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Post by Jim Cornette’s Wendy’s Order🍔 on Nov 4, 2021 9:56:20 GMT -5
On the topic of RVD, has anyone see the dude on Instagram complaining over the rising sun attire? He’s Reaching EXTREMELY hard here
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Post by guster on Nov 4, 2021 10:30:05 GMT -5
On the topic of RVD, has anyone see the dude on Instagram crying over the rising sun attire? He’s Reaching EXTREMELY hard here In his culture, he's not reaching at all. I think instead of mocking him like a bunch of the responses I saw, maybe take a minute and actually put yourself in their shoes. That's how their culture feels about a very important time in their country's history and to completely discount their feelings on something that effected generations of people shows a complete lack of empathy. This issue isn't something that he or she pulled out of thin air. My cousin, who lives in Japan, told me about this decades ago and how it's not kosher in some cultures when I created a piece of art with a rising sun. Is it enough for Mattel to drop the figure? I don't know. But to completely discount that person's feeling is just ignorant. |
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Post by Jim Cornette’s Wendy’s Order🍔 on Nov 4, 2021 11:07:42 GMT -5
On the topic of RVD, has anyone see the dude on Instagram crying over the rising sun attire? He’s Reaching EXTREMELY hard here In his culture, he's not reaching at all. I think instead of mocking him like a bunch of the responses I saw, maybe take a minute and actually put yourself in their shoes. That's how their culture feels about a very important time in their country's history and to completely discount their feelings on something that effected generations of people shows a complete lack of empathy. This issue isn't something that he or she pulled out of thin air. My cousin, who lives in Japan, told me about this decades ago and how it's not kosher in some cultures when I created a piece of art with a rising sun. Is it enough for Mattel to drop the figure? I don't know. But to completely discount that person's feeling is just ignorant. I think his gripe should be with the preformed itself then if that’s the case for him. What my main question is why is this RVD an issue, however the basic in the same attire released years ago has gotten no attention and was not addressed at the time of release? It just seems that as of recent, with most other thing not just wrestling alone, that there’s a huge “cancel culture” on persons/things. Regardless, I assume the figure will come out and the attire is one of my favorites of RVD. Sad it offends them but they are addressing Mattel about them releasing the figure based on his attire - what they are suppose to do to match the accuracy of the attire - when I believe the complaint should be directed towards the athlete and/or company for okaying the attire if it is that big of an issue. |
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Post by guster on Nov 4, 2021 11:58:42 GMT -5
apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-japan-japan-olympic-team-south-korea-olympic-team-5a50f35230a3330226cdc92bf4abc66dIn his culture, he's not reaching at all. I think instead of mocking him like a bunch of the responses I saw, maybe take a minute and actually put yourself in their shoes. That's how their culture feels about a very important time in their country's history and to completely discount their feelings on something that effected generations of people shows a complete lack of empathy. This issue isn't something that he or she pulled out of thin air. My cousin, who lives in Japan, told me about this decades ago and how it's not kosher in some cultures when I created a piece of art with a rising sun. Is it enough for Mattel to drop the figure? I don't know. But to completely discount that person's feeling is just ignorant. I think his gripe should be with the preformed itself then if that’s the case for him. What my main question is why is this RVD an issue, however the basic in the same attire released years ago has gotten no attention and was not addressed at the time of release? It just seems that as of recent, with most other thing not just wrestling alone, that there’s a huge “cancel culture” on persons/things. Regardless, I assume the figure will come out and the attire is one of my favorites of RVD. Sad it offends them but they are addressing Mattel about them releasing the figure based on his attire - what they are suppose to do to match the accuracy of the attire - when I believe the complaint should be directed towards the athlete and/or company for okaying the attire if it is that big of an issue. Passing the blame onto the performer instead of having Mattel choose a different attire from a plethora of choices is odd. Nobody is trying to cancel RVD. He probably has no clue about the controversy it creates in some cultures. It's just a request not use imagery or iconography that an entire country and parts of another country find offensive. I don't know what the right thing is to do honestly. Just pointing out, it's not a complete reach or as ridiculous as the reactions to the original post are making it out to be. |
