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Sawyer
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Jul 8, 02:30 AM
See how Dusty Rhodes talks about Tatsumi Fujinami at SuperBrawl 1991: "Our country gets a chance tonight to see in my mind one of the greatest wrestlers internationally in the world."
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"Our country gets a chance live tonight right here on this pay-per-view to see in my mind one of the greatest wrestlers internationally in the world. He is the IWGP the International Wrestling Grand Prix Heavyweight Champion one of the most popular athletes in the world"
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Sawyer
@intlobject.bsky.social
· Jul 6, 12:41 PM
See how Dusty Rhodes talks about Tatsumi Fujinami at SuperBrawl 1991: "Our country gets a chance tonight to see in my mind one of the greatest wrestlers internationally in the world."
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 6, 02:46 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">This even extends to referee introductions. Jim Ross here says &quot;Tiger Hattori, a great international official, will be the official of record.&quot;</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 6, 02:46 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">You can always argue that &amp;quot;international object&amp;quot; was incorrect usage of Ted Turner&#39;s &amp;quot;foreign&amp;quot; ban, but using &amp;quot;international&amp;quot; to refer to performers from outside the US *was* the correct context, and it *does* help the presentation feel more inclusive.</p>
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-[9px] text-slate-600&quot;&gt;· Jul 6, 02:46 PM&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;For years, you&amp;#39;d hear introductions like &amp;amp;quot;We are looking at an absolute international star who has dominated the rings of Tokyo and Mexico City&amp;amp;quot; when luchadors or joshis would arrive in WCW. Positive connotations of worldwide success.&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The &amp;amp;amp;quot;international&amp;amp;amp;quot; label on these performers was often introduced as a positive, that WCW viewers were lucky to get to see this, and that a lot of work went into making this appearance happen. And that was true.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;amp;lt;p class=&amp;amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;WCW used the term &amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;international&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; in a third context I want to highlight: The WCW International World Title. Does this look familiar?&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;
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&amp;amp;amp;lt;p class=&amp;amp;amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;gt;The big gold belt has gone by a number of names in wrestling history.
When Ric Flair left WCW in 1991, he took the Big Gold Belt with him to WWF. For a time, WCW had no world champion, or championship because of this.
youtu.be/3ftp4jdVORs?...&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;
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