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That's hilarious, and I don't even know why...

If you watch the beheading videos, it's unmistakeable. I guess if you haven't seen them it might just look like another dumb but inoffensive WWE angle like millions before, but the fact that they took the time to re-enact that just sickened me.

It actually was just the usual WWE kind of stupid, there was just something about the masked guys making like the beheading videos just creeped me out like nothing WWE's done before. Plus having the annoucers talk about Davari being a "martyr for the cause" making it clear what they were trying to reference was just way out of bounds for a wrestling angle. People are trying to say it wasn't as offensive as Sgt Slaughter as an Iraqi, but Slaughter wasn't re-enacting Saddam's rape rooms in the middle of the ring.

Earlier in the show, Teddy Long made a match between Taker and Davari, and Hassan assured his manager that he'd "be rewarded". The match itself was a squash, but afterwards Hassan dropped to his knees in a prayer pose outside the ring and 5 guys with camo pants, black shirts, and black ski masks hit the ring from all sides and beat up Taker. One of the masked men choked out Taker with some sort of piano wire until his face was purple and he was doing that eyes-rolling-back thing he does. Hassan then got in the ring and the five masked guys got on their knees in a semi-circle looking very similar to those terrorist beheading videos while Hassan put taker in the Camel Clutch. *THEN* the masked men carried Davari (who was still was out cold selling the Tombstone) above their heads while the annoucers talked about him being a "martyr for the cause" and "getting his reward for his sacrifice" which added a layer of creepiness to it.

To top it off, I made the mistake of reading TSM's thread on it only to see the retards there say "if it wasn't for the attack today, it wouldn't have been a big deal". Right, having guys re-enact beheading videos was only offensive because there happened to be an attack today. Fucking idiots.

So.......who saw it? Personally I think it was one of the most legit offensive things WWE has done. Having masked men obviously supposed to remind people of terrorists simulate a garrotting/beheading on a popular icon is just beyond the fucking pale for me. The fact that there was a terrorist attack the day it aired is just icing on the cake. Seeing five men in masks on their knees the same as in videos where people got their fucking heads sawed off made me seriously not want to watch WWE programming anymore. The fact that no one had the balls to speak up and say maybe terrorists are one line wrestling shouldn't cross is an embarrassment to the business.

Its not even all about wrestling, John Leyfield the person comes across as a douche no matter what. The bullying is just a part of it.

I like JBL's character too, I just think that more often than not he's an unprofessional douche.

Yeah, it's JBL the person who stiffs people for years-old comments and hogties people in the shower. Hell, most people I've seen like JBL's character (admitting his JR Ewing/Ted DiBiase mix is a good heel gimmick).

I don't get it, they signed Big Vito? I can almost understand cutting people to sign Brock, but friggin Big Vito? Does Vince see money in a Mamalukes reunion?

BTW, my logic behind the "WWE helping TNA" theory is that if TNA somehow manages to land a TV deal and gets decent ratings, then WWE can go to USA and say "see, wrestling's popular again" and maybe get a deal that doesn't fuck them up the ass with a spiked dildo. As long as they're the only game in town, WWE is going to have horrible TV deals since they don't have any sort of barganing chip.

Maybe its me, but that's fucking cold. "Hey you're pregnant, that's great. Now get the fuck out." I just hope the last person out the door of Titan Towers remembers to turn the light off.

I remember back when Tom Zenk had his site up, one of the things he said Vince would do is get the boys to make big purchases (he'd even co-sign mortgages for them) so they'd have debt to pay to make them loyal to the company. Something tells me he probably encouraged Brock to buy his plane and his bike knowing he'd come crawling back once he had to make payments on a non-WWE paycheck.

Is it too conspiracy-minded of me to suggest WWE and TNA might have some under the table deal like they had with ECW? I mean, TNA is having troubles and all of a sudden WWE cuts a bunch of guys who could help a struggling wrestling company help land a TV deal.

To quote Warren G, "I looked at the brotha, said "damn, what's next?" Are they going to have enough guys to fill two shows when this is done? Also, how hilarious is it that almost everyone from the BLOCKBUSTER POST-DRAFT TRADE~! is either cut or next on the chopping block.

*does the Brock shuffle before making this post* I'm actually looking forward to seeing him again, I just know Vince has to wave his dick in Brock's face first.

What a message this must send to OVW: Work hard, get over, get the call from WWE, get saddled with a non-starter gimmick, get cut.

Wow, who did Charlie Haas piss off? What happened to HBK's pull getting Marty a contract? Jesus, if TNA had their shit together this would be the moment to strike.

They've been MIA for months until the ECW PPV anyway...

Which was....?

I'm sure Vince has a humiliating angle or gimmick waiting for Brock. He'll end up being Brocko the Retard Monkey Boy who's ashamed of his whiteness.

Yet this was right after Linda pooh-pooh'ed investor concerns at the conference call. Yep, everything's gumdrops and rainbows in Stamford, that's why they're making more cuts than a slasher film and signed a new TV deal that gives them zero ad revenue.

I thought Kevin Dunn was the TV producer. Brian Gewirtz is the guy who left the writing team.

In a perfect world, Jim Cornette would be booking for WWE instead of 1,000 people for OVW TV no one outside of Kentucky sees. - Vince wouldn't have a pathological embarrassment of "rasslin'" that leads to him doing things that hurt the core business. - Aging wrestlers would retire instead of working well past the point of deterioration. - Talented workers wouldn't get cut or held back in favor of jacked up stiffs.