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Nov 4, 2021 12:18:04 GMT -5
I think his gripe should be with the preformed itself then if that’s the case for him. What my main question is why is this RVD an issue, however the basic in the same attire released years ago has gotten no attention and was not addressed at the time of release? It just seems that as of recent, with most other thing not just wrestling alone, that there’s a huge “cancel culture” on persons/things. Regardless, I assume the figure will come out and the attire is one of my favorites of RVD. Sad it offends them but they are addressing Mattel about them releasing the figure based on his attire - what they are suppose to do to match the accuracy of the attire - when I believe the complaint should be directed towards the athlete and/or company for okaying the attire if it is that big of an issue. Passing the blame onto the performer instead of having Mattel choose a different attire from a plethora of choices is odd. Nobody is trying to cancel RVD. He probably has no clue about the controversy it creates in some cultures. It's just a request not use imagery or iconography that an entire country and parts of another country find offensive. I don't know what the right thing is to do honestly. Just pointing out, it's not a complete reach or as ridiculous as the reactions to the original post are making it out to be. Mattel is inconsistent on what they produce that people may find offensive. Won’t do Iraqi or Soviet flags. Won’t do sergeant stripes. Won’t do bullet proof. But OK with a Caucasian portraying a Native American or the rising sun on attire. |
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Post by guster on Nov 4, 2021 13:21:37 GMT -5
Passing the blame onto the performer instead of having Mattel choose a different attire from a plethora of choices is odd. Nobody is trying to cancel RVD. He probably has no clue about the controversy it creates in some cultures. It's just a request not use imagery or iconography that an entire country and parts of another country find offensive. I don't know what the right thing is to do honestly. Just pointing out, it's not a complete reach or as ridiculous as the reactions to the original post are making it out to be. Mattel is inconsistent on what they produce that people may find offensive. Won’t do Iraqi or Soviet flags. Won’t do sergeant stripes. Won’t do bullet proof. But OK with a Caucasian portraying a Native American or the rising sun on attire. Those aren't all necessarily Mattel's decisions. We are talking about a company that will announce a card one morning and be completely different the night of the show. Consistency has never been WWE's strong suit either. |
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Nov 6, 2021 15:19:27 GMT -5
Passing the blame onto the performer instead of having Mattel choose a different attire from a plethora of choices is odd. Nobody is trying to cancel RVD. He probably has no clue about the controversy it creates in some cultures. It's just a request not use imagery or iconography that an entire country and parts of another country find offensive. I don't know what the right thing is to do honestly. Just pointing out, it's not a complete reach or as ridiculous as the reactions to the original post are making it out to be. Mattel is inconsistent on what they produce that people may find offensive. Won’t do Iraqi or Soviet flags. Won’t do sergeant stripes. Won’t do bullet proof. But OK with a Caucasian portraying a Native American or the rising sun on attire. Strongbow or Tatanka…because Chavis is First Nation. |
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Nov 6, 2021 15:34:07 GMT -5
Mattel is inconsistent on what they produce that people may find offensive. Won’t do Iraqi or Soviet flags. Won’t do sergeant stripes. Won’t do bullet proof. But OK with a Caucasian portraying a Native American or the rising sun on attire. Strongbow or Tatanka…because Chavis is First Nation. Strongbow |
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Post by Jim Cornette’s Wendy’s Order🍔 on Nov 6, 2021 21:06:19 GMT -5
I am with you! That’s one of if not my top favorite attire. His updated Fed green dragon gear is also pretty sweet.  This is currently my #1 want |
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Nov 6, 2021 21:12:48 GMT -5
apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-japan-japan-olympic-team-south-korea-olympic-team-5a50f35230a3330226cdc92bf4abc66dIn his culture, he's not reaching at all. I think instead of mocking him like a bunch of the responses I saw, maybe take a minute and actually put yourself in their shoes. That's how their culture feels about a very important time in their country's history and to completely discount their feelings on something that effected generations of people shows a complete lack of empathy. This issue isn't something that he or she pulled out of thin air. My cousin, who lives in Japan, told me about this decades ago and how it's not kosher in some cultures when I created a piece of art with a rising sun. Is it enough for Mattel to drop the figure? I don't know. But to completely discount that person's feeling is just ignorant. I think his gripe should be with the preformed itself then if that’s the case for him. What my main question is why is this RVD an issue, however the basic in the same attire released years ago has gotten no attention and was not addressed at the time of release? It just seems that as of recent, with most other thing not just wrestling alone, that there’s a huge “cancel culture” on persons/things. Regardless, I assume the figure will come out and the attire is one of my favorites of RVD. Sad it offends them but they are addressing Mattel about them releasing the figure based on his attire - what they are suppose to do to match the accuracy of the attire - when I believe the complaint should be directed towards the athlete and/or company for okaying the attire if it is that big of an issue. What basic are you talking about? The one with Rey Mysterio? That’s not the same attire and there’s no rising sun on it. |
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Post by RybackV1 on Nov 6, 2021 21:57:17 GMT -5
Make all the RVDs plz
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Post by Artie Kendall on Nov 6, 2021 22:12:05 GMT -5
Passing the blame onto the performer instead of having Mattel choose a different attire from a plethora of choices is odd. Nobody is trying to cancel RVD. He probably has no clue about the controversy it creates in some cultures. It's just a request not use imagery or iconography that an entire country and parts of another country find offensive. I don't know what the right thing is to do honestly. Just pointing out, it's not a complete reach or as ridiculous as the reactions to the original post are making it out to be. Mattel is inconsistent on what they produce that people may find offensive. Won’t do Iraqi or Soviet flags. Won’t do sergeant stripes. Won’t do bullet proof. But OK with a Caucasian portraying a Native American or the rising sun on attire. You mean WWE is inconsistent. They told Mattel to remove Bullet Proof. I'm sure it was WWE that said no to the Hammer and Sickle. WWE also told Mattel no red tie for Monsoon because it could be mistaken for blood. It's WWE. |
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Post by marvelelite on Nov 7, 2021 13:06:33 GMT -5
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Post by LA Knight Yeah! on Nov 10, 2021 18:36:06 GMT -5
We need more RVDs from 01/02 and 06 especially ONS 06
Summerslam 2002
No mercy 2001
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Post by ztj_wwf on Nov 10, 2021 20:07:28 GMT -5
Mattel is inconsistent on what they produce that people may find offensive. Won’t do Iraqi or Soviet flags. Won’t do sergeant stripes. Won’t do bullet proof. But OK with a Caucasian portraying a Native American or the rising sun on attire. WWE also told Mattel no red tie for Monsoon because it could be mistaken for blood. Did they really? If so, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. |
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Nov 17, 2021 23:35:25 GMT -5
I'd take an RVD in his debut attire. Cool singlet and kickpads too
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2021 0:56:53 GMT -5
Tiger stripes is from Tribute To The Troops and the chase I believe was Cyber Tuesday
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Nov 18, 2021 1:23:44 GMT -5
Tiger stripes is from Tribute To The Troops and the chase I believe was Cyber Tuesday chase is mania 23 |
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Post by viper412 on Nov 18, 2021 7:35:12 GMT -5
Tiger stripes is from Tribute To The Troops and the chase I believe was Cyber Tuesday chase is mania 23 RVD has never wrestled at Tribute to the Troops, Cyber Tuesday didn’t exist, Rob Van Dam has never wrestled at Taboo Tuesday or Cyber Sunday either |
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Post by LK3 on Nov 18, 2021 9:14:21 GMT -5
RVD has never wrestled at Tribute to the Troops, Cyber Tuesday didn’t exist, Rob Van Dam has never wrestled at Taboo Tuesday or Cyber Sunday either 😂 possibly intentional but hilarious nonetheless |
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