Are the WWE taking the rememberance products to far concerning the non Internet fans?

[LionDen]

Ok, here it is, real fans that do not go on the Internet or did not look into the situation deep enough but the point is, they are REAL fans of the WWE. Now, these fans were reported here on UOW and can be found in WWE latest news here and here is the story made by the WWE on these fans below (original can be found here).


Surprise vigil and memorial for the Chairman

STAMFORD, Conn. – Whether he was looking down on ordinary 9 to 5ers from his corporate office at the Titan Tower or berating onlookers from “his” ring on Raw, SmackDown or ECW on Sci Fi, Mr. McMahon often held our fans in great contempt. The Chairman probably would have never believed that these same fans would drive hundreds of miles to honor him with mountains of flowers, cards and pictures after seeing his apparent fiery demise on Raw this past Monday.

Hundreds of baskets of carnations, sympathy cards, teddy bears, daisies and orchids lined the entrance to the Titan Tower as countless fans made a makeshift memorial to Mr. McMahon, who is presumed dead after the limousine he entered exploded at the end of Raw. Some preferred to leave pictures of the Chairman, while others placed toy replica belts of the ECW World Title he held briefly. But everyone WWE.com interviewed said that while they didn’t love Mr. McMahon, they respected him as a pioneer in the world of sports-entertainment and wanted to thank him for entertaining them all these years.

“I hated the arrogant b******, but I had to come,” said a tearful Peter Frager, who said he drove all the way from Borger, Texas. “I’ve watched wrestling for so many years – I grew up watching him, even during the days when he was just an announcer. It’s going to be weird watching WWE without him.”

One fan, dressed in a retro powder blue sports jacket with the old World Wrestling Federation logo that was once the Chairman’s trademark, was too overcome with grief to talk. His shoulders shook and lips quivered before he buried his face in his hands. He had to be held by his two friends that were at his side.

“He used to practice the Chairman’s strut and swagger,” one friend said. “He’s barely eaten since seeing the explosion. But he insisted on coming here and paying his respects.”

Do’ rags, candles and signs that read “Vince: The Real Icon,” “Long Live the Chairman,” and “The Immortal McMahon” were scattered among the throng of well-wishers gathered outside the Tower. The eyes of some WWE employees widened and some jaws dropped at the outpouring of love for Mr. McMahon.

“I have never seen anything like this,” said a receptionist at the headquarters. “It’s just amazing. … I could barely maneuver past the flower baskets when I returned from lunch.”

The McMahon family remained heavily on the minds of our fans. Harold Laurel, of Bayonne, N.J., said the Chairman’s tragedy hit him especially hard. Looking up at his 3-year-old – who was sitting on his shoulders and was preoccupied with sucking on a Jolly Rancher – Laurel said that McMahon’s presumed death reminded him that life can be too random and too short to be taken for granted.

“The fact that this happened just before Father’s Day – it’s just terrible, terrible,” he said. “I know how Shane and Stephanie must feel – my Dad passed away around this time last year. I just hope they can get through this and help their mother get through this.”

Laurel then gently knelt down as he enabled his son to come down from his shoulders. The boy continued eating his Jolly Rancher as his father enveloped his small fingers in his hands.

“Entertainment aside, this whole thing just reminds me that we have to cherish each other every day,” Laurel continued. “I’ll miss seeing Mr. McMahon. He was evil, but he still had a family. I hope he has found some peace.”


Ok, now as I have said elsewhere, this is putting something of a knot in my stomach. WWE are selling rememberance shit on wwe.com saying it is probably the last time Vince will be on them etc.



These poor fans who don't read the Internet etc and follow WWE vigilantly and do not know it was staged are being duped. maybe it is just me but in some weird way it just seems wrong to the honest fan. It has been said by reliable sources that the fans outside the headquaters were real fans and not plants by the WWE. Is it fair to these fans? Is it fair for the WWE to sell these items? Anybody else have any thoughts on all of this?

[bad_meetz_evil]

lol, I wonder how they'll react once Vinnie Mac actuallly comes back.

[tommy]

I don't think that's the case. Even non internet fans know that wrestling is fake, and they can figure out that he isn't really dead. A lot of my friends are non-internet fans, and they knew it was fake.

[Dark Drakan]

Its their own fault if they believe a wrestling storyline to be fact and real life and if they get that involved in it they will hopefully learn in future.

[LionDen]

I don't think that's the case. Even non internet fans know that wrestling is fake, and they can figure out that he isn't really dead. A lot of my friends are non-internet fans, and they knew it was fake.

I beg to differ cause as I said, the fans that went to the headquaters and left stuff and had a vigil were not plants but real fans who thought he was dead.

[hawk40]

I completely agree. I WAS a fan going back to 1981. That's right. Going on 26 years and yes, I said WAS. What they did was nothing short of despicable. I'd go on, but I'm afraid I would be banned from this forum for using all of the adjectives that are going through my mind right now. My only hope for the WWE and especially the McMahon family specifically, is for all of their of merchandise and PPV sales to take a severe nose dive.

[Phenomenal One]

i agree, the whole rememberance thing is a joke. but what i dont get is that alot of you are upset at this storyline. i look at it as a storyline that makes me want to watch. now the storyline would be better to watch if i wasnt so involved in wrestling discussion forums and read wrestling news from various sites. but i applaud wwe for putting a storyline out there that wants me to keep watching. its been awhile since they have had a storyline that has made me want to see the next episode. that is my opinion and i'm sticking to it.

[LionDen]

i agree, the whole rememberance thing is a joke. but what i dont get is that alot of you are upset at this storyline. i look at it as a storyline that makes me want to watch. now the storyline would be better to watch if i wasnt so involved in wrestling discussion forums and read wrestling news from various sites. but i applaud wwe for putting a storyline out there that wants me to keep watching. its been awhile since they have had a storyline that has made me want to see the next episode. that is my opinion and i'm sticking to it.

Well, technically I never said I didn't like the storyline for myself or the Internet fans etc. My whole point is for these fans who are feeling the sorrow for something that is a storyline and is prob spending money due to the fact they believe this, just puts a tiny knot in my stomach, doesn't upset me to breaking point. I admit the storyline intrigues me and I will enjoy it but does not mean I do not have problems with certain factors of it.

[Phenomenal One]

i know where your coming from lion and i agree with you totally, but i just keep reading that people dont like this storyline.

[vegeta02012]

I agree with you, they should at least say that he is in the hospital in a coma, as if that is less grim then him being dead, or something like that so when he is seen around, people wont be shocked thinking he has come back from the dead. But, on the other side of that, the following days after that on major news stations, like fox news and i think i saw something on MSNBC about it, as well as local new stations said that it was a stunt