WWE Discussion Thread

[Nymphomaniac]

Last time they actually got the balls to do stuff. Now the content felt so tamed and PC just to appeal to those Woketards

 

[buttbERry]

the good old days

 

[DragonFire]

We called it the WWF back then.

 

[coolmyth]

Last time they actually got the balls to do stuff. Now the content felt so tamed and PC just to appeal to those Woketards

Last time they dare to do such stunts.

Then this happened:

SmackDown! controversy and departure (2005)

In one of the most controversial moments in WWE history, on the episode of SmackDown! taped on July 4 (aired July 7), the SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long put Hassan in a No. 1 Contender's match against The Undertaker at The Great American Bash on July 24 and placed Daivari in a match that night against The Undertaker. Daivari was defeated, but Hassan began to "pray" on the ramp, summoning five masked men, dressed in black shirts, ski-masks, and camo pants. Armed with clubs and a piano wire, they beat and choked The Undertaker out, and Hassan put him in the camel clutch. Afterward, the masked men lifted Daivari above their heads and carried him away. Three days later, the London bombings took place.[27] The footage aired unedited on UPN in the United States and on The Score in Canada with an advisory warning shown several times during the broadcast. It was removed from the Australian and European (including in the United Kingdom) broadcasts.[28]

The angle elicited national attention in the New York Post, TV Guide, Variety, and other major media outlets. In response to the criticism, UPN decided that it would monitor the storyline closely and that it did not want the Hassan character on its network that week.[29] Hassan later delivered a promo to the live crowd for the July 14 episode of SmackDown!, but when UPN announced that the segment would be edited, WWE decided to host the video of the segment on its official website. In the segment, Hassan reiterated that he was an Arab-American and that the American people automatically and unfairly assumed that he was a terrorist. Despite being in character, he referred to the real-world media coverage of the storyline, singling out the New York Post's Don Kaplan by name, and denouncing his description of the events on SmackDown!, such as Kaplan's comment of the masked men being "Arabs in ski masks". On the July 14 episode of SmackDown!, Hassan's absence was explained by a statement delivered by his lawyer Thomas Whitney, which said that Hassan refused to appear at The Great American Bash due to the way he had been treated by the media and WWE fans.[30]

It was revealed in late July that UPN had pressured WWE to keep Hassan off of their network, effectively deleting him from SmackDown!.[31] Hassan lost the match to The Undertaker at The Great American Bash, and was written off with The Undertaker doing a Last Ride through an open stage ramp onto a concrete floor where it was reported that he sustained serious injuries and had to be rushed to a nearby medical facility, apparently a solution aimed to end the Hassan character.[32] Several days later, WWE.com hosted a video of a kayfabe announcement from Theodore Long, where he reiterates the stipulation that Hassan would no longer appear on SmackDown!. Due to increasing public pressure, WWE was forced to later drop the character altogether, sending Copani and Daivari back to their developmental territories to alter their gimmicks. This resulted in huge fan backlash, mostly because Hassan was at the height of his notoriety. Copani was released from his WWE contract on September 21,[33] and announced his retirement from professional wrestling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Hassan_(wrestler)

This guy has a damn good theme:

 

[CatLuVer]

hulk hogan, british bulldog, hitman, undertaker, the giant. rockers, legion of doom, macho man

Those were the times where we look forward to weekly events, wrestlemania royal rumble.. etc

 

[CCCustom]

Pain and destruction is our middle name~

Demolition enters the Hall of Fame this year:

 

[Tyeehee]

Haha good old days. Especially those class gathering at chalet.. someone gonna Kanna 5 star frog spash for sure..

 

[Milich]

Last time keep doing pile driver to classmate in chalet. Think back no one neck break really is sibeh heng

 

[NintendoSwitch]

i feel that last time wrestling nicer, now not nice liao. Last time got stone cold, undertaker, rock, triple HHH, batista, prime brock lesnar etc. Now only 1 roman reigns nice nia, but only appear once to twice every 3 months hiatus nia.


Read HWZ Forum Rules!

Even Vince McMahon himself appeared.

 

[NintendoSwitch]

lost of knowing what fans wants, lack of ring knowledge and wrestling understanding.
now is pure acrobats pretending to be pro wrestlers.
\

The acrobatics in AEW can be quite entertaining too. See them do all those Jackie Chan moves.

 

[blahblahzz]

who remembers the legendary mick foley pedigree...

 

[Muthucurry5678]

Used to play wwf in classroom
Hahahahaha
Favorite is undertaker

 

[sharpshooter9]

The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be

 

[Sibeihaolian]

Why they always must fly out of the ring head first like a torpedo thrust the people below? See they repeat this until sibeh sian. Realistically, I think thats a high risk move if it's a real fight.

Already too choreographed liao… always see person sit on top rope wait for opponent to climb up and ownself help to suplex ownself off

 

[ninelives]

live now at netflix.

 

[JM_LAU]

watch few mins, decided not to continue, saw cody rodes lying on the ring after randy orton and pat macfee attack him. Smackdown now is terrible, miss roman reigns tribal chief, head of the table days, when the bloodline rule smack down. It was the top show in professional wrestling. Now without Roman, smackdown is really like sai, canot watch one, not nice anymore.


Read HWZ Forum Rules!

 

[Mr.Chibaboom]

The cody and randy storyline is headed nowhere

Bad idea to have thrown pat mcafee into the mix.

 

[Akky85]

watch few mins, decided not to continue, saw cody rodes lying on the ring after randy orton and pat macfee attack him. Smackdown now is terrible, miss roman reigns tribal chief, head of the table days, when the bloodline rule smack down. It was the top show in professional wrestling. Now without Roman, smackdown is really like sai, canot watch one, not nice anymore.


Read HWZ Forum Rules!

RR is part timer, he could have make this era his but part timer, i know he's a cancer survivor but i think it also steer him away from the possibilities that could be. He's this generation's Hulk Hogan if u think about it. Ppl paying to see a part timer to come in and perform, esp after the shaky start that's the Big Dog gimmick.

If i were to also be realistic, it also take away from other round the year hard worker who's been there week in and out and starve them of their big moments in big PLE like the upcoming Wrestlemania.

 

[alex22]

live now at netflix.

Wonder if Kurt tay got subscription