Ariel Gets Called Out for Bias and Can't Handle It

[SharpasaRazor]

So background here is - Ariel has a very cosy relationship with WWE. Via BT sport he's done some hugely softball interviews with people from over there and its well known that he's got a long standing relationship with Nick Khan who is now running shit over there.

Last weekend they did a TV taping and PPV in Montreal, which is obv Ariel's hometown, and Ariel appeared on the TV show and then the kick off show for the PPV fully involved in their product. Tony Khan, who is the owner/CEO of their competitor AEW, then tweeted at Ariel saying he was a fraud and as much of a journalist as the guy on their show who does their backstage interviews.



Ariel then responded by taking shots at Khan over how his dad is responsible for his success and claiming he only got involved with WWE because he couldn't properly cover UFC on BT due to Dana and that its ok for him to be biased in that arena bc he doesn't consider himself a wrestling journalist.



Whilst I back Ariel over the likes of Paddy and Dana in their arguments - this is a situation where he is doing the exact same thing he's (rightly) taken shots at MMA 'journalists' for in doing softball interviews for the broadcast partner (like a WWE Brett Okamoto) and what he (rightly) said he would never do with UFC which is be paid/accept gifts directly from them to appear on their programme doing what they want (unless he flew to Montreal and did all this for free which I don't believe). He then goes on to kind of suggest he'd be open to appearing as a character on WWE in the future.

Someone calls that out and he is extremely salty about the whole thing and tells anyone who 'he might have disappointed' to 'fuck off cause he I'm not going to live with these bizarro rules you want to put on me' - which is like these are the rules which you so strongly have put in on the other guys in MMA yet you'd like to cover wrestling also and not abide by them?

Ariel has been getting a lot of praise for putting it on basically the worst people in MMA (Schaub, Paddy, Dana) but he's also quite full of shit on some fronts and can't seem to handle getting called on it.

 

[PhotographyRaptor]

Ariel is a self righteous putz. Sometimes correct, most times not. Is normal in life when someone dedicates their life to one issue. They always have to be right. Whatevs

 

[I_IZ_BACK]

I couldn't care less about the little mermaid ...

 

[RageQuitLord]

You good bro??!?!?

 

[BlackGirlLover]

Interesting 2AM read... this new "10-8" Ariel needs to check himself. He already got shat on by the majority of his own fanbase for taking the high-horse in that Jamahal Hill interview. Can't imagine that wouldn't happen again, although I see him doing no wrong here, I guess.

He puts alot of time into the UFC (an org he's banned from) so I say let him fuck around and ask softball questions in wrastling, which is fake anyway.

 

[CasualBot]

WHO. FRIGGIN. CARES.

 

[The Accuser]

I will shit on Ariel as soon as only one of these self proclaimed MMA journalists asks Dana ANYTHING BUT a softball question.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Ariel never brought up fighter pay once when he was working for ESPN. He is a sanctimonious slimeball. He only looks good in "feuds" when he's against other unlikeable personalities. Ariel stans are some of the most cringe people walking this planet too.

 

[listrahtes]

Ariel was always like that so him being a hypocrite shouldnt surprise anyone.

The crazy thing is that the level of mma journalism is so bad as to UFC kind of raising a huge load of pure suckups with their carrot and whip approach, that Ariel still is valid and needed there despite him being a dishonest slimeball. I cant really picture any other sport that has such low level oportunistic media as mma mainly UFC has. Its sad. Some smaller sites generate great quality but no one reads it.

 

[panem-et-circenses]

Pro-wrestling has enough shoots. What is Ariel going to ask an active pro-wrestler? Did he like that storyline, do the writers suck, who has the worst gimmick, etc.

I don’t watch Ariel at all, either. Used to watch the MMA hour back in the day, because of the guests.

 

[MMAProfessional]

He'll be on Ariel's show next week. Who gives an F about pro wrestling beefs.

 

[stormofshadow]

 

[zarboi]

The disdain I have for this cuck

 

[Marko Polo]

“Wrestling journalist”

 

[ferrisjso]

There's this specific subsection of men who have a weird fascination with the WWE.

But yeah the reality is if the UFC never turned on Ariel he likely wouldn't be saying a lot of the stuff he says about them. A lot of people need the ships burned at the beach to do the right thing.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

So background here is - Ariel has a very cosy relationship with WWE. Via BT sport he's done some hugely softball interviews with people from over there and its well known that he's got a long standing relationship with Nick Khan who is now running shit over there.

Last weekend they did a TV taping and PPV in Montreal, which is obv Ariel's hometown, and Ariel appeared on the TV show and then the kick off show for the PPV fully involved in their product. Tony Khan, who is the owner/CEO of their competitor AEW, then tweeted at Ariel saying he was a fraud and as much of a journalist as the guy on their show who does their backstage interviews.



Ariel then responded by taking shots at Khan over how his dad is responsible for his success and claiming he only got involved with WWE because he couldn't properly cover UFC on BT due to Dana and that its ok for him to be biased in that arena bc he doesn't consider himself a wrestling journalist.



Whilst I back Ariel over the likes of Paddy and Dana in their arguments - this is a situation where he is doing the exact same thing he's (rightly) taken shots at MMA 'journalists' for in doing softball interviews for the broadcast partner (like a WWE Brett Okamoto) and what he (rightly) said he would never do with UFC which is be paid/accept gifts directly from them to appear on their programme doing what they want (unless he flew to Montreal and did all this for free which I don't believe). He then goes on to kind of suggest he'd be open to appearing as a character on WWE in the future.

Someone calls that out and he is extremely salty about the whole thing and tells anyone who 'he might have disappointed' to 'fuck off cause he I'm not going to live with these bizarro rules you want to put on me' - which is like these are the rules which you so strongly have put in on the other guys in MMA yet you'd like to cover wrestling also and not abide by them?

Ariel has been getting a lot of praise for putting it on basically the worst people in MMA (Schaub, Paddy, Dana) but he's also quite full of shit on some fronts and can't seem to handle getting called on it.

From what I remember, a few of Tony Khans top stars physically fought each other and were suspended, so there were legally paying matters Tony couldn't comment on. Ariel tried to press for answers anyway, but Tony said nothing, so it was a boring interview and Ariel has held a grudge ever since. He enjoys riling Tony up, which is pretty scummy if you know anything about Tony.

Now, Ariel also had Triple H on his show after he took over WWE creative cuz Vince stepped down among sexual allegations and misuse if company funds, and his daughter Stephanie seemingly wanting nothing to do with him, and do you think Ariel asked any relevant questions about that? No. He shilled

 

[Pechan]

lol so now he can't take a job with the WWE? He already gets paid to cover them for BT, these Helwani hate threads since Slapgate have become weirder and weirded.

Also doesn't Tony work for AEW?

 

[Pechan]

There's this specific subsection of men who have a weird fascination with the WWE.

But yeah the reality is if the UFC never turned on Ariel he likely wouldn't be saying a lot of the stuff he says about them. A lot of people need the ships burned at the beach to do the right thing.

But...they turned on Ariel because the stuff he was saying and the questions he was asking...

 

[ferrisjso]

But...they turned on Ariel because the stuff he was saying and the questions he was asking...

I thought it was the leaks and how the UFC sees journalists covering MMA as the UFC's unpaid PR people. Was he talking about the fighter pay stuff back when the relationship between him and Dana was chummy(which was at least until 2013 or so)?

 

[EndlessCritic]

Does Ariel even watch MMA? Every time I hear him talk he's just referencing pro wrestling.