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Post by Jason on Mar 21, 2010 21:09:37 GMT -5
No way in hell is Randy Orton getting released. He is one of Vince's top boys and their man love for him is sky-high. I'd back my computer, my playstation, hell... even my house on it.
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 21, 2010 21:12:29 GMT -5
I could see it. He's got a lot of personal issues and stuff, and he has dropped way down the card in the past few months to the point there's now not even really a place for him. Could see him leaving and jumping to TNA easily. Randy Orton? In TNA? I'm sorry...I just....I couldn't see it. I mean, the guy has a LOT of career left to him just yet...I think he knows that if he's patient, he can be in the Michaels/HHH position in a few years where he is THE dominant thing in the WWE when the elder generation steps aside. As important as his legacy seems to be to him, and considering his family ties to the WWE and Vince....Randy Orton showing up in TNA is something that would just blow my mind. Doesn't mean that it's impossible...just very, very hard to imagine.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 21, 2010 21:15:09 GMT -5
Rorschach, let me ask you this: Five years ago, would you have ever thought you'd see Kurt Angle in TNA?
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Post by arthuradams2002 on Mar 21, 2010 21:32:13 GMT -5
I would say that Kofi is closer to the axe than MVP. MVP is at least in the MITB. Kofi didn't even make the WM card.
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Post by WWE Trademarked My Name on Mar 21, 2010 21:38:00 GMT -5
I could see it. He's got a lot of personal issues and stuff, and he has dropped way down the card in the past few months to the point there's now not even really a place for him. Could see him leaving and jumping to TNA easily. Dropped way down the card? You do realize he was in the previous two WWE Championship matches on PPV right? If Mark Henry and Matt Hardy would be considered "big releases" then I'm going to go with Hornswoggle.
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 21, 2010 21:43:47 GMT -5
Rorschach, let me ask you this: Five years ago, would you have ever thought you'd see Kurt Angle in TNA? Good question, Bob. I think it's honestly hard to envision ANY of the top WWE stars...and I mean the MADE names like Angle or Orton or Rey or Batista jumping ship to go down to TNA. Hell, I honestly really couldn't see Edge doing it, unless something catastrophic happens. They've got it made too well in the WWE to jump down there. But again, you could fill a book with names I never thought I see gracing a TNA ring. I thought after his recent sobriety and WWE Title win that Jeff Hardy was long past wrestling there. I was wrong about that. Kurt Angle in 2005....don't know that I would have envisioned him in TNA, but I think he's a different story than Orton. I don't think it's fair to use Angle as an example here because for one thing, he was on a definite career decline having had major neck issues and having his time as a "go to" World Champion come and go. Sure he had that one last title reign in 2006, but after that it was down to ECW and even less prestige and so hopping to TNA wasn't that huge of a step for him. Instead of being a big fish in a gigantic pond, and being relegated to the "token veteran" role on ECW, he jumped somewhere that he could be a HUGE fish in a tiny pond. Also, there was the small matter of those who cared about him asking him to stop wrestling for his own good, and him thinking he had more years in the tank....so far, he's been right, but it still doesn't make me any less leery every time he takes a big bump. Contrast that with Orton, who for all intents and purposes is poised to inherit the role of "main villain" in the WWE from HHH when Hunter finally hangs it up in the next few years...or if not that, then at least he's guaranteed a nice contract and a place near the top of the cards...he's much younger and healthier than Angle was when he jumped, much fresher, and has a HELLUVA lot more career left in him to be jumping down to TNA where....lets face it, more often than not, it's where the OLD guys, or guys who couldn't make it in the WWE go to finish up their careers. I am not trying to put down TNA at all, but Randy Orton jumping down there at this stage in his career would be like Steve Austin jumping down to ECW after he lost his first WWF title. It would have made no sense to anyone, and would have been a case of a guy downgrading promotions.....going from the "big time" back down to a smaller promotion when he's almost guaranteed to be a big deal up in the bigger promotion.
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Post by derangedhermit on Mar 21, 2010 22:33:12 GMT -5
Matt Hardy. He's a fat retard that can't keep his mouth shut. He's going to get himself into a situation that even his overness can't solve - just like his brother and his friends.
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