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Pro-Wrestler Subdues Violent Train Passenger With a Chokehold When Police Fail to Show Up

Oct. 3, 2012 8:37am Erica Ritz

Ex WWE Wrestler Shawn Daivari Puts Violent Passenger on Minneapolis Train in Rear Naked Chokehold

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Ex-WWE star Shawn Daivari seems to have saved the day Thursday when he put a passenger making violent threats against the rest of the train in a chokehold, he says.

Daivari, also known as Sheik Abdul Bashir, was on a train to the Minneapolis airport when he heard the man “saying racial and anti-Semitic stuff,” but didn’t take action until the man began making physical threats and it became clear the situation was only escalating.

Daivari told WWE.com what happened in his own words:

There was one older guy sitting in a chair and he told the guy, “Hey, sit down, you’re making the train ride really uncomfortable for everybody.” At that point, the guy just got right in front of the older guy and physically threatened him, even threatened to kill him. That’s when everybody started running for the emergency call buttons. They were all hitting the buttons, and we went another stop after that, which was another two minutes. When the doors opened, nobody got on the train, so we knew there were no cops waiting to get on and help.

I didn’t know if this guy had a knife in his pocket or a gun in his backpack, so I just went up to him, turned him around, grabbed him in a rear naked choke/sleeper hold and held until I felt his body go limp. I dropped him, locked on a body scissors and held him down until the next stop, which was about 45 seconds down the road. Then I just grabbed him by the seat of his pants and his collar and I threw him off the train. And mind you, from when this started, we probably went half the length of the trip, which was about 20 minutes. It was one thing when he was saying all that racial stuff, but when he started threatening passengers, I didn’t know if it was just a big guy talking tough like he’s at a bar or if he’s got a weapon. By the time I got to the airport, there were still no cops at the train station. [Emphasis added]

According to one witness, the passenger was so freaked out by his hulking adversary that he peed his pants.

Metro Transit Rail told TMZ that “Metro Transit police responded after being alerted by the train operator to a fight on board” and that “the investigation is ongoing.”

Though Daivari left WWE in 2007, according to ProWrestling.net, he’s proven for many that “he’s still got it.” TV Plus magazine wrote in a tweet: “Think WWE is fake? Wrestler @ShawnDaivari put an unruly train passenger in a choke hold when he threatened to kill people on the train!”

Cover photo via Wikimedia Commons.

(H/T: Huffington Post)

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LibertarianYankee
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:15am
we need more people like this man in america, still willing to do the right thing and not just duck in the corner with a cell phone calling 911.

sad thing is, the police don’t like being “shown up” by citizens because it makes them look bad. wouldnt be surprised if some spiteful actions were taken towards him. at the very least, liberals will portray him as a “vigilante citizen” who was neglected as a child, has a small penis, and wants to prove something to the rest of the world. sad sad world we live in :(

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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:38am
  .
  WWE may be entertainment, but rest assured,
  these guys can kick anyone’s ****.
  I’d call him an American hero.
  Nicely done.
  
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- blazingaway
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:45am
  We’d have more people like this in America if the educators, shrinks, lawyers, judges, politicians, and all of the politically correct groups hadn’t castrated MEN and attempted to turn them into women or gender neutral people by suing them and putting them in jail and making their life a living hell.
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:55am
  If there was a video of this, it would have crashed youtube by now. And the bad guy would be famous for being a worthless punk and *issing his pants. Probably a former OWS protestor. Lesson learned.
  
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- bannedfromCNN
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Rasselin’ ain’t fake.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 5:36pm
  Was this a dry run??
  
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TruthMonkey
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:14am
Threat eliminated. You sir are a Great American!

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- redhawk58
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:58pm
  Amen!!
  
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thegodfather
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:12am
He should have used a “finishing move”…like a folding chair over the head

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- JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:34am
  Lol
  
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- Is you is o is you aint mah constituency
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:57pm
  Heh. +1
  
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usmc1063
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:09am
Although in reality professional wrestling is just a show but these people have to have excellent athletic abilities. The holds and moves they use are real just dramatized. Good job though he did stop something that could have become a lot worse.

