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Xero
06-09-2008, 02:47 PM
From WWE Corporate:

World Wrestling Entertainment Suspends Performer

STAMFORD, Conn., June 9, 2008 – In accordance with its Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended James Yun (Jimmy Wang Yang) for 30 days for his first violation of the company’s policy.

thedamndest
06-09-2008, 02:51 PM
Coming up next in Didn't See That One Coming: Funaki Wins World Title.

Loose Cannon
06-09-2008, 02:56 PM
we should start a pool here for this stuff. Yang would of had like 500:1 odds

Fox
06-09-2008, 02:59 PM
After seeing "Smackdown Superstar Suspended for 30 Days," was I the only one who hoped it was Batista?

Destor
06-09-2008, 03:00 PM
we should start a pool here for this stuff. Yang would of had like 500:1 odds
Hot Idea.

Evil Vito
06-09-2008, 03:05 PM
<font color=goldenrod>We should have a new game: everyone picks a wrestler, no repeats...if that person is suspended, the poster is banned for as many days as the guy is suspended.

I call Colin Delaney!</font> :shifty:

Xero
06-09-2008, 03:06 PM
I call Jeff Har-

Wait...

Destor
06-09-2008, 03:06 PM
I call Triple H.

thedamndest
06-09-2008, 03:12 PM
CM Punk would be the safe bet, but I'm pretty sure he'll be fired/quit one day so what are the rules on that?

Kane Knight
06-09-2008, 03:14 PM
CM Punk would be the safe bet, but I'm pretty sure he'll be fired/quit one day so what are the rules on that?

Yeah, I'd call a Heroin addict a "safe bet."

thedamndest
06-09-2008, 03:19 PM
Just cause the guy hasn't washed his hair in like a year doesn't mean he's on smack.

KingofOldSchool
06-09-2008, 03:43 PM
Just cause the guy hasn't washed his hair in like a year doesn't mean he's on smack.

Yeah, take a look at Bret Hart...

Mooияakeя™
06-09-2008, 03:44 PM
lol @ Jimmy The Yang Wang

BigDaddyCool
06-09-2008, 03:45 PM
I'm saying Stevie Richards is suspended or fired for violating the wellness program before December. Now if the story breaks on Dec. 3rd, but he was suspended as of Nov. 30, I still win. What are the odds.

Gertner
06-09-2008, 03:47 PM
Well there goes Yang's world title push

Kane Knight
06-09-2008, 03:53 PM
Just cause the guy has track marks doesn't mean he's on smack.

Kane Knight
06-09-2008, 03:54 PM
Just cause the guy looks like he's been partying harder than Slurms McKenzie doesn't mean he's on smack.

U-Warrior
06-09-2008, 04:18 PM
I crave buttsex.

thedamndest
06-09-2008, 04:20 PM
My only vice is competition. - C.M. Punk

I don't see heroin listed there. I think this is an open and shut case.

Kane Knight
06-09-2008, 04:52 PM
He also didn't list Caffeine, which is a vice and a drug. See? He's a liar.

Theo Dious
06-09-2008, 04:52 PM
Just cause the guy never seems to know where he is, what he is doing there, or why he is even alive does not mean he is on smack.

aaaaa
06-09-2008, 05:19 PM
This won't end well for The Yang. He's probably gonna get stuck in a crappy gimmick, that contradicts his race and in-ring skill, when his suspension is over.

....oh wait. :|

thedamndest
06-09-2008, 05:34 PM
He also didn't list Caffeine, which is a vice and a drug. See? He's a liar.

That's good enough for me. C.M. Punk is a junkie. Take him away, boys.

4 knuckles up
06-09-2008, 06:05 PM
That's good enough for me. C.M. Punk is a junkie. Take him away, boys.

Hey, I get to say that! Bake him away, toys.

DrA
06-09-2008, 06:10 PM
It looks like Mr. Wang Yang needs to get his act together.

Hanso Amore
06-09-2008, 06:26 PM
How he can fail, yet Bats has yet to shows the system is flawed like a mutha fucka

Kane Knight
06-09-2008, 07:01 PM
How he can fail, yet Bats has yet to shows the system is flawed like a mutha fucka

Yeah, a guy killed his wife and kid, then himself, had like five billion times the testosterone a normal person would have in his system, and this is what shows the problem.

MCEazy
06-09-2008, 08:42 PM
This won't end well for The Yang. He's probably gonna get stuck in a crappy gimmick, that contradicts his race and in-ring skill, when his suspension is over.

