Aussies go viral for booing American national anthem at WWE Crown Jewel event in Perth
https://7news.com.au/sport/wrestling/aussies-go-viral-for-booing-american-national-anthem-at-wwe-crown-jewel-event-in-perth-c-20321844
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But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 336d
Maybe they’re also booing wwe, i saw recently that a TKO executive was saying Vince McMahon was a fool to “price his tickets for families” and that’s why they’re now milking their fans for everything they’re worth. I went to wrestlemania 18 in Toronto and paid $75 for a good ticket. That same section is now around $400 for a shitty RAW taping.
Imagine being such a capitalist dirtbag that you make Vince McMahon look like a good guy
Also I remember when tickets were cheap, you had rowdy crowds and people going wild to be there. Now it’s a bunch of upper class downtown deuche bags, and red pill ufc bros.
ghostlychonk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 335d
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d
My last wrestling show was WM18 and that’s ok. I got to see Hogan VS Rock shake the entire skydome, that was epic. There’s nothing that will top that for me so it will never be worth it anymore
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 42 pts · 336d
Amazing.
rehydrate5503@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 336d
Wouldn’t it have been a stronger statement to boycott the event entirely? Maybe rig the sound system to do some booing in a mostly empty stadium or something.
HalfBakedChef@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 336d
Honestly. Still got tricked into giving your money to the McMahon family.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 336d
I think this video captures the booing better.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 336d
The clip I saw had insufficient booing IMO.
Apparently they thought the MMA scene is MAGA?
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 336d
Yeah he clip on the article is hardly audioble
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 336d
That was my initial thoughts, although after reading, i get the idea that the crowd just found it a bit disrespectful. Its interesting, because i could go either way on this. Does it come down to how wrestlers are defined?
Sports people > Entertainers = Fine and normal in sports for participants to have their anthems played.
Sports people < Entertainers = Disrespectful to the country the performers are touring in.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 336d
I can't bring myself to consider it that deeply im afraid.
At this point I find anything glorifying USA culture offensive.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 336d
😂
reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org · -5 pts · 336d
There is no USA "culture". Unless you mean bacterial.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 335d
Buddy that's a real "fish have no word for water" moment
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 336d
Sports have anthems played in the US only since WWII because it was supposed to boost patriotism. Nobody else does that.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 336d
Yeah, that'll be incorrect.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WagZcq3Xehg
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 330d
That's an international event. It's quite different than playing it at a local game, all the time, to annoy the soviets (since that was the original purpose).
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 330d
Problem with that other commenter's comment was it was too broad a statement. And lets be honest, a bit obnoxious for it. The US may do it for every game, but there's plenty of examples where other country's sports use their anthems, AFL uses it for at least finals and ANZAC rounds, I'd expect that's the same for NRL.
My example the other day was a quickly found one, I equated them as both international events. After all, this is US wrestling in Australia, granted not against Aus, but still in Aus. And here is where I go back to my original reaction, is it more a sport, or more an entertainment? And is that the defining difference that caused the booing?
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · -1 pts · 336d
Playing national anthems at a national team game? Shocking!
Show me evidence it happens every week at every stadium in Aussie Rules games and then it'll be a gotcha.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 336d
Go find evidence that satisfies whatever arbitrary bar you've set yourself.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au · 3 pts · 336d
You think the USA is the only country in the world that plays their national anthem before sporting events? Lol
reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org · -5 pts · 336d
It is MAGA. Only lead-addled brain-dead gun-toting concussion-having MAGA can enjoy that sort of tumorous "sport".
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 335d
It's theatre and even though i am not a fan, i still suggest removing that stick up yer bum
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 335d
Man, even the WWE fans are booing their country lmao
catalanmercenaries@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 336d
slow news day?
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 335d
Why are they paying WWE their money?
thisnameisnottolong@piefed.au · 3 pts · 336d
Americans doing ignorant American shit because they are American. Booo
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