I saw WWE's Royal Rumble last night, my first time seing a WWE show in months. Something that really caught my attention was when the guy with the arab gimick came in. He came in ****y and all (which was part of his gimmick of course) and when he got in the ring during the rumble, every single wrestler stopped what they were doing and looked at him. Then they proceeded to gang up on the arabic dude. They then lifted him up and threw him over the ropes which was how you got eliminated. I know it's fake and all but it's the statement that they made. I thought it was pretty tasteless and had I have been of arabic decent, I would have found it seriously seriously offensive. They have a warning message before but still I thought it was crossing a very thin racial line. Anybody else caught it?

Wow that's crazy man. I haven't seen a WWF (I refuse to say WWE) program in years. I haven't watched it since HBK was a prominent wrestler. Anyway...that's bull**** that they pulled that kinda thing. Wrestling is too much about shock value and fugazi wrestlers these days. Give me Koko B. Ware and Ricky the Dragon Steamboat anyday.

It's not an isolated instance. Shortly after 9/11 they had the "Un-Americans" from Canada; around the Iraq conflict La Resistance, another Anti-American group from France, debuted. (later they were introduced as from French Quebec). It's a cheap way to generate heel heat.

Heck, they've got a mentally handicapped wrestler now named Eugene and they were quite insensitive when exploiting one-legged Zach Gowen's stint in the fed.

Remember Rodney Mack's gimmick - he beat up white guys. Teddy Long would accompany him and call white people devils and offer up a "white boy challenge"

I remember Vince McMahon once suggesting in a worked interview that the "T" in Booker T's name stood for "troglodyte."

Jerry Lawler once made a joke about Ahmed Johnson tripping over his bottom lip.

Let's not forget The Iron Sheik and Sgt. Slaughter as well...

Neils,
There was also the "Nation of domination" if you remember was the pro-black faction they created. In sunday's RR they also made a parody of Forrest Gump with Eugene. The stint with the arab gimmick one just stuck with me cuz the way it was visibly potrayed was just tasteless. They had a arab guy getting his "ass-kicked" (we all know its fake but still). This was PPV on top of this ****. Anyweyz guys thanks for the insight.

HAHA! That's a great story! But yeah, not very PC.

Glad I don't watch wrestling. Then again I don't watch anything not on HBO.

Cant believe they can get away with things like that. In the UK, that would make front page headlines!

Mizark Henry *****es....

Not too long ago, WWE did a show in Germany and John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) was throwing Hitler and Nazi salutes to the crowd while they were booing him. I don't know of the exact details, but doing those types of gestures, or anything to do with Hitler and Nazis is against the law in Germany. It was a huge story in Germany, it was front page news material.
JBL was a guest on The Howard Stern show and addressed the situation. I believe he defended his actions as part of his wrestling character.

I honestly could care less. i haven't watched wrestling since the 1980's, but if a dude drssed up as an arab is the first one out of the ring so what. Wrestling has always been about "good guys" vs. "Bad guys". Considering the US is at war in Afganistan and Iraq it's not surprising that arabs are portrayed as the bad guys.

While I'm on the subject - To hell with the PC crowd.

Not too long ago, WWE did a show in Germany and John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) was throwing Hitler and Nazi salutes to the crowd while they were booing him. I don't know of the exact details, but doing those types of gestures, or anything to do with Hitler and Nazis is against the law in Germany. It was a huge story in Germany, it was front page news material.
JBL was a guest on The Howard Stern show and addressed the situation. I believe he defended his actions as part of his wrestling character.

He also lost his finatial show on MSNBC (I think) because of it. JBL is a very smart man in the finantial world.

Piper is God!!!!

Lets play some name a classic wrestler...I'll start.

The Junkyard Dog.

Brutis Beefcake

Terry Funk

WWF/E has always been politically incorrect. I mean, it's a circus made up of sterero types. Remember Sgt. Slaughter and his Iraqy friend? Yeah, that was some pretty funny stuff. Also, Hacksaw Jim Dugan?

Jutian Thunder Liger

Fabulous Moola

Greg Valentine
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
George "The Animal" Steele
Ultimate Warrior

I almost forgot -
TITO SANTANA

Superfly Jimmy Snucka

Marty Janetty.

''The American Dream'' Dusty Rhodes

''Cowboy'' Bill Watts

Bruno Sammartino

''Rowdy'' Roddy Piper

Harley Race

''Superfly'' Jimmy Snuka

Ted DiBiase

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

Jake ''The Snake'' Roberts

And of course...Andre "The Giant"

The Texas Tornado

Crush

The Ultimate Warrior

The Warlord

Anyone remember Mike Graham and Steve Kern?

Bam Bam Bigelo

Bulldog Brower

Little Beaver

Ken Patara

Superstar Billy Grahm

Super star Billy Graham and Dusty Rhoads had some great battles back in the day.

