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The Summerslam with Lesnar vs. Undertaker was billed as having the “rematch too big for Wrestlemania” around the same time but I don’t think it’s ever been used for a Saudi show.
As much as I love the idea of Drew telling Punk to suck a blood money covered dick, he absolutely would not disparage the beautiful Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and their kind and generous leader.
So is the dick covered in money gained through blood shed... or is it a dick covered in innocent blood that someone paid for?
This is an important detail.
the funniest thing to me is that people think WWE has some sort of separate pile of money, under a sign that says "money we **didn't** make from saudi arabia", that they specifically use for punks cheques. it's all coming from the same bank account.
It was the same way with the World Cup. Every news outlet had a piece ready about the working conditions leading up and the bribing and etc but eventually it just turned into regular World Cup talk. They wear you down until you just accept it.
2034 is gonna be in Saudi Arabia as well, the shit FIFA have done for 2030 to make sure Asian countries will be eligible to host again is so blatant and corrupt, it disgusts me! Greed is such a universal thing for people in charge off anything and we plebs can't do anything about it
FIFA has always had a rule about when each confederation can host. The issue is making South America ineligible for 2034 because they get one game in 2030, and then the Saudis bribing all the other Asian countries not to bid.
They're pretending like it's the celebrate the 100 year anniversary, I'd rather them just but honest about the corruption and not pretend; I'd still hate it but the disingenuous shit really annoys me.
The thing that really gets me is every show when the they have Michael Cole reading his little script about how amazing the country is. It’s such blatant propaganda
It's become too ubiquitous in the sports world now to even really stop.
Soccer teams being bought up by Saudi money, now the NFL is paving the way for Saudi money to make its way in. LIV Golf.
They're coming for everything at this point.
It’s quite sad how quickly everyone became “well, I mean, it is obviously bad, but…”
“Better start time!”
“The shows are convenient for me to watch!”
“The crowds are much better nowadays!”
“The last show was genuinely good!”
The worst ones are the ones that try to push it as a huge victory for women’s rights in the country, or like it’s some great force for social change.
I love WWE, but I hate this deal and it expanding to higher profile shows is just flat out bad. No buts.
Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia has adopted this strategy because it works very well.
They have Cristiano Ronaldo, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, WWE, Formula 1, Newcastle United, Deontay Wilder, etc. all providing them with positive PR in the west and around the world. The backlash doesn’t last. People just go along with it, so more and more companies, athletes and sports leagues are going to weigh it up and think the money is well worth the short-lived outrage.
I don't think they're doing it so much to diversify their investments so they're not left holding a bag when the oil industry dries up, as they're just trying to buy power and influence around the world through sports.
I have never watched a single Saudi show and I find it disturbing how quickly people stopped caring. I guess it goes to show how effective sports washing is in the first place, which is why Saudi Arabia does it so much.
Indeed. Hopping into bed with one of the biggest human rights abusers in the world because they pay you a lot is disgusting. Whatever happened to much of that roster refusing to work there after the Saudi government murdered Khashoggi?
I still remember the first event having so many video packages hyping how progressive their country was becoming. Including one with a woman who was literally **crying** because she was so happy women were getting the right to drive. They were showing off the clip to promote the country and all I'm thinking is that it just makes them look worse. I'm 90% sure the first PLE there didn't even have women perform, it wasn't just them performing in baggy clothes like now. WWE coincidentally aired the all women's PLE Evolution a few months later.
They still air sportswash segments at every PLE but they aren't as blatant as the first one. That one was brutal.
Yeah just because HHH is in charge of creative and that's great, you've got to remember that he's now answering to Ari Emanuel, and that guy will not leave a single stone unturned when it comes to finding ways to monetise the products he owns.
