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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Dec 28, 2011 10:03:27 GMT -5
Chavo, Maryse, DH Smith, Masters, Kozlov, Melina and Gail Kim.
This is it, correct? I can't remember the last time we had a year with so few people being canned. There might be developmental guys, but I dunno if they truly count.
Does anyone think this will mean a massive spring cleaning in 2012? Or will they continue to keep guys like Reks, Baretta and the rest of the NXT posse around?
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Post by linecookguy on Dec 28, 2011 10:06:19 GMT -5
I always love (I am an Asshole) the spring cleaning almost better than the draft...
I feel bad for the guys who lost their jobs, but I like to speculate who is going and who is not and it always gets rid of the talent that is taking up time.
I am all about seeing new guys come up, like Husky Harris
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Dec 28, 2011 10:27:30 GMT -5
Edge's retirement may have something to do with it; he was probably pulling in a hefty main eventer salary that was worth as much as a few of the undercard guys' contracts combined.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Dec 28, 2011 10:29:23 GMT -5
Nothing against the guy, but I'm always SHOCKED when I see JTG's name in spoilers and result threads. I don't know how he's survived this long.
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Post by Burst on Dec 28, 2011 10:31:22 GMT -5
Honestly the roster really isn't that huge right now, so I'm not surprised that there haven't been many cuts.
Plus with the new network they'll probably be using more lower card guys for stuff as it is.
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Post by PKO on Dec 28, 2011 10:32:36 GMT -5
I always love (I am an Asshole) the spring cleaning almost better than the draft... I feel bad for the guys who lost their jobs, but I like to speculate who is going and who is not and it always gets rid of the talent that is taking up time. I am all about seeing new guys come up, like Husky Harris There is a sort of dark excitement when the news comes out that cuts are coming. This year has been sparse which is good. |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 28, 2011 10:37:04 GMT -5
HBK retiring last year, Edge retiring this year, McCool retiring this year, Trips doing more work in the office than in the ring, all probably have contributed to the lack of firings.
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Post by breakdownthewalls on Dec 28, 2011 11:09:31 GMT -5
I figure they saved a lot of money between Edge retiring, Chavo's release (he was there forever, he probably earned a decent salary just for that), and Undertaker becoming a "one match a year" guy.
Plus is there anyone who's just dead weight right now? Maybe the Bella twins, but they get TV time every now and then at least. Everyone else either shows up on NXT, Superstars, or the main shows.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2011 11:14:52 GMT -5
I don't like the spring cleaning hype. It's total, raw, unabashed schadenfreude. And what good does that do? Make people feel better that other people lost their jobs?
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Post by rocked on Dec 28, 2011 11:16:22 GMT -5
I don't like the spring cleaning hype. It's total, raw, unabashed schadenfreude. And what good does that do? Make people feel better that other people lost their jobs? Here here, well said. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2011 11:23:02 GMT -5
They have a little smaller roster than usual...also a lot of injuries.
Not that guys like Tyler Reks are taking over for Rey Mysterio, but people in the upper/mid get bumped up to fill those spots...and so on for lower down the roster too. You probably wouldn't see say, Ted Dibiase, make appearances if there weren't as many injuries.