Rick The Model Martel

Tatanka

Kamala

Earthquake

Tugboat

Tully Blanchard
Baron Von Raske

The #1 Frenchman...Rene Goulet
Adrian Adonis

Nick Bockwinkel

Bob Backlund

Tony Atlas

MIL MASCARAS

Rocky johnson
Larry Zybisco (spelling?)
Dr Issac Yankem
Cowboy Bob Orton
Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff

Mr. Perfect

Jim The Anvil Neidhart

The Honky Tonk Man

Barry Windham

Ric WOOOOOOOO Flair

Mr. Perfect

Jim The Anvil Neidhart

The Honky Tonk Man

Barry Windham

Ric WOOOOOOOO Flair

how could I forget the Honkytonk Man? ..classic!!

I loved it when he and Valentine dressed as Elvis and carried around guitars.

what about
Mike Rotundo
Abdulla the Butcher
Black jack Mulligan
Big John Studd

Macho man Randy Savage
Lex Luger
British Bulldog
Vader
Yokozuna

Hillybilly Jim
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

MY favorite The Bushwackers
123 kid
The Road Warriors
Avalanche(Earthquake's partner)

The Big Boss Man

The Steiner Brothers (nobody beats the prime Steiners :D )

Classy Freddy Blassy

Doink the Clown

Sid Vicious/Justice/Psycho Sid

bret "the hitman" heart
lex lugar
yokozuna
super fly snuka
vader
sting

Dino Bravo, The mounties, Bad news brown, Junkyard Dog, The russians. Demolition, What was the tag team with hogan and macho man? Like the mega powers or something? Mr. Perfect, The blue Blazer, Brooklyn Brawler, Zeus.
Macho man was my favorite at first. Then I watched Hulk Hogan and he was my favorite.
I'm all about the old school wrestling of the 80's.

But yea about it not bieng PC. They did the same stuff in the 80's with the Iron Shiek.
This is the coolest thread.

The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels

Diesel

The Nasty Boys

Rick Rude

Paul Roma

Razor Ramon

K-Dawg

New topic within the topic....


What was the greatest finishing move ever?

My favorite move ever...the one that got me SO amped up everytime it was about to be executed...was Sweet Chin Music by HBK. Maybe it's just because he was my favorite wrestler ever.

I think the worst finisher ever was Hogans Big Boot followed by the Leg Drop...what a ***** ass move.

Rey Mysterio Jr's Shooting Star Press was ****ing insane too.

Remember the rockers on the brother love show? Powers of Pain, Captain lou.

I liked when macho man would go to the top rope. That was a big deal in the day. Or Yokozuna landing on peoples chests. Remember when earthquake would jump up and down around the person. WTF? Jake the snake had a great finishing move.

yah OG, loved the heartbreak kid and his sweet chin music. Always got me pumped. Worst one I find was the bronco buster by XPAC, it just looked fruity. I like Rikishi's when he just smeared his big ol ass on the peoples faces lol but the best vintage supermove I find is taker's tombstone.

Wow that's crazy man. I haven't seen a WWF (I refuse to say WWE) program in years. I haven't watched it since HBK was a prominent wrestler. Anyway...that's bull**** that they pulled that kinda thing. Wrestling is too much about shock value and fugazi wrestlers these days. Give me Koko B. Ware and Ricky the Dragon Steamboat anyday.

Junk Yard Dog, Superfly Jimmy Snuka!!! Awesome highflyer! I used to imitate him and jump off the roof of my house onto some old mattrasses below. This was back in 88' wen i was 8yrs old. Those damn backyard wrestlers copied me! :mad: lol.

Ultimate Warrior was ****in KRAZI too!

tha's kinda jacked up wit wat they did wit that Arabic guy, but this is the country we live in...free speech supposedly...wateva.

I allways thought, that they did this kinda stuff, to show people, that they shouldnt be afraid of each other, that they can all compete the same.
Classics :
Bad guy vs. Good guy
Outsider vs. Popular
Kool vs. Werid ECT ECT

Macho Man's flying elbow off the top rope was awesome.

The pile driver was pretty good too. When i was a kid I couldn't figure out how they didn't split their heads wide open or Break the guys neck.

The figure 4 leg lock was a submission hold. I slapped my brother in that once when we were kids and almost broke his leg. I got grounded for like 2 weeks. :D

Macho Man's flying elbow off the top rope was awesome.

The pile driver was pretty good too. When i was a kid I couldn't figure out how they didn't split their heads wide open or Break the guys neck.

The figure 4 leg lock was a submission hold. I slapped my brother in that once when we were kids and almost broke his leg. I got grounded for like 2 weeks. :D
Or remember Rick martels Boston Crab move?

