WWE Raw SuperShow One Wrestler Short Due To SOPA Support

from the coming-back-to-bite-you dept

Thu, Jul 19th 2012 9:28am — Zachary Knight

Via Wrestling Inc, we learn that wrestler Val Venis will not be appearing in upcoming Raw SuperShow events due to the WWE's past support of SOPA and CISPA. According to a recent tweet, Val told one fan, "#WWE asked me to appear but I just cannot do anything with them for as long as they continue their support of #SOAP/#CISPA". While the WWE was never listed on the official Judiciary Committee list of supporters, the organization made many community sourced lists as a supporter of SOPA. Regardless of when and how the WWE came to be supportive of the unpopular bills, this shows that there is a long lasting bitter aftertaste left in the mouths of those who feel betrayed by organizations that supported SOPA and CISPA.

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Filed Under: copyright, sopa, val venis, wrestling
Companies: wwe

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Customer Satisfaction, 19 Jul 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), 19 Jul 2012 @ 9:42am
  
  Re: Brains?
  +1
  The More the Merrier !
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Lowestofthekeys (profile), 19 Jul 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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- E. Zachary Knight (profile), 19 Jul 2012 @ 9:51am
  
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  Sorry, that's a direct quote from him, spelling and all.
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  - Lowestofthekeys (profile), 19 Jul 2012 @ 1:52pm
    
    Re: Re:
    Awww got ya man.
    
    Silly wrestlers.
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  - Anonymous Coward, 19 Jul 2012 @ 2:04pm
    
    Re: Re:
    How about the customary [sic]?
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- DOlz, 19 Jul 2012 @ 11:37am
  
  Re:
  Maybe he just thinks anyone who supports it needs their mouth washed out.
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Jay (profile), 19 Jul 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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- Mike42 (profile), 19 Jul 2012 @ 10:35am
  
  Re:
  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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- PaulT (profile), 19 Jul 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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Zakida Paul (profile), 19 Jul 2012 @ 9:50am

Is WWE still going? I haven't watched it since they stopped being WWF.
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- Anonymous Coward, 19 Jul 2012 @ 10:28am
  
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  I haven't watched wrestling since WCW.
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  - PaulT (profile), 19 Jul 2012 @ 1:20pm
    
    Re: Re:
    I haven't watched since Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy ruled on ITV's World Of Sport!
    
    /British
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    - Anonymous Coward, 19 Jul 2012 @ 7:19pm
      
      Re: Re: Re:
      I haven't watched since Andre the Giant played Fezzik in 'The Princess Bride.'
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      - Wally (profile), 19 Jul 2012 @ 9:18pm
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re:
        Give me the days of Sargent Slaughter, Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, and Roudy Roddy the Piper.
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- Percival Pringle III, 20 Jul 2012 @ 6:33pm
  
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  No. They immediately stopped the moment you quit watching.
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Anonymous Coward, 19 Jul 2012 @ 9:55am

Pretty cool he is taking a stand against these silly things.
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Tunnen (profile), 19 Jul 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, 19 Jul 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, 19 Jul 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, 19 Jul 2012 @ 11:36am

I haven't watched wrasslin' since the days of "Mad Dog Vachon" & "Wahoo" McDaniel.
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Anonymous Coward, 19 Jul 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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Kyle Reynolds Conway (profile), 19 Jul 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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