|
|
Post by Tyfo on Jun 28, 2006 16:59:20 GMT -5
The WWE creative team told the recently released Mikey Batts to learn a British accent for a "Harry Potter" gimmick they came up with. The five foot tall wrestler refused. His refusal obviously didn't bode well with management and he was released a short while later. The official reason Batts was cut from his developmental contract was that he had a horrible attitude. In regards to specific reasons for his release, he was said to be in poor shape, had little desire to improve, was rude and not popular amongst his peers, milked injuries & sat out of wrestling practice, wrestled in "indy style" instead of "WWE style," threw bad punches, and lastly, he had a bad haircut. source: www.f4wonline.com |
|
|
|
Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Jun 28, 2006 17:00:47 GMT -5
I think the haircut was really the kicker.
|
|
Matt Rogers
King Koopa
member is currently offline <stalking Emma Watson>
Omae wa mo shindeiru.
Posts: 11,869
|
Post by Matt Rogers on Jun 28, 2006 17:08:27 GMT -5
If Maria had played Hermione, just for ONE night, I'd have been in heaven.
|
|
nisi
Vegeta
Da Bears
Posts: 9,868
|
Post by nisi on Jun 28, 2006 17:09:08 GMT -5
The official reason Batts was cut from his developmental contract was that he had a horrible attitude. In regards to specific reasons for his release, he was said to be in poor shape, had little desire to improve, was rude and not popular amongst his peers, milked injuries & sat out of wrestling practice, wrestled in "indy style" instead of "WWE style," threw bad punches, and lastly, he had a bad haircut. source: www.f4wonline.com This is a shame; I am a Mikey Batts mark, and I really wanted to see him in the WWE. This gimmick would have been great for him; at his size in the WWE, he would have needed a flashy gimmick, and with three more Harry Potter movies coming out this could have been a gravy train. I thought Batts had looked chubbier in the past year, and his haircut has always been a mess, but I like his in-ring style. He no-showed his last TNA date because they wanted him to job in a handicap match; I defended him at the time, but now I wonder if it isn't just a deeper attitude problem.  |
|
|
|
Post by The Vitamin Z on Jun 28, 2006 17:27:50 GMT -5
I often get called Harry Potter. So I can see why he would not want to have that as his gimmick.
|
|
|
|
Post by sunwukong on Jun 28, 2006 17:29:09 GMT -5
While this idea is quite obviously terrible, Mikey Batts should never turn any potential gimmick down on the grounds that he's Mikey Batts.
|
|
|
|
Post by Tyfo on Jun 28, 2006 17:31:05 GMT -5
While this idea is quite obviously terrible, Mikey Batts should never turn any potential gimmick down on the grounds that he's Mikey Batts. Definatly. I would take anything they threw at me. |
|
nisi
Vegeta
Da Bears
Posts: 9,868
|
Post by nisi on Jun 28, 2006 21:47:37 GMT -5
While this idea is quite obviously terrible, Mikey Batts should never turn any potential gimmick down on the grounds that he's Mikey Batts. I don't think the idea is that terrible, I think it could be pretty funny. There is an indy referee and sometime wrestler who did a Harry Potter gimmick. But yeah, Batts needed to think this through more. |
|
EvilMasterBetty, Esq.
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Bird...Birdie...birdie......Tiger...Tiger Tiger.....
R2C2 Reporting for duty
Posts: 17,355
|
Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Jun 28, 2006 21:51:34 GMT -5
wow, what was he expecting from the WWE? Its not like he was going to light the world on fire as Mikey Batts.
Oh well, at least TNA could use a jobber.
|
|
Hiroshi Hase
Patti Mayonnaise
The Good Ol' Days
Posts: 30,755
|
Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jun 28, 2006 21:53:49 GMT -5
wow, what was he expecting from the WWE? Its not like he was going to light the world on fire as Mikey Batts. Oh well, at least TNA could use a jobber. Agreed, he probably should've taken it on the grounds that he could get seen by millions of people around the world. Even if it's complete crap, at least he gets some notoriety. |
|
|
|
Post by Friday Night Kearney! on Jun 28, 2006 22:09:58 GMT -5
Thank God they released Mikey Botch
|
|
|
|
Post by Nice Guy Cody on Jun 28, 2006 22:16:18 GMT -5
The WWE creative team told the recently released Mikey Batts to learn a British accent for a "Harry Potter" gimmick they came up with. The five foot tall wrestler refused. His refusal obviously didn't bode well with management and he was released a short while later. . . . Were they doing drugs, or just shoving knitting pins through their ears? |
|
|
|
Post by mrobert21 on Jun 28, 2006 22:17:00 GMT -5
While this idea is quite obviously terrible, Mikey Batts should never turn any potential gimmick down on the grounds that he's Mikey Batts. Very funny, but not true. From the sound of this and what news I read earlier, McMahon did not like Batts anyway. At 1 time Batts was going to be put in the short lived midget division (seriously). Therefore, he should not bail them out by taking a stupid gimmick nobody else would. No reason to hurt future indy and Japan bookings by geeting strangled with a dumb gimmick. Personally, I could care less 1 way or another about Batts. I do not think TNA has any further interest in him. |
|
|
|
Post by tardis99 on Jun 28, 2006 22:49:26 GMT -5
I'm proud of the fact that I have never read a Harry Potter book. I have never seen a Harry Potter movie and I couldn't name any characters in the story other than Harry Potter himself. And do you know why?