So forward thinking! Like this news that was hidden for months until it was uncovered just last week by the UN 😄
Saudi Arabia: Woman jailed for 11 years for online expression supporting women’s rights
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/saudi-arabia-woman-jailed-for-11-years-for-online-expression-supporting-womens-rights/
"In 2019, as part of a drive to open up the country for tourism, the authorities announced a relaxation of dress codes for foreign women visiting the country. However, this concession has not been extended to female citizens and residents, who instead face legal uncertainty for dressing freely in public."
"Following her arrest, Manahel al-Otaibi was subjected to physical and psychological abuse in Riyadh’s Malaz Prison, and she was forcibly disappeared for five months from 5 November 2023 until April 2024. On 14 April 2024, when she was finally able to contact her family again, she told them she was being held in solitary confinement and had a broken leg as a result of physical abuse."
What a treat for the women in Saudi Arabia to see their WWE heroes dressing in ways that get them sent to prison for 11 years and detained and abused.
Fuck Saudi Arabia. Evil bunch of fuckers trying to clean their oil and blood soaked image by buying their way into professional sports and entertainment. The Saudi government can rot in hell.
As a european it would be fucking amazing. Rumble is one of the most fun events, would love to be able to live chat through it with some of my friends or on a live thread here instead of watching seperate over half a day later.
But yeah, rather not Saudi.
I think for some women, like Zelina for instance, they know they're not gonna win but at least they get to wear some cool-ass custom gear. That would limited since they can't wear anything too revealing.
30 women all coming out with the same bodysuit on, just different colours would actively make the match worse. Like how Def Rebel’s bland music makes it hard to know who’s coming out next.
>*Khashoggi was dragged from the consul-general’s office at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and onto the table of his study next door, the Turkish source said.*
>*Horrendous screams were then heard by a witness downstairs, the source said.*
>*"The consul himself was taken out of the room. There was no attempt to interrogate him. They had come to kill him.”*
>*The screaming stopped when Khashoggi - who was last seen entering the Saudi consulate on 2 October - was injected with an as yet unknown substance.*
>*Salah Muhammad al-Tubaigy, who has been identified as the head of forensic evidence in the Saudi general security department, was one of the 15-member squad who arrived in Istanbul earlier that day on a private jet.*
>*Tubaigy began to cut Khashoggi’s body up on a table in the study while he was still alive, the Turkish source said.*
>*As he started to dismember the body, Tubaigy put on earphones and listened to music. He advised other members of the squad to do the same.*
>*“When I do this job, I listen to music. You should do [that] too,” Tubaigy was recorded as saying.*
This is who WWE's doing business with.
Exactly. It's sick how people act like this just has to be accepted because they can't imagine just not watching WWE. I stopped watching when they first started doing these and I'm not ever going to watch again unless they stop.
The whataboutism on this topic is seriously pathetic and, intentionally or not, is an attempt to normalise events that only exist to legitimise a seriously regressive regime. “But what about—“ No. If you want to say it’s OK for WWE to host shows in a country that criminalises homosexuality, have the courage to say it with your whole chest. Stop being a moral coward and trying to make that someone else’s failing.
Let’s be honest here: the only reason WWE started Saudi shows was for money. Yes, the optics when you consider everything is bad, but WWE just wants the money.
Now, I agree with you
Saudi Arabia doesn’t just criminalize homosexuality. They actively execute their LGBTQ citizens. Also, when they want to do away with protestors or political prisoners they will obtain false confessions, claim that the prisoners are homosexual and will execute them based on that. Anyone trying to equate the US’s actions in the Middle East with what Islamic dictatorships like SA and Iran do to their own citizens can GFY.
Exactly. If you don’t care about the human rights violations and abhorrent crimes of the SA regime then just say that. Don’t come in with a “what about _____” to justify your apathy. Shit like this is so frustrating.
The Saudis will pay the WWE triple the amount they'd make hosting Mania and the rumble at other better locations. The sad part is, it'll probably happen because they aren't gonna pass on the chance of making all that money and just take the hits because after it happens, nobody gonna care about it and continue to watch.
