what Shelton Benjamin said to Yoshi Tatsu last night on ECW was racist


Gimpie , Sunday, 18th of July 2010 06:23:07 AM

On ECW last night, Shelton came out, then so did yoshi,Shelton took the mic 
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before the match and picked on Yoshi is name. Shelton then mocked the 
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Japanese dialect and said Yoshi picked ''the WONG night to come to ECW''. 
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Shelton spent about two minutes mocking Yoshi. He bowed to him and posed 
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in the crane kick position. Shelton bowed to Yoshi again, mocking him. (me 
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and my family was watching and was appalled and offended by this)
/>Is WWE so desperate for ratings that they will bring a persons race or 
culture into it?
 
 
 
 
 

Pinky , Monday, 19th of July 2010 02:16:47 PM

NOT REALLY RACIST BUT CULTURIST. HE WAS PICKING ON JAPAN  
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CULTURE. BUT IS WAS FUNNY  
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LOVERSNOOKIE , Tuesday, 20th of July 2010 01:07:12 PM

That was, by far, the funniest thing I've ever seen on ECW.  
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D-Generation X will always be #1 at funny in WWE, but that was some of the  
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Sweet cloud , Wednesday, 21st of July 2010 06:36:50 AM

yeah, i think they are a little racist. Maryse speaks French  
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and that is how WWE makes the crowd boo at her. (Just like Hunter Hearst  
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Helmsley as a heel) Jimmy Wang Yang and KungFunaki are both talented in  
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with Jimmy Wang Yang. They could contribute to their occassional matches.  
 
 
 
 
 

lala , Thursday, 22nd of July 2010 02:19:03 AM

They Do This All The Time, Remember The Rock Making Fun Of  
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Eddie Guerrero, Shelton Making Fun Of R-Truth, There Not Trying To Be  
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Racist, They Just Want Ratings.  
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Romeo , Friday, 23rd of July 2010 06:00:41 AM

As a wrestler who is worked as a heel (bad guy), for most of my  
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career, what Shelton Benjamin did last night was a standard way for a heel  
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to get heat (boo's). By insulting Yoshi Tatsu is culture, he allowed Yoshi  
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to get sympathy from the fans (which is the purpose of the face). This, in  
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turn, makes it much more satisfying for the fans when Yoshi won the match  
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with a single kick (making Shelton, the heel, look like a fool instead of  
Yoshi). You have no reason to be upset with the WWE, as this is a  
technique that has been used in professional wrestling for years.  
 
 
 
 
 

Fluffy Bunny , Saturday, 24th of July 2010 07:43:54 PM

Kurt Angle had a big mouth and he is the one that introduced  
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Shelton in. -as part of Team Angle  
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MeeMoe , Sunday, 25th of July 2010 10:32:49 PM

Cheap heat.but nothing beats the Luger - Simmons story line  
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from back in the day that was pushed by Bill Watts in his reign of error  
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with WCW.  
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Scrat , Monday, 26th of July 2010 06:43:16 PM

Yes WWE is that desperate.  
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ReRe , Tuesday, 27th of July 2010 08:26:45 PM

I liked it, because its about time, even though it was a skit,  
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that a WHITE person wasnt involved, either being the racist in the  
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situation or being on the brunt end of a racist joke. It involved a black  
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man and an asian man, which is refreshing to see.  
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Drubz , Wednesday, 28th of July 2010 05:29:12 PM

no but it was funny! and it made you remember yoshi, plus it  
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made him better when he won!  
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Hubby , Thursday, 29th of July 2010 11:34:55 AM

It is called being a heel. It is his job to piss people off. I  
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remember once back in the day, JBL did a Hitler salute on tour in Germany.  
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Of course he doesn't support Hitler, but it got him him heel heat.  
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It is their job to piss people off and Shelton did a great job.  
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Don't take it so hard. I am Russian and I don't get offended when Vladimir  
Kozlov gets jokes about him. I think it is funny. Lighten up.  
 
