Kane Wins Politics (For Real This Time)
Another congratulations to ‘The Demon Kane’ Glenn Jacobs for winning the Republican nomination for Hard Knox County mayor… again.
After voting closed on Tuesday, the initial count had Kane the victor by just 17 votes. After two days of anxious checking, Jacobs celebrated officially winning the nomination:
Provisional ballots are counted… I'm proud to be the official Republican nominee for Knox County mayor! Thanks to the @knoxvotes for your exemplary work and ensuring an open and transparent process.
— Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) May 3, 2018
Hardly Austin 3:16, but congratulations nonetheless. And now you’ve officially won Kane, now is the time to reveal the twisted monster that rages in the depths of your demented soul. Raise Hard Knox County to the ground, then level it with your spiteful fist. For that will be where the Morning Star will curse the scorched Earth, bringing an eternal night to last 100 yea- oh, it’s just the nomination. So he’s not actually the mayor yet. It’s just the next step in him getting there. Right. Forget all that Morning Star stuff. It’s not important.
Stand down, Viper warrior. The Snake God Mehen will reign again.
Sami Zayn Greatest Royal Rumble Update
WWE’s first-ever Greatest Royal Rumble event might be a week old today, but that doesn’t mean the depressing stories surrounding the controversial event are going to stop anytime soon.
Despite cutting a promo on how him and Kevin Owens were going to win the 50-man Royal Rumble match on the go-home episode of Raw last week, Sami Zayn ended up not being on the show at all – posting on Twitter “Je suis chez moi” which is Google Translate for “I am at home”.
Je suis chez moi.
— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) April 30, 2018
WrestlingNews.co first reported that WWE gave its wrestlers the option to miss the event if they felt uncomfortable performing in Saudi Arabia. And with Sami being of Syrian descent, and fronting the Sami for Syria relief fund campaign for anyone affected by the Syrian War, it was presumed Zayn might’ve been one of those to decline the Greatest Royal Rumble invitation because of Saudi’s tension with Syria.
Pro Wrestling Sheet, however, followed this up reporting:
“it was NOT due to his own request… Sami Zayn was not booked to compete on the show to respect the local culture in Saudi Arabia.”
And now the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter has given more details on the situation:
“He was not told why he wasn’t on the show. To the best of our knowledge and based on what he’s said to others privately, he still hasn’t been told and has claimed he has no explanation.”
Dave Meltzer notes that Zayn actually wrestled in Saudi Arabia for three consecutive nights in April 2014, back when WWE was trying to push him as a Middle Eastern star because of his Syrian heritage. And despite all those claims on commentary for the “progressive, beautiful resort city of Jeddah” – my God, it’s just so beautiful – Sami not wrestling just four years later is the very definition of regression.
Corey Graves Backstage Heat?
One person who took issue with this appears to be Corey Graves, who sounded uncomfortable on commentary for the event, and who later posted on the Gram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiIkioBjOQF/?hl=en&taken-by=wwegraves
The Wrestling Observer is reporting Graves already had backstage heat in WWE for his cryptic comments about the show, and the Instagram post did nothing to help that:
“It was noted to us that his feelings were understandable but that his statements should have only been made privately. There were also people noting that he’s more replaceable than he thinks he is.”
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