Pro Wrestling! (For Everything WWE, Impact, Indies, AEW, & Japan !) 2024

[choptop]

Anyone see Simon Gotch in TNA?

[krazijoe]

I am loving the Wrestlemania Storyline with Reigns and Cody and the Rock so far. I have faith they will hit the payoff out of the Park. I also think that ROman will lose, either by Rocks lack of awareness or Rock turning on Roman. If it's due to the Rock's lack of awareness, I expect the Bloodline to beat him down and REALLY establish them as the head of the table. And if Rock turns, I expect a SS Match and the Bloodline Beating him down. Then Rikishi coming back and playing off his speech from 20 years ago. Could be Gold...

[wjowski]

I'm not going to accuse HHH of enabling Vince...but given how long he let Bill Demott and Velveteen Dream run around, I wouldn't be surprised.

[Android 17]

What were the problems with Bill DeMott again that led to his dismissal?

He was too rough with the trainees right?

[choptop]

What were the problems with Bill DeMott again that led to his dismissal?

He was too rough with the trainees right?

He was making wrestlers train naked....

[Android 17]

He was making wrestlers train naked....

Oh wow.

How Pat Patterson of him.

[BeastieRunner]

Prichard is taking any and every interview to say he's not associated with Vince's scandals.

Really trying to distance himself from him.

Salon: Vince McMahon's "Rosebud" moment: Was a family secret behind his career of abuse?
After new revelations, the WWE impresario's sordid career is finally over. What led to his history of abuse?

B/R: Former WWE Star Ashley Massaro Said Vince McMahon Harassed Her, Other Female Stars

Sounds like some names are about to step forward.

[BeastieRunner]

New Japan introduced Bone Soldier Jr for Fantastica Mania and he's out there doing the Heil Hitler Salute. For the love of...

Come again?

Nazi imagery is not as taboo as it is the West as it is the East.

You can go to stores in China and buy SS hats. There was an ad campaign not long ago in the Philippines where the model was in a Nazi uniform. There are Nazi-themed bars all over Korea.

Have you not seen the NJPW Dominion poster from a few years ago?

[Immortal Weapon]

Nazi imagery is not as taboo as it is the West as it is the East.

You can go to stores in China and buy SS hats. There was an ad campaign not long ago in the Philippines where the model was in a Nazi uniform. There are Nazi-themed bars all over Korea.

Have you not seen the NJPW Dominion poster from a few years ago?

I'm well aware of that Dominion poster.

Not only is New Japan bringing back a failed gimmick but making him a nazi on top of that? Who in bullet club is going to want to associate with that?

[chachi]

LOL at Pat Mcafee saying I'm 36 years old and pulled a muscle taking a dump!

[BeastieRunner]

I'm well aware of that Dominion poster.

Not only is New Japan bringing back a failed gimmick but making him a nazi on top of that? Who in bullet club is going to want to associate with that?

Romero and others are back working in the US for US companies.

Nobody is there to tell Bushiroad that they're doing something the West won't like.

The amount of people that run around with Gold Ball kanji and Rising Sun imagery in the states is just as bad as the Nazi imagery.

That being said, Bushiroad has been making hilariously tone-deaf decisions lately.

[Malvolio]

He was making wrestlers train naked....

So he was emulating the way they did it in ancient Greece?

[DABellWrites]

Nazi imagery is not as taboo as it is the West as it is the East.

You can go to stores in China and buy SS hats. There was an ad campaign not long ago in the Philippines where the model was in a Nazi uniform. There are Nazi-themed bars all over Korea.

Have you not seen the NJPW Dominion poster from a few years ago?

With NJPW expanding into America, that Nazi imagery is not going to fly.

[choptop]

Nazi imagery is not as taboo as it is the West as it is the East.

You can go to stores in China and buy SS hats. There was an ad campaign not long ago in the Philippines where the model was in a Nazi uniform. There are Nazi-themed bars all over Korea.

Have you not seen the NJPW Dominion poster from a few years ago?

And also in kids tv shows!
https://youtu.be/TkMllPpVt1E?si=1epR4TQoBtJ_X2YT

[BeastieRunner]

With NJPW expanding into America, that Nazi imagery is not going to fly.

I'm not defending it, just explaining their ambivalent nature towards the imagery.

Nazis and Hitler are less ultimate evil in Japan and more cartoonish losers. Think Confederacy here. Most don't even know what the imagery is tied to in Japan, kind of like the Stars and Bars here.

They need a new Rocky Romero in the office since he left for AEW.

Somebody to go, "Ace ... That's not a good idea and here's why ..."

And also in kids tv shows!
https://youtu.be/TkMllPpVt1E?si=1epR4TQoBtJ_X2YT

Link won't work for me. Is that Kamen Rider? I know they throw the salute around like no big deal.

DBZ had a whole Nazi story arc, too.