....oh wait. :|

:rofl:

Skippord
06-09-2008, 08:44 PM
I can safely say I did not see that one coming

Shadow
06-09-2008, 08:49 PM
....yay?

Porcupine
06-09-2008, 08:55 PM
I am one of the few who liked Yang more as Akio then as this cowboy character. Too cartoonish for my liking, so while its a shame he gets suspended, I hope he comes back a a serious character.

Of course knowing WWE, he will just reappear back in his velocity jobber role.

McLegend
06-09-2008, 09:37 PM
we should start a pool here for this stuff. Yang would of had like 500:1 odds

Someone start this up.

Vastardikai
06-09-2008, 11:44 PM
So, batista is pissing under the name "Jimmy Wang Yang," now?

U-Warrior
06-09-2008, 11:49 PM
Hey, I get to say that! Bake him away, toys.

4 knuckles up, ladies and gentlemen.

Afterlife
06-10-2008, 12:21 AM
He also didn't list Caffeine, which is a vice and a drug. See? He's a liar.

Drinking soda doesn't mean you're addicted to it. I'm pretty sure Punk gets to his shows by hopping the occassional boxcar, but I wouldn't go so far as to talk about "caffeine addiction", let alone track scars. Especially when they don't exist, and stuff.

Mr. Nerfect
06-10-2008, 12:57 AM
LOL, KK doesn't understand a belief he is criticising. What ignorance? Also, KK must be a heroin dealer to know Punk takes it. Probably because he doesn't have a real job. "Journalist," my ass.

Mr. Nerfect
06-10-2008, 12:58 AM
Jimmy Wang Yang is a damn good talent, and is fun as hell to watch. I hope he gets his act together.

Afterlife
06-10-2008, 03:06 AM
One slip-up is not "losing your act", and I find it fucking ignorant of everyone who uses such a phrase in this instance. Advance your perception, people, and adjust your terms in accordance.

Lux
06-10-2008, 04:38 AM
One slip-up is not "losing your act", and I find it fucking ignorant of everyone who uses such a phrase in this instance. Advance your perception, people, and adjust your terms in accordance.

This is the wrestling forum after all

Mr. Nerfect
06-10-2008, 04:49 AM
One slip-up is not "losing your act", and I find it fucking ignorant of everyone who uses such a phrase in this instance. Advance your perception, people, and adjust your terms in accordance.

I didn't say he lost his act. Just that he needs to get it together. The man violated the wellness policy, which is certainly not good is it? I was also mainly referring to the rebound from the suspension. Hopefully his morale isn't down, he's still the same Jimmy Yang, and he isn't jobbed out beyond reason.

Hanso Amore
06-10-2008, 04:56 AM
Yeah, a guy killed his wife and kid, then himself, had like five billion times the testosterone a normal person would have in his system, and this is what shows the problem.


Well, in my defense, the policy wasnt in place until after this....So that doesnt apply.

Afterlife
06-10-2008, 06:08 AM
I didn't say he lost his act. Just that he needs to get it together. The man violated the wellness policy, which is certainly not good is it? I was also mainly referring to the rebound from the suspension. Hopefully his morale isn't down, he's still the same Jimmy Yang, and he isn't jobbed out beyond reason.

But you don't know his "act" isn't "together". Of course violating the policiy isn't good, but to make out like doing so means he's falling apart at the seems is a little over the top.

Lux
06-10-2008, 06:17 AM
Well, in my defense, the policy wasnt in place until after this....So that doesnt apply.

For shame

Kane Knight
06-10-2008, 08:05 AM
Drinking soda doesn't mean you're addicted to it.

Which would be great, if Punk or Straightedge preached "Don't get addicted."

As it is, your counterargument kind of lacks any substance. And speaking of lacking substance....

LOL, KK doesn't understand a belief he is criticising. What ignorance? Also, KK must be a heroin dealer to know Punk takes it. Probably because he doesn't have a real job. "Journalist," my ass.

Awww...Sometimes, it's cute when you make stuff up.

It's even cuter, since telling me I don't understand straightedge pretty much demonstrates that you don't.

Well, in my defense, the policy wasnt in place until after this....So that doesnt apply.


The Wellness Policy? It was in place before Benoit. :|

Afterlife
06-10-2008, 08:10 AM
I don't think you do understand the straightedge thing, tho.

Kane Knight
06-10-2008, 08:26 AM
I don't think you do understand the straightedge thing, tho.

I'm pretty sure the guy trying to rebut "Caffeine is a drug" with "yeah, but that doesn't mean he's addicted" in defense of Punk has no grounds to question my understanding of the concept.

