Armstrong, Burchill, Haas, Helms, Maria Released

[The Dark Order Inferno]

I can see Paul Burchill doing a Pope, turning up in the Impact Zone as the Ripper, using a gimmick that was DOA in the 'E. Helms... will get a run in TNA for Hardy's sake, but he should consider hanging it up for the sake of his health.

[Widow's Peak]

Okay, this shocked me:

PwInsider:

You can add Maria to the list of WWE superstars/divas released today. I think if I were a non-main event WWE talent I would turn my phone off.

pwinsider.com/article/45452/black-friday-continues-as-top-diva-released.html?p=1


1. This officially makes Mickie James the only babyface Diva on Smackdown.
2. Matt Hardy just has no luck with women, does he?

[Steveweiser]

Holy crap, Maria released too???

[barley96]

Feb 26, 2010 14:36:10 GMT -5 Widow's Peak said:

Okay, this shocked me:

PwInsider:

You can add Maria to the list of WWE superstars/divas released today. I think if I were a non-main event WWE talent I would turn my phone off.

pwinsider.com/article/45452/black-friday-continues-as-top-diva-released.html?p=1


1. This officially makes Mickie James the only babyface Diva on Smackdown.
2. Matt Hardy just has no luck with women, does he?

Besides the occasional good promo and sex appeal, Maria has nothing to offer WWE.

[Deleted]

.... Maria?

What the....

That... That's out of nowhere. I mean...

She was one of the very few relatively over Divas they have, and passable in the ring. Not to mention just like a month and a half ago she won Diva of the Year, and she's been pretty consistently on-air in the middle of a storyline.

She must have screwed up or something. That's the only explanation I can think of - there's more to the story there.

[MGH]

Maria?! That one shocks me as well.

[lildude8218]

there's nothing on WWE's site about Maria being released

[Deleted]

Feb 26, 2010 14:39:35 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

there's nothing on WWE's site about Maria being released

They just announced it on their twitter page.

[Widow's Peak]

Feb 26, 2010 14:37:58 GMT -5 barley96 said:

Feb 26, 2010 14:36:10 GMT -5 Widow's Peak said:

Okay, this shocked me:

PwInsider:




pwinsider.com/article/45452/black-friday-continues-as-top-diva-released.html?p=1


1. This officially makes Mickie James the only babyface Diva on Smackdown.
2. Matt Hardy just has no luck with women, does he?

Besides the occasional good promo and sex appeal, Maria has nothing to offer WWE.

I don't particularly see it as a loss, either, but her release did surprise me since she was featured on Superstars this week. I guess this follows the "Diva reality show curse" that felled Ashley and Stacy before her.

[MGH]

Feb 26, 2010 14:39:35 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

there's nothing on WWE's site about Maria being released

Half the time the news sites gets it before WWE.com does.

This is looking like one of the black Friday release days WWE loves. If someone else gets released I'll sticky this for the rest of the day.

[Jeremy]

There was a rumor a few days ago about her being released. She repealed that on Twitter.

WWE's twitter confirms it though

[PKO]

Maria? MARIA?

What the heck? They'd just started pushing her again, and she'd actually been pretty decent the last few times she was in the ring (granted she was in there with Nattie).

Looks like it's true that anyone not Main-Event has to be watching their backs now. Matt Hardy and Mickie seem unfortunate possibilities.

[Welfare Willis]

Feb 26, 2010 14:38:54 GMT -5 MGH said:

Maria?! That one shocks me as well.

Yeah...

Did Maria punch a radio DJ for remarks about Haiti?

[fw91]

Maybe it was mutual? I dodn't think they'd release her like that out of nowhere. Did she have anything else she wanted to do?

[Deleted]

Anyone else thinking there's more to the story here? The Maria thing is just way too out of the blue.

[The Ichi]

NO! NOT MARIA!

[Welfare Willis]

Feb 26, 2010 14:44:59 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Anyone else thinking there's more to the story here? The Maria thing is just way too out of the blue.

Oh yeah, no doubt.

[Mozenrath]

On a selfish note, that means no more "HERE SHE GOES AGAIN LIKE GOOD MEDICINE!", so I am grateful for that silver lining.

[AriadosMan]

Could this be the day Funaki finally gets canned?

[erik316wttn]

That's ok, Maria. I'll comfort you.