Remember the fragrance of Rick the model Martel. Wasn't he in a tag team with Tito Santana at one time? Tito was the man.

Or remember Rick martels Boston Crab move?

Yup. That one was pretty good too.

The sleeper hold.

Not too long ago, WWE did a show in Germany and John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) was throwing Hitler and Nazi salutes to the crowd while they were booing him. I don't know of the exact details, but doing those types of gestures, or anything to do with Hitler and Nazis is against the law in Germany. It was a huge story in Germany, it was front page news material.
JBL was a guest on The Howard Stern show and addressed the situation. I believe he defended his actions as part of his wrestling character.He also lost his finatial show on MSNBC (I think) because of it. JBL is a very smart man in the finantial world.
That and because MSNBC found out he was a wrestler

But the man is very smart in the financial world. He even published a book on it. He's pretty much a Texas Wallstreet Tycoon in real life. Pretty similar to his character in wrestling.

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Adorable Adrian Adonis
Akeem (a.k.a One Man Gang)
Andre The Giant
Arn Anderson
B. Brian Blair
Bad News Brown
Bam Bam Bigalow
Barbarian
Berzerker
Big Boss Man
Big Bully Busick

Big John Studd
Blue Blazer (later Known As Owen Hart)
Boris Zhukov
Brett 'the Hitman' Hart
British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith
Brooklyn Brawler
Brutus 'the Barber' Beefcake
Butch Reed
Col. Mustafa
Crush
Dangerous Dan Davis
Dino Bravo
Doink The Clown
Don Muraco
Dory Funk Jr.
Dustin Rhodes
Dusty Rhodes
Earthquake
El Matador Tito Santana
General Adnan
George 'the Animal' Steele
Greg 'the Hammer' Valentine
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Harley Race
Haku
Hercules
Hillbilly Jim
Honky Tonk Man
Hulk Hogan
Irwin R. Schyster
Jake The Snake Roberts
Jesse 'the Body' Ventura
Jim Brunzell
Junk Yard Dog
Kamala
Ken Pantera
King Kong Bundy
Koko B. Ware

Lanny Poffo (later Known As The Genius)
Macho Man Randy Savage
Marty Janetty
Mountie
Model Rik Martel
Mr Perfect
Mr T
Mr Wonderful
Nailz

Nikolai Volkoff
Outlaw Ron Bass
Papa Shango
Paul Roma
Ravishing Rick Rude
Razor Ramon
Red Rooster
Repo-man

Ric Flair
Ricky 'the Dragon' Steamboat
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Rugged Ronnie Garvin
Saba Simba
Sam Houston
Sgt Slaughter
Shane Douglas
Shawn Michaels
Sid Justice (later Known As Psycho Sid)
Sika
Skinner
Superfly Jimmy Snuka
Tatanka
Ted Dibiase, The Million Dollar Man
Terry Funk
Texas Tornado
Tugboat (later Known As Typhon)
Tully Blanchard
Ultimate Warrior
Undertaker
Uncle Elmer
Warlord
Virgil
Yokozuna
Zeus

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Damn warrior was strong!

my fave... i say the pedigree... or... the people's elbow... juss hella funnie and corny...

http://hulkhoganisgod.tripod.com/id2.html

looked fun!

I thought it was funny but i can understand how people would get offended. I walked into a radio shack and they had a store dvd and it was on the language select screen and it had English, Spanish and Puerto Rican.
I was like wtf is Puerto Rican??!?!

I saw WWE's Royal Rumble last night, my first time seing a WWE show in months. Something that really caught my attention was when the guy with the arab gimick came in. He came in ****y and all (which was part of his gimmick of course) and when he got in the ring during the rumble, every single wrestler stopped what they were doing and looked at him. Then they proceeded to gang up on the arabic dude. They then lifted him up and threw him over the ropes which was how you got eliminated. I know it's fake and all but it's the statement that they made. I thought it was pretty tasteless and had I have been of arabic decent, I would have found it seriously seriously offensive. They have a warning message before but still I thought it was crossing a very thin racial line. Anybody else caught it?
lmao
i musta missed it
but theyve been pushen it for some time now
a while back
im talkin like months
bradshaw turned into this new character he is now
and he was all Mr AMerica
and anti illegals
they followed him to an undisclosed location
some where in the desert
it was pitch dark around him
then he gives the signal the camera guy
he turns on a bright ass light
and a bunch of mexicans start running around
jumpin out of bushes as bradshaw yelled at them
lmao
that **** was 2 fukin funny

talk about not "pc" I remember when Piper had a match with Bad News Brown and came into the ring with half of his body painted black to mock Brown.

I loved the Ultimate Warrior and became sad when I found out he was a complete joke later on. When he's off the roids he looks like a little *****.

