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05-25-2012, 11:15 AM #1
Chirs Jericho Indefinitely Suspended By WWE
http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/24/chris-...razilian-flag/
A WWE event in Brazil came to a screeching halt Thursday evening ... when local law enforcement stopped a live match and threatened to arrest Chris Jericho for desecrating the Brazilian flag.
It all went down during a match between Jericho and C.M. Punk -- who was proudly waving the flag in the ring. Jericho took the flag away, crumpled it up and kicked the flag out of the ring ... and that's when police stepped in and put a stop to the event.
We're told Jericho was informed that desecrating the national flag is a crime in Brazil ... punishable by incarceration.
Cops gave Jericho an option -- apologize to the arena ... or go to jail. Chris chose the former ... grabbing the mic and telling the crowd he immediately regretted his actions. Cops allowed the event to continue.
Sources connected to the WWE tell TMZ ... the flag stunt was NOT planned or approved by WWE officials.
The WWE has just released an official statement saying, "Chris Jericho has been suspended indefinitely due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE event in Sao Paulo on May 24. The WWE has apologized to the citizens and the government of Brazil for this incident."
Jerichos Response:
“It was a bad move,” Jericho said. “I did it with [our] fans’ entertainment in mind and I’ll accept the consequences for that.”
Last edited by Greengoblin782; 05-25-2012 at 11:22 AM.
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05-25-2012, 04:43 PM #2
wonder how long he'll be gone
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05-25-2012, 04:44 PM #3
He has not even been back in the ring long.
-Robert Lewis
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05-25-2012, 04:50 PM #4
Just as bad as jbl goose stepping in germany which is a crime there as well
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05-25-2012, 05:04 PM #5
ChrisJericho
has been suspended for 30 days due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in Săo Paulo on May 24. WWE has apologized to the citizens and the government of Brazil for this incident.
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05-25-2012, 06:16 PM #6
He'll be "suspended" probably about as long as the length of the tour in South America. It's damage control, I doubt anyone in WWE is legit pissed at him.
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05-25-2012, 06:17 PM #7
it's a classic heel move they've done it to the US flag a million times
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05-25-2012, 06:21 PM #8
I don't think they've ever had the balls to do it to a US flag in recent years. Finlay got fired last year for booking a segment at a house show where The Miz interrupted the national anthem and some military guys at the show complained.
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05-25-2012, 08:46 PM #9
not in this case, read the story and you'll see they didn't know about the penalties for doing it in Brazil. The times that they did that in the U.S. they were either in the U.S. or CanadaLast edited by duwal; 05-25-2012 at 08:53 PM.
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05-26-2012, 09:49 AM #10
Yeah, he was almost arrested by the sound of it. It's illegal in Brazil to defile the flag like he did.
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