain married to this day, yes The first day I lived in Japan I went to a Takayama Empire show at Korakuen and I got in what I thought was the queue to the bathroom and at the end of it was Kensuke Sasaki and Akira Hokuto who took my program for the show and signed it so now I have a program for a show completely unrelated to them signed by Sasaki and Hokuto
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:The first day I lived in Japan I went to a Takayama Empire show at Korakuen and I got in what I thought was the queue to the bathroom and at the end of it was Kensuke Sasaki and Akira Hokuto who took my program for the show and signed it so now I have a program for a show completely unrelated to them signed by Sasaki and Hokuto This is a fantastic story, I love it.
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Alaois posted:the other half of the incredibly loud sex was Kensuke Sasaki and they were married later that year and remain married to this day, yes love to hear it (the happy marriage of Kensuke Sasaki and Akira Hokuto, not so much the sleep-ruining noise)
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Hokuto's Instagram is great. She and Sasaki have a bunch of cats.
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Who's going to tell the Dangerous Queen that she fucks too loud?
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Power Windows posted:Hokuto's Instagram is great. She and Sasaki have a bunch of cats. Which Instagram are you looking at? The Hokuto one I follow has them owning a bunch of bulldogs. No cats
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https://twitter.com/AidenJamous/status/1483278296779481093?t=cNZk5vaAIvoDVbW9Z8gvOw&s=19 Yeah, the fans hated something WWE booked terribly. We're such jerks!
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"Nikki Ash got over" seems insane to me but "fans did hater poo poo" is the best. We're all just too jealous of that Nikki Ash swag.
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Kosmo Gallion posted:https://twitter.com/AidenJamous/status/1483278296779481093?t=cNZk5vaAIvoDVbW9Z8gvOw&s=19 THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE INTERNET WRESTLING COMMUNITY WHILE POSTING ONLINE! AAAAHHHHH
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Better believe in the Internet Wrestling Community, Aiden Jamous. You're in it.
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Nikki AGOASH, Almost Got Over As Super Hero.
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Nikki pitched "I wanna do the Mighty Molly gimmick" and got "we'll give you a stupid name and beat you over and over and make you look like a complete dork at every opportunity" and nobody can figure out why some people didn't like the result.
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On the reveal of the cover/back cover of 2K22, the mythic casual fan who drops $70 on a video game makes an appearance: https://twitter.com/WGames_News/status/1483459102131077120 https://twitter.com/_LuckyDavinci/status/1483465260807995397
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I'm pretty sure casuals think cool poo poo rules. They don't care if it's Becky bleeding or Asuka with her murder stare and smile. Does she even still do that? I haven't watched WWE in so long and even then I never watched Main Roster.
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IGgy IGsen posted:I'm pretty sure casuals think cool poo poo rules. They don't care if it's Becky bleeding or Asuka with her murder stare and smile. Does she even still do that? I haven't watched WWE in so long and even then I never watched Main Roster. Asuka does nothing Because she’s been off tv for months
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Casual space Also it's kind of amazing that they have fans using the word "superstar" now. They finally made it happen after like 40 years. It's still dumb as gently caress after all this time too.
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WWE about to move from the casual space into dead space.
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Not a single "casual" knows who Becky Lynch is. Either use people your fanbase like or use poo poo that looks cool.
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People who didn't even like wrestling used to play wrestling video games, and Rey is probably one of the very few left that is recognizable to lapsed fans or looks cool enough to non-fans to get a look. Plus the cover looks cool. Not sure why people are opposed to Becky on the back, isn't she very popular? Or did the Bianca squash kill her popularity? I don't think any of the three would appeal to a 'casual' though.
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