 
 
 
 

SleepinBootie , Friday, 30th of July 2010 03:36:22 PM

You cry baby it was a sketch and a joke. He didn't really mean  
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those things it was all part of the act so stop whining you little girl.  
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Nugget , Saturday, 31st of July 2010 06:06:11 PM

lghten up dude it was meant to be funny not racist. is that the  
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first thing u look for in a show racism?  
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Love Bug! , Sunday, 1st of August 2010 07:09:22 AM

I think you are missing the point. Yoshi Tatsu kicked Shelton  
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Benjamin is head off and beat him easily. Shelton who was the bad guy  
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played the part of the evil racist who gets defeated by Yoshi Tatsu. It  
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is supposed to be offensive to everyone so that you are happy when the  
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racist guy gets defeated.  
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B &;* C , Monday, 2nd of August 2010 12:22:39 PM

I didn't see the show last night but from the information you  
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have told me it sounds racist. Unfortunately WWE does these things & uses  
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race in their story plots from time to time. They call it entertainment or  
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trash talking about the only thing that can be done is to write to the WWE  
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& let them know ur disapproval. If enough people are offended they might  
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stop it.  
 
I don't think they do it for ratings but probably just to get Shelton over  
more as a heel, but I do get ur point & think WWE should know better. It is  
wrong to mock someones race or gender & WWE seems to love to do that, JBL  
said some awful things about Mexicans when he was feuding with Eddie  
Guerro & their was this whole thing a few years ago with Teddy Long  
accusing every white person in the company of being racist.  
 
 
 
 
 

Flexy , Tuesday, 3rd of August 2010 12:28:55 PM

Well, Benjamin only did it in order to get some heat for  
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himself & put over Yoshi Tatsu. Even if it seemed racist, it is like Cryme  
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Tyme is Word Up segment, mocking stereotypes of the urban hood & their  
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cultures. It was only done as a joke & nothing more. The world may seem  
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too sensitive sometimes, but I agree that it may of actually offended  
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people of Japanese descent, but this was done as part of showing Benjamin  
is mic skills. Hopefully, it was only a joke, as I think Benjamin did not  
mean it for us to take it seriously.  
 
Besides, WWE had Benjamin get kicked in the head for a squash match, so  
think of it as his ''comeuppance'' for what he did.  
 
By the way, I don't get how WWE would do this for ratings. If they did, it  
would blow up in their faces. Benjamin did this to put over Yoshi as a face  
& himself as a heel, & he did his job, literrally & figuratively.  
 
 
 
 
 

Sky_Starr , Wednesday, 4th of August 2010 01:48:52 PM

That was hilarious! I was busting out laughing.  
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Minnie , Thursday, 5th of August 2010 12:28:40 AM

I agree with Edge is Freakin Awesome.  
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Spets , Friday, 6th of August 2010 11:06:37 AM

Relax, it was just a comedy sketch, a joke.  
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The Japanese (And pretty much everyone else) do it all the time to  
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Americans in their shows and it is still funny as hell. No need to be  
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offended a freaking comedy sketch.  
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Baby Dip , Saturday, 7th of August 2010 03:52:57 AM

It was very racist and shows why Benjamin will never be WWE/WHC  
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panther , Sunday, 8th of August 2010 10:55:09 PM

Actors are always racist it is not really there fault it is  
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they're producer that tells them what to say and do.  
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sugar lips , Monday, 9th of August 2010 10:31:31 AM

That is what he is suppos to do, but its just for  
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entertainment, im sure he doesnt really hate you japs.  
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Huggy Bear , Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 02:06:21 AM

I sincerely believe that Vince McMahon has something agaist  
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Asian wrestlers. The only Asian wrestlers I can think of that have been in  
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WWE the past few years are Tajiri, Funaki, Michinoku, & Jimmy Wang Yang, &  
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not one of them got a half decent push, although they all are very  
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talented wrestlers in their own right.  
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They could have actually set up an entertaining athletic feud between  
Tatsu & Shelton, but now they have completely screwed it up again with all  
of this racial stuff.  
 
 
 
 
 

jenna bare , Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 08:31:19 AM

its called a promo. to introduce him. chill out anyway. yoshi  
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won the match anyway  
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DREAMER , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 03:12:13 PM

Well.Im Gonna Be Honest I Thought It Was Pretty Funny I Almost  
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Choked On A Cookie Watching It But.I Bet If Someone Was Makeing Fun Of A  
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Mexican Or A Puerto Rican Or A Spanish Person I Wouldnt Have Liked It And  
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I Would Have Called The Wwe Racist And I Would Have Felt The Same Way  
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..What He Did Was Racist But It It Was Entertaining I Think It Was To Keep  
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The Show Alive  
 
 
 
 
 

Noopy , Friday, 13th of August 2010 11:53:43 AM

no it wasnt it was a joke  
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lighten up  
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Small lion , Saturday, 14th of August 2010 03:27:34 AM

Shelton is a heel and thats wat heels do. mock peoples race and  
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stuff. same way shelton mocked R-Truth on last SD about R-Truths Education.  
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