Well the east and the west do meet under the unlikeliest of circumstances despite Rudyard Kipling's protestations about east being east and west being west and the twain never meeting.......
World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) most identifiable and adored superstar John Cena unwittingly ended up posting current/incumbent team India test skipper Virat Kohli's on his instagram account in an effort to promote the WWE's "Smackdown" franchise of which he is an integral part.......
Avowed WWE fans may well remember that John Cena was drafted to the Shane Mcmahon managed/run franchise in the recently concluded WWE draft that allocated or then distributed reigning WWE superstars between the entertainment company's flagship three hour weekly show "RAW" and the supposedly inferior two hour weekly segment "SMACKDOWN".........
Cena being Cena took it upon himself to do his bit to promote the franchise or brand that he had come to be associated with and stumbled upon a rather ancient picture or then still photograph of cricketing icon Virat Kohli promoting team India's "bleed" blue jerseys some time ago........
Ardent and die hard Indian cricketing fans may well remember the fact that the multi national sporting brand "Nike" which had outbid the rest of the competition to sport it's logo prominently on team India's jerseys in the shorter versions of the game had not only coined the slogan "Keep Calm And Bleed Blue" but also more than aggressively promoted the same across all relevant and applicable mediums and avenues.........
Cena who inadvertently stumbled upon a still photograph of Virat promoting the team India jersey not only immediately posted the same on his Instagram account but also prominently sported the meme or slogan "KEEP CALM AND BLEED BLUE" in his earnest and well meaning effort to promote the franchise or brand that he has come to be associated with.........
On being queried whether he knew who Virat Kohli was and that the meme or slogan posted by him on his instagram account happened to be the team India sponsors "catchphrase"; John candidly and unabashedly admitted that his knowledge about the game of cricket was at best rudimentary if not entirely none existent and that he had latched onto the slogan and Virat's still photograph in his attempt to garner eyeballs for the "Smackdown" franchise that incidentally features the same "Bleed Blue" as it's prominent colour..........
So the east and west do inadvertently meet no matter however bizarre; unwittingly hilarious or then outlandish the circumstances may be and Kipling can keep muttering obscenities and profanities under his breath every single time that this confluence between two seemingly discordant and dissimilar cultures and forms of entertainment occurs or takes place...........
World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) most identifiable and adored superstar John Cena unwittingly ended up posting current/incumbent team India test skipper Virat Kohli's on his instagram account in an effort to promote the WWE's "Smackdown" franchise of which he is an integral part.......
Avowed WWE fans may well remember that John Cena was drafted to the Shane Mcmahon managed/run franchise in the recently concluded WWE draft that allocated or then distributed reigning WWE superstars between the entertainment company's flagship three hour weekly show "RAW" and the supposedly inferior two hour weekly segment "SMACKDOWN".........
Cena being Cena took it upon himself to do his bit to promote the franchise or brand that he had come to be associated with and stumbled upon a rather ancient picture or then still photograph of cricketing icon Virat Kohli promoting team India's "bleed" blue jerseys some time ago........
Ardent and die hard Indian cricketing fans may well remember the fact that the multi national sporting brand "Nike" which had outbid the rest of the competition to sport it's logo prominently on team India's jerseys in the shorter versions of the game had not only coined the slogan "Keep Calm And Bleed Blue" but also more than aggressively promoted the same across all relevant and applicable mediums and avenues.........
Cena who inadvertently stumbled upon a still photograph of Virat promoting the team India jersey not only immediately posted the same on his Instagram account but also prominently sported the meme or slogan "KEEP CALM AND BLEED BLUE" in his earnest and well meaning effort to promote the franchise or brand that he has come to be associated with.........
On being queried whether he knew who Virat Kohli was and that the meme or slogan posted by him on his instagram account happened to be the team India sponsors "catchphrase"; John candidly and unabashedly admitted that his knowledge about the game of cricket was at best rudimentary if not entirely none existent and that he had latched onto the slogan and Virat's still photograph in his attempt to garner eyeballs for the "Smackdown" franchise that incidentally features the same "Bleed Blue" as it's prominent colour..........
So the east and west do inadvertently meet no matter however bizarre; unwittingly hilarious or then outlandish the circumstances may be and Kipling can keep muttering obscenities and profanities under his breath every single time that this confluence between two seemingly discordant and dissimilar cultures and forms of entertainment occurs or takes place...........
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