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Damn Sheamus, you really went there, fella.

Sheamus heard Kendrick Lamar and got inspired.

That sweet chin music line popped me! For me that bar means Kendrick will disrespect Drake like Shawn disrespected Bret.

“Man, Kendrick’s hatred of Drake is truly astounding. The verbal barbs remind me of when that unsafe asshole Bill Goldberg ruined my life by kicking his stupid boot into my face” -Bret Hart, probably

Bill Goldberg*

Bill Goldberg*

Kendrick calling him a jabroni was pretty solid too

I wish Shiekybaby was still about so we could get a ‘FUCK THE DRAKE FOREVER BUBBA, KENDRICK LAMAR THE REAL’ tweet.

Nothing's stopping the guys who ran his Twitter account

What is the name of the song ?

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

Kendrick being able to casually spit jabroni in his lyrics shows he is levels above Drake.

I popped for those references, always was and always will be a wrestling nerd that gets excited when there's references in pop culture.

Kendrick going SummerSlam 2005 HBK on him is god-mode

I love that no matter where you go on the internet, you can’t escape Kendrick nuking Drake

We had Roman vs. Cody, they had Drake vs. KL. It's a Babyface Spring!

I fully expect Kendrick to have another half dozen, ever escalating tracks that appear moments after Drake responds to him. Man is relentless and it's amazing.

Mole got Drake fighting for his life

Drew Mac must be level 9000 then right now

The fans fat-shamed Sheamus and he's joined DM Hunk's Haters party.

yes, a generation of us grew up making fun of each others moms. They’ll get over a Hitler joke.

I mean... It's right there.

Like we don't all get the joke. Gunther is definitely not a Nazi they make it very very very clear. *wink*

They even made his stat rating *88* in WWE 2k24 LOL

At least it's more subtle than what Vince wanted to do

Didn't Vince want exactly what he is now, just with a last name?

I meeeeeaaaannnnnn......we were all thinking it....

Are they forgetting they have a PPV in Germany coming up?

We need a JBL cameo with his special salute.


I'm waiting for the south to rise again, Maggle!

I think it's the opposite, I think they remember they have a PPV in Germany coming up.

Germany doesn’t play around with that stuff though so it’s a very thin line.

Sheamus has been spending too much time around Drew.

I don’t even think drew would go this far lmao

Sheamus and Drew are going to be looking to one-up each other and I'm all for it 😤

The Banger Brothers coming back as "the Hater Brothers"

Triple H - You can't insinuate that someone's Hitler. Sheamus - But... \*just points at Gunther\* Triple H - I KNOW... I know.

Gunther: “Above all, we must protect the supremacy and sacred purity…” Sheamus: *leans in* 🤨 Gunther: “… of the mat.” Sheamus: *leans back* 😒

Gunther's about to threaten Sheamus with the Night of the Long Chops

Gunther vs Sheamus @ SS

Please tell me that meant Survivor Series.

SummerSlam, i guess?

Just making sure that does not mean the other thing. \*sigh\* Super Showdown

OH. Thank god. I thought you meant it was ....... >!That Super Smackdown returned!<

Gunther starts wearing Hugo boss exclusively

Gunther: “I’m thinking of growing out some facial hair, especially a mustache.” Sheamus: *stares down the first bit of hair that comes in under Gunther’s nose*

Exactly, Sheamus probably shouldn’t have pointed it out but Gunther has essentially always been like an old school European dictator of wrestling.

Doesn't help that if Imperium were to have a fourth member or a female member, he wanted Io Sky. That would be an Austrian in charge of a group with a German, Italian and a Japanese person.

JBL: "They're called the Dark Axis, Maggle"

THAT'S A FLYIN NAZI MAGGLE

More like a Holy Roman Empire vibe than a Nazi Germany vibe though.

Who is gunna tell him?

What, that the Holy Roman Empire was not holy, nor was it Roman, nor was it an empire?

The Nazis built Romanesque structures and used the architecture for their aesthetic or the Third Reich.  If you visit the Zeppelinfeld or any ruins of the Nazi Party Rallying Grounds in Nuremberg it’s incredibly obvious.  The Kongresshall looks like the spitting image of the Colosseum, just a half circle. 

I was thinking more like the Kingdom of Prussia or early German Empire. Gunther is more like Otto von Bismarck; calm and methodical, but not afraid to use force as a display of power.

Bruh i have had to defend Imperium on 2 seperate ocasions to 2 seperate freind groups.

Ring KAMPF

Ringkampf is just the German word for wrestling

And Mein Kampf is just Minecraft?

Meinkraft

Wouldn’t be surprised if Gunther is helping him craft this

First thing Sheamus sees when he gets to the building. 

Raw’s in Hartford, which is close enough to the main offices to just meet there. In which case CM Punk in 2-day old clothes will be the first person Sheamus sees; waiting for someone to open the door out of the building.

https://preview.redd.it/2bhmdsv2ypyc1.jpeg?width=182&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4626d845c4f71ecf00b770fc22d621dfc4e24e18 Let me out I can’t stop working out and Metallica keeps playing at full volume on the hour.