Well, he does, but it falls under "pot calling the kettle black."

But hey, why let that get in the way of questioning me?

Afterlife
06-10-2008, 08:49 AM
You called it a vice. I was simply clarifying that liking a product doesn't make it a crutch for survival.

And I have no idea what you reference in terms of "pot calling the kettle black".

You seem to think that "straight edge" means no drugs, of any variety, ever. But, that's not exactly how it works. You offer a guy morphine when you take out a bullet, he's going to accept.

The people that function under the "straight edge" flag refuse the intake of substances that the general public looks at as potentially harmful. Not soda-pop. Sure, you'll have your vegans in analogy to the straight edge vegetarian, but they're not so common and even less popular.

And for the record, I find straight edgers to be blind followers of an invisible leader; I'm not defending the practice or the pride. But trying to rip on the guy for drinking Pepsi as a resort to calling him a fraud is a little ridiculous.

KingofOldSchool
06-10-2008, 08:52 AM
I'm pretty sure the guy trying to rebut "Caffeine is a drug" with "yeah, but that doesn't mean he's addicted" in defense of Punk has no grounds to question my understanding of the concept.

Well, he does, but it falls under "pot calling the kettle black."

But hey, why let that get in the way of questioning me?

So someone can't rightfully say that they are "drug free" if they drink Coca-Cola or Iced Tea? Or if they take Tylenol for a headache?

Damn...McGruff the Crime Dog lied to me all of those years ago. :'(

Kane Knight
06-10-2008, 09:12 AM
So someone can't rightfully say that they are "drug free" if they drink Coca-Cola or Iced Tea? Or if they take Tylenol for a headache?

Damn...McGruff the Crime Dog lied to me all of those years ago. :'(


Well actually, Punk's fanboys often laud how he's refused drugs for legitimate medical attention, and he has often bragged about how he doesn't take shit like that.

Now, not all straightedgers believe that shit like tylenol and caffeine are bad (Nor do they necessarily believe casual sex is bad), but that doesn't appear to be Punk's belief structure, based on, you know, what he's said about himself specifically.

So yeah, drinking caffeine, which is a drug, is hypocritical.

And you'll notice McGruff didn't bother telling us not to drink.

Kane Knight
06-10-2008, 09:29 AM
You called it a vice. I was simply clarifying that liking a product doesn't make it a crutch for survival.

Which is great, assuming that's what a vice is. Well, assuming that;s the only definition that could apply to my statement.

And I have no idea what you reference in terms of "pot calling the kettle black".

:lol:

You seem to think that "straight edge" means no drugs, of any variety, ever. But, that's not exactly how it works. You offer a guy morphine when you take out a bullet, he's going to accept.

Actually, Punk's refused such medical care. Straightedge runs a spectrum of beliefs, and Punk's made it clear he's in one of the more hardcore groups. Or, as far as what he preaches. So honestly, it looks like your belief that I don't understand it comes from a failure to understand it yourself. Hence, the pot and the kettle.

The people that function under the "straight edge" flag refuse the intake of substances that the general public looks at as potentially harmful. Not soda-pop. Sure, you'll have your vegans in analogy to the straight edge vegetarian, but they're not so common and even less popular.

Except, of course, that's not strictly true. A vast majority of straight edgers hold the tenet of "no toxins," Not simply "Nothing that the public considers bad." But hey, I enjoy your morally flexible justification, since it can include a lot of things straight edgers are explicitly against. Hell, most of the country doesn't think of alcohol as harmful, so I can drink and still call myself straightedge.

Caffeine is among the most commonly listed substances in the taboos list. But that aside, it's not only a drug, it's more harmful than a lot of the shit they abstain from.

But that's moot. We're talking about CM Punk. Not your "average" straightedge, we're talking about a guy who does refuse painkillers for serious injuries, or so his fanboys have brought up a million times.

And for the record, I find straight edgers to be blind followers of an invisible leader; I'm not defending the practice or the pride. But trying to rip on the guy for drinking Pepsi as a resort to calling him a fraud is a little ridiculous.

No more ridiculous than what he's preaching in the first place. Not to mention, no more ridiculous than your rebuttal of "he's not addicted to it!"

Especially considering I was responding to a joke post with a joke post.

I mean, I'll continue arguing this. I'm not trying to duck out by saying it was a joke, but it's worth pointing out. You know, since I was responding to Thed's post when I make the response.

Afterlife
06-10-2008, 10:03 AM
1. Which is great, assuming that's what a vice is. Well, assuming that;s the only definition that could apply to my statement.


