jakecronus8 wrote:They're gonna end up canceling this crown jewel show and their partnership with the saudis. Was a bad look from the beginning but now with this story about the murdered/dismembered journalist, they're really gonna be feeling the heat.
jakecronus8 wrote:Crown Jewel is on track to get cancelled or moved. Every new detail about this journalist's assassination is more grisly and disgusting than the previous one, and now with reigns already out, Cena and Daniel Bryan are refusing to make the trip. Good for them. To be honest they should've refused the original money grab but this is a good move for them and the locker room. I thought for awhile that if Cena refused that others would feel safe enough to do the same.
improper wrote:jakecronus8 wrote:Crown Jewel is on track to get cancelled or moved. Every new detail about this journalist's assassination is more grisly and disgusting than the previous one, and now with reigns already out, Cena and Daniel Bryan are refusing to make the trip. Good for them. To be honest they should've refused the original money grab but this is a good move for them and the locker room. I thought for awhile that if Cena refused that others would feel safe enough to do the same.
Guess Cena finally hit the point where the money wasn't worth the bad PR.
Stanford wrote:I'm curious why your comment is about Cena and not Daniel Bryan.
improper wrote:Stanford wrote:I'm curious why your comment is about Cena and not Daniel Bryan.
Because Bryan doesn't have the clout that Cena does in the company. Bryan might actually putting his career at risk if he is indeed refusing to go, whereas it's no risk at all for Cena. They're not gonna fire him and he knows it.
It's why I don't criticize most of the roster for going over there and performing. I doubt most of them have much of a choice.
Stanford wrote:OK, but your comment implied cynicism of his motives. Why is this a PR move and not a principled stand?
Stanford wrote:I think that's a lot of mind reading on your part.
improper wrote:Stanford wrote:I think that's a lot of mind reading on your part.
Maybe, but it's been obvious from the beginning that Saudi Arabia killed this journalist in an absolutely horrific way, so Cena sure took his time deciding to make his stand.
Stanford wrote:You could say the same about Bryan, who I think is definitely refusing to go on principle. (Look who's mind reading now!)
They could have just been waiting for things to play out, giving WWE a chance to back out first.
Stanford wrote:I'm not surprised that Bryan isn't scared to get fired. I get the feeling that while he is happy to have a good paycheck coming in, he's not particularly thrilled about working for WWE. He hasn't looked totally inspired since he returned, and he spoke so passionately about his desire to do new things in wrestling while he was gone. He appears to be going through the motions in a lot of his matches and promos.
improper wrote:Stanford wrote:I'm not surprised that Bryan isn't scared to get fired. I get the feeling that while he is happy to have a good paycheck coming in, he's not particularly thrilled about working for WWE. He hasn't looked totally inspired since he returned, and he spoke so passionately about his desire to do new things in wrestling while he was gone. He appears to be going through the motions in a lot of his matches and promos.
He's one of the few guys on the roster who could probably pretty easily make more in the indies than he does in WWE because of how big a name he still is.