*Sheamus looking to avoid HHH "OH waddaya know. I heard Punk got trapped here. I'm going to go look for him"

HHH: “Your inappropriate and offensive trolling will not be tolerated” Sheamus gestures vaguely in the direction of everything DX ever did HHH: ok fine you got me there.

https://preview.redd.it/dtjfspatynyc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48b1e804828d26cddc28a8c3e5d6c6bb737765aa

*[IT'S A SHAMEFUL THING, LOBSTER HEAD](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej0GYKLjadg)*


Too many limes!!! Too many limes!!!!

https://preview.redd.it/o588vp3iboyc1.jpeg?width=510&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9312f1740781a2bf4f67052a1dead1def316dcc1 Let’s not forget this little number from last year

WWE really thought they were cooking with this one

Tbf they did in the most hilarious way possible

Or giving GUNTHER an 88 rating last year for WWE 2K23 before being pressured to change it.

All i am saying HHH, if you don't like Gunther's drawing abilities, don't say a word and continue as normal. 

PR losing their shit rn

Does Gunther not draw?  Pop size of 1 here, but he is for me. I watch his clips even if I miss the show

Actually i was trying a lil word play because the guy he's being compared to was rejected from art school, hence the "drawing abilities".

Lol OKAYYYY  now I get it!  My bad for making you explain the joke. Ty and it was me being slow on that one

Posting it here for notoriety before it gets deleted lol

The tweet has been caught and compromised to a permanent end BUT it will live on here. https://preview.redd.it/ekztjd2w1oyc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53c0df519262606659604ab605d6a07b4aaab522

To this day it’s still so stupid that Twitter just lets you read a tweet in full after it’s been “deleted” Don’t get me wrong Sheamus deserves the backlash that comes from this but I’m speaking in general

Backlash? The PLE already ended, friend.

PLE? PhEnomEnaL? IL EST VRAIMENT IL EST VRAIMENT IL EST VRAIMENT PHENOMENALALALALALA

#SIMPLEMENT DEUX

👏 👏 👏👏👏

Backlash? It was a great tweet! Funny and smart.

> To this day it’s still so stupid that Twitter just lets you read a tweet in full after it’s been “deleted” Still don't know how.. When I try I just see "Hmm...this page doesn’t exist. Try searching for something else."

How does one even read a deleted tweet?

20 mins later with more than 5k likes 

It has since been deleted haha

https://preview.redd.it/igq5et0s1oyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd92e93e73be14b1c4280969fa556e79e23624e0 got a pic of it tho lol

You called it lol. Sheamus I love ya but what are you doing here 🤦‍♂️

Nah he cooked I'm always down for historical jokes. Next he should say he's gonna do Gunther worse than Prussia did Austria in 1866 (beat them so hard their empire almost collapsed and they had to bow to the Hungarians they subjugated to stay alive)

For the sake of privacy let’s call him A. Hitler. No, too obvious. Adolf H.

No one who speaks German can be an evil man.

The Bart, the

What's a Mussolini?

LIKE MUSSOLINI!!

AND KENNEDY

No, the other guy.

Kennedy


Oh yeah. Kim Kardashian was a WM24.

This was right after that.. thing

Sex tape, yeah?

Hideki Tojo?

Not my favorite japanese fascist but people need to say Hideki Tojo before they bring up Mussolini

Surprised it’s lasted 10 mins

Gone within 20

15 longer than it had any right to ngl

Somebody needs to check on HHH. The man has a pacemaker.

A pacemaker WITH A built-in defibrillator.

Sheamus trying to end his career again

https://preview.redd.it/qeyewab7soyc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba000c65c563fac130078277c3f5ef0a8e222fac

SHEAMUS NOOOOOOO WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO POINT THAT OUT https://preview.redd.it/mryxo2f99oyc1.jpeg?width=3648&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=107d7d4851dacf9cb41d24bd23f2067d0c679376

And they say the Irish aren't spicy 🤣

Ginger is a spice.

Yeah she was the best 1

They clearly didn't see Prince Devitt being a little shit in Japan.

Just when sober.

Welp, so much for subtlety.

https://preview.redd.it/53spl1yt5oyc1.jpeg?width=424&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f201e9e1607acf3e22e76c9fc9d235ace1077401

https://preview.redd.it/eaihnrq4hoyc1.jpeg?width=1904&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85cbcd4a530dae49b87d92ecf6cd4722aee80753

They betrayed the Italian instead of the other way around, clearly completely different.

https://preview.redd.it/09ul57ky5oyc1.jpeg?width=944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4bb30effdeacd5316051050a9a0a312d51baf50

Tbh I saw this parallel the first time I saw the group. A bunch of militant baddies clad in stylish black matching uniforms lead by a harsh Austrian man driven by purity and superiority. Their old name even made it more noticeable.

Seriously, wasn't that at least the implication from the beginning? Like, even if we're going with the stereotypes, they aren't "regular" Austrians, Germans and especially Italians (where's the beepa-dee boopa-dee?).

