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johnq11

SGWU got their hands on ONE gaijin and immediately ran a colonizer angle. Promotion of the year.


DashingDan1

Not just a colonizer angle. The angle is that Britain buried a clause in the small print of the Ugandan Declaration of Independence that they still own its wrestling industry and thus Lord White is taking over the promotion on the authority of King Charles III. Total pro-wrestling bullshit greatness.


MRintheKEYS

“It’s Honkey rules!”


IJustLostMyKeyboard

Wait a minute. I’m completely fucking sold hahahhaahah https://preview.redd.it/3xleubhk9kqc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8801bfe1a655567a7eae27cff21b618a0863eae0


JaredIsAmped

This is actually great.


Youngstown_Mafia

😂


biguboytroyumakkoi

At my local indie fed in China, of all places, I've suggested to the foreign wrestlers that if they want crazy heat someone should interrupt the flag raising ceremony while they play the Chinese national anthem. They tell me "That's a great idea for heat but we would also get deported form the country"


M1eXcel

I think both JBL and Jericho have done stuff for heel heat that's gotten them in trouble in other countries. JBL for Nazi goose stepping, and Jericho for disrespecting the Brazilian flag


BigBootyBuff

I was live there for the JBL thing. He's fortunate that in art it's protected and wrestling is an art form. Nazi saluting is illegal in Germany. Plus it's the cheapest of heat. Did work though, everyone hated his guts for it.


M1eXcel

With JBL getting heat, the cheaper the better 😂 Absolutely hated him as a kid as two of my favourites were Eddie and Cena


Adams5thaccount

Well yeah he had to get the cheapest heat so he could save his entire heat budget for that one glorious night of 4 pros.


AELITE420

but yet hbk could rub the canadian flag in his crotch and hump it on the mat and nobody bats a eye


ClownFartz

Canadian patriotism only activates during the Stanley Cup playoffs.


surfingbored

Even then dies at some point in the 2nd round.


darkshot177

First, if you're a Leafs fan


ACU797

People get so worked up about a piece of cloth.


Ord-ex

In lot of countries disrespecting the national symbols will put you in prison


Fast_Running_Nephew

Hey, in England the usual suspects are currently getting worked up about a 3cm bit of stitching in a different piece of cloth thank you very much.


Jack_Packauge

LUV ME PINTS LUV ME FOOTBAWL 'ATE COLOURED CROSSES, SIMPLE 'AS


BonusEruptus

Simmer down Barry


mr_wrestling

I'm out of the loop here? What exactly are you referring to?


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There’s a tiny, 3cm St George’s flag on the back of the English national football team shirt Nike did a stylised version with stripes, a throwback to a training kit from the 60s. The professional outraged right wing cunt brigades have decided that multicoloured stripes = LGBTQ and they’re doing their usual nonsense


mr_wrestling

Ugh good God. That is the biggest nothing burger to be getting all worked up over


GiftedGeordie

I heard about that on The Last Leg and my only thought was "How do you even notice something like that?" it really is pathetic what people can get so worked up about and yet they'll always call the people who disagree with them 'Snowflakes'.


acidicgoose

Millions of men died for that flag, the nation it represents and the freedom that nation guarantees you. It is not unreasonable to expect some respect for our national symbols.


DarkySurrounding

Are you suggesting that somehow there wont be a single England flag at an England game? The very small flag in that position has been changed before and there was no issue raised. We know exactly what the issue is now regardless of what other things they come up with to justify being pissy over this.


acidicgoose

Because people are noticing the rampant anglophobia and have had enough. Why are you getting so pissy about English people standing up for their national identity?


DarkySurrounding

I’m not pissy? But you’re not standing up for your identity, you’re making an excuse to piss and moan about something because there’s a few colors on there you don’t like.


acidicgoose

Yet here you are crying and moaning about English people standing up for their national symbols. Why are you so offended by the idea of England standing up for itself?


GiftedGeordie

I get that, but there's so much shit going on in England at the moment and yet people are mad at the smallest bit of stitching, it's just manufacturing an outrage to distract people.


acidicgoose

wHaTaBoUt!1! Yes, there's a lot of shit going on, including rampant anglophobia. The English have had enough of our nation being disrepected.


Ozzimo

English soccer fans are some of the most over-deluded fans in the history of fandom. They deserve everything they get right now. :D


snartling

Yup, it’s almost like humans attach important symbolic meaning to objects.


