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Post by Mecca on Nov 17, 2022 13:14:09 GMT -5
Now we're on to Chelsea Green and Bronson Reed coming back....is it literally everyone?
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Post by Cyno on Nov 17, 2022 13:21:25 GMT -5
Hopefully not Velveteen Dream, Drake Wuertz, and f***ing Gunner.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 17, 2022 13:24:40 GMT -5
There's massive rumors Cardona is headed back also....this just screams that H must have all the toys.
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Post by The Ichi on Nov 17, 2022 13:30:25 GMT -5
As long as it's the less problematic people...why is this a bad thing?
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Post by Cyno on Nov 17, 2022 13:31:14 GMT -5
In all seriousness, if Trips is going to give them the bag, go for it. It sucks for the smaller promotions and roster bloat/stuck in catering can rear its ugly head again. But without a third major promotion, there's only really WWE and AEW who can seriously pay people in the US. And AEW already has its own issue of roster bloat.
I do think Jonah should stay in New Japan, though. They don't just let anyone have a win over Okada. Build up that star power in Japan and come back as an established NJPW guy instead of going back to NXT purgatory.
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Post by floundertime on Nov 17, 2022 13:32:06 GMT -5
There's massive rumors Cardona is headed back also....this just screams that H must have all the toys. Does Cardona’s life partner Brian Myers come back too? |
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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Nov 17, 2022 13:36:58 GMT -5
Chelsea Green and Bronson Reed is a hilariously awful case for LITERALLY EVERYONE I gotta say.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 17, 2022 13:38:17 GMT -5
Chelsea Green and Bronson Reed is a hilariously awful case for LITERALLY EVERYONE I gotta say. It in my view mixed with the other hires it speaks to just hiring everyone back. |
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Post by polarbearpete on Nov 17, 2022 13:40:50 GMT -5
Chelsea Green and Bronson Reed is a hilariously awful case for LITERALLY EVERYONE I gotta say. Yeah, for real. Especially as these are two people that I imagine most would love to see back (as opposed to those that are against bringing back like Sarah Logan and Hit Row). |
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Post by polarbearpete on Nov 17, 2022 13:42:25 GMT -5
If they’re out there and free agents, then good for them for getting money and good for the company for restocking their roster.
They cut so many people from 2020 to 2022 that the roster was dangerously thin so they’re not even close to approaching roster bloat yet, when they have 7 hours of primetime TV per week to fill.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 17, 2022 13:43:11 GMT -5
I have no issue with people getting paid, my issue is how long before we go back to massive WWE roster bloat?
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Post by pinja on Nov 17, 2022 13:45:28 GMT -5
Chelsea Green is the color of the year 2023. Paint the wall opposite the windows in your dining room with Chelsea Green and it's guaranteed to liven up your family gatherings with a bright sparkle of springly hope.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Nov 17, 2022 13:50:40 GMT -5
Chelsea Green and Bronson Reed is a hilariously awful case for LITERALLY EVERYONE I gotta say. Discourse about hiring needs to come down about ten notches or so because the only "literally everyone" left is that literally everyone would have somebody acting like their hiring is a bridge too far into toy hoarding decadence. |
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Nov 17, 2022 13:51:24 GMT -5
I have no issue with people getting paid, my issue is how long before we go back to massive WWE roster bloat? Honestly? It's probably still a pretty long time until they truly have a bloated roster. The logjam issue really came in NXT when they wouldn't bump people up to the main roster and we just saw Undisputed Era/Gargano/Ciampa forever while some of the other folks didn't get a chance to develop. I don't think it was as much an issue with RAW or SD. The problem was those folks never made it to that show. What they're doing right now is building depth that they just didn't have and with it seeming like Triple H is actually willing to mix up who we see on a weekly basis and cycle folks in and out, I don't think it hurts to have reasonable depth. They've got 5 hours of TV every week. Jonah's a big guy that could be a great addition to the RAW or SD roster and Chelsea's a solid women's division hand. The issue with the women's division right now is that there's a lower card and a main event and not a ton in-between. I credit them for trying to build it out a bit, at least. |
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Post by chrom on Nov 17, 2022 13:58:03 GMT -5
I hope JONAH stays with New Japan, it would gut TMDK if he left.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Nov 17, 2022 13:59:14 GMT -5
They need bodies. They went from having a way too bloated roster around 2016-2019 to having too few after all of Vince's cuts in 2020-21. They have to fill 3 hours of Raw, 2 hours of Smackdown, 2 hours of NXT plus Main Event still. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnelEven after these recent signings, Raw and Smackdown are still looking pretty light in numbers so imagine what it was like 4 months ago. It's not like there's a bunch of people sitting in catering either. Pretty much everyone there who is currently active is used regularly. Even Hit-Row, probably the lowest profile of the HHH signings and just there to fill bodies as a lower card tag-team, still make it onto TV every week and have had feuds. |
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Post by msc on Nov 17, 2022 14:00:58 GMT -5
In the last two years of Vince, WWE sacked around 150 wrestlers (120 from 2021 to October 2021, plus the November-January sackings and anyone I'm forgetting).
Since July, HHH has hired 15 back. And that includes Emma (sacked in 2017), and the Gargano/La Rae duo (whose contracts expired).
He could legit hire 50 more of them, and it would still only cover the roster depth issues that Vince/Khan's sacking craze created on RAW and Smackdown.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Nov 17, 2022 14:02:42 GMT -5
There's massive rumors Cardona is headed back also....this just screams that H must have all the toys. On twitter yesterday he released different pictures as the day went along of him with US title, winning the IC ladder match, with the tag titles. He could easily be playing along/trolling, but Im guessing he's WWE bound |
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Post by Hypnosis on Nov 17, 2022 14:05:13 GMT -5
The only roster bloat in WWE right now is with NXT, which still has some people needing call-ups (Cameron Grimes, Toxic Attraction after Mandy loses the title, Alba Fyre, etc.).
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Post by Mecca on Nov 17, 2022 14:07:19 GMT -5
I kinda wonder why it's always people that were there before, is there no new talent out there to sign? Or did AEW gobble that up already?
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