:lol:



2. Actually, Punk's refused such medical care. 3. Straightedge runs a spectrum of beliefs, and Punk's made it clear he's in one of the more hardcore groups. Or, as far as what he preaches. 4. So honestly, it looks like your belief that I don't understand it comes from a failure to understand it yourself. Hence, the pot and the kettle.



5. Except, of course, that's not strictly true. A vast majority of straight edgers hold the tenet of "no toxins," Not simply "Nothing that the public considers bad." But hey, I enjoy your morally flexible justification, since it can include a lot of things straight edgers are explicitly against. Hell, most of the country doesn't think of alcohol as harmful, so I can drink and still call myself straightedge.

Caffeine is among the most commonly listed substances in the taboos list. But that aside, it's not only a drug, it's more harmful than a lot of the shit they abstain from.

But that's moot. We're talking about CM Punk. Not your "average" straightedge, we're talking about a guy who does refuse painkillers for serious injuries, or so his fanboys have brought up a million times.



6. No more ridiculous than what he's preaching in the first place. Not to mention, no more ridiculous than your rebuttal of "he's not addicted to it!"

Especially considering I was responding to a joke post with a joke post.

7. I mean, I'll continue arguing this. I'm not trying to duck out by saying it was a joke, but it's worth pointing out. You know, since I was responding to Thed's post when I make the response.

Well, I"ll tell you what, sport. I don't read about Punk's life, because I"m not a fan -- apparently, you think in quite the opposite fashion. It's great that you know his decisions, his precise lifestyle, and whatever else.

1. Yes. It is an application. And you've just blown it off.

2. When was Punk shot?

3. Yeah, I know. I mentioned that spectrum.

4. Actually, it comes from my not caring or knowing what he allegedly preaches. Pay attention to the conversation -- or, at least, practice what you preach, and don't "make stuff up".

5. From personal experience, it is true, and you are wrong. Granted, my phrase of "things the general public considers potentioally dangerous" is my wording, and not that of the Se'ers that I call friends and/or acquaintances. And yeah, some don't use painkillers unless the situation is extreme. But only one that I"ve met is anti-caffeine. So, I guess I just happen to know all the people that make up your minority of "morally flexible" SE'ers.

6. Once again, it was not a "rebuttal". It was affirming the fact that using a product doesn't make it a "vice", regardless of your convenient choice of definition.

7. Of course, now that you've gone on a tyrade about how wrong I am, it was all simply a joke. That's why it took so much focus to point out my flawed logic. Gotcha.

8. I don't know Punk's lifestyle. And I don't give a shit. I'm just pretty sure your view is skewed on the generalization of the lifestyle that he does a poor job of representing in the first place, and I'm thinking it comes from your weird obsession with the man you claim to dislike on a fairly powerful level.

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06-10-2008, 03:53 PM
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thedamndest
06-10-2008, 04:18 PM
Especially considering I was responding to a joke post with a joke post.


I'm just glad I could help out with this debate.

The Genius
06-11-2008, 02:05 AM
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Outsider
06-11-2008, 10:54 AM
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I wanna click on it but feel it may be NSFW!

Mr. Nerfect
06-12-2008, 06:08 AM
Awww...Sometimes, it's cute when you make stuff up.

It's even cuter, since telling me I don't understand straightedge pretty much demonstrates that you don't.

Um, what? I'm not making stuff up. You clearly don't have a clue what straight-edge is. And me telling you that doesn't mean that I don't. Where the fuck is this great "logic" of which you speak? Me telling you that you're full of shit implies that you are full of shit. Wow, you really do live in The World According to Fat Shit.

I don't know much about straight-edge, but I know this much about it: There are several different variations of it. Some have a thing against promiscuous sex, for example. I doubt Punk uses that strand, because he's been with every female in the industry.

Caffeine may be a drug, but while I'm not going to say no form of straight-edge prohibits caffeine (I'm sure there would be an extreme form of it that does), I know many that do not. I've always understood straight-edge as a cultural discipline, and not a health one. The "edge" people I know don't want to conform to the normal social traps that a lot of others fall into (sex, drugs, alcohol). I don't know too many people that have "Pepsi raves." From a young age, you are introduced to things like Coca Cola. I'm not going to argue the science of it (you're a daft dickhead if you think that is the point), but it's generally regarded as not being something that effects your life too badly, whereas something like snorting cocaine off a dirty dashboard might.

