{"id":12728,"date":"2019-06-07T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=12728"},"modified":"2019-06-07T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T14:07:25","slug":"the-modern-day-millionaires-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/07\/the-modern-day-millionaires-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The modern-day millionaire\u2019s club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Ciaran James<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theciaranjames\/\"><strong>@TheCiaranJames<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seriously what is the appeal of\nanother WWE produced Saudi Arabia Supershow, featuring wrestlers passed their\nprime, feuds decades old and matches that have no relevance. Is this really an appealing\nshow? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I\u2019ve previously reported the deal\nwith WWE and the Saudi hierarchy is part of their 2030 vision, and I for one hope\nit works, I truly do. Their goals in all honesty are something most counties thrive\nto achieve, and under the current regime of supposed forward thinker Mohammad\nBin Salman the kingdom is determined to amend the way it works and how it is\nviewed by the west. Saudi Arabia has laid out certain objectives for their 2030\nvision and divided them into three main categories, they are building towards <strong><em>1.) A\nvibrant society, 2.) A thriving economy, 3.) An ambitious nation<\/em><\/strong>, I think\nyou will agree these are all great objectives for a nation to build towards and\nachieve. WWE falls into the section number one, the vibrant society, where the KSA\nregime wish to enhance their culture, entertainment urbanism and sports. It\u2019s evident\nthat Saudi Arabia wish to improve sports and entertainment by throwing money at\nveteran performers, and in some ways trying to recapture past glories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One could argue that the relationship\nbetween WWE and the KSA is for a good cause, and yes, the proposed objectives set\nby the crown prince do outline what many consider to be positive, achievable\ngoals. Unfortunately, when you scratch away at the 2030 vison and consider WWE\u2019s\npart, then fans can only look in with complete apathy at the events the company\nis producing. The controversies preceding the November 2018 tour has rumbled\non, and now on WWE programming they have neglected to mention the country and\ncity where the event is taking place, this fact only further highlights how preposterous\nthe KSA events have become. Vince McMahon and company have kept their heads in sand,\n<em>literally<\/em>, and continued with the\nagreement, so much so that the voice over now declares that Supershow Down will\nbe as good as or better than WrestleMania. Now that\u2019s a statement, the one event\nthat Vince risked his financial future and reputation on has now finally, potentially\nbeen rivalled by a needless event full of irrelevant matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a wrestling fan only one or two\nof the matches appeals to me, only because they may raise the bar beyond current\nmain roster matches. The big draw is of course Goldberg vs Undertaker and Triple\nH vs Randy Orton, the first being twenty years too late and the second being a\nre-run of a feud from over a decade ago. The rest of the card is made up of\nirrelevant matches, featuring wrestlers placed into certain positions because a\nhandful of talent won\u2019t make the journey. Balor\/Andrade and Kofi\/Dolph should\nappeal to wrestling fans, the Uso\u2019s\/Revival should also live up to expectations,\nbut again like previous events will the audience be overly interested in these\nnot so big names? From what I have seen before a lot of the audience seemed to\nbe disinterested or taking walks around the arena, therefore giving the\nappearance of an event that no one really considers that important. As far as a\nwrestling event goes it\u2019s easily avoidable, it offers no relevance, only that\nBrock might turn up and cash in, most probably knowing WWE on Kofi Kingston. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking past the wrestling the controversies\nstill exist, it\u2019s one of the reasons I cancelled the network and would even if\nI had it refuse to watch it. Western society of course has its issues, racism, homophobia,\nageism, sexism all still exist among many other issues, but what we are and try\nto be is progressive. In 2019 an app was introduced called Absher, its main objective\nis to assist Saudi residents to use government services, a novel idea wouldn\u2019t\nyou say? This app however came under scrutiny from many European governments\nand human rights organisations after it was revealed male guardians could track\nand receive notifications on females. I won\u2019t even go into the beheading of the\nactivist Israa Al-Ghomgham here, I think I\u2019ve said enough already. All in all,\nthe choice to watch the event is entirely up the viewer, I dare not question one\u2019s\nreason to watch or not, this is just my opinion on an agreement made with a\ncontroversial regime. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ciaran James@TheCiaranJames Seriously what is the appeal of another WWE produced Saudi Arabia Supershow, featuring wrestlers passed their prime, feuds decades old and matches that have no relevance. 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