WWEs poor taste surrounding current events *PPV SPOILER*

rovert

The Daily Mail vs WWE

Blonde WWE star slammed for using MH17 tragedy as tasteless storyline in grudge match between Russian and American wrestlers

Russian-themed characters incorporated the MH17 disaster into their act
'Lana' - played by actress C.J Perry - said Russia was not to blame
She spoke in a fake and hammy accent to voice support for Russian regime
Earlier she had dedicated the match to her 'hero' and 'idol' Vladimir Putin
U.S.-born actress also said Russian president 'makes fools' out of Americans

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2699766/Blonde-WWE-star-slammed-using-MH17-tragedy-tasteless-storyline-grudge-match-Russian-American-wrestlers.html

beakerjoe

rovert wrote: »

The Daily Mail vs WWE



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2699766/Blonde-WWE-star-slammed-using-MH17-tragedy-tasteless-storyline-grudge-match-Russian-American-wrestlers.html

Usual drivel from the Daily Fail, dumbed down paper for idiots! :cool:

savemejebus

It's not just the Daily Mail though, the Washington Post caught it too and there will probably be more.

Personally I think there is no real defence for WWE going ahead and referencing it, they could have just left it alone and Rusev's heat in Tampa would have been the same.

Agent Coulson

Vince will love the publicity!

When and if it get's to much all that will happen is the WWE will come out and say Lana (real name C.J. Perry) went off script! Press release

We wish C.J. Perry well in her future endeavours will follow after that.

Also if a wreslter goes on NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CCN News to defend or explain will mention at least 5 times per interview you can watch the WWE Network for only $9.99 a month.

Tinie

To be honest, it's very poor form by the wwe. I'm no fan of the daily mail, but I do agree on this instance with the general tone what they are saying.

Its the definition of lazy, cheap heat and its a tragedy on the scale of 9/11. And we all know how dubya e feel about that, they remind us virtually every year, not to mention the cringey "we have nullified bin laden" or whatever it was that cena said a while back.

If it had been an American plane shot down, or bad been full of Americans, they would have had weeks of mourning on raw and senile Vince out patrolling, tolling the bells.

But its not, so who cares according to wwe writers. Well take the piss out of it for some mid carder to get cheap heat, and even though it only happens a few days ago and some of the deceased haven't even been laid to rest properly yet.

As someone with a Dutch girlfriend, I really don't like that they referenced I so early at least and am glad I don't watched and support the WWE product for many months. She was definitely not impressed also when I showed her that article and I don't blame her.

WWE's a global product for the fans though right?...

Tinie

Tinie wrote: »

To be honest, it's very poor form by the wwe. I'm no fan of the daily mail, but I do agree on this instance with the general tone what they are saying.

Its the definition of lazy, cheap heat and its a tragedy on the scale of 9/11. And we all know how dubya e feel about that, they remind us virtually every year, not to mention the cringey "we have nullified bin laden" or whatever it was that cena said a while back.

If it had been an American plane shot down, or bad been full of Americans, they would have had weeks of mourning on raw and senile Vince out patrolling, tolling the bells.

But its not, so who cares according to wwe writers. Well take the piss out of it for some mid carder to get cheap heat, and even though it only happens a few days ago and some of the deceased haven't even been laid to rest properly yet.

As someone with a Dutch girlfriend, I really don't like that and am glad I don't watch and support the WWE product anymore. She was definitely not impressed also when I showed her that article and I don't blame her.

WWE's a global product for the fans though right?...

I was wondering where you were going with your post. :P

Diabhal Beag

They kinda danced around directly mentioning the crash with just broadly mentioning "current events". They knew what they were doing but context is always important, even if it means little here.

Propane Nightmare

Vince gonna vince

And if push comes to shove, id say she will get the sack, not the writer.

beakerjoe

The whole Angle has Vince all over it. Id say nothing will happen except Rusev being pushed harder

Moneymaker

Seeing how Vince was the main guy behind Slaughter's run as an 'Iraqui sympathiser' in 1991, it's pretty clear who's brilliant idea this was.

gimmick

Split for the news thread.

rovert

gimmick wrote: »

Split for the news thread.

You may need to add a spoilers tag to the thread title.

CSF

Swagger wins at Summerslam

Agent Coulson

Hulk Hogan red and yellow comes back to save the day!

gimmick

Not at all. It's all about the Lex Express to save this situation.

beakerjoe

gimmick wrote: »

Not at all. It's all about the Lex Express to save this situation.

Hello....Kurt Angle will be back shortly to solve this Rusev problem :pac:

rovert

rovert

WWE's troll-tastic statement:

"Last night's segment during WWE's Battleground event was in no way referring to the Malaysia Airlines tragedy. The storyline with characters Rusev and Lana has been a part of WWE programming for more than 3 months. WWE apologizes to anyone who misunderstood last night's segment and was offended."

rovert

Jon Steward did a segment about it:

grames_bond

there has GOT to be a video of that!

P_1

grames_bond wrote: »

there has GOT to be a video of that!

There is indeed, admittedly it is only a few minutes, pretty funny though.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/video-playlists/bmchnh/the-daily-show-19131-highlights/u1gh7p