There's a terrorist camp named Faarooq?

[Guest bob_barron]

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]

So what now the Camel Clutch will be now called the Gory clutch?

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Why was he Faarooq anyways. It was fine when he was in the NOD. But know Ron Simmons is better suited.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Oh. That explains it. I was wondering why he was just "Ron Simmons" out of the blue.

[Guest Combat Apparatus]

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.

[Guest Eagan469]

They needed beer money

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

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]

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 0]

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]

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]

Wow, that one piece of information is more interesting than the entire Angle/Benoit feud.

[Guest Midnight Express83]

Atleast Benoit and Angle's meaningless filler fued makes better matches than 99% of the whole NA wrestling scene.

[Guest buffybeast]

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]

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]

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]

Ron Simmions is better...they should of change his name to that 2 years ago.

[Guest Anglesault]

My Joke

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Buffy's Head

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Was that a Jazz joke, AS?

[Guest Anglesault]

Yeah, but I actually like Jazz, and think she's somewhat good looking, so it wasn't really serious.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Al-Farooq Camp: Cuz we need beer money, TO MAKE THE STREETS FLOW WITH THE BLOOD OF THE NONBELIEVERS!

 

Not so funny now, eh?