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- redhawk58
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:59pm
  Well said!!
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 3:50pm
  Not only do they tend to have excellent athletic abilities, but many of them are very accomplished wrestlers. For example, Kurt Angle was an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.
  
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blackyb
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:03am
I may be a dumbazz, but the story is not clear at all. Now who else is a dumbazz. Remember What, who, where, when and how. Now-a-days, it is to be added what color because the racists have made it an issue on all sides. Now, lets try again.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:33am
  Now, it is not because of “racists”. It is because we all know what demographic group commits the most crime per capita and who the biggest screw-ups are.
  
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Edohiguma
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:57am
While I applaud his actions, what will likely break his neck was the choke hold and, if true, actually throwing the guy out of the train like that. Some crafty lawyer will try to cut a name for himself out of Mr Daivari’s hide and, given the way the US justice “system” is broken (not the only one, mind you, the same applies to every EU country, it’s even worse there), that lawyer will likely succeed. Mr Daivari just made that idiotic bastard a very rich man.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:16am
  Hey EDO,
  First, before he gets his “payday” his lawyer will have to convince at least 7 of 12 jurors in civil court that the bum deserves a bunch of money. Fat chance. The guy will not get a dime. News Flash! -People still have the right to defend themselves from deranged psychos in America.
  
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- Kelso
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:04am
  Maybe…but remember…we’ve been throwing people out of bars, clubs, houses, trains, but not planes thankfully, for thousands of years. Does that make it right?….well, yes…it’s been serving it’s purpose and working just fine for a long time. You may find it a brutish act, but there is nothing more humiliating, than simply being picked up like a piece of bad luggage, and tossed out a door. No one has ever died from that…and hopefully a likely bruise or twisted wrist will follows them awhile as a reminder for their offence. And again, maybe, they will learn a bit of humility themselves. I think he did the right thing…he wasn’t looking for a fight, but sometime the fight comes to you. We must always have the right to protect each other.
  
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- Amica
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:38pm
  I don’t think the hold is designed to break necks, but to cut off the blood supply to the brain long enough for the subject to lose consciousness. They teach it in the military, my daughter can do it (she’s about 5’6″), so don’t mess with her.
  
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:56am
Awesome. Now he can use this as part of his character’s story line.

Way to go sir! We need more men not afraid to stand up to little punks.

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- TruthMonkey
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:15am
  Yep!
  Identify the threat and nuetralize. One Great American!!
  
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- bry
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:19pm
  don’t forget the “old guy.” He was pretty brave telling the thug to knock it off in the first place. Two great guys on that train.
  
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Meyvn1
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:43am
Fine business.

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GeoInSD
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:43am
I do think the WWE is fake, but that doesn’t mean the participants are not strong athletes. I believe they are strong athletes that have learned at least a few combat techniques.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:57am
  You’re right. they are tremendous athletes. It’s not “fake” as much as it’s rehearsed and outcomes are pre-determined.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:14am
  It’s fake because it’s scripted. They’re still performing the stunts.
  
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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:42am
Professor Tanaka and Mr. Fuji rolled into one! And the guy pissed his pants to boot! I hope the rest of the day is as good as this for all of us!

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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:11am
  If when annother “protest” occurrs, try having almost everyone get up in their face(s) and flip them about 10-15feet….Wholl-lotta pants-****** goin on round there!! Aa-Ha!
  
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stloocardsfan
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:34am
Good job, but I think a pile-driver would have been more appropriate.

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- Cemoto78
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:46am
  Followed by a full body slam.
  
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TheMajority
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:32am
It looks like the police are spread thin, as they are in Detroit. Of course, public union workers are paid by tax payers who make a profit, and since our Capitalism is being stolen from us, we make less profit. More people become desperate with little pay if they have work at all, as police staff have to decrease because of lack of funds.

Yes folks. We are “On our own”, where we are not suppose to be “On our own”.