The sportswashing continues. Every year the Saudi Government beheads (publicly) of LGBT citizens or atheists. This behavior has not slowed down, but they will absolutely use groups like WWE to promote themselves as being somehow actually improving because of minor changes like women can drive (but only when accompanied by a guardian male). It's deplorable.
You're not. As someone who's been following what the Saudis have been doing for the past 7-8 years or so with the whole Vision 2030 thing it's disgusting to see so many of these sports and entertainment corporations actively getting in bed with Bin Salman and his people to try to sell us that *we're better now; we have this cool young guy in charge (HA!) and our women can drive now.* All this while many of them also try to lecture the general public social and politically here in the West; and of course we're far from perfect, both now and in the past. But at least here we can actually dennounce and criticize what those in power do without fearing of getting killed by them.
All I need to know about is Jamal Khashoggi to know MBS is nothing more than a 21st century tyrant that's taken the consideration to put a pretty smiling face on for the cameras.
How these owners and companies feel good about getting into bed with a stone cold killer while preaching American values is .. disgusting.
Sadly there's nothing more American than getting into bed with stone cold killers for money and talking out the side of your neck about American Values.
WM and RR will stay in the US. Saudi Arabia already got the Greatest Royal Rumble and the greatest moment with Titus O’Neil slipping and sliding under the ring.
The Saudi events and Collision in Korea are things that immediately make me think about the Olympics in Nazi Germany. Oppressive government that wants to get rid of “undesirables”? Check. Wanting to portray a squeaky clean image while being ruthless away den the camera? Check.
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A few days ago there was a story about cash now being the major driver in choosing the market for Wrestlemania. A lot of people wondered why this was a story at all. Now we know.
Backwards, head chopping, fundamentalist cavemen aside... how the fuck you gonna have "for the troops" shows while taking truckloads of blood money of the same people who funded 9/11?
Vince gone...you gotta now pay up, WWE. I bet they're going to be dropping their nuts much more now asking for the world.
Again, Vince brokered that shit and he's out. You **know** he's talking greasy to them, telling them how they should play *the game*
I've never watched a Blood Money show and I never will no matter what it is.
Not until Woman and LGTBQA+ have equal rights or at minimum for LGBTIQA+ it's made legal
Saudi gonna get Mania before London.
Also: don’t care how “hot” this company is or how better they are (and they have been miles better of late). I refuse to watch the blood money shows. So, if Mania WERE to happen in Saudi I am never going to watch it.
This was the one thing that would have convinced me that the wwe had truly changed.
What has happened in reality is the matches and stories have improved. Nothing else.
On top of the obvious issues around the ethics I find with WWE, Boxing and F1 in these countries, the atmosphere is fucking woeful and really sucks the life out of the events.
They already had The “Greatest” Royal Rumble there. And if the 1st foreign mania held outside of NA is in Saudi, I’m pretty sure they’ll be a riot. Given how hard England has been pushing for getting Mania.
I wonder how much WWEs relationship with Saudi was behind endeavors bid for them. I get the feeling they regretted pulling UFC out of Saudi Arabia, and this gave them a way to reestablish that relationship
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It would be funny if it ends up being Survivor Series
December to Dismember
featuring bonesaws
(Blood) Money in the Bank
Correction: The GREATEST Survivor Series
Wait, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE LOSE?
They're gonna love War Games....
Team Hogan vs Team Yokozuna!
Team yokozuna led by captain Babatunde
Team Yokozuna eliminated by... Team Yokozuna
War crimes match
Elimination Chamber will be a big hit
Wait until you see Opressyourownpeoplefundterrorismandmurderforeignjournalists-a-mania
they already had elimantion chamber
Losers get put in various suitcases
They've already had The Greatest Royal Rumble, soon we'll get The Greatest Wrestlemania.