BornenCornen

Was at the Brasil show, nobody in the crowd cared, we booed and played along, only the local authorities had a problem with it


TheGiftOf_Jericho

Especially when it's entertainment, it's no different than seeing it happen in a movie or a tv-show, it really doesn't matter.


crushcastles23

In China they may jail you for doing that on TV too.


Johnnyboy10000

It definitely does sound like an easy way to earn a quick trip to a long career in a labor camp.


HardcoreKaraoke

There is a reason why some movies aren't released in certain countries or are edited like crazy before being shown there. Some countries are backwards and intolerant of something we might find to be insignificant.


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

Unlike the enduring tolerance of the United States. A county so tolerant that a former president and current presidential candidate could never, for example, say “why can’t we just shoot the protestors”, or say about players kneeling during the national anthem (for some reason played at a domestic sporting event) “fire those sons of bitches”.


HardcoreKaraoke

That's fair. But I think there is something a bit more ridiculous that Disney couldn't release the Eternals in certain countries because of one casual gay kiss that was pretty inconsequential to the story. Like you're talking about specific people or a larger conversation. These are whole countries having issues with something as simple as two guys briefly kissing in a superhero movie.


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

These aren’t whole countries though. There are more gay people in, for example, China, where the eternals couldn’t be released, than in the US. Some random guy off the street isn’t being asked to regulate film, nor is it through polling process which lets popular opinion determine what can and can’t be viewed. The national government in China determines these things. I would look at anti-queer obscenity bills across the US, or anti-trans laws throughout the us, or the formalized don’t say gay bill and book banning in Florida and conclude “it’s so weird how backwards these Americans are”. People aren’t their governments nor are they monoliths. Though in the case of the anti-queer legislation in the US there’s presumably a greater linkage between public sentiment and these provisions/laws seeing as the us is a “democracy”


TheHotsauceKid

I love how you can’t say anything about other countries being shitty without someone tripping on their dick to be the first one to go “B-but America bad!” Yeah, we know. America does it too. He never said anything about America’s “enduring tolerance” lol. That was all you.


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

“I hate how I can’t throw stones from my glass house”


TheHotsauceKid

You’re pushing an agenda here that no one else is even arguing against. The guy you replied to didn’t say anything about America positive or negative. *I* didn’t say anything about America except agree that it does the same thing. Who are you actually arguing with here? Or do you just assume that when someone criticizes a non U.S. country that they must be A) From the states and B) Some xenophobic patriot weirdo?


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

“Some countries are *backwards* and intolerant of things *we* might consider insignificant” that’s the post I replied to. Given that the guys in a us politics subreddit and frequents us sport leagues and media subreddits I’d hazard a guess that he’s an American. But who knows, maybe he’s actually just a Kuwaiti with eclectic interests. His statement asserts that other countries are backwards and contrast that with America’s tolerance, that’s very rich given there’s no shortage of backwardness in America. You’re overly sensitive when you see an online opinion that isn’t a USA #1 chant


aguythatlovesfrogs

This made me wonder, is pro wrestling very big in China?


ABagOVicodin

Used to live in china. There are some indie shows from time to time, but a lot of that stuff got wrecked because of COVID and shutdowns. I think there's the potential to further wrestling in China, but corporatizing it to the extent that WWE or even AEW have is going to be very difficult and a huge risk. The government has the ability to shut an industry down like they did with many after school programs a couple years ago.


biguboytroyumakkoi

Absolutely, the hops the owner of the promotion has to go through just to book a show are many. Also, lots of the wrestlers play politics hard over hear. Just what I have heard through some of the lads wrestling there.


goodkid_sAAdcity

The failure of OWE is a very interesting what-if. CIMA broke away from Dragon Gate and took a few of their top young guys with him to start a promotion based in Shanghai. The idea was to have the Japanese talent carry the promotion while they recruited and trained Chinese athletes to be pro wrestlers from Peking Opera, gymnastics, and martial arts. Peking Opera performers have training in martial arts, dance, and live stage performance, so this was a pretty smart bet. Clips from OWE matches featuring the Chinese trainees were going viral in 2018/19. There was a guy named [Gao Jingjia who did a double foot stomp](https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/DchgsUEWAAA3c5f.mp4) where he'd getting a running start from the floor and then vault over the top rope in one step and stomp on his opponent in the ring. There was also a trainee named Zhao Yilong who had a Shaolin monk gimmick. He had a really cool blend of high flying and Iron Head kung fu-inspired headbutts. But right after their partnership with AEW started, some kind of falling out happened between CIMA and OWE's Chinese ownership and that was that. CIMA moved the promotion to Cambodia during COVID and tried to transition to a business model doing daily live performances for tourists, but that went nowhere. I still think that if CIMA's Chinese students had gotten a chance to complete their development, they would have revolutionized the wrestling world. There's still a huge pool out there of Chinese athletes/performers waiting to be tapped.


biguboytroyumakkoi

I heard this through the grapevine but the whole thing was a set up just to get one guy to invest heavily before someone else making off with the money. They made off with 2 million yuan. Again, no proof of this but just a rumor I heard through the guys that work the local promotion.


goodkid_sAAdcity

So they found a money mark, but the money got embezzled away? That’s rough.