I know someone who is straight-edge because they don't want to be at the mercy of substances. It's more about how others perceive them. Alcohol and drugs put someone in a state of intoxication where they are not in control of their behaviour, cannot operate a vehicle, and become a burden onto others. It's not so much about their personal health as how they choose to interact with other people.

I'm not straight-edge myself, and I only know a few people who are, and many are way too overzealous with the way they advertise their beliefs, but I'm fairly certain I'm not questioning their beliefs based on the childish observation that "caffeine is a drug." No shit! Did you know that dolphins and whales are mammals?

Mr. Nerfect
06-12-2008, 06:13 AM
But you don't know his "act" isn't "together". Of course violating the policiy isn't good, but to make out like doing so means he's falling apart at the seems is a little over the top.

I'm sorry, but that wasn't my intention. But to my understanding, violating the wellness policy is never good. That's 30 days Yang is going without work. Two more strikes, and he's out of a job, something that has happened to him before (so he should know that he is expendable to the company).

I'm sure the guy is not a heroin dealer, like KK obviously is, but I can't see how this can be "good" for Yang, as you said. Unless he learns from it, which was my intended point. He did something wrong, and I hope he can right it. Or at least rebound without too many consequences, because I really like watching the guy.

Afterlife
06-12-2008, 06:15 AM
Ausome. That is all.

Afterlife
06-12-2008, 06:19 AM
I'm sorry, but that wasn't my intention. But to my understanding, violating the wellness policy is never good. That's 30 days Yang is going without work. Two more strikes, and he's out of a job, something that has happened to him before (so he should know that he is expendable to the company).

I'm sure the guy is not a heroin dealer, like KK obviously is, but I can't see how this can be "good" for Yang, as you said. Unless he learns from it, which was my intended point. He did something wrong, and I hope he can right it. Or at least rebound without too many consequences, because I really like watching the guy.

:rofl: @ heroin dealer.

I know what you meant. It just burns me up when it comes off overtly negative -- and I don't just mean you, itt's beef I have with general communication. Personally, I doubt it's anything that will hold him back from his current position of being stuck in a tag team with a glorified jobber.

Mr. Nerfect
06-12-2008, 06:24 AM
:rofl: @ heroin dealer.

I know what you meant. It just burns me up when it comes off overtly negative -- and I don't just mean you, itt's beef I have with general communication. Personally, I doubt it's anything that will hold him back from his current position of being stuck in a tag team with a glorified jobber.

Hey, if Jeff Hardy is any indicator, there might be a push coming for Yang when he returns. :shifty:

I didn't mean it to sound negative, it was more out of concern. I'm a big Wang fan. I perhaps could have worded that better. :-\

Afterlife
06-12-2008, 06:27 AM
LMAO Hey, I feel ya, mate. I'm a fan of big wangs, myself.

Skippord
06-12-2008, 06:52 AM
I feel like there's a little Wang in all of us

Afterlife
06-12-2008, 06:56 AM
Well... I dunno if I'd say that....

Skippord
06-12-2008, 07:02 AM
On the weekends?

Afterlife
06-12-2008, 08:09 AM
Nah. I mean, I'll put some Wang Love in others. But I don't think I want theirs in me.

Super V
06-12-2008, 10:40 AM
This is getting sadder and sadder for Akio. I really hope he can kick his addiction and exorcize his inner demons. :'(

Afterlife
06-12-2008, 10:42 AM
Oh, for fuck's sake. :nono:

Mr. Nerfect
06-12-2008, 01:36 PM
Hahaha. Also, I was thinking the other day, how awesome would it be if James Yun played both Jimmy Wang Yang and Akio on WWE TV? Yang would be his plucky babyface persona, and Akio would be his hired thug persona on ECW, or something.

Mr. Nerfect
06-12-2008, 01:38 PM
Nah. I mean, I'll put some Wang Love in others. But I don't think I want theirs in me.

If you're going to have to take one, though, go with Skip's advice. The smaller the less pain.

Afterlife
06-12-2008, 01:39 PM
You can't call it confusing, either, because all Estasians look alike, anyway.

Afterlife
06-12-2008, 01:41 PM
If you're going to have to take one, though, go with Skip's advice. The smaller the less pain.

Interesting theory. Maybe Down Under there are times when "you have to take one" -- like, say, getting kicked out of Europe. :kiss: But, here in the States, nobody makes me bottom.

Lux
06-13-2008, 01:11 AM
Would you two just fuck eachother already

Afterlife
06-13-2008, 11:36 AM
No.




















...Maybe. :shifty:

311
06-13-2008, 11:02 PM
Don't worry, he'll come back and be just as over as he is now.

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