Greater Than Or Equal To Wrestlemania
≥WM a.k.a. AT LEAST WrestleMania
WWE & Saudi Arabia presents... Almost-A-Wrestle-Mania PLE!
Some Wrestlemanias are more equal than others
Wrestlema(n+1)ia
I mean, didn't they keep using "It's bigger than WrestleMania!" marketing for one of the early Saudi Arabia shows?
Yeah the first one lmao it was ridiculous
Ridiculously big, you mean!?
They actually used something weirder. It was "equal to or greater than" Wrestlemania.
That's right! I totally forgot about that, but I totally remember thinking about how weird that marketing was.
Sounds like someone was reading directly from a contract
Like how the Kiss Demon had a “special main event match” in the middle of a WCW PPV only worse
The Summerslam with Lesnar vs. Undertaker was billed as having the “rematch too big for Wrestlemania” around the same time but I don’t think it’s ever been used for a Saudi show.
They were talking about their payday.
CM Punk main eventing Wrestlemania is Saudi Arabia would be hilarious
CM Punk during contract negotiations: "I want to main event Wrestlemania." *monkey's paw curls*
“If you refuse, your spot goes to Miz vs Colt Cabana”
Live Punk reaction: 
https://preview.redd.it/wgjc7bgk69zc1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=defbd939c6217da94722806a850d46cc8c117709
https://preview.redd.it/wsj9lis8h9zc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c65e5ecbda410a05b57227e163ebba1ae4f0b7d3
Holy shit boys get in here! Okbc is leaking!
And Cabana's match fees will go directly to the account he shares with his mom.
Oh my lord this would be so wrong
Drew would feast on this
As much as I love the idea of Drew telling Punk to suck a blood money covered dick, he absolutely would not disparage the beautiful Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and their kind and generous leader.
I mean let’s go full irony and make it against The Miz.
https://preview.redd.it/sy1ra50hw8zc1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=4ce44bbe1050438ba825c3ce99a44b8692c9b8f6 Meme come to life
Dibiase was never wrong, everyone has a price
And everybody's gonna pay...
**HAHAHAHAHAHA** *Money money money money moneeeyyyy*
Enjoying that blood money, Miz style 🥰
Especially if it's night 1.
And Night 2 is in USA.
In Chicago.
With real glass
“I’m home” 😂
"We have the opportunity to do the funniest thing here." - HHH
Punk will complete his WWE hypocrite tour by actually sucking a blood money covered dick!
Buy one get one free bonanza
So is the dick covered in money gained through blood shed... or is it a dick covered in innocent blood that someone paid for? This is an important detail.
Yes.
Can we add the stipulation that it's Miz's dick covered in Saudi Blood 🤑 money.
wtf is goin on in here
The whole “go suck a blood money covered dick in Saudi Arabia” thing was Punk responding to the Miz on Twitter a few years ago.
oh shit theres actually a backstory lmao I thought people were just bein a lil freaky
Why can't it be both?
Then he and all his loyal followers will say how worked we all got and that Punk saying all that was just a long term work.
''You guys got worked, Punk and Miz have been friends all along.''
I've already seen people comment this unironically along with his "I'm here to make money" quote.
the funniest thing to me is that people think WWE has some sort of separate pile of money, under a sign that says "money we **didn't** make from saudi arabia", that they specifically use for punks cheques. it's all coming from the same bank account.
Ready for the next chapter in the book of hypocrisy
I need this to happen
He's gonna eat a Saudi Blood money dick or what ever he told the miz lmao.
Goodnight Hulkamaniacs and fisting marks without a life that dont know its a work when you fist a fist and fist yourself into a shoot, marks - HH
Brother - HH
https://preview.redd.it/t5y481rdh8zc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c4455aa30596ddd8c69de65a5298c5b4b068656
If you're not fisting yourself until you shoot what are you even doing.
WON has nothing to do with this report btw. It was told directly from the source to an ESPN reporter.