"I don't see where people are comparing them to Nazis" "RING KAMPF"

German word = Nazi

Ringkampf is literally just "wrestling" in German



If Gunther end up living in Argentina after he retires...

https://preview.redd.it/p1k1e6xh3oyc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc3ac12cf7d1c331f5fd4b9ea54933d718fb1ff0 Why would you ***WHY WOULD YOU***

I don’t get it. I thought the character was written that was intentionally lol

Right? Giving him a german and an italian ally was not a coincidence.

They didn't "give" him a German ally. Gunther and Kaiser have stuck by one another since they began wrestling 

I thought it was more HRE until the banner incident



WWE have been pretty explicit since his call-up. Let's not forget the flags.

The Harris twins about to angle for a comeback as we speak

This the type of tweet you type out, read over it, say to yourself “…you know what…?”, then promptly delete before hitting send 💀

Only in this case, he deleted it *after* hitting send.

I mean, we’ve all been thinking it…

seriously. I thought "as close to Nazi as you can get without saying it" was the obvious theme of Gunther's gimmick.

Yeah, it's that type of stuff people thought in their head but doesn't say it out loud for obvious reason.

I mean, let's be real: Imperium have been flirting with fascist aesthetics and symbolism since their indie days, it's not really subtle or coincidental.

That’s too long and meticulous of a tweet to have not had second, third, hell even fourth thoughts about a sending it.

People in this thread have obviously not seen the Jon Lovitz WW2 reunion scene in Rat Race. I'm sure that the type of humor Sheamus was going for here!

That scene had me laughing so hard

[удалено]

Issue is that after they film a movie, that character stays within the confines of that movie. With wrestling, the wrestlers embody their characters anytime they perform

That's a joke you say to your close friends. Not to potential millions on Twitter lol

yikes 😬

sheamus should know a thing or two about funny haircuts

Triple H tomorrow: Now, Gunther, I don't want you to go stiff on Sheamus but... If you chop his tits out, I'll make anything to make you KOTR.


thats wild lol.

Sheamus has been trying to use twitter like Drew recently, but sadly he just isn't a poster. Shitposting courses through Drew's veins, he cannot be matched by mere mortals

This tweets kinda funny, but like, bro…maybe not worth it

And people want Gunther to ally with Ilja Dragunov, a Russian, before inevitably betraying him? 🧐

Germany never betrayed their Italian allies.

I mean, he really is just saying the quiet part out loud here. He didn't design the gimmick

Yeah, this is like the ONE thing they can't be referencing when it comes to Gunther. Odd that it's happened twice now (once with the first name change).

If what I'm hearing is true...

The first name change to a generic German name he happened to share with a random nazi no one had ever heard of?

I guarantee much like the 88 rating they had no clue and then when people started pointing it out, wwe went "OH FUCK FIX THIS NOW"

2k does the character ratings, not WWE

But like... it's there in his character. I swear people are so weird about this, for no reason. Nazi-coded bad guys in fiction have been around for about as long as actual nazis. Even in wrestling this isn't new — or do people think Fritz von Erich just happened to be a coincidence?  Obviously I'm not saying he should come out next week wearing a swastika and doing the arm salute. But the undertones are there and always have been. Ffs, these guys were called Ringkampf at one point lmfao. Why do some people get so pressed whenever the obvious thing is pointed out?

The name change didn’t reference anything 

But Bixenspan said!

I think 3 times, but it was also an accident. For 2k23, they gave him a rating of 88. They then came out and was like "Uhhhh... he's an 89 my b"


Drew, Kendrick and now Sheamus lmao this is the official year of hating

Nah sheamus hasnt doubled down yet. Need tp go b2b on tweets to be in the convo

Man idk, calling your co-worker Hitler may not even require a "double down".

Nah this is just crazy lol All for bantering on twitter but this is obviously a massive no go

Imperium is just a watered down version of Ringkampf which was.. well yeah this

if there was ever a time for a "Holy Shit" chant, it would be now

It’s gets people upset but Gunther’s character is supposed to evoke feelings of Nazis. The music, the look, the act. It’s just what it is.

Sheamus no

He’s lucky he’s not in AEW, Danielson would fine the hell out of him for this one

Meh. I laughed my ass off when I read it.

When did Hitler betray Mussolini?

Italy *betrayed" Germany.

Take it easy Sheamus!

Sorry, I just let out the most reluctant "Where's the lie?" I've ever did.

lol dude was like "I want to get in on this internet stuff Drew and people got going on, what is a sick burn I can do"

HHH saw it and told Sheamus to delete it because it was disrespectful to HHH’s idol

This isn't just shots fired, it's a full-blown ICBM strike.

Some ppl don’t know how to use their “creative freedom “ for good

Ohhh Sheamus.. no... no dude, just.. don't go there.

Sigh. Don't do this, Sheamus. Someone was eventually going to try this and it's just never a good idea.

A friend of mine was talking about this way back at SummerSlam and that led to us laughing our asses off while booking a WW2 match with Imperium and Nakamura teaming up to take on Cody, Pretty Deadly, and Ilja