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Post by Phantom on Mar 9, 2008 10:41:17 GMT -5
In a clever marketing technique WWE are editing the Great Khali's losses and making him look stronger on Indian broadcasts, in order to capitalize on their growing popularity in the country.
Khali is seen as a national treasure and market stalls, shops and other outlets are making a killing selling Khali merchandise. He is a tremendous hit amongst children who imitate his matches at school.
According to once source Indian's still see wrestling as real in most cases, and they have huge pride in Khali's domination in the WWE.
From a business standpoint Khali is a big asset to WWE and practically drives its popularity in India, so no matter how boring he may become to US fans, he won't be let go anytime soon.
With WWE's recent plan to expand in to China it would be interesting to see if they hire any Chinese stars and do a similar thing.
There are currently no reports of this type of thing happening to anyone else but Khali.
Source: Wrestlezone
Looks like he is here to stay for awhile.
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Post by jake_317 on Mar 9, 2008 10:43:07 GMT -5
Hopefully just in India.
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Post by Too Sweet on Mar 9, 2008 10:45:51 GMT -5
WWE dropped the ball with the Asian Market, they actually had some stars they could have done better, the only Asian wrestler that was actually successful was like Tajiri ( Yokozuna was Samoan )
they messed up Big Time releasing Gail Kim ( Who was a great Womens wrestler, and by the looks of it now is one of the best Womens wrestler in the US ), If WWE wanted to expand into the Asian Market they should have dropped Jimmy's hillbilly gimmick and actually made him into a serious wrestler.
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Post by Phantom on Mar 9, 2008 10:46:22 GMT -5
It be cool if they give him his own league there where every match is a squash. Keep him off U.S television
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Post by jake_317 on Mar 9, 2008 10:50:08 GMT -5
WWE dropped the ball with the Asian Market, they actually had some stars they could have done better, the only Asian wrestler that was actually successful was like Tajiri ( Yokozuna was Samoan ) they messed up Big Time releasing Gail Kim ( Who was a great Womens wrestler, and by the looks of it now is one of the best Womens wrestler in the US ), If WWE wanted to expand into the Asian Market they should have dropped Jimmy's hillbilly gimmick and actually made him into a serious wrestler. Dude, WWE make a sh*t-ton of dough in Japan. It's not Asia, just China. China is alot different than Japan and other Asian countries, atleast when it comes to commerical marketing. |
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Post by Dan on Mar 9, 2008 11:01:06 GMT -5
I'd actually be more than happy for them to bring in an indian Main Eventer that was your average Heavyweight Build and could carry the World Title. Would be a great Gimmick, an Indian Kurt Angle if you like.
But with Khali, he's going nowhere. They should just stick the US Strap on him if they want to show his domination, and have him hold the belt all the way until Wrestlemania next year, where someone like Rey Mysterio would finally beat him. Would go down well having an Indian man the United States Champion.
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Post by Ari Gold on Mar 9, 2008 11:07:38 GMT -5
there not gonna keep him just because india wants them to.
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Post by CBT on Mar 9, 2008 11:10:27 GMT -5
there not gonna keep him just because india wants them to. If that were true, Tiger Jeet Singh would be employed right now. |
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Post by The Boglin on Mar 9, 2008 11:18:30 GMT -5
there not gonna keep him just because india wants them to. If that were true, Tiger Jeet Singh would be employed right now. Well, he retired due to an injury. but any way, commenting on the Chinese thing, was here ever a Chinese wrestler in WWF/E? I don't think so. |
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Post by jake_317 on Mar 9, 2008 11:23:18 GMT -5
If that were true, Tiger Jeet Singh would be employed right now. Well, he retired due to an injury. but any way, commenting on the Chinese thing, was here ever a Chinese wrestler in WWF/E? I don't think so. I'd imagine that atleast one of the Asian wrestlers brought into the WWE/WWF/WWWF over the years, has some Chinese in them. Tiger Jeet Singh sucked. Tiger Jeet Singh JR. retired due to injury, not his father. |
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Post by CBT on Mar 9, 2008 11:24:40 GMT -5
Well, he retired due to an injury. but any way, commenting on the Chinese thing, was here ever a Chinese wrestler in WWF/E? I don't think so. I'd imagine that atleast one of the Asian wrestlers brought into the WWE/WWF/WWWF over the years, has some Chinese in them. Tiger Jeet Singh sucked. Yeah, my overall point is... Vince has PR on a much smaller scale. He appreciates it, but he's also the man behind Black Tuesday in the Wrestling World. |
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Post by jake_317 on Mar 9, 2008 11:28:12 GMT -5
I'd imagine that atleast one of the Asian wrestlers brought into the WWE/WWF/WWWF over the years, has some Chinese in them. Tiger Jeet Singh sucked. Yeah, my overall point is... Vince has PR on a much smaller scale. He appreciates it, but he's also the man behind Black Tuesday in the Wrestling World. Well, ya know, it isn't like China is known for their amazing wrestlers, heh. or known for ANY, wrestling at all... I mean, in 2003, the People's Republic of China, had one of their FIRST pro wrestling shows EVER. It was NWA Mid-atlantic, all i know is, Steve Williams won their championship. |