Government is here to protect our Individual Liberty and us against violence. Not to dummy down our children and ship opportunity over seas—making us and our nation go broke.

Public union workers—your gonna lose your pensions too. Just keep voting left. (as if we ever had a real choice with this 2-party system)

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Eastinfection
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:31am
Good thing the cops didn’t show up.
Don’t need to hear about another round of “accidental” shootings.

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- RRFlyer
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:00am
  You’re a jerk. WHy don’t you go live in your fantasy anarchy world somewhere and write and tell us how much you love it.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:09am
  anarchy?
  that’s quite a leap.
  I grew up in a police family. I love cops but, like everyone else, they deserve scrutiny when they screw up. Don’t worry. They can handle the teasing.
  
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- TruthMonkey
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:23am
  @RR
  
  So in your world the heros on flight 93 lived in a fantasy world?????
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:57am
  Check out RR. Acting like cops don’t smoke people for the heck of it. Now that’s funny. East is right on the money. All good jokes have an element of truth to them.
  
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wingedwolf
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:04am
Thank God there are still men in America. They seem to be few and far between, but I am glad this man was there when this happened. People have become so pussified they just usually stand there and allow whatever, too cowardly to stand up.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:13am
  Amen indeed, this is a case of one person making a difference when the moment came about.
  
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- starman70
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:24am
  Right on!!!
  
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- drattastic
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:26am
  In today’s America people are afraid to act not only out of cowardice but for fear of being sued or jailed for doing the right thing. Because we all know it isn’t the criminal’s fault it is the systems fault or societies fault or your fault .
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:00am
  Drat is exactly right. If the cops showed up, and the wrestler had the guy in a choke hold, and the guy was black, they would have arrested the wrestler and let the black guy go. Fact.
  
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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:01am
Another good example of Johnny-come-lately being late!

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blackyb
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:00am
This wrestler looks a bit muslim. Were most of them Muslims on the train? Why is the story not complete since ‘race’ was mentioned during which someone of a race? made racial remarks. What is the real story?

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- MOLLYPITCHER
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:02am
  @blackyb
  What did you do? Look at the picture, skim over the story and leave a comment. You risk making yourself look stupid when you do that.
  
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- biggreenboo
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 12:55pm
  “You risk making yourself look stupid when you do that.”
  
  RISK? No risk… just 100% fact… He/She looks stupid.
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 3:55pm
  He’s from Iran, but how does that have anything to do with the story? I’ve worked with several Iranian people and they were great.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 5:35pm
  KUPO
  He’s from Iran
  —-
  I don’t know about Daivari, but my heart goes out to the Iranian people. They were forced to submit or die by the Khomeini Islamist regime.
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:07am
  Mine does as well. The ones that I know got out of there because of how brutal and oppressive it is.
  
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blackyb
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:59am
Curious: Was the man black or white doing the racial name calling and threatening? I want to know to find out if this wrestler is taking up for white people or black. I like human interest stories, if they are are all black but the man thrown off the train, then there will be questions in my mind as to how big of a hero this man is.

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- yippeya
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:19am
  Daivari, also known as Sheik Abdul Bashir, was on a train to the Minneapolis airport when he heard the man “saying racial and anti-Semitic stuff,” but didn’t do anything until the man began making physical threats and it became clear the situation was only escalating.——Read the story, duma**
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:01am
  Who were the people black or white who was getting the name calling done to them? Was it him the Mid Eastern man or some others who were being called names? It is made to sound like the ‘hero’ was taking up for some “ethnics.” What I asked dumbazz, if the folks being harassed was white, black or the man thrown off the train was black? Is that so hard to figure out what I am asking here? What is the color of the man thrown off the train? That was not answered. All on the bus were not jews, and if so, how did he know?
  
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- IsThereADifference
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:26am
  It was a bus full of black Jews from China
  
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woodyee
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:56am
Wow, what a man – almost as handsome as me!

