Guest bob_barron Posted October 11, 2002 Report Posted October 11, 2002 WWE decided to drop the name of Faarooq in favor of Ron Simmons recently. The reason for this was because the Al Queda terrorist group has a camp called All Faarooq. Once WWE learned of this, they decided to change the name to avoid any possible association with the terrorist group. Credit: PWTorch.com
Guest Trivia247 Posted October 11, 2002 Report Posted October 11, 2002 So what now the Camel Clutch will be now called the Gory clutch?
Guest Vern Gagne Posted October 11, 2002 Report Posted October 11, 2002 Why was he Faarooq anyways. It was fine when he was in the NOD. But know Ron Simmons is better suited.
Guest evenflowDDT Posted October 11, 2002 Report Posted October 11, 2002 Oh. That explains it. I was wondering why he was just "Ron Simmons" out of the blue.
Guest Combat Apparatus Posted October 11, 2002 Report Posted October 11, 2002 Yeah, I thought Farooq was a dumb name anyway. Speaking of stupid names, what was the deal with the APA? I mean an acolyte is a follower of someone, so why were they taking money to protect people? And the logo as seen here: is suppossed to mean what? Acolyte Protection Agency Protection? Its just somethng thats always bothered me.
Rob E Dangerously Posted October 11, 2002 Report Posted October 11, 2002 Faarooq was a mangling of the name 'Farouk', Farouk was the name of the last king of Egypt. Remember, he debuted as Faarooq Asad, the powder blue gladiator, Asad probably has some Arab/Terrorist-related ties as well
Guest DragonflyKid Posted October 11, 2002 Report Posted October 11, 2002 News of an Al Queda training camp called Faarooq came out at least 6 months ago. I remember hearing about it and thinking it was funny so I doubt the WWE just heard of it. Faarooq the wrestler was just stale, a heel turn and name change was needed, not that it makes him a better wrestler. BTW RobE, is that Mattitude sig an official WWE logo?, if not it should be, it would be perfect for a Matt Hardy T-Shirt. It could be up there with the Jericho "Monday Night Jericho" t-shirts since comparisions between Matt Hardy version 1.0 and '98 Jericho are being made.
Rob E Dangerously Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 RollingChop: I stole this from another user on this board. It might have been used on Smackdown. Or not. I'm not sure.
Guest DJ Jeff Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 I haven't watched Smackdown lately, so this is the first I've heard of this. Still, it's a change for Faarooq to be using the Ron Simmons name. Does this make him a heel now?
Guest Anglesault Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Wow, that one piece of information is more interesting than the entire Angle/Benoit feud.
Guest Midnight Express83 Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Atleast Benoit and Angle's meaningless filler fued makes better matches than 99% of the whole NA wrestling scene.
Guest buffybeast Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Faarooq was a mangling of the name 'Farouk', Farouk was the name of the last king of Egypt. Remember, he debuted as Faarooq Asad, the powder blue gladiator, Asad probably has some Arab/Terrorist-related ties as well Ok, I thought I was the only person who remembered Farooq in the blue trunks and stupid head gear.
Guest Anglesault Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Faarooq was a mangling of the name 'Farouk', Farouk was the name of the last king of Egypt. Remember, he debuted as Faarooq Asad, the powder blue gladiator, Asad probably has some Arab/Terrorist-related ties as well Ok, I thought I was the only person who remembered Farooq in the blue trunks and stupid head gear. Well, it wasn't THAT long ago. I mean, come on, he fought Trish at Backlash this year.
Guest buffybeast Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Well, it wasn't THAT long ago. I mean, come on, he fought Trish at Backlash this year. Farooq Asad debuted in 1996 or 97. I bet many fans on this board weren't watching WWF then.
Guest HartFan86 Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Ron Simmions is better...they should of change his name to that 2 years ago.
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Was that a Jazz joke, AS?
Guest Anglesault Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Yeah, but I actually like Jazz, and think she's somewhat good looking, so it wasn't really serious.
Rob E Dangerously Posted October 12, 2002 Report Posted October 12, 2002 Al-Farooq Camp: Cuz we need beer money, TO MAKE THE STREETS FLOW WITH THE BLOOD OF THE NONBELIEVERS! Not so funny now, eh?
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