Fans chant "that’s too far!" to Jinder Mahal's insult towards Nakamura

[The Intergalactic Koala]

WWE champion Jinder Mahal looked every bit the dastardly pro wrestler Tuesday night, striking an imposing 6-foot-5 figure in a tan suit and black turban and bellowing insults about his rival, fan favorite Shinsuke Nakamura. Smiling slyly, however, the mood changed for some at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., when Mahal, WWE’s first champion of Indian descent, opened his mouth.

“You always ‘rook’ the same,” Mahal said during the live “SmackDown” telecast, mocking his Japanese opponent’s facial expressions and accent.

“They call you Mr. Miyagi,” he later added referring to a Japanese character in “The Karate Kid,” as he and the Singh Brothers, his two lackeys who accompanied him to the ring, mimed martial arts poses.

The audience didn’t know quite how to respond to Mahal, whose real name is Yuvraj Singh Dhesi and whose material is scripted. If this was an attempt to paint the champion as a hypocrite, following months of him courting boos by accusing American audiences of xenophobia jingoism, it didn’t seem to land.

“That’s racist,” spectators could be heard shouting as Mahal delivered the lines. Later in Mahal’s five-minute spiel, fans collaborated to chant, “That’s too far!”

“WWE should have never approved this,” 15-year-old Noumaan Faiz, who was in the audience, said in an email to The Washington Post, adding the bit left “a bad taste” in the audience’s mouth.

“Racism is definitely an idiotic way to get heat and not necessary,” said Faiz, who’s been watching WWE programming for more than a decade. “It also makes the writers look bad.”

This is not the first time WWE has dealt with allegations of racism, and not just in the ring. The company has confronted several obstacles in recent years as it attempts to become more inclusive. One of the biggest turned out to be its marquee star, Hulk Hogan, who in 2015, was caught on tape referring to black wrestlers using racial epithets. The company cut ties with Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, and today there remains no trace of Hogan, who helped build the brand in the 1980s, on WWE’s website or product lines.

WWE addressed the controversy at the time, noting in a widely circulated statement the company “is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide.”

WWE has dealt with racism before, but a scripted rant has fans chanting ‘that’s too far!’

Hope that contract was worth it Naka

 

[King Ka$h]

Ho boy whoever wrote that needs their shyt kicked in;You know it's bad when WRESTLING FANS--who have sat through Necrophilia,Attempted Murder and other assorted crimes,women being forced to strip and bark,demonic sacrifice,fukkin vampires,someone killing a dog and feeding it to its owner,and what ever the fukk else think something's TOO FAR

Even REDDIT's not down with it.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

If it results in Road Dogg getting fired

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

If it results in Road Dogg getting fired

Road Dogg not getting fired. He's getting "suspended"

Spoiler

promotion

, but not fired despite Smackdown looking like the USWA crowd wise.

 

[Thebadguy]

WWE fukking up.



















































Though I have a feeling that if Jinder had said something towards a black person and not an Internet Darling like Nakamura, it wouldn't be this much outrage.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Ho boy whoever wrote that needs their shyt kicked in;You know it's bad when WRESTLING FANS--who have sat through Necrophilia,Attempted Murder and other assorted crimes,women being forced to strip and bark,demonic sacrifice,fukkin vampires,someone killing a dog and feeding it to its owner,and what ever the fukk else think something's TOO FAR

Even REDDIT's not down with it.

We're in the PC Era breh.

But there's a difference between those things and this. Aside from degrading women, all that other shyt was Hollywood. Racial discrimination isn't a part of a make believe story.

 

[Amor fati]

Now he's got heat.

 

[TRIPLE M]

Nakamura will get his comeuppance, wouldn't be shocked if they switched the title

 

[OVER]

 

[Zero]

Ho boy whoever wrote that needs their shyt kicked in;You know it's bad when WRESTLING FANS--who have sat through Necrophilia,Attempted Murder and other assorted crimes,women being forced to strip and bark,demonic sacrifice,fukkin vampires,someone killing a dog and feeding it to its owner,and what ever the fukk else think something's TOO FAR

Even REDDIT's not down with it.

Even Vince got away with threatening to have Undertaker's wife gangraped by a biker gang

 

[Blackout]

WWE fukking up.



















Though I have a feeling that if Jinder had said something towards a black person and not an Internet Darling like Nakamura, it wouldn't be this much outrage.

Just what I was thinking

 

[Apex]

yeah its racist when jinder says that

but its not racist that the WWE forces him to do the most stereotypical gimmick

it wasnt racist when austin saw muhammad hassan/daivari and was like "i see sand people"

it wasnt racist when they took an Italian-American white guy to play a Muslim man named Muhammad Hassan playing into the "muslims are terrorists" mainstream media narrative

now we have a problem.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Even Vince got away with threatening to have Undertaker's wife gangraped by a biker gang

"But Vince never wanted to do the Attitude Era! He always wanted PG family friendly entertainment!"

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

I heard about the chant earlier today and hit the

Cokeboy can't win for losing. Jinder was getting interviewed by the NY Times around Summerslam and they promptly flew his whole shyt into the side of a cliff with this

Vince got mad a month ago about the audience entertaining themselves and THIS is the best he could come up with to wrestle back their attention?





"STOP PLAYING WITH THOSE GODDAMN BEACH BALLS AND LISTEN TO MY RACIAL STEREOTYPES :cokeboydown:"

 

[2CT]

Nakamura will get his comeuppance, wouldn't be shocked if they switched the title

even if Naka ends up as a transitional champ it's still pretty much a lock he wins at this point, media backlash is the LAST thing the E wants right now