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On 4/25/2018 at 11:15 PM, Goalie said:
Meh. I dont see much backlash. I see a few ppl on twitter going on but they go on about everything.. While i think its brutal that women cant wrestle there... Its a different country a different culture.. For far 2 long.. North Americans have been pretending we know it all and our way of life is the only way. Well, hate to say it.. But... We are wrong.
Im not saying Saudi Arabia is right.. Im just saying that just because they are different and have different rules... Doesn't mean they are wrong either.
Who am i to tell others how to live their lives? Especially in a country Ive never been 2.. Closest I've been? Last summer me and my girl.. We went to Dubai..
Fun place... Crazy adult water park and yeah its different but... It is what it is.. Its strange seeing things you dont normally or ever see in North America and yeah... Its odd but it is what it is. WWE is entertainment tho... Not sure why ppl want to hold them to a higher standard than the US government or Hollywood who has filmed movies there.
You say it's okay not allowing women to wrestle & they may not be wrong???? Basic human rights & suffering be damned for the almighty dollar. Gotta answer to the shareholders. Now there's corporate & business ethics for you.
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Just now, Goalie said:
I would too. Lots of $$$ there
No amount of money is worth it if the WWE brand is irreparably damaged.
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7 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
WWE getting some backlash this week over the trip to saudi. Women are not allowed to appear on the show. The backlash is partially about doing business with people that won’t allow women but moreso because wwe champions itself as a forward thinking company on women’s rights and equality.
Some tslk that Jews are not allowed as well but last word wasn’t a Heyman will be there.
The Saudi government bought the show and are using it for propaganda. They restricted single men to areas far from the ring. Of course single women aren’t allowed at all. But most of the seats are reserved for couples and families so they can show women (just not alone).
Its very lucrative for wwe but it’s gross money. I saw a journalist suggest wwe (or the top guys benefitting from this show) pay the women what they’d earn if they were allowed to appear. Do something at least.
I was wondering about this show... They should be criticized. They didn't have to sell the show to the Saudis but they did for $$$.
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11 hours ago, Atomic said:
I like the Bludgeon bros! I was never a Rowan fan but I think he's better now than he used to be.
B-O-R-I-N-G. Their characters are nothing. Rowan can barely wrestle. And 2 years ago he was getting his ass kicked in the ring by everyone after he left the Wyatt Family.
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Bludgeon Brothers, ugh. Two losers getting a push. Luke Harper could do well on his own. Rowan is just bad. Harper is the one who makes Rowan look good.
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The Jets will be well rested.
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Captain Obvious with a prediction. If the Jets score more goals than the Preds every game they'll win the series.
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1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said:
http://winnipegsun.com/opinion/columnists/blue-bombers-post-profit-but-stadium-will-never-be-repaid
I disagree with this guy's assessment that this was a bad deal. The BC Lions got a $500 million upgrade to their facility and didn't have to pay a dime. The fact that the Bombers are paying anything back is a win for taxpayers in my view, even if it was the NDP who did this deal. One of the few deals I've seen them do that actually made some sense. But the Manitoba NDP aren't really comparable to the disastrous NDP gang we have out here in BC.
Send a pipeline to Churchill.
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17 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:
As the pursuer or pursuee?
You fled from the cops? I take "been there" to mean just that.
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10 hours ago, Floyd said:
Not going to lie... I read all of your posts in 'The Champ's' voice...
Who?
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On 4/19/2018 at 8:24 AM, Blueandgold said:
Yeah, the cops do occasionally get it right. Even a blind man can throw a touchdown pass if they throw the ball enough.
That would be very hard to do.
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7 hours ago, Floyd said:
Um don’t tell me whether I saw hawerchuk play or not... I was a massive fun thru those days and went to tons of games
ducky was a great player and yes he could lift that team on his back... but he was ‘soft’ in terms of corners and giving up the puck midice
maybe it was macouns fault
You want to argue about a player in a series over 30 years ago saying he was soft? Just enjoy the team we have now & what they are trying to accomplish.
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Just now, Floyd said:
He never went in the corners...
Hawerchuk carried the Jets on his back a lot of times. Especially in 81-82 when there wasn't much talent. You never saw him play & I did. I don't agree.
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1 hour ago, Floyd said:
I had really convinced myself otherwise... until I actually watched the game again
Hawerchuk was never soft. I had Jets season tickets & watched him play many games. He could be lazy at times when he was a younger player if things didn't go his way he matured as he got older & more experienced but he was never soft.
