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   Customer Satisfaction, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 9:34am

   
   

   Brains?

   Wonderful! And here I didn't think ANYONE on WWE had any sense, at all.

    

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   gorehound (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 9:42am

   
   

   Re: Brains?

   +1
   The More the Merrier !

    

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   Lowestofthekeys (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 9:43am

   
   

   I think Val needs to be more proactive and start a "Body Slam SOPA" campaign.
   
   Also, Zach...you got a minor spelling error with SOAP instead of SOPA.

    

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   Jay (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 9:49am

   
   

   Is anyone else noticing a growing corporate interest in our law making against public interest our is it just me? WWE won't talk about SOPA even though they support it. The CoC tried everything to get it passed. And we can't forget that Lamar along with the USTR pushing against what people want.
   
   This is beginning to remind me of the fights that Jefferson and our Forefathers had against corporate interests...

    

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   Zakida Paul (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 9:50am

   
   

   Is WWE still going? I haven't watched it since they stopped being WWF.

    

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   E. Zachary Knight (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 9:51am

   
   

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   Sorry, that's a direct quote from him, spelling and all.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 9:55am

   
   

   Pretty cool he is taking a stand against these silly things.

    

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   Tunnen (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 10:03am

   
   

   If this corner we have the tag-team of SOPA and CISPA. In the other corner we have Net Neutrality and the General Public. FIGHT!

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 10:28am

   
   

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   I haven't watched wrestling since WCW.

    

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    Mike42 (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 10:35am

    
    

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    History goes in cycles. What seems like a good idea has faults, those faults are found and fought against, overfixed, and then the next generation sees the faults of the fixes and overfixes, etc.
    
    Ideally we move toward balance. In reality, sometimes we just see-saw.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 10:43am

    
    

    Yeesh. Having this guy on your team might not be all that great. I admire his stance but his wrestling persona is pretty distasteful.

     

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    ASTROBOI, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 10:54am

    
    

    If they are an example....

    ....of a supporter of draconian copyright laws....well it explains a lot of things.
    
    Seriously, I've never seen a sillier, more pointless, more rediculous entertainment venue than this wrestling corporation, whatever their current acronym. No respect meant to those who DO find this show enjoyable. If you like it, I'm happy you found something to watch. I worked as a stagehand on some of their shows. I watched as the mortal enemies swapped jokes and hung out together. I saw the critically wounded "warriors" hobble and crawl out of camera range and resume their normal gait. I watched them rehearse their "spontaneous" gags. Best of all, at the height of the security scare following 9/11, we stagehands were told we had to stay at least 20 feet from the "stars" if we wanted to work the show. Did they fear that a stagehand would blow up a wrestler as a political statement? And yet these characters support even more laws to protect 350 pound guys from deadly wimps like me and you. Gotta protect the "artists" after all.
    
    I'm glad at least one of the performers stood up and repudiated the owners of this sham organisation. Not that it will do any good.
    
    But if I never see another westling show I suppose I'll deal with it.And considering the cost of viewing one, I guess I never will.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 11:36am

    
    

    I haven't watched wrasslin' since the days of "Mad Dog Vachon" & "Wahoo" McDaniel.

     

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    DOlz, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 11:37am

    
    

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    Maybe he just thinks anyone who supports it needs their mouth washed out.

     

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    PaulT (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 1:07pm

    
    

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    "growing corporate interest "
    
    It's been happening for decades. Only since the rise of the internet and the resulting free speech/corrections of misinformation have they been so blatant about it...

     

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    PaulT (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 1:20pm

    
    

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    I haven't watched since Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy ruled on ITV's World Of Sport!
    
    /British

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 1:50pm

    
    

    Val Venis (rhymes with...) was a porn star gimmick used by Sean Morley.
    
    Sean Morley is a libertarian and a good guy in general.
    
    I wonder what current WWE superstar and libertarian Kane thinks about this.

     

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    Lowestofthekeys (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 1:52pm

    
    

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    Awww got ya man.
    
    Silly wrestlers.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 2:04pm

    
    

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    How about the customary [sic]?

     

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    Kyle Reynolds Conway (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 4:13pm

    
    

    Childhood Heroes

    And I thought I'd outgrown the "fake" stories of "pro" wrestling. Val, thanks for being a real hero taking a real stand. I'm in your corner.

     

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    temoi, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 4:41pm

    
    

    WWE/RAW/etc since 2007-8= softcore gay porn.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 19th, 2012 @ 7:19pm

    
    

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    I haven't watched since Andre the Giant played Fezzik in 'The Princess Bride.'

     

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    Wally (profile), Jul 19th, 2012 @ 9:18pm

    
    

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    Give me the days of Sargent Slaughter, Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, and Roudy Roddy the Piper.

     

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    Percival Pringle III, Jul 20th, 2012 @ 6:33pm

    
    

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    No. They immediately stopped the moment you quit watching.

     

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