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Post by CBT on Mar 9, 2008 11:30:48 GMT -5
Yeah, my overall point is... Vince has PR on a much smaller scale. He appreciates it, but he's also the man behind Black Tuesday in the Wrestling World. Well, ya know, it isn't like China is known for their amazing wrestlers, heh. or known for ANY, wrestling at all... I mean, in 2003, the People's Republic of China, had one of their FIRST pro wrestling shows EVER. It was NWA Mid-atlantic, all i know is, Steve Williams won their championship. I never said any thing about China or Chinese Wrestlers.  |
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Post by mrchase on Mar 9, 2008 11:40:07 GMT -5
WWE dropped the ball with the Asian Market, they actually had some stars they could have done better, the only Asian wrestler that was actually successful was like Tajiri ( Yokozuna was Samoan ) they messed up Big Time releasing Gail Kim ( Who was a great Womens wrestler, and by the looks of it now is one of the best Womens wrestler in the US ), If WWE wanted to expand into the Asian Market they should have dropped Jimmy's hillbilly gimmick and actually made him into a serious wrestler. please Gail Kim is not even close to one of the best Womens wrestler in the US . Gail Kim is too clumsy to be the best .Gail kim nees tight ropes to even do moves on the rope without hurting herself. also Gail Kim is not Japanese. Gail Kim is korean/ Canadian. |
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Post by jake_317 on Mar 9, 2008 11:47:08 GMT -5
Well, ya know, it isn't like China is known for their amazing wrestlers, heh. or known for ANY, wrestling at all... I mean, in 2003, the People's Republic of China, had one of their FIRST pro wrestling shows EVER. It was NWA Mid-atlantic, all i know is, Steve Williams won their championship. I never said any thing about China or Chinese Wrestlers. Well, you quoted me on a WWE/Chinamen post, so i figured you were speaking of WWE's PR in China also. I mean, it wasn't like Tiger was bringing the Indian audience in, since he was mostly on WWE-Mexico, of whatever their Mexican TV show was, that was different from the US WWE shows. |
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Post by Bubba Ray DJ on Mar 9, 2008 11:49:25 GMT -5
In a clever marketing technique WWE are editing the Great Khali's losses and making him look stronger on Indian broadcasts, in order to capitalize on their growing popularity in the country. Khali is seen as a national treasure and market stalls, shops and other outlets are making a killing selling Khali merchandise. He is a tremendous hit amongst children who imitate his matches at school. According to once source Indian's still see wrestling as real in most cases, and they have huge pride in Khali's domination in the WWE. From a business standpoint Khali is a big asset to WWE and practically drives its popularity in India, so no matter how boring he may become to US fans, he won't be let go anytime soon. With WWE's recent plan to expand in to China it would be interesting to see if they hire any Chinese stars and do a similar thing. There are currently no reports of this type of thing happening to anyone else but Khali. Source: Wrestlezone Looks like he is here to stay for awhile. Walk around slow, punch, kick, not sell moves, block punches with your forearms like a ****. |
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Post by jake_317 on Mar 9, 2008 11:50:20 GMT -5
WWE dropped the ball with the Asian Market, they actually had some stars they could have done better, the only Asian wrestler that was actually successful was like Tajiri ( Yokozuna was Samoan ) they messed up Big Time releasing Gail Kim ( Who was a great Womens wrestler, and by the looks of it now is one of the best Womens wrestler in the US ), If WWE wanted to expand into the Asian Market they should have dropped Jimmy's hillbilly gimmick and actually made him into a serious wrestler. please Gail Kim is not even close to one of the best Womens wrestler in the US . Gail Kim is too clumsy to be the best .Gail kim nees tight ropes to even do moves on the rope without hurting herself. also Gail Kim is not Japanese. Gail Kim is korean/ Canadian. Well, ya know, he is entitled to his opinion. ...and, he never said Gail Kim was Japanese. Read again. |
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Post by CBT on Mar 9, 2008 11:51:44 GMT -5
I never said any thing about China or Chinese Wrestlers. Well, you quoted me on a WWE/Chinamen post, so i figured you were speaking of WWE's PR in China also. I mean, it wasn't like Tiger was bringing the Indian audience in, since he was mostly on WWE-Mexico, of whatever their Mexican TV show was, that was different from the US WWE shows. I guess the example I was drilling was that job security because of a market Vince is trying to court is pretty funny. I think Khali's contract runs out when Vince gets bored of the Punjabi Giant, and the contract began when Vince realized how big he was in person. I'm just saying, Tiger would have a 20 year contract if Vince was really head over heals about playing to that market. You can be employed and not be on television. |
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Post by joebaia88 on Mar 9, 2008 11:56:50 GMT -5
God bless India!
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Post by The Dude on Mar 9, 2008 12:09:13 GMT -5
I actually don't mind Khali, but they need to help him work on some actual wrestling moves, John Cena knows more moves than Khali.
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