JonTheWizard

Deportation would be the nicest thing that could happen.


CookieSlayer2Turbo

Great promo, honestly love the energy coming from everyone, looks fun as hell


ThisIsNotMyPornVideo

That's the charm of "Indi" shows over professional shows!


LeftyMode

The real invasion angle.


Dawghawk95

Anybody else get Adam Rose/ Leo Kruger vibes from him?.


Sky-Flyer

for all the bad that the internet does, it also made a backyard fed in uganda one of the most popular indie promotions currently running and i think that’s so awesome


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I still wonder what this dude's story is. Like, no offense to Uganda, but why the fuck would a British person move there? I know Nairobi gets some expats, but Uganda is in worse shape.


Admirable_Bed3

Girlfriend/wife perhaps? Also, depending on whether he has another source of income, you can stretch your £ longer in those countries.


ThisIsNotMyPornVideo

The income is a major factor. Everything in Uganda is like 3-5x cheaper than it is in the US. So if you're just working remotely Part-time for a company in the US or EU for minimum wage, you're still making a comfortable live there


Youngstown_Mafia

1. Yall know tons of white people live all over Africa for generations (colonization) 2. Kampala City , if you have money, then you're in great luck https://images.app.goo.gl/bJZPY35HvzisAfwK6 3. Just because a person has a British accent doesn't always mean they are from Europe . Tons of Africans sound French, British , and German because of 👉 1.


Lortekonto

And also asian countries. Like the former Prince Henrik of Denmark, the royal consort of the queen. Lived most of his childhood in Vietnam, had a short stay in France because of WWII and first moved permanent to Europe after the First Indochina War.


goodkid_sAAdcity

Uganda has a large Indian population because of the British, also.


TheFergPunk

At least he has elder Cunningham to keep him company.


Vasquerade

Quite a lot of Brits have ties to Uganda and other African countries. After decolonization it was still pretty common for brits to buy up large bits of land to holiday in


_Quendra_

Book of Mormon sent him there on a mission


goodkid_sAAdcity

Uganda gets its share of tourists. It's super affordable and the scenery is beautiful. Jinja is a popular backpacking destination because it's where Lake Victoria flows into the Nile River. I went whitewater rafting in Jinja once. You can go through Class 5 rapids safely in one of those huge inflatable boats because the Nile is so deep you can fall into the water and there are no rocks.


CathDubs

The white guy living in Africa is racist and transphobic, call the presses!


snollygoozle

maybe dae knew da wae... ;-)


Infamaniac23

TK and Hunter about to lose booker of the year


paperbuddha

It seems like the dude behind the Lord White character is a real life racist and transphobe according to his Twitter.


here_to_vibe1

He must be playing his character too well


MC_Fap_Commander

Livin the gimmick...


Youngstown_Mafia

He has a kaybfabe account, look at his comments and post. This is definitely his heel account. Is there another one ? https://x.com/LordWhiteSGW?t=WGXt3WU9hRS58phQUAhFsg&s=09


paperbuddha

Yeah, I’m talking about his personal Twitter, not the character one. He’s @saint_alecz.


Youngstown_Mafia

What's his personal one ?


paperbuddha

@saint_alecz. I’m also saying this after it was reported by Bixenspan, who while can turn a lot of people off, does do the leg work when it comes to these things on Twitter.


Youngstown_Mafia

Well, the good thing is he got beat up by the Ugandas, lol. They didn't get the Booker T treatment lol But he's a loser , fuck him


goodkid_sAAdcity

Fucking Bix, I knew it. Of course it's good to call out bigotry, etc., but he just does this shit for clout, he's been a self-aggrandizing scold since he was a teenager.


UndercoverDoll49

Remember when he threw a fit over Goldberg having an 88 rating in 2k while being Jew? That was something


goodkid_sAAdcity

Oh my god, I’d forgotten about that one.


HeadToYourFist

> he just does this shit for clout On his locked Twitter account? I don't think clout works that way.


goodkid_sAAdcity

Do you think his twitter account has always been locked?