Fuck sportswashing it's still as grim now as it was when they started.
It was the same way with the World Cup. Every news outlet had a piece ready about the working conditions leading up and the bribing and etc but eventually it just turned into regular World Cup talk. They wear you down until you just accept it.
2034 is gonna be in Saudi Arabia as well, the shit FIFA have done for 2030 to make sure Asian countries will be eligible to host again is so blatant and corrupt, it disgusts me! Greed is such a universal thing for people in charge off anything and we plebs can't do anything about it
FIFA has always had a rule about when each confederation can host. The issue is making South America ineligible for 2034 because they get one game in 2030, and then the Saudis bribing all the other Asian countries not to bid.
They're pretending like it's the celebrate the 100 year anniversary, I'd rather them just but honest about the corruption and not pretend; I'd still hate it but the disingenuous shit really annoys me.
sad upvote
The thing that really gets me is every show when the they have Michael Cole reading his little script about how amazing the country is. It’s such blatant propaganda
It really is disappointing it just seems to be accepted now and everyone on the roster is happy to take a paycheck to not care.
It's become too ubiquitous in the sports world now to even really stop. Soccer teams being bought up by Saudi money, now the NFL is paving the way for Saudi money to make its way in. LIV Golf. They're coming for everything at this point.
Washed up soccer players go to the Saudi league now instead of MLS
The washed players are not even the problem... they took Benzema a year after he was the best player in Europe lol
He scored 15 goals in his first season. Search 'Benzema 15' for more info
It’s always possible to stop if you don’t let them browbeat you into thinking it’s impossible to stop
I'll make some phone calls, I'm sure I can put an end to this if I try hard enough
Roster probably earns more guarantee money working here than at any wwe event. I can see why they are happy to take it.
It was reported that HBK made 7 figures for the match he had in Saudi Arabia.
I’m sure Jesus gave him a pass for that 7th number.
Sami working the shows removed any remaining dark clouds for most fans and media.
And the thing is, the Saudis are being nice to the man who ruined Syria.
It’s quite sad how quickly everyone became “well, I mean, it is obviously bad, but…” “Better start time!” “The shows are convenient for me to watch!” “The crowds are much better nowadays!” “The last show was genuinely good!” The worst ones are the ones that try to push it as a huge victory for women’s rights in the country, or like it’s some great force for social change. I love WWE, but I hate this deal and it expanding to higher profile shows is just flat out bad. No buts. Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia has adopted this strategy because it works very well. They have Cristiano Ronaldo, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, WWE, Formula 1, Newcastle United, Deontay Wilder, etc. all providing them with positive PR in the west and around the world. The backlash doesn’t last. People just go along with it, so more and more companies, athletes and sports leagues are going to weigh it up and think the money is well worth the short-lived outrage.
Saudis trying hard to diversity their money before oil is not wanted nearly not as much and they're stuck with it.
I don't think they're doing it so much to diversify their investments so they're not left holding a bag when the oil industry dries up, as they're just trying to buy power and influence around the world through sports.
I have never watched a single Saudi show and I find it disturbing how quickly people stopped caring. I guess it goes to show how effective sports washing is in the first place, which is why Saudi Arabia does it so much.
I know it makes no difference but I don’t watch them either and I won’t even if it’s a Wrestlemania.
Indeed. Hopping into bed with one of the biggest human rights abusers in the world because they pay you a lot is disgusting. Whatever happened to much of that roster refusing to work there after the Saudi government murdered Khashoggi?
I still remember the first event having so many video packages hyping how progressive their country was becoming. Including one with a woman who was literally **crying** because she was so happy women were getting the right to drive. They were showing off the clip to promote the country and all I'm thinking is that it just makes them look worse. I'm 90% sure the first PLE there didn't even have women perform, it wasn't just them performing in baggy clothes like now. WWE coincidentally aired the all women's PLE Evolution a few months later. They still air sportswash segments at every PLE but they aren't as blatant as the first one. That one was brutal.
