GeekFTW

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

Eddie. This man is a goddamned treasure.

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

That ending feels like DO is gonna start ramping up and expanding again and I'm all in (heh). I love my spoopy boys but I need DO to be an actual credible faction again and I need it yesterday.

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

I've been on the internet since '98, I've had worse in mine so here ya go rofl (mind the wikipedia notations, I wanna inform but I'm also lazy):

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Russian: Протоколы сионских мудрецов), or The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion (Протоколы собраний ученых сионских мудрецов), is a fabricated text purporting to detail a Jewish plot for global domination. Largely plagiarized from several earlier sources, it was first published in Imperial Russia in 1903, translated into multiple languages, and disseminated internationally in the early part of the 20th century. It played a key part in popularizing belief in an international Jewish conspiracy.

Beginning in 1933, distillations of the work were assigned by some German teachers, as if they were factual, to be read by German schoolchildren throughout Nazi Germany,[1] although the text had been exposed as fraudulent by the British newspaper The Times in 1921 and by the German newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung in 1924. Today, it remains widely available in numerous languages, in print and on the Internet, and continues to be presented by antisemitic groups as a genuine document. It has been described as "probably the most influential work of antisemitism ever written" since it emerged from Russia shortly before World War I.[2]

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

Not a clue lol

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

Very much so.

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

I wanted to keep a semi-open mind about this

Same, but as the old adage goes 'my days of not taking WWE seriously have certainly come to a middle.'

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

Doubly so after their client already not getting the full amount of the previous one.

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

Yeah this whole situation is messed up, and language barriers def don't help when it comes to translating. Alvarez's implication that there's more behind this is what I'm waiting for. Its been rumoured Rossy hasn't been happy for awhile cause of BR overstepping when it comes to booking for the last year or two.

I just hope the wrestlers all end up ok one way or another. Bringing in zero-experience suits to book the shows does not give me high hopes either..

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

Are Stardom fans ok?

As a Stardom fan I can assure you I most certainly am not ok.

This news doesn't help that either rofl.

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

Stardom President Okada says several Wrestlers have expressed their intention to leave STARDOM after Rossy Ogawa got fired (mind any translation errors), it was done with deepl and is shit but you should get the idea ('pimped out' = poached, etc etc).

Taro Okada, 36, president of women's professional wrestling company Stardom, gave an interview on 5 February, explaining how the contract with Rossy Ogawa (66), who served as executive producer, was terminated.

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　On 5 February, the organisation announced that it had terminated the contract with Mr Ogawa on 4 February because it had "become aware that there had been an attempt to lure away many of Stardom's athletes and staff".

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　President Okada said: 'Around December, we began to hear information that Mr Ogawa-san was pulling out. We had always verbally told him, 'If he is doing that kind of thing (pulling out), please stop' and 'We want to continue working together', but we have confirmed that he has continued to do so since then, so we have taken this step".

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　Mr Ogawa had long expressed his desire to leave the company, and despite repeated attempts to persuade him, he was adamant about his decision. Initially, the team responded on the assumption that he would leave the team by around March. Subsequently, a number of players made enquiries and asked for advice regarding Mr Ogawa's departure.

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　At the Takadanobaba tournament on 21 January, Mr Ogawa explained to players, staff and employees that he would be leaving in March. However, Mr Ogawa's continued attempts to recruit him afterwards led the company to consider the seriousness of the situation and make a decision.

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　President Okada said, "We are aware that many of the players (who have been pimped out) are title holders and other popular players," and added, "If those players leave, Stardom will not be able to continue its entertainment activities, and in the worst case, we may have to shut down the company. After internal consideration, we informed them that we would immediately terminate the contract.

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　It is said in the industry that Ogawa may start a new organisation, but President Okada said, "Regardless of whether or not he starts a new organisation himself, we are aware that his solicitation to quit Stardom and work for another company while his contract with the company was still in force was a serious breach of contract as an act of extraction. We are aware that this is a serious breach of contract."　

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　As to whether there are any players who will follow Mr Ogawa, he stated, "I have been consulted by several players who have expressed their intention to leave the company or said, 'I am wondering whether I should leave'".

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　For the time being, Mr Okada will take on the role of producer alongside his role as president. Regarding future prospects, he said, "Within our group, we have people who understand and have experience in the wrestling industry, so with their guidance and cooperation, we will build a solid organisation and re-establish our company structure. We believe that revitalising the regional tournaments will lead to an increase in the turnout for the big matches in the big cities, so we will formulate a strategy from now on", he said.

Source: https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/291314?page=1

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

Rossy. Will we ever get the full story from him? As in, is he the type to talk later or keep things to himself?

We got an interview just a little while ago with Tokyo Sports (https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/291313), but tl;dr: It's true, he's been disillusioned with Stardom since selling, doesn't like Bushiroad interfering, quote "New organization? That's right. I want to do what I can't do here again. There are a lot of things I can't do here. Because it's a large company, it can't do everything" So it seems yes, he was 100% leaving to start a new company and had basically said to the effect of 'I'm leaving, making a new company, if I see any of you down the road in a couple months I'll give you a job probably'! and BR decided 'lol fuck you we need our wrestlers.

Reporters. They reported on speculation about Kairi going back to WWE and they’ve talked about Giulia now, but for a long time it didn’t seem like they heard much info from Stardom. I wonder who they’re talking to. (Fat chance of ever knowing all the details there, I know).

$10 says Sonny.

As for the mess...well we'll find out by the end of March I guess!

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

A late contender https://imgur.com/a/KhJVI96

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

I'd have to assume whatever he said was...well probably goddamned dumb lol.

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

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GeekFTW, 3 months ago

You may have lmao, it's hard to keep track of memes between here, Reddit, /pw/ and my...*checks* 4,175 meme deep meme folder lol

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

When I said I was prepared I wasn't kidding lol.

GeekFTW, 3 months ago

*motions to everything around us*

...and it's only the 5th of February.

..fuck..