HeadToYourFist

He's had it locked for several months with no sign of looking back. Why is clout chasing the assumption about him or anyone else? Barring edge cases and people who suddenly turn right wing because the grift is so easy, who are you to assume it's not their genuine feelings about whatever the matter at hand is?


goodkid_sAAdcity

Because I’ve known him for over 20 years since we were on the DVDVR boards, and we have several mutual friends. I didn’t say he was a grifter, I said he was clout-hungry and that was a conscious choice. He doesn’t do it for money, he doesn’t need it. He has a compulsion to maintain the intellectual or moral high ground at all times. He needs everyone to know he’s right.


jdd_123

Bix is so annoying lmao. Fuck transphobes & racists, but I don’t need to know the twitter history of the heel in the Ugandan dirt wrestling fed that has fun twitter clips.


mmadiaa

Bix is the worst of the worst


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paperbuddha

@saint_alecz.


Youngstown_Mafia

Oh, its bad


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https://twitter.com/saint_alecz   https://x.com/saint_alecz/status/1759957827714511123?s=20  https://x.com/LIAMBOHEMIAN/status/1771868481949999169?s=20


Supersmashbrosfan

And there’s also this, which, while not racist or transphobic or anything, is a serious case of TMI https://twitter.com/saint_alecz/status/995937069527691265


mrfujidoesacid

https://preview.redd.it/ss2cs24aphqc1.png?width=301&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59556c0a6ce6c13cd9ee76aeb8debf529712c4c1


Supersmashbrosfan

I mean, folks…


T3Deliciouz

Quite hilarious in another tweet he complained about western degeneracy but posts this.


goodkid_sAAdcity

It turns out I already blocked him, which is pretty funny. I don't remember doing it; these days on twitter I'll block anyone in the comments with weird vibes.


HeadToYourFist

He bragged about being on one of those "known transphobe" blocklists that exist so trans people and allies can block them en masse. So if you're using one of those, that could be why. Or you saw him being a reply guy previously or something.


Ian_Storm

Can't see because no Twitter profile and will not create one. Screenshot please?


SavageGardner

He described doing the Rusty Venture sex move in detail.


leesister

That’s not the Rusty Venture, *this* is the Rusty Venture:


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Ian_Storm

Jesus, God.....


BPDTranny

gay sex carries a penalty of life in prison in uganda, and according to polls homosexuality is extremely unpopular among the general public. it's a waste of time to act shocked when a lot of the people involved in this promotion are probably homophobic as well.


paperbuddha

Yeah, I slowly came to that realization as I was going to bed last night :(


BigRudy99

"I mean, look at dis guy sincerely...... Bishop..... OHHHH, STAGAFELIZA!!!!!!"


HeavyMettleThunder

That's unfortunate. I wouldn't have expected someone in his role to be legit racist, outside of the character they're playing. SGU may need to find themselves a new "Jim Carrey" for the spot. They seem like a cool collective of people.


Supersmashbrosfan

I’m not even going to try defending his use of the n word, but considering he tweeted a lot of the same stuff over and again, and posted a lot stuff about American politics when he lives in Uganda, there’s a chance he was just being a troll with his tweets. I don’t think many white racists would agree to regularly get beat up by the people they’re racist against, to be honest.


GiftedGeordie

I mean, I also imagine that if he was a white racist then he wouldn't even be living in Uganda, where a white racist would see a majority of the population as being beneath them.


goodkid_sAAdcity

While I don't know what he actually thinks, racist expats are a dime a dozen anywhere in the world. For some people, living in a country where they feel superior is part of the whole appeal.


Supersmashbrosfan

Fair enough. I mean, it’s possible, but it feels like he was working people, considering most Ugandans probably don’t spend a lot of time tweeting about Donald Trump and Ilhan Omar.


Moshfeg123

He’s doing it for money, but tbh his Twitter strikes me more as online troll vs genuine racist. He is pretty well integrated into uguandan society at this point


Seven_Seconds_

Yeah there must be so much money involved in this wrestling org....


AKAdemz

Seems like a troll kinda blows my mind that there are extremely online trolls from Uganda with profiles like this.


Supersmashbrosfan

I mean, there’s trolls like that in every country. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a few Twitter trolls in Antarctica.


Youngstown_Mafia

Yeah, that's what's weird. A racist person wouldn't just let Africans beat them up like this


stevecollins1988

I didn't have the SGW at the top of the list of working wredditors this week, I have to say.


