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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 18:23:18 GMT -5
I’m guessing this Dong fellow must really not have taken to wrestling considering how quickly he’s left the company. He was in the same class as Keith Lee, Io, and Deonna. The fact that they broke up a tag team in the release, and a third person quit (as opposed to being terminated), I'm willing to bet this was not a typical "let's trim the budget" cut. Yeah, it's potentially screwy. Though, they do also usually try not to release injured people. Or has Shane healed up already? He’s been back for a while. They’be already had a full feud with the Street Profits.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 14, 2018 18:23:55 GMT -5
Yeah, it's potentially screwy. Though, they do also usually try not to release injured people. Or has Shane healed up already? He’s been back for a while. They’be already had a full feud with the Street Profits. Shows how good I am at paying attention sometimes.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 14, 2018 18:30:53 GMT -5
The fact that they broke up a tag team in the release, and a third person quit (as opposed to being terminated), I'm willing to bet this was not a typical "let's trim the budget" cut. Yeah, it's potentially screwy. Though, they do also usually try not to release injured people. Or has Shane healed up already? Shane is healed. They lost a match to Burch and Lorcan on NXT this week. They still see something in Shane and think he can be a singles star.
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Post by lionheart21 on Dec 14, 2018 18:30:58 GMT -5
All joking aside, I feel for the guy, being out of a job during the holiday season is never a good thing for anyone.
I can see Miller showing back up on the Australian indy scene soon enough, maybe a return to Pro Wrestling Noah, but I'm not sure how Thorne will fare as a singles wrestler.
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Post by Steveweiser on Dec 14, 2018 18:34:39 GMT -5
Roddy Strong foresaw it... the Weaky.
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Post by abjordans on Dec 14, 2018 18:35:56 GMT -5
I was at a NXT show in Largo a few months ago. There was this Asian dude dressed in this really wacky, almost Malibu Most Wanted type mid 2000’s hip hop gear. He was standing by the concession stand practicing that weird Fortnite dance the kids do in front of everyone. I just figured he was strange fan. A bit later, the dude comes out and had a match, and he did the Fortnite dance. Do you think that was Dong?
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Post by ayumidah on Dec 14, 2018 18:38:41 GMT -5
I'm leery of believing anything where the sole source is that douche Rovert. Well, their names are off of the WWE NXT roster page, that's where the news first hit Twitter, when people noticed THAT, then Rovert started tweeting about it. As for guys getting released before holidays, there was Brad Maddox getting fired on like Wednesday of Thanksgiving week, I remember talking about it while helping make pies that year, heh.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 18:46:08 GMT -5
Do people just peruse roster pages every day to see if someone's missing? People always catch this stuff.
Pretty crazy if it's true. Shane's definitely the guy to keep of the two of them but it definitely strikes me as sad to can one half of a long-standing tag team like them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 18:56:06 GMT -5
I was at a NXT show in Largo a few months ago. There was this Asian dude dressed in this really wacky, almost Malibu Most Wanted type mid 2000’s hip hop gear. He was standing by the concession stand practicing that weird Fortnite dance the kids do in front of everyone. I just figured he was strange fan. A bit later, the dude comes out and had a match, and he did the Fortnite dance. Do you think that was Dong? Nah. The Asian hip-hop dude is Mars Wang. Dong is a 6’11 former boxer. Wang and Dong in the same post. 12 year old me is smiling.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 19:02:00 GMT -5
This sucks.
The Mighty Don’t Kneel would have been a quality addition to the main roster. Plus I liked the new look with the trench coats and coffee cups.
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Post by blscks on Dec 14, 2018 19:08:52 GMT -5
Those guys are a black hole of charisma. The other brother will be gone after WM probably.
Looks like the PC is so full, that they are forced to cut some people before the next bunch arrives next month.
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Dec 14, 2018 19:11:30 GMT -5
I think TM-61 reaffirms what I said a long time ago that if you don't have a good name/gimmick and if you have a horrible theme song you won't catch on.
