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Best Not WWE Name
This poll is closed.
Up North 70 41.92%
New York 21 12.57%
Titan 12 7.19%
Stamford 18 10.78%
The XXX Porno Wrestling on the Other Channel 46 27.54%
Total: 167 votes
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Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



I can't believe the screwjob is as close to winning as it is right now. The drug test poo poo is so much worse.

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Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Hako posted:

Maybe we should ask the porn industry about kissing asses, or you know shows on HBO. These are carnies playing characters, let it go this isn't Nickelodeon.

When your comparison is porn, where the industry is super shady in a lot of ways itself, you should probably take a step back.

Also the CEO of HBO isn't having Peter Dinklage kiss his rear end on TV specially to humiliate him. In fact, even most porn stuff like rear end eating isn't shown as embarrassing, but something both parties are into, unless you get into weird S&M stuff.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



On the porn thing, ironically, performers actually have iron clad contracts in most cases as well, signed in advanced of any scene, and if any of those rules are broken during a scene, it's a huge legal issue for the producers. No one is showing up to set and being told "by the way, you're also kissing the directors rear end, and if you don't agree your career is hosed."

Porn: treating it's performers better than WWE since at least the aughts.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Going with wellness just because it was larger scale.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Katie Vick is too stupid to be offensive.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



MassRafTer posted:

That's why Dustin can get hosed.

I disagree with this. Due to him the gay panic poo poo they were trying to illicit never worked on me. I always liked Goldust. I wanted him to win. I didn't like his opponents due to them being insecure pussies. Doesn't excuse the guys who came up with it, but what he did with it was the best anyone could possibly do.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



MassRafTer posted:

He turned face by declaring he wasn't "queer" he was a real man.

I bet that was also mandated. It's also when I checked out of the character.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



SatoshiMiwa posted:

The problem with saying Wrestling is tasteless is that it's a thing WWE wants you to believe cause it fits their mantra of them cleaning it up. And while the business has had plenty of scummy people and evil bastards it's also had territories that were run as clean, respectable promotions. St. Louis when it was run by Muchnick was presented a straight sport and ran it's TV at a luxury hotel. Same with All Japan when Baba was alive, plus you have New Japan right now.

NJPW right now is a good example of it not being inherently toxic, too.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008




Kevin Sullivan killed Chris Benoit and his family.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



bartok posted:

Even more hosed up the nazi bikers aka DOA were the faces while Los Boricuas and the Nation of Domination were the heels.

Weren't there also a bunch of weird references to DO A maybe working for the undertaker? I remember someone constantly screaming "more like disciples of the undertaker" but it might be me making poo poo up, and hosed if I'll ever go watch that trash again to find out.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Smoking Crow posted:

I want this to be true because American badass would make sense

I remember thinking when that gimmick appeared that those comments finally made sense now, and wondering if for some reason DoA would be back.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Smoking Crow posted:

Like there's a week where Bradshaw very obviously gets concussed and then has to get squashed by Vader the next week

You’re right, brawl for all was actually good.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



He’s also a biker.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Kane and Lita led to Snitsky so it's better.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



MassRafTer posted:

Part of it is they probably feel the need to recoup some of their investment in keeping Warrior's horrible white nationalism enabling wife from going broke. I believe they were paying her the money they'd agreed to sign Warrior for to be a big company ambassador type guy before he died. That deal might have ended so maybe they are just going to stick with the Warrior Award? Not sure. But that family was in huge financial trouble which is part of why Warrior came back.

The rest is the company is just horrible.

They should stop paying her and then she should also die.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Pope Corky the IX posted:

That makes sense. I just find it interesting that incidents that were brought up in this subforum years ago and dismissed are now being seen as how horrible they always were.

There's been a pretty major shift in culture in general over the past few years in regards to this kind of poo poo.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



MassRafTer posted:

We're not doing all of wrestling because the luchadora who killed hundreds of people would win and there's literally no competition. Limiting it to the WWF at least makes it interesting.

Wait what?

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Has Sunny been nominated yet? For the racism?

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



coconono posted:

And Sunny shouldn't be anywhere near this list. If being a trainwreck was a qualification most wrestlers would be up for consideration.

What about the insane racism?

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Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



coconono posted:

oooo I forgot about that. carry on.

https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/sunny-racist-rant-twitter/2/

still pretty far down the list but damning nonetheless.

I was thinking more about the stuff she said about middle Eastern people but this also did happen and I forgot about it.

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