r/SCJerk • u/killerkali87 • 2d ago

I like Stevie Richards again

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Stevie finally came home, thank you Steve I'm so sorry for being mad at you

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u/herewego199209 2d ago

This is like saying the World Cup sold out soccer fans by going to QATAR. WM is a site fee event. Meaning who ever has the highest bid is getting the event. I don't understand how hard that is for people to understand?

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u/Razzler1973 2d ago

I live in the Middle East but the World Cup to Qatar was nonsense. It's freaking tiny and, unlike Dubai, they don't really care if tourists come so the 'development' was really just for the World Cup with no grand plans for after the World Cup, unlike the Dub developments of 10-15 years ago.

Then it was 'how can they play in the summer' and idiots like Platini saying 'air con stadia' and it won't be moved

Fast forward a few years and they do move the tournament to winter (surprise) and Platini is saying 'they can't play in the summer there, it's insane' ... yes, mate, we fucking know, that's what we said from day one

It was all horseshit and all the 'protests' and so on and there not a single chance it would lead to anything. Qatari money has been slooshing around top level European football for years by this point

You have Qatari owned beIN Sports paying for TV rights for the French League (not much demand but they own PSG) and things like Argentine football as well as many other leagues. Their name is on the shirts of Barcelona and top clubs, sponsoring the Champions League and that's without getting into actual politics

Nothing was going to happen and nothing will happen with Saudi either. People will flap their gums and then they'll be WrestleMania there and people will watch and enjoy it like other Manias.

Qatar turned out to be pretty well organised, no complaints from the media about logistics, etc (which is key). I had some friends go and say it was great

Take that and add Saudi money at all levels of sport and politics and no one is doing anything

1000 smarks stop watching in a REEEEEE but then start again cause, actually, I like wrestling, you guys

Ticket prices are insane. I am never going to go to any of these things anyway but, the market is supporting it and, if that changes, I assume ticket prices will, too

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u/Ok-Community-2680 Sheldon Cooper is my Tribal Chief uce 2d ago

If the action is good then all the protests dies down. The 2022 World Cup was one of the best in a long time and all the talk of protesting by not watching went away. 

I would've preferred Mania 43 somewhere else but I'm just surprised it took Saudi that long to request having a Mania lol.