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On 4/10/2018 at 9:28 PM, Floyd said:
Replaying on Sportsnet right now...
Anderson was such a scumbag... kneeing Essensa in the fkn face
Refs let Oilers get away with everything
Took some courage to stand in front of the goalie back then - Dmen laid the wood on pretty heavy...
If anyone thought Scheif was 'soft' a couple years ago... they should watch Hawerchuk ha
Beauregaurd... NNNNNOOOO!!!!!
Murdoch.... NNNOOOOOO!!!!
Its like reliving a nightmare
Hawerchuk soft? What?
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15 hours ago, 17to85 said:
Oh way up north eh... You want to talk deep south try Cranston, or as I refer to it, North Okotoks.
Ha, you're in Parkland, right? Just a stone's throw away from me. Across Canyon Meadows Drive from Bonavista. Do you still live there? I was in Winnipeg 3 weeks ago. My son came to check on our house & there was a Bobcat standing in our front yard. He took a picture of it from the safety of his car.
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23 minutes ago, jazzsax said:
Not sure I agree Speed, but then again I live in the deep south of the city where we love our beer, love our guns, love our sports, and and don't give a **** about Nenshi and the asshats at city hall.
All the complainers must live north of Glenmore and south of 32nd. LOL
I live in the Deep South (as we call it here) in Lake Bonavista.
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9 hours ago, tracker said:
If its any comfort, the winter here hasn't been ideal either and spring is about 3 weeks late. Did you know that in Calgary, there is only one month in which there has never been snow? Its July.
Watch, this year...
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2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
Thanks Joe!
That was 30 years ago. Different team. We could never match up with the Oilers of the 80's. Now, teams have to match up with us.
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1 hour ago, tracker said:
You have our sympathies about the Calgary part.
The weather here always drives me nuts. Snow in August. Golfing in February. Plus 15 in January & minus 15 in April. This year is the worst winter I have ever experienced.
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On 4/16/2018 at 9:42 AM, The Unknown Poster said:
Yeah Im sure WWE has tons of backstage video that could have shown how hurt and pained Andre was. Perhaps HBO chose to go more general to make it more accessible to the public. But I think you're right, the struggle aspect was most interesting. WWE did a lot to protect the myth of Andre has a tough guy though. Im sure most people here could have taken him by the late 80s. Its a shame he got bad medical advice as far as not getting help for his acromegley.
Big Show did. That guy in NXT who's name escapes me right now, just had surgery for the same thing.
I think Big Show would be dead by now had he not have had surgery. He's a lucky man that he was diagnosed & was taken care of.
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6 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
He was NXT Champion. He was actually really good when he was in WWE years ago as Vince's "Chosen One" but pushed too hard too fast. When he left WWE, he worked all over and became a lot better. His run in NXT was very good.
He has everything. He's gigantic, has a great look, is a good worker and decent promo. Way way better than Cass (which isnt a knock on Cass since he's not nearly as experienced as Drew). They might be going for a Shawn/Diesel dynamic with Ziggler and Drew.
But its interesting how WWE thinks. Of course, their unwavering desire to push Roman but in the main event of RAW, they presented Roode and Lashley like top guys and neither guy got a reaction from the crowd. Drew did though.
I was really thinking they should do Lashley/Brock. But man...next week, if they want to shake thing sup, have Drew interrupt and confront Brock. Crowd will go wild.
Yeah, those 2 got a small reaction that's for sure.
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On 4/16/2018 at 7:35 AM, The Unknown Poster said:
Good point...so as a casual fan, you have heard of Omega because people talk about him in a wrestling thread on a sports forum.
Absolutely. If it wasn't for you & others here I'd have never heard of Kenny Omega.
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On 4/16/2018 at 9:52 AM, Jimmy Pop said:
Geeeez move back to Winnipeg already.
My wife has a great job with the Tom Baker Cancer Centre here in Calgary. I also work here. One of my 2 sons was born here. The other one is married & they live here My other son is getting married this summer & will be living in Seattle. Short 12 hour drive to the Emerald City or a bit over an hour by air. My teams are the Jets & Bombers but our lives are in Calgary.
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When it comes to Human Rights abuses no one should turn a blind eye & say it's okay because that's their way of life. I'm also saying the WWE should have stayed away. How many little kids, girls & women are wrestling fans? I guess they don't mean much to Vince & the Board. People are dying in prisons in Saudi Arabia everyday. Women's rights are being trampled. Girls can't go to school. But that's okay with you??? I was at work. Didn't see it. Will not watch any replays.