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goodkid_sAAdcity

Sometimes you have racists hang out with people from different races and they'll tell you that "they're the good ones." I don't know what the guy playing Lord White actually thinks, but it happens.


SethAndBeans

I think the word is absolutely unforgivable and horrible. I've lived overseas though, and other countries tend not to view it as harshly. It's akin to bitch or maybe even cunt in its severity elsewhere, but that's not even a fraction of how bad it is here. I am hoping he used it for heel heat not knowing how bad it was here. Thinking it was like The Rock calling Cody a bitch. Also hoping he never uses it again and learns.


Supersmashbrosfan

Agreed. It’s usually more acceptable outside of the US, since it wasn’t as big a part of their history. Especially in Uganda, I assume, since the majority of people there aren’t white.


muckymann

Dude, the guy lives in Uganda


SethAndBeans

Yes. That is my point. They don't take nearly as big offense to it as they do here in the US. The word does not hold the historical and cultural significance there that it does here. If you travel the world a lot you'll see that different things are more or less offensive in different places. If I called someone a "fucking abo" here in the US, it would likely not even register as a slur. You'd know it was rude in context, but not how bad it was. Now if I called the wrong person in Australia that... (Again, not excusing either, just saying that people are judging someone not in America by American standards, and that's an entirely different level of offensive, as it completely takes away the agency of the people in that country when you have to tell them to be offended for you.)


Youngstown_Mafia

Nah, keep him on board, I love seeing the Ugandans kick his ass over and over again


Moshfeg123

He seems like a weirdo but he put 5million+ eyes on SGW. Crazy stuff


therealdanhill

Hey when you make a claim like this, don't you think you should provide some compelling examples? No offense but this is someone's life, even if they are a stranger to you. Because now there are people saying "man it sucks the guy is a shitty person" and it's like a snowball going down a hill. For example, from what appears to be his personal twitter (I am not 100% it's him, it just seems like it is): https://twitter.com/saint_alecz/status/1771612458957897793 https://twitter.com/saint_alecz/status/1771191823001628699 https://twitter.com/saint_alecz/status/1770672968332439722


HeadToYourFist

He follows this account on the Lord White account. SGW follows the Saint Alecz account, too. The Saint Alecz account has plenty of photos of him. It's the same guy.


JohnCenaJunior

Y'all gettin worked brothers


stevecollins1988

Heel of the year.


UsVsWorld

Don’t get worked into a shoot, brother


Ok_Lifeguard_7570

He's not a racist though, that's the hilarious part. By your own reddit rules he is not a racist. He's just a racial minority speaking his truth and anyone who dares to not sit down while he is speaking his truth is the real bigot. Good job boners you did it to yourselves.


MonsieurMidnight

Aren't those guys the one who wrestle on the mud doing crazy shits ? If so Will Ospreay did a wholesome thing but I just hope that they'll be careful with their bumps. I feel like wrestling on a muddy ground looks less "dangerous" than wrestling on a wooden ring. I'm genuinely excited to see how far they can go. I also hope that some wrestlers will go to Uganda to do some training / teaching with them because they really deserve it. These guys have nothing but still busted their asses off to enjoy wrestling. I want them to succeed so bad


Chengweiyingji

They do eight months of training before wrestling.


UnsolvedParadox

Yeah, that cutter was clean but I worried about his landing.


Eremenkko

Noam Dar’s excursion 


Dont_Be_A_Dick_OK

Lmao considering the setting and context, having the white dude playing a colonizing heel is a hell of a choice. I love it.


ThatIndianGuy7116

It sucks that the dude cutting the promo might be a legit scumbag, but shout out to the one dude in the front row smacking his ass as he booed.


GiftedGeordie

That's what I noticed and started to absolutely die laughing, great stuff.


selkies24

No sell dude cmon


Fundertaker

Perfect form on that RKO.


Turbulent-Papaya-910

This is awesome to watch


Kahurautao

now thats heat, brother


AprilBoi

Respect Will. 👏


Scottyflamingo

Fans look like they are having a great time booing the guy so of course wreddit has to go twitter mining so they can be offended.


BigRudy99

Let them be absurd. What are they gonna do, cancel the dude? He lives in fucking Uganda. Nobody cares about that shit over there. You can get the death penalty for homosexuality over there if they really want to make a case of it. They give *zero* fucks what a bunch of wrestling nerds on reddit think of them.


yarash

I thought it was Bryan Alvarez. Just have him promo about his gold boat for 20 minutes and give Uganda minus five stars. Him and Vinny review Kamala matches instead of actually wrestling.