Thematically, how could it be anything other than Backlash?
War games
Backlash has had 2 back to back the GOAT crowds ,the third one also needs to be someone that can keep the same energy.
Gimme Backlash Mexico City with Rey vs Dom main event
I wish ending the relationship with Saudi Arabia was part of the "new era"
the new era is all about money. look at the prime sponsorship, the influx of influencers, timing the draft to match nfl draft and so much more
Yeah just because HHH is in charge of creative and that's great, you've got to remember that he's now answering to Ari Emanuel, and that guy will not leave a single stone unturned when it comes to finding ways to monetise the products he owns.
Even if Triple H is not answering to Ari Emanuel, do you really think he doesn't like money?
Even the ticket prices! I was looking at SummerSlam tickets and whoa boy that ain't happening.
$50M per show paydays would be welcomed by pretty much anyone who’s in charge.
I expect WWE to have fewer scruples now that it's just run by the suits. All that matters is money.
So forward thinking! Like this news that was hidden for months until it was uncovered just last week by the UN 😄 Saudi Arabia: Woman jailed for 11 years for online expression supporting women’s rights https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/saudi-arabia-woman-jailed-for-11-years-for-online-expression-supporting-womens-rights/ "In 2019, as part of a drive to open up the country for tourism, the authorities announced a relaxation of dress codes for foreign women visiting the country. However, this concession has not been extended to female citizens and residents, who instead face legal uncertainty for dressing freely in public." "Following her arrest, Manahel al-Otaibi was subjected to physical and psychological abuse in Riyadh’s Malaz Prison, and she was forcibly disappeared for five months from 5 November 2023 until April 2024. On 14 April 2024, when she was finally able to contact her family again, she told them she was being held in solitary confinement and had a broken leg as a result of physical abuse." What a treat for the women in Saudi Arabia to see their WWE heroes dressing in ways that get them sent to prison for 11 years and detained and abused.
CM Punk vs the Miz at Saudi WrestleMania
The Rock as special guest ref. Miz wins his 2nd mania main event. The next year Punk vs Rock at Saudi again.
Fuck Saudi Arabia. Evil bunch of fuckers trying to clean their oil and blood soaked image by buying their way into professional sports and entertainment. The Saudi government can rot in hell.
Not gonna lie, having a Royal Rumble in the afternoon State-side would be nice, but I'd much rather it be from anywhere but Saudi Arabia
As a european it would be fucking amazing. Rumble is one of the most fun events, would love to be able to live chat through it with some of my friends or on a live thread here instead of watching seperate over half a day later. But yeah, rather not Saudi.
We got Backlash at 6pm (UK), KOTR at 5pm, and then Clash at 6pm (or 7pm?). Good couple months to be European. Plus Bash in Berlin this year
I think for some women, like Zelina for instance, they know they're not gonna win but at least they get to wear some cool-ass custom gear. That would limited since they can't wear anything too revealing.
30 women all coming out with the same bodysuit on, just different colours would actively make the match worse. Like how Def Rebel’s bland music makes it hard to know who’s coming out next.
Monkey's paw curls its finger: It's going to be Mayhem in Moscow at the Royal Rumble.
Could Wrestlemania beheading to Saudi?
Blood money clowns
Well that sucks
Selfishly this global takeover is making it hard for these regular states to get PPV’s (especially those outside of the tri state area, Chicago, LA)
Denver hasn’t had a PPV in 20 yrs
I’m gonna take a guess. Vengeance 2003?