Thank goodness this didn’t happen in California – those passengers would have hit that red button, and at the VERY NEXT stop, the train would have filled up with lawyers…

Naah, I’m not that handsome – look who I got doing my laundry and fetching my meals, Dora Glassberg and MaryBethElizabeth…

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:00am
  Bwahahahahahahaha!
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:40am
  @RJJ & WOODYEE…
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVT7RbqUzJo&feature=relmfu
  
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- floridareader
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:47am
  Lol!!!!
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:43am
  I am.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 2:40pm
  @WOODYEE
  Naah, I’m not that handsome – look who I got doing my laundry and fetching my meals, Dora Glassberg and MaryBethElizabeth…
  ——–
  Careful, dude. Those Terminator maids can wrestle a baby outta ya.
  
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Maxim Crux
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:54am
and we find out later it was his agent that he booted…

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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:51am
Throwing out the trash! Good for you Shawn because when seconds count police are minutes away.

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- woodyee
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:56am
  Nice!
  
  Good morning, Progressive!
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:16am
  Good morning to you Woodyee !
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:17am
  …not just “minutes”….NOT even at the end of the line at the airport-waiting!! Oh–Yess–they’re doo’in an “investigation”…those police whom NEVER showed up…Yaaah–Riiiite!!
  
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MadenNZ
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:49am
Would be nice Sheik Abdul Bashir can do a choke hold on MSMBC’s Martin Bashir each time he goes mental on Romney.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:56am
  LOL, would Marty ever be in continuous pain. He starts every show bashing Romney and/or Ryan for at least the first ten to fifteen minutes.
  
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- scrudge
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:09am
  Ah Yes… as you know his manly kotex has a leak… it runs down his leg
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:38am
  If not a rear naked choke hold, perhaps the deadly “vertical soufflé” would be appropriate! Bashir might raise an eyebrow to a manly wrestler and the words rear naked!!!
  
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THXll38
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:48am
Oh, oh Blaze social and neo cons — this guy is an Iranian American. He is indeed a threat to America due to his ethnic background — undoubtedly a radical Muslim pretending to me a model American citizen.

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- Edohiguma
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:55am
  Oh, but he is a radical “muslim”. Do you even know why? Of course not. It’s pretty obvious, really. Apparently Mr Daivari here seems to like it in America and, going by the way he dresses, doesn’t seem to follow the koran. That makes him radical, because he clearly choses to ignore islamic doctrine and dogma.
  
  Those following the koran to the letter, including obeying Mohammed’s orders to maim and murder, aren’t radical. When is following the explicit orders radical? They’re pious and devout “muslims”. People like Mr Daivari, people like the tons of secular mohammedans (who exist), those are the radicals. They don’t follow the dogma. Such people I have no issues with and I doubt anyone here has either. I have issues with the jihadi worshippers of the mass murdering, pedophile, pillaging and thieving insane Arab named Mohammed who cooked up islam when he had a heat stroke.
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 11:51am
  If he was a jihadist or Muslim psycho, he would have sat still and not been the least bit bothered by the anti-semitic rants. A radical Muslim certainly wouldn’t have stood up to protect an old American man. If he is Muslim, deep down he did the right thing. This man, is an American first. I’m sure CAIR will call and request a sit-down or counseling session to make him a better Muslim. That is, if they’ve got the guts to ask Mr.Daivari in the first place. Ha!
  
  Thank you, Mr. Daivari.
  
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Grasshopper42
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:47am
Yes, WWE is fake. But those guys are athletes . . .

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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:12am
  WWE wrestlers = Bad mofoes working on their ‘acting career‘.
  They can do ‘real’ if they so desire ..Case and Point.
  
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- stumpy68
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:19am
  Your right it takes a lot of strength ,agility, and talent to
  do what they do without killing each other even though its fake.
  
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Landon410
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:47am
sometimes being a jerk just doesn’t pay off, huh buddy? you got choked out, wet yourself and thrown off a train, because you had to be a tough guy

and great response time by the PD, union workers….

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:52am
  Oh, so that was THE_JERK on that train after all?
  
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Psychosis
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 8:43am
NOW HE IS GOING TO GET SUED

what a wonderful system we have / sarc

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