TM-61 was a downright awful name, they had no hook, looked like generic CAW's, and their theme was.....um....forgettable.
The only thing they had were their pleasing accents.
Now had they come in as "The Mighty Don't Kneel" and used TMDK as well, with a cooler theme song I bet they'd have fared better.
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Post by Convoy on Dec 14, 2018 19:12:41 GMT -5
Hearing that BDN asked for his release is interesting. He has a following in certain circles.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 19:15:24 GMT -5
I was at a NXT show in Largo a few months ago. There was this Asian dude dressed in this really wacky, almost Malibu Most Wanted type mid 2000’s hip hop gear. He was standing by the concession stand practicing that weird Fortnite dance the kids do in front of everyone. I just figured he was strange fan. A bit later, the dude comes out and had a match, and he did the Fortnite dance. Do you think that was Dong? Nah. The Asian hip-hop dude is Mars Wang. Dong is a 6’11 former boxer. Wang and Dong in the same post. 12 year old me is smiling. Get Mars Wang on tv immediately he sounds like a special kind of terrible amazing!
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Dec 14, 2018 19:22:45 GMT -5
I was at a NXT show in Largo a few months ago. There was this Asian dude dressed in this really wacky, almost Malibu Most Wanted type mid 2000’s hip hop gear. He was standing by the concession stand practicing that weird Fortnite dance the kids do in front of everyone. I just figured he was strange fan. A bit later, the dude comes out and had a match, and he did the Fortnite dance. Do you think that was Dong? Nah. The Asian hip-hop dude is Mars Wang. Dong is a 6’11 former boxer. Wang and Dong in the same post. 12 year old me is smiling. That is one big Dong....
Sorry, anyways, sucks to hear about TMDK possibly being broken up. Loved those guys before they signed, as "The Mighty Don't Kneel" is just a badass name, and they're great workers, but I could never get into them in the WWE environment.
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Post by ayumidah on Dec 14, 2018 19:25:26 GMT -5
F4W's daily update says this:
Dave Meltzer is reporting that Miller returned to Australia when his child was born and decided to stay. The door isn't shut on him returning at some point if he chooses to.
Shane Thorne, Miller’s tag team partner, is still under WWE contract.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 14, 2018 19:41:58 GMT -5
BIG DICK NICK! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Maybe they actually pull the trigger on Brennan, Manny, and Shane as a trio now?
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Post by the2ndevil on Dec 14, 2018 19:51:30 GMT -5
F4W's daily update says this: Dave Meltzer is reporting that Miller returned to Australia when his child was born and decided to stay. The door isn't shut on him returning at some point if he chooses to. Shane Thorne, Miller’s tag team partner, is still under WWE contract. Okay, less sad now that I know if his was choice. And congrats on the whole “having a child” thing, Nick.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 19:57:03 GMT -5
Do people just peruse roster pages every day to see if someone's missing? People always catch this stuff. I will admit unhealthily stalking the NXT roster page back in late 2013 out of sheer boredom and/or to see if Leo Kruger was deleted and if Adam Rose showed up. I remember seeing Conor O'Brian and Rick Victor turn into Konnor O'Brian and Rick Viktor, then K'onor and Viktor, then I think back to Konnor O'Brian and Rick Viktor, then finally Konnor and Viktor. I'm oddly proud of this.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 20:01:41 GMT -5
Do people just peruse roster pages every day to see if someone's missing? People always catch this stuff. I will admit unhealthily stalking the NXT roster page back in late 2013 out of sheer boredom and/or to see if Leo Kruger was deleted and if Adam Rose showed up. I remember seeing Conor O'Brian and Rick Victor turn into Konnor O'Brian and Rick Viktor, then K'onor and Viktor, then I think back to Konnor O'Brian and Rick Viktor, then finally Konnor and Viktor. I'm oddly proud of this. I'm oddly proud of you.
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