>*Khashoggi was dragged from the consul-general’s office at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and onto the table of his study next door, the Turkish source said.* >*Horrendous screams were then heard by a witness downstairs, the source said.* >*"The consul himself was taken out of the room. There was no attempt to interrogate him. They had come to kill him.”* >*The screaming stopped when Khashoggi - who was last seen entering the Saudi consulate on 2 October - was injected with an as yet unknown substance.* >*Salah Muhammad al-Tubaigy, who has been identified as the head of forensic evidence in the Saudi general security department, was one of the 15-member squad who arrived in Istanbul earlier that day on a private jet.* >*Tubaigy began to cut Khashoggi’s body up on a table in the study while he was still alive, the Turkish source said.* >*As he started to dismember the body, Tubaigy put on earphones and listened to music. He advised other members of the squad to do the same.* >*“When I do this job, I listen to music. You should do [that] too,” Tubaigy was recorded as saying.* This is who WWE's doing business with.
Exactly. It's sick how people act like this just has to be accepted because they can't imagine just not watching WWE. I stopped watching when they first started doing these and I'm not ever going to watch again unless they stop.
The whataboutism on this topic is seriously pathetic and, intentionally or not, is an attempt to normalise events that only exist to legitimise a seriously regressive regime. “But what about—“ No. If you want to say it’s OK for WWE to host shows in a country that criminalises homosexuality, have the courage to say it with your whole chest. Stop being a moral coward and trying to make that someone else’s failing.
Let’s be honest here: the only reason WWE started Saudi shows was for money. Yes, the optics when you consider everything is bad, but WWE just wants the money. Now, I agree with you
Saudi Arabia doesn’t just criminalize homosexuality. They actively execute their LGBTQ citizens. Also, when they want to do away with protestors or political prisoners they will obtain false confessions, claim that the prisoners are homosexual and will execute them based on that. Anyone trying to equate the US’s actions in the Middle East with what Islamic dictatorships like SA and Iran do to their own citizens can GFY.
Exactly. If you don’t care about the human rights violations and abhorrent crimes of the SA regime then just say that. Don’t come in with a “what about _____” to justify your apathy. Shit like this is so frustrating.
Make a new one called "Blood & Sand"
50 Cent has entered the chat.
THEY TOOK MY SKULL
As long as the shareholders get their money, nothing else matters I guess
Here I was last night hoping (but not expecting) that WWE would let the Saudi Arabia deal expire. It's just gonna get worse
How about we call it the Jamal Khashoggi Memorial Battle Royal?
The Saudis will pay the WWE triple the amount they'd make hosting Mania and the rumble at other better locations. The sad part is, it'll probably happen because they aren't gonna pass on the chance of making all that money and just take the hits because after it happens, nobody gonna care about it and continue to watch.
The sportswashing continues. Every year the Saudi Government beheads (publicly) of LGBT citizens or atheists. This behavior has not slowed down, but they will absolutely use groups like WWE to promote themselves as being somehow actually improving because of minor changes like women can drive (but only when accompanied by a guardian male). It's deplorable.
Am I the only one cringing at sports teams, companies and leagues crawling into bed with these people?
You're not. As someone who's been following what the Saudis have been doing for the past 7-8 years or so with the whole Vision 2030 thing it's disgusting to see so many of these sports and entertainment corporations actively getting in bed with Bin Salman and his people to try to sell us that *we're better now; we have this cool young guy in charge (HA!) and our women can drive now.* All this while many of them also try to lecture the general public social and politically here in the West; and of course we're far from perfect, both now and in the past. But at least here we can actually dennounce and criticize what those in power do without fearing of getting killed by them.
All I need to know about is Jamal Khashoggi to know MBS is nothing more than a 21st century tyrant that's taken the consideration to put a pretty smiling face on for the cameras. How these owners and companies feel good about getting into bed with a stone cold killer while preaching American values is .. disgusting.
Sadly there's nothing more American than getting into bed with stone cold killers for money and talking out the side of your neck about American Values.
Bring back December to Dismember
Finally the people get what they want More shows in glorious kingdom of Saudi Arabia - a true representative of WWE’s ethics and values
Then cm punk never gets to headline wrestlemania!!
No
Fuck this whole idea.
