Current Events > After learning WWE matches are rigged, many sponsers pull out

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Bad_Mojo
02/02/20 5:31:04 AM
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The stock price of World Wrestling Entertainment suffered a bodysmash of its own this week after leaked documents revealed to shareholders that the outcomes of some of the companys bouts may be pre-determined.Company stock choke-dropped by more than 20 percent on Friday after allegations surfaced that not all WWE matches are authentic contests of grappling prowess some may be scripted spectacles in which the competitors are actually cooperating to create the illusion of combat!
Its no wonder that some shareholders are tapping out, given that WWEs reputation as a respectable sporting organization is now on the ropes and perhaps even down for the count.

According to the leaked documents, at least several matches on last years WrestleMania card had pre-ordained outcomes upon which the wrestlers agreed in advance, which raises questions as to just how many other WWE matches are more exhibition than contest.

A WWE spokesperson, who asked to be identified only as Shane M., called the allegations nonsense, and urged shareholders to have confidence that this years WrestleMania will be completely on the up-and-up.
But some financial experts, such as Harvard economics professor I. Ronald Schyster, told Kayfabe News that the allegations of match-rigging, if true, could spell financial pinfall for the company due to complete consumer loss-of-faith in the veracity of the product.

Also, WWE ousted some senior executives yesterday, but that did not seem to affect stock prices.

https://www.kayfabenews.com/wwe-stock-plummets-after-shareholders-learn-some-matches-might-be-rigged/

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Irony
02/02/20 5:32:26 AM
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Expected this article to be 20 years old

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PrettyBoyFloyd
02/02/20 5:34:01 AM
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What in the Fuck ?

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TheLastHero
02/02/20 5:38:04 AM
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Let's see how many idiots don't recognize that that's obviously a satire website, and a relatively unfunny one at that.
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AlisLandale
02/02/20 5:47:28 AM
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Were they literally blind deaf and dumb for the past twenty years? I thought this was common knowledge.

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miki_sauvester
02/02/20 7:01:09 AM
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The scripted results is why I could never really get into the WWE.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
02/02/20 7:12:49 AM
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TheLastHero posted...
Let's see how many idiots don't recognize that that's obviously a satire website, and a relatively unfunny one at that.


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Solid Sonic
02/02/20 7:51:59 AM
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Irony posted...
Expected this article to be 20 years old

Nah, thats way too recent, itd have to be like 35 at least...

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spikethedevil
02/02/20 7:56:53 AM
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miki_sauvester posted...
The scripted results is why I could never really get into the WWE.

@miki_sauvester So I guess you watch nothing fictional then?

@PrettyBoyFloyd and @AlisLandale fell for a satire piece lol.

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Evening_Dragon
02/02/20 7:57:00 AM
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kayfabe news, people.

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Jagr_68
02/02/20 7:58:55 AM
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But if it's still real to me damnit, does that make my perspective a true reality?

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viewmaster_pi
02/02/20 7:59:57 AM
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wait, they're... what???? :C

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Solid Sonic
02/02/20 8:03:04 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
So I guess you watch nothing fictional then?

I feel like I need to interject on this point. I always felt saying other works of performance art are fictional to downplay the fictional nature of pro wrestling isnt a 1:1 correlation. Generally other fictional works have a stronger relationship with the fourth wall. No one in those acknowledges that there exists a world beyond their own, save for a gag.

Pro wrestling, however, is assumed to exist in our world. They see the audience and acknowledge that they are on TV. Conversely, the audience is expected to believe the characters are actually who they are when theyre off-camera for the suspension of disbelief to be complete (whereas something else wouldnt need that because you can easily separate the actor from the character). So in order for pro wrestling to work, a stronger commitment to the illusion of reality is required on both sides than would be for a TV show elsewhere.

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Jonny2284
02/02/20 8:05:10 AM
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Evening_Dragon posted...
kayfabe news, people.

And if you're not a wrestling guy how the **** would you know what kayfabe is?
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Evening_Dragon
02/02/20 8:06:10 AM
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Do you not just spend all your free time reading up on every single term you don't already know?

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spikethedevil
02/02/20 8:06:20 AM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
wait, they're... what???? :C

@viewmaster_pi You fell for a satire piece.

Kayfabe is the wrestling word for what happens within the in universe/story rather than a shoot aka something real.

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viewmaster_pi
02/02/20 8:06:27 AM
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pro wrestling is just big naked larping

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spikethedevil
02/02/20 8:06:58 AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

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viewmaster_pi
02/02/20 8:07:20 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
You fell for a satire piece.
i'm being ironic as if i believed it wasn't always a production

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Evening_Dragon
02/02/20 8:09:00 AM
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is it meta kayfabe or kayfabe kayfabe
is this the new kayfabe meta

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21WIVES_CHILL
02/02/20 8:11:33 AM
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I traded that stock expecting it to tank but it bounced up Friday morning.
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Solid Sonic
02/02/20 8:14:53 AM
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This actually DID happen when Vince McMahon died in that limo explosion.

Also WWE did experience a pretty significant stock dip in the last few days, although I dont know what sparked it.

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DrRidleyKins
02/02/20 8:31:08 AM
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Solid Sonic posted...
I feel like I need to interject on this point. I always felt saying other works of performance art are fictional to downplay the fictional nature of pro wrestling isnt a 1:1 correlation. Generally other fictional works have a stronger relationship with the fourth wall. No one in those acknowledges that there exists a world beyond their own, save for a gag.