So yeah that's why less firings. Even so, we'll probably see a batch of them before too terribly long, probably after a round of FCW callups.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Dec 28, 2011 14:07:42 GMT -5
In regards to developmental, the people released were:
Bobby Dutch
Brett Dibiase
Buck Dixon (aka Melting Man)
Buddy Stetcher (Odd body man)
Eden Stiles
Lucky Cannon (NXT rookie)
Jacob Novak (NXT Rookie)
Desean Bishop (Georgia Indy wrestler)
Jackson Andrews (Tyson Kidd's bodyguard)
Ethan Levin (First Israeli signee)
Jason Mullen (British giant)
Monty Lynch (British Wrestler)
Mack Hetfield (Matthew Justice)
Michael Tarver
Rodney Thomas (Lance Storm's student, quit)
Russel Walker (New Zealand wrestler)
Leah West (Irena Javic, Lance Storm's student who piledrove herself)
Sonia (Su Young I think her name is)
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Dec 28, 2011 14:19:28 GMT -5
In regards to developmental, the people released were: Bobby Dutch Brett Dibiase Buck Dixon (aka Melting Man) Buddy Stetcher (Odd body man) Eden Stiles Lucky Cannon (NXT rookie) Jacob Novak (NXT Rookie) Desean Bishop (Georgia Indy wrestler) Jackson Andrews (Tyson Kidd's bodyguard) Ethan Levin (First Israeli signee) Jason Mullen (British giant) Monty Lynch (British Wrestler) Mack Hetfield (Matthew Justice) Michael Tarver Rodney Thomas (Lance Storm's student, quit) Russel Walker (New Zealand wrestler) Leah West (Irena Javic, Lance Storm's student who piledrove herself) Sonia (Su Young I think her name is) Oh yeah, maybe I should have included Tarver, Cannon and Novak since they had all technically been on television (or webshow). I'm intrigued as to how one can piledrive oneself? |
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Dec 28, 2011 14:21:26 GMT -5
In regards to developmental, the people released were: Bobby Dutch Brett Dibiase Buck Dixon (aka Melting Man) Buddy Stetcher (Odd body man) Eden Stiles Lucky Cannon (NXT rookie) Jacob Novak (NXT Rookie) Desean Bishop (Georgia Indy wrestler) Jackson Andrews (Tyson Kidd's bodyguard) Ethan Levin (First Israeli signee) Jason Mullen (British giant) Monty Lynch (British Wrestler) Mack Hetfield (Matthew Justice) Michael Tarver Rodney Thomas (Lance Storm's student, quit) Russel Walker (New Zealand wrestler) Leah West (Irena Javic, Lance Storm's student who piledrove herself) Sonia (Su Young I think her name is) Oh yeah, maybe I should have included Tarver, Cannon and Novak since they had all technically been on television (or webshow). I'm intrigued as to how one can piledrive oneself? She tried to do a forward roll & just kinda jumped into the floor face first. It's probably on youtube, kinda hard to describe. |
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Post by Andrew is Good on Dec 28, 2011 14:47:39 GMT -5
Oh yeah, maybe I should have included Tarver, Cannon and Novak since they had all technically been on television (or webshow). I'm intrigued as to how one can piledrive oneself? She tried to do a forward roll & just kinda jumped into the floor face first. It's probably on youtube, kinda hard to describe. 24 seconds in. |
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Dec 28, 2011 14:52:25 GMT -5
Yeah, that looked painful.
Not only for her, but for my eyes too.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Dec 28, 2011 15:13:01 GMT -5
Chavo, Maryse, DH Smith, Masters, Kozlov, Melina and Gail Kim. This is it, correct? I can't remember the last time we had a year with so few people being canned. There might be developmental guys, but I dunno if they truly count. Does anyone think this will mean a massive spring cleaning in 2012? Or will they continue to keep guys like Reks, Baretta and the rest of the NXT posse around? The NXT Posse needs to be a stable lead by Trent Baretta.  Nothing against the guy, but I'm always SHOCKED when I see JTG's name in spoilers and result threads. I don't know how he's survived this long. He is actually really good. The guy can talk on the mic and he is decent in the ring. For some reason they just don't want to push him as a singles star. I think they had a bunch of plans for Gaspard and he just didn't work out and they basically just forgot about JTG. I would really like to see JTG and Darren Young in a legit tag team with a tag team gimmick based off JTG's gimmick. |
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Dec 28, 2011 15:54:55 GMT -5
Good. It really is hard to get a job these days with the economy, especially as a wrestler.
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Dec 28, 2011 16:06:37 GMT -5
I think the WWE currently has a very solid roster that gels well together. Yes, the creative team may let us down, but the overall onscreen talent is very good, and young to boot.
The only cut that kinda surprised me was Kozlov. In the start of the year, he & Santino were on fire. Then he was used regularly on TV, and then released. The guy on his own would never mainevented, but keeping him paired with Santino was priceless.
I know Morrison, wasn't technically fired, but considering his performance at the last RR, you would have thought 2011 would have been a big year for him. Instead, he left without a whimper.
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Post by anglarite on Dec 28, 2011 16:17:39 GMT -5
I don't think they go for a big spring cleaning. With WWE Network coming up, they could put even the least used talents to actually do something.
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