PetrolCB Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 That was in the past. Things are gonna be different now.......honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTTW Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 35 minutes ago, Craig H said: To the people questioning WWE's handling of LGBT stuff, I'm guessing that it's more likely this leads to a new Be a Star-esque campaign. Oh please, it'll be tout-tacular, or worse. No good can come of this given the mountain of anti-gay footage that exist in pro wrestling. Hell the reason WWE exist today is because someone figured out macho men will pay money to scream at effeminate acting men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 If you don't think current day WWE wouldn't jump at the chance to start an LGBT campaign using storylines and characters as the jump-off point... well, you're probably just wrong. Not saying they'll treat it with decency or respect, but they'll do it and shortly thereafter you'll have something similar to the Be A STAR thing. That whole thing came about when various forms of bullying and harassment was a hot button issue, now people have moved on to LGBT issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 So, are they going to specifically scout gay wrestlers or just have them portray it, in terrible storylines where Stephanie still gets to yell at them? Honest question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 BTW - ESPN launched its own special section to cover wrestling http://www.espn.com/wwe/ The best part is the call it wrestling like a 1000 times Keep living that sports entertainment dream Vince 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Come on guys. WWE handles everything soooooo tastefully. There is nothing to worry about here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTTW Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Being gay can get you killed in certain parts of the world. Wonder how the global brand is going to deal with that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Wow. I never thought I would see ESPN go all in on wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 30 minutes ago, clintthecrippler said: GLAAD just tweeted out a news article about WWE'S pledge. I am assuming no one showed them Ezno and Cass this week cracking wise about Jericho and Owens "watching each other's backs". Ah! Thank you. I was wracking my brain trying to remember the most recent homophobic thing someone said on WWE TV. I guess we haven't come that far from Scott Steiner grabbing the mic and calling Rougeau and Ouellet "Queerbeckers" at a house show 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydy Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 They should have Bray Wyatt as the Charles Manson character in Aquarius where he is bisexual and uses his seduction powers to get what he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 5 minutes ago, Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 said: Wow. I never thought I would see ESPN go all in on wrestling. I can't wait until they start a wrestling show where they have multiple people scream at each other for 30 minutes. "ROMAN REIGNS NEEDS TO TURN HEEL!! ROMAN REIGNS NEEDS TO TURN HEEL!! ROMAN REIGNS NEEDS TO TURN HEEL!! It will be like the visual adaptation of F4W board. And by "can't wait" I mean I can't wait to not watch it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 13 minutes ago, DTTW said: Being gay can get you killed in certain parts of the world. Wonder how the global brand is going to deal with that. They'll just quietly leave them off the show in certain countries like they do with the women. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 What do you think would actually happen if they still, defiantly booked them? Honestly, I don't know why they adhere to that "rule" when they do mid-east shows. What're they gonna do, stone the corporate jet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 minute ago, PetrolCB said: What do you think would actually happen if they still, defiantly booked them? They won't. They would rather make money than actually take a stand and "insult" the culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRR Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 16 minutes ago, Boydy said: They should have Bray Wyatt as the Charles Manson character in Aquarius where he is bisexual and uses his seduction powers to get what he wants. What happens in the Wyatt family stays in the Wyatt family? Either way Randy Orton is still not sure who is the pitchers or the catchers in the bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 21 minutes ago, Boydy said: They should have Bray Wyatt as the Charles Manson character in Aquarius where he is bisexual and uses his seduction powers to get what he wants. Zack Sabre joins the Wyatt family as Bray's cub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 This will come as a shock to no one but Darren Rovell's column on the WWE fiances is comically full of mistakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 9 minutes ago, RIPPA said: This will come as a shock to no one but Darren Rovell's column on the WWE fiances is comically full of mistakes Nah, Coach checked it over and said it was fine. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 It also contained enough English so that Todd Grisham won't throw a fit again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 hour ago, DTTW said: Being gay can get you killed in certain parts of the world. Wonder how the global brand is going to deal with that. This is a good point - remember that Darren Young boycotted the Saudi Arabian tour because of their anti-gay laws. I wonder if anyone is going to call WWE out for (presumably) continuing to tour those types of countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Coincidentally, I re-watched Unforgiven 2002 on the network yesterday. Fairly good show, all things considered. Jericho/Flair, Edge/Eddie, and Benoit/Angle are all good matches if you're interested... ... BUT, where I was going with that thought was the angle surrounding Stephanie McMahon and Eric Bischoff. This was coming off the heels of the Billy/Chuck "wedding." There was a match between Billy/Chuck and 3MW where the stipulations were if Billy and Chuck won, Bischoff had to kiss Steph's ass, and if 3MW won, Steph had to perform HLA. Of course, 3MW won, and the resulting segments and commentary was truly as embarrassing as any WWE has ever done. It ended with Eric bringing out the "fattest, ugliest lesbo [he] could find" which was Rikishi in drag who turned on him and gave him the stinkface much to Steph's delight. It was insane to me that a national company could perform something like this with some absolutely astonishing (in a bad way) lines from Lawler and Bischoff and not get raked over the coals as recently as 14 years ago. Of course that's when every state was scrambling to put marriage laws on ballots during national elections, so maybe not. I guess if someone wanted to troll WWE, they could tweet that video to WWE, Steph, and GLAAD. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 So, if I have a 1991 Jimmy Snuka Figure with two right hands, where do I sell something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 2 hours ago, PetrolCB said: What do you think would actually happen if they still, defiantly booked them? Honestly, I don't know why they adhere to that "rule" when they do mid-east shows. What're they gonna do, stone the corporate jet? They would use the military to hold all WWE personnel hostage, have them arrested for crimes against Islam, give physical punishment to the men involved with the booking and attempt to execute the women. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 4 hours ago, Boydy said: They should have Bray Wyatt as the Charles Manson character in Aquarius where he is bisexual and uses his seduction powers to get what he wants. So, Bear Wyatt? ETA: Why does this sound familiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 3 hours ago, nate said: So, Bear Wyatt? ETA: Why does this sound familiar? Perhaps you're thinking of legendary college football coach, Paul "Bear" Bryant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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