Pro wrestling, however, is assumed to exist in our world. They see the audience and acknowledge that they are on TV. Conversely, the audience is expected to believe the characters are actually who they are when theyre off-camera for the suspension of disbelief to be complete (whereas something else wouldnt need that because you can easily separate the actor from the character). So in order for pro wrestling to work, a stronger commitment to the illusion of reality is required on both sides than would be for a TV show elsewhere.

Yeah your argument doesn't really work. They make loads of jokes about it all being a show and not real. Wrestling hasn't taken itself seriously like that for 10 years.

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AlisLandale
02/02/20 8:32:21 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
@miki_sauvester So I guess you watch nothing fictional then?

@PrettyBoyFloyd and @AlisLandale fell for a satire piece lol.

lmao


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LArcEnCieIX
02/02/20 8:36:12 AM
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TheLastHero posted...
Let's see how many idiots don't recognize that that's obviously a satire website, and a relatively unfunny one at that.

wtf kayfabe news is hilarious

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Solid Sonic
02/02/20 8:42:50 AM
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DrRidleyKins posted...
Yeah your argument doesn't really work. They make loads of jokes about it all being a show and not real. Wrestling hasn't taken itself seriously like that for 10 years.

WWE undermines their own product, that has no bearing on the rest of how pro wrestling is meant to be done.

I have been to indie house shows where the talent likes to screw around, though.

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Serious Cat
02/02/20 8:53:38 AM
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Solid Sonic posted...
Also WWE did experience a pretty significant stock dip in the last few days, although I dont know what sparked it.
They fired two senior executives.

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Steve Nick
02/02/20 9:14:58 AM
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miki_sauvester posted...
The scripted results is why I could never really get into the WWE.

I take it you're not a fan of television shows or movies?

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hockeybub89
02/02/20 9:18:03 AM
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Extremely obvious satire unless today is the first time you were aware of something called "pro wrestling"

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WrestlinFan
02/02/20 9:19:36 AM
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Lol "bodysmash" is amazing.

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K181
02/02/20 9:20:19 AM
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Nothing worse that a wannabe Onion that lacks the Onion's creativity and humor.

... okay, there are worse things, but still a pretty dumb thing.

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PrettyBoyFloyd
02/02/20 9:23:27 AM
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@PrettyBoyFloyd and @AlisLandale fell for a satire piece lol.

Was responding to the topic title, didn't pay any attention to the link.

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spikethedevil
02/02/20 9:23:56 AM
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This why people need to read past the topic title lol.

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Firewerx
02/02/20 10:01:22 AM
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I am literally dazed with shock at a revelation that has turned my world upside down.

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ZNN
02/02/20 10:25:36 AM
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1) Shareholders aren't the same thing as sponsors

2) You misspelled sponsors in your title
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spikethedevil
02/02/20 10:32:00 AM
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ZNN posted...
1) Shareholders aren't the same thing as sponsors

2) You misspelled sponsors in your title


@ZNN Its a satire article.

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Funkydog
02/02/20 10:32:53 AM
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Irony posted...
Expected this article to be 20 years old

This. A pretty old joke at this point.

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The-Apostle
02/02/20 10:58:53 AM
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Imagine not knowing matches are predetermined by now lol

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Lost_All_Senses
02/02/20 11:06:40 AM
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Obvious satire. Of course they aren't scripted

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YellowMustard69
02/02/20 11:10:20 AM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Obvious satire. Of course they aren't scripted

Lol
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DrRidleyKins
02/02/20 4:34:43 PM
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Solid Sonic posted...
WWE undermines their own product, that has no bearing on the rest of how pro wrestling is meant to be done.

I have been to indie house shows where the talent likes to screw around, though.

It's not just WWE pal. The whole of the wrestling biz nowadays makes many tongue in cheek references about itself. Its only the older guys like Jim Cornette who care about "protecting the business"

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Skye Reynolds
02/02/20 4:36:41 PM
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Wrestling is fake?

So that's how the Undertaker's able to do all of that supernatural stuff.
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Bad_Mojo
02/02/20 5:21:03 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
Wrestling is fake?

So that's how the Undertaker's able to do all of that supernatural stuff.

Nah, him and Kane are legit. Taker is great friends with Papa Shango

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Skye Reynolds
02/02/20 5:24:24 PM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
Nah, him and Kane are legit. Taker is great friends with Papa Shango

Yeah, well, if I knew a guy had the ability to make somebody cough up green slime, I'd try and stay on his good side as well.

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ZNN
02/02/20 8:51:05 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
@ZNN Its a satire article.

@spikethedevil Obviously, but more importantly he introduced the errors himself. The original article doesn't even use the word "sponsors"

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TheBlueMonk_
02/02/20 8:52:53 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
Wrestling is fake?

So that's how the Undertaker's able to do all of that supernatural stuff.
nah man he's totally an actual undead wizard with a cult

who wants to .. uh.. wrestle.

ITS REAL TO ME DAMMIT

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Vyrulisse
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DirkDiggles
02/02/20 8:56:48 PM
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I thought the Canadian Destroyer was real!

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kingdrake2
02/02/20 8:59:55 PM
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DirkDiggles posted...
I thought the Canadian Destroyer was real!


it's real. Ronald Mcdonald got beat by Grandpa Graham in a wrestling match.
Ronald bit the dust when he got tossed over a table.
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Gobstoppers12
02/02/20 9:01:03 PM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
According to the leaked documents, at least several matches on last years WrestleMania card had pre-ordained outcomes upon which the wrestlers agreed in advance, which raises questions as to just how many other WWE matches are more exhibition than contest.
you fucking what mate

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