I always thought that Tito Santana was the Latino version of the Texas Tornado.

I never liked that Virgil was The Million Dollar Man's *****. He was always like, "Uh yessuh boss I'll give him duh power slam na."
I was happy when he finally smoked him in the back of the head with the Intercontinental belt.

Hulk Hogan is the most well known wrestler but also the WORST actual wrestler...he had the most unathletic set of moves ever.

Rey Mysterio used to be the ****...whatever happened to him? Rob Van Dam was a ****ing beast too.

next game..dead wrestlers:

I'll go first

Adrian Adonis

The Junkyard Dog... :(

Davey Boy Smith

Curt Henning (Mr Perfect)

British Bulldog died??

Curt Hennig Died??

WTF

I mean I knew that Brian Pillman died and the JYD but holy cow....how'd they die?

British Bulldog died??

Curt Hennig Died??

WTF

I mean I knew that Brian Pillman died and the JYD but holy cow....how'd they die?

steroids (D. Smith)

drug overdose for Perfect..just recently(cocaine)

Miss Elizabeth

Ravishing Rick Rude

What the ****...every early 90's wrestler is dying. I'm bummed now. Next thing you'll tell me that HBK died...

owen hart..........

owen hart..........

Owen Hart's death was the most ****ed up by far. The dude during a ppv WWF event. A harness that was loweing him to the ring snapped and he fell like 50 feet. :eek:

Owen Harts death was bull****...I hate the WWF for that. I remember seeing the program on ppv. I think it was like "In Your House" or something like that. I thought it was just a staged thing...until of course he wasn't moving at all.

Owen Harts death was bull****...I hate the WWF for that. I remember seeing the program on ppv. I think it was like "In Your House" or something like that. I thought it was just a staged thing...until of course he wasn't moving at all.

I don't hold the WWF responsable for Owens death, not at all. It was a stunt gone bad, an accident. I am sure Vince regrets it, many guys were coming off the rafters at that point.

I honestly could care less. i haven't watched wrestling since the 1980's, but if a dude drssed up as an arab is the first one out of the ring so what. Wrestling has always been about "good guys" vs. "Bad guys". Considering the US is at war in Afganistan and Iraq it's not surprising that arabs are portrayed as the bad guys.

While I'm on the subject - To hell with the PC crowd.

I agree!!! This sounds like it was funny as **** to me! Politically Correct Bull**** is getting way out of hand! People need to quit being offended so easily! I am part Polish and I hear Pollock jokes everyday, I bet every one on here does, and sometimes they are funny... But I don't get offended by them!

damn how old is ric flair now... like 60??.... and hes still wrestling...

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Originally Posted by L8RG8R
I honestly could care less. i haven't watched wrestling since the 1980's, but if a dude drssed up as an arab is the first one out of the ring so what. Wrestling has always been about "good guys" vs. "Bad guys". Considering the US is at war in Afganistan and Iraq it's not surprising that arabs are portrayed as the bad guys.

While I'm on the subject - To hell with the PC crowd.

i dont like people who are overly pc either, BUT, the WWE shouldnt be playing with fire, perpetuating racism. I feel for middle eastern families who have to put up with dumb **** teenage wrestling fans callin them names, thinkin its just a joke.

They should stay the **** away from issues of racism.
Theres a difference between Arabs and Terrorists.

R.I.P :(

Elizabeth
2003

Unknown


Mr Perfect
1959 - 2003

Age 44

Unknown


Davey Boy Smith, The British Bulldog
1963 - 2002

Age 39

Heart Trouble


Yokozuna
1965 - 2000

Age 34

Heart Attack


Owen Hart
1965 - 1999

Age 33

Wrestling Accident


Ravishing Rick Rude
1958 - 1999

Age 41

Heart Attack


Junkyard Dog
1953 - 1998

Age 45

Auto Accident


Goriila Monsoon
1918 - 1997

Age 79

Natural Causes


Big John Studd
1948-1995

Age 47

Liver Cancer


Andre The Giant
1949 - 1993

Age 44

Heart Attack


Texas Tornado
1960 - 1993

Age 33

Suicide


Dino Bravo
1949 - 1993

Age 44

Murdered


Uncle Elmer
1931 - 1992

Age 61

Kidney Failure


Adrian Adonis
1964 - 1988

Age 44

Auto Accident


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i dont like people who are overly pc either, BUT, the WWE shouldnt be playing with fire, perpetuating racism. I feel for middle eastern families who have to put up with dumb **** teenage wrestling fans callin them names, thinkin its just a joke.

They should stay the **** away from issues of racism.
Theres a difference between Arabs and Terrorists.

Exactly. This is aside from being overPC. Some **** is just sensitive. This line between good guys bad guys and racism and they crossed it.