flyonthewall2983 Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 Based on today you have to wonder if things will change in that relationship. WWE does business around the world, and being attached to him could bite back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Nash formed his own rogue collective bargaining group to ensure that he and his friends got paid what they thought they deserved. It doesn't surprise me that he's a pretty staunch Democrat. IIRC, Nash also gamed workers comp at a Ford plant before getting into wrestling Add another name to the list... Corey Maclin ran for Shelby County Clerk as a Democrat and lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostNinjaLike Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 AJ Styles just liked an anti-muslim tweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 What did the tweet say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostNinjaLike Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 "Once again. They are not "African migrants". They're MUSLIM INVADERS." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 A hero for our time: The Progressive Liberal Daniel Richards. http://deadspin.com/no-one-is-pissing-off-local-wrestling-crowds-like-the-1796437497 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 If Bryan Danielson's politics weren't obvious enough, he was interacting with Naomi Klein on Twitter this week about her new book. He also got a shout out on Chapo Trap House after they interviewed her and they asked him to go on the show. That would be incredible and I hope it's something he's allowed to do. Bryan, go on Chapo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I wouldnt say hes Layfeld like, but Brodus Clay as Tyrus is a regular (they tout his body guard past, but not wrestling) FNCs Greg Gutfield show. He seems to the left, but spouts some socially conservative value points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 For those of you worried that politics in America couldn't possibly get any stupider, I've got great news. http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/hulk-hogan-senate-run-florida-roger-stone/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 If Bryan Danielson's politics weren't obvious enough, he was interacting with Naomi Klein on Twitter this week about her new book. He also got a shout out on Chapo Trap House after they interviewed her and they asked him to go on the show. That would be incredible and I hope it's something he's allowed to do. Bryan, go on Chapo! I say put Bryan on the Patreon ep and Sami Zayn on the free show during WrestleMania week. Then do a live show in NOLA so I can go when I am down there. Chapomania is running wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 WWE PR's Twitter account just shared a Breitbart article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Yeah. Women's Revolution ! WWE is so ahead of the curve. Well, ok, forget it, you know it's bullshit from a family who's actively taking part in Donald fucking Trump's administration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Flip Gordon went on a mini rant on Twitter about how the government is not to be trusted (all in reply to someone asking if he thought the Earth was flat), which was kind of an odd take from someone who's active in the National Guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 Flip Gordon went on a mini rant on Twitter about how the government is not to be trusted (all in reply to someone asking if he thought the Earth was flat), which was kind of an odd take from someone who's active in the National Guard. There seems to be an odd phenomenon on some parts of the American right where 'government' is somehow distinct from its coercive institutions. So people somehow manage to simultaneously argue that 'Big Government' is bad but having a gigantic military budget beyond anyone else in the world is good and necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Flip Gordon went on a mini rant on Twitter about how the government is not to be trusted (all in reply to someone asking if he thought the Earth was flat), which was kind of an odd take from someone who's active in the National Guard. There seems to be an odd phenomenon on some parts of the American right where 'government' is somehow distinct from its coercive institutions. So people somehow manage to simultaneously argue that 'Big Government' is bad but having a gigantic military budget beyond anyone else in the world is good and necessary. For sure. Even more troubling has been the emergence over the past 13 months of the part of the nominal “left” (or hashtag resistance, rather) that, aside from offering no opposition to runaway military expansion and imperialism, loves to lick the boots of other sectors of the military/police apparatus like the FBI, the Woke CIA, and the NSA as part of a hope that a retired FBI director is going to save the world and take us back to the magical time before 11/8/16. A time when everything was terrific and that oddly had no bearing on what happened that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Flip Gordon went on a mini rant on Twitter about how the government is not to be trusted (all in reply to someone asking if he thought the Earth was flat), which was kind of an odd take from someone who's active in the National Guard. There seems to be an odd phenomenon on some parts of the American right where 'government' is somehow distinct from its coercive institutions. So people somehow manage to simultaneously argue that 'Big Government' is bad but having a gigantic military budget beyond anyone else in the world is good and necessary. For sure. Even more troubling has been the emergence over the past 13 months of the part of the nominal “left” (or hashtag resistance, rather) that, aside from offering no opposition to runaway military expansion and imperialism, loves to lick the boots of other sectors of the military/police apparatus like the FBI, the Woke CIA, and the NSA as part of a hope that a retired FBI director is going to save the world and take us back to the magical time before 11/8/16. A time when everything was terrific and that oddly had no bearing on what happened that day. The Resistance people are the worst. We have similar to that in U.K. with the anti-Brexit people. I voted to stay in the EU but there's a weird cadre of professional political types who base their entire politics around the EU, overturning the referendum and all sorts of nonsense, as if we lived in a perfect country prior to 23rd June 2016. As if the years before didn't lead up to the event itself. It's especially maddening when we finally have a party and leadership capable of transforming the country for real and they keep trying to sabotage it. I think the Woke CIA thing might just be the most egregious and historically ignorant thing I've ever seen though, to the point that it's genuinely disgusting. But I feel like I'm getting off topic now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 To be fair, hashtag resistance does make more sense when the person in charge tweets more than a 13 year old girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 To be fair, hashtag resistance does make more sense when the person in charge tweets more than a 13 year old girl. Yeah, it’s more of a criticism of this group of people that are more upset by mean tweets and flaunting of “norms” than things that actually matter or impact lives of people not involved in elite discourse on Twitter. Mostly it’s just the cluelessness and being out of touch. Putting “covfefe” or “very stable genius” in your username isn’t doing politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 This is sort of far afield from even wrestlers' political affiliations though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 This is sort of far afield from even wrestlers' political affiliations though? Yes. Sami Zayn won an award for his mobile clinic in Syria, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Randy Orton seems to think mass shootings in schools happen because God isn't allowed in. Yeah, Also it should be interesting if the rumors are true and Kid Rock goes in to the celebrity wing of the WWE HOF this year. They've taken such steps to avoid any mention of politics in the Trump era yet they may be enshrining a guy considering a run for office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Randy Orton seems to think mass shootings in schools happen because God isn't allowed in. Yeah, So, he's a Black Hole on every level. Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Also it should be interesting if the rumors are true and Kid Rock goes in to the celebrity wing of the WWE HOF this year. They've taken such steps to avoid any mention of politics in the Trump era yet they may be enshrining a guy considering a run for office. Old news, but he isn't running. He said as much on Howard Stern, that he never even considered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Well that's refreshing. He's still pretty outspoken politically, which is fine, but it's the exact thing WWE has been making a pointed effort to avoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 I imagine he'd probably just stick to talking about WWE, and not go off-script bar an occasional line or jab or something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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