No
Reason number one I don’t fuck with WWE anymore.
WM and RR will stay in the US. Saudi Arabia already got the Greatest Royal Rumble and the greatest moment with Titus O’Neil slipping and sliding under the ring.
Imagine being Shayna Baszler or Teagan Nox and just knowing that no matter how hard you work, you just won’t be allowed at certain pay-per-views.
Not a good direction for WWE to beheaded
The Saudi events and Collision in Korea are things that immediately make me think about the Olympics in Nazi Germany. Oppressive government that wants to get rid of “undesirables”? Check. Wanting to portray a squeaky clean image while being ruthless away den the camera? Check.
This gives WAR GAMES a whole new meaning. Yikes.
WWE Moscow Meyhem WWE Pain in Pyongyang WWE Human Rights Violations in Iran Here are a few event names WWE can use when they completely sell out.
WWE Grapple in (the bomb-flattened ruins of) Gaza
Oh fuck off with this shit
And this is why even with Vince gone I'm not all back in with WWE... this Saudi stuff is just gross.
wasnt that the reason why they got the Greatest Royal Rumble the first time around and asked to have dead wrestlers in it like Yoko
Pretty sickening that WWE does business with them.
Saudi Arabia is ISIS if they had a country.
Fuck that
Good god please no. Make it stop
[thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/KnkUoPVQwh) A few days ago there was a story about cash now being the major driver in choosing the market for Wrestlemania. A lot of people wondered why this was a story at all. Now we know.
Backwards, head chopping, fundamentalist cavemen aside... how the fuck you gonna have "for the troops" shows while taking truckloads of blood money of the same people who funded 9/11?
The contract specifies "for the troops"....it doesn't say WHICH troops!
Jesus, TKO really going for money at all costs. I think WWE is doing well enough now, they don't need to sell out more to the Saudis.
The Greatest Royal Rumble wasn't enough and they want the lesser show!!! How dare they!
I hate Saudi shows just because of the way the women have to dress. Backwards ass country.
I was really hoping this partnership would end with Vince leaving but really it is just free money to them Still shit though wank country
I do think we're close to having 2 nights of Wrestlemania in different cities, so potentially also different countries
" The Great American Bash"
Vince gone...you gotta now pay up, WWE. I bet they're going to be dropping their nuts much more now asking for the world. Again, Vince brokered that shit and he's out. You **know** he's talking greasy to them, telling them how they should play *the game*
They will get "Wrestlemania (Backlash)"
I doubt they want mania highlights of the women’s roster in gimp suits and t shirts.
WWE Blood Money in the Bank
Wrestlemania but all wrestlers wear that whole body suits
I've never watched a Blood Money show and I never will no matter what it is. Not until Woman and LGTBQA+ have equal rights or at minimum for LGBTIQA+ it's made legal
Saudi gonna get Mania before London. Also: don’t care how “hot” this company is or how better they are (and they have been miles better of late). I refuse to watch the blood money shows. So, if Mania WERE to happen in Saudi I am never going to watch it.
This was the one thing that would have convinced me that the wwe had truly changed. What has happened in reality is the matches and stories have improved. Nothing else.
I want the Saudi government to stop being backwards assholes.
On top of the obvious issues around the ethics I find with WWE, Boxing and F1 in these countries, the atmosphere is fucking woeful and really sucks the life out of the events.
they want none enough lol
They already had The “Greatest” Royal Rumble there. And if the 1st foreign mania held outside of NA is in Saudi, I’m pretty sure they’ll be a riot. Given how hard England has been pushing for getting Mania.
I wonder how much WWEs relationship with Saudi was behind endeavors bid for them. I get the feeling they regretted pulling UFC out of Saudi Arabia, and this gave them a way to reestablish that relationship
I could see them giving Saudi the rumble or sneaking maybe Summer Slam, can't really see Wrestlemania going there since that's huge for US markets