BECAUSE I'M AN ADULT!! I was once in a bookstore with this woman in her mid 30's and she went to the desk with her Harry Potter book in hand. I preyed that it was a gift for her child but sadly I knew the chances are that she was buying it to read herself.
|
|
|
|
Post by jcdenton on Jun 28, 2006 22:51:58 GMT -5
I say if a gimmick = TV time take it.
|
|
|
|
Post by jpinkston57 on Jun 28, 2006 22:53:01 GMT -5
I'm proud of the fact that I have never read a Harry Potter book. I have never seen a Harry Potter movie and I couldn't name any characters in the story other than Harry Potter himself. And do you know why? BECAUSE I'M AN ADULT!! I was once in a bookstore with this woman in her mid 30's and she went to the desk with her Harry Potter book in hand. I preyed that it was a gift for her child but sadly I knew the chances are that she was buying it to read herself. Man, I don't agree often with what you have to say, but I'm with you 100% right here. Hell, they came out with the first one of those books when I was 13, and even then I thought I was too old for that kinda stuff. Seeing people in their 30s reading that crap is kinda pathetic, with a few notable exceptions (like this teacher I know who saw a lot of her kids reading the first one, so she picked it up and read it to see what all the fuss is about, that's okay in my book). |
|
|
|
Post by Citizen Snips on Jun 28, 2006 22:55:43 GMT -5
I'm proud of the fact that I have never read a Harry Potter book. I have never seen a Harry Potter movie and I couldn't name any characters in the story other than Harry Potter himself. And do you know why? BECAUSE I'M AN ADULT!! I was once in a bookstore with this woman in her mid 30's and she went to the desk with her Harry Potter book in hand. I preyed that it was a gift for her child but sadly I knew the chances are that she was buying it to read herself. As I read this, I heard Tina Turner's "Simply The Best" playing in the background. Not in a Shane Douglas way, in a David Brent way.... I'd mark harder for a Mr Popper's Penguins gimmick than harry gimmick anyways..... |
|
|
|
Post by mrobert21 on Jun 28, 2006 23:18:33 GMT -5
I'm proud of the fact that I have never read a Harry Potter book. I have never seen a Harry Potter movie and I couldn't name any characters in the story other than Harry Potter himself. And do you know why? BECAUSE I'M AN ADULT!! I was once in a bookstore with this woman in her mid 30's and she went to the desk with her Harry Potter book in hand. I preyed that it was a gift for her child but sadly I knew the chances are that she was buying it to read herself. Man, I don't agree often with what you have to say, but I'm with you 100% right here. Hell, they came out with the first one of those books when I was 13, and even then I thought I was too old for that kinda stuff. Seeing people in their 30s reading that crap is kinda pathetic, with a few notable exceptions (like this teacher I know who saw a lot of her kids reading the first one, so she picked it up and read it to see what all the fuss is about, that's okay in my book). I have never watched or read anything Harry Potter. I vaguely know it has something to do with a boy who is a witch. My father watches these movies on HBO and is 60 years old. I worry about him, I think he is going nuts like Vince McMahon. I bet Batts would have been in ECW with this dumb gimmick. That alone is good enough reason to turn it down. |
|
|
|
Post by jpinkston57 on Jun 28, 2006 23:19:20 GMT -5
I'd mark harder for a Mr Popper's Penguins gimmick than harry gimmick anyways..... f*** yeah!!! Mr. Popper's Penguin's was/is an awesome book for younger people to read as kind of a "first chapter book" sorta thing! |
|
nisi
Vegeta
Da Bears
Posts: 9,868
|
Post by nisi on Jun 28, 2006 23:37:10 GMT -5
While this idea is quite obviously terrible, Mikey Batts should never turn any potential gimmick down on the grounds that he's Mikey Batts. Very funny, but not true. From the sound of this and what news I read earlier, McMahon did not like Batts anyway. At 1 time Batts was going to be put in the short lived midget division (seriously). Therefore, he should not bail them out by taking a stupid gimmick nobody else would. No reason to hurt future indy and Japan bookings by geeting strangled with a dumb gimmick. Personally, I could care less 1 way or another about Batts. I do not think TNA has any further interest in him. Actually Big Matthew Cool you make some great points. There are tons of indies in Florida--Batts' former TNA partner Jerelle Clark makes his living largely in the Florida indies, so I think Batts could too. I doubt TNA would take him back at this point, but Clark is one of the guys who barely gets to TNA these days himself, so Florida indy wrestlers make do without them. I also don't believe these stories that Batts is only 5 feet tall. He served 2 years in the Air Force, and almost every enlisted job has a height requirement of at least 5'4"--I think even the bare minimum is slightly over 5 feet. He's small, and 5'8" might be pressing it, but Jerelle Clark is 5'6" and Batts is at least that tall:  I could see WWE wanting to put Batts in the Juniors division anyway, and maybe that pissed Batts off to the point that he said screw the Harry Potter stuff. But it would have been funny in ECW, if only to see Sandman cane him. |
|
