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Post by yokohamacpfc on Aug 8, 2023 23:12:19 GMT -5
From what I've read there's a hiring freeze until the Endeavor deal is done probably sometime between now and October. Once that has lifted Trips is going to resign every former NXT wrestler who isn't locked into a deal elsewhere: Nia, Mojo, Bo Dallas probably everyone who was part of 2015-16-ish NXT who isn't called Enzo is getting a call. He's a sentimental old sod and black and gold NXT is where he learned to book.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Aug 9, 2023 8:44:35 GMT -5
Bo is already hired... Allegedly
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Post by Killah Ray on Aug 9, 2023 10:03:57 GMT -5
Bo is already hired... Allegedly The WWE 2k team certainly seems to think so....
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Post by mistery on Aug 11, 2023 8:40:52 GMT -5
Latest issue of the WON didn't have much on the way of new updates, other than the STARDOM roster members think KAIRI will be back in WWE full time by/in November. Which we already largely knew.
If that holds true, then I imagine WWE will likely have her return as part of Survivor Series.
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Post by mistery on Aug 20, 2023 19:06:40 GMT -5
Latest newsletter basically said KAIRI coming back to WWE boiled down to several key factors.
First off, Bushiroad wanted her on an exclusive deal if she wanted more money. As in, she would only be allowed to work Stardom and whatever shows they approve. She also was interested in going back to WWE after seeing Asuka win the women's world title, and Iyo winning MITB.
She feels like she could have a better run with Triple H in charge in WWE (creative wise) than she could in STARDOM. She talked with those close to her (her husband if her press conference is anything to go by) and they agreed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2023 19:10:19 GMT -5
Latest newsletter basically said KAIRI coming back to WWE boiled down to several key factors. First off, Bushiroad wanted her on an exclusive deal if she wanted more money. As in, she would only be allowed to work Stardom and whatever shows they approve. She also was interested in going back to WWE after seeing Asuka win the women's world title, and Iyo winning MITB. She feels like she could have a better run with Triple H in charge in WWE (creative wise) than she could in STARDOM. She talked with those close to her (her husband if her press conference is anything to go by) and they agreed. If IYO's start to her title run is any idication then KAIRI is probably gonna regret her choice very quickly.
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Post by Totorob101 on Aug 20, 2023 19:26:45 GMT -5
I fear Kairi is making a big mistake. I just dont see how she will be a big success with the womens divisions so heavily focused on the same few names year in year out. Iyo only won by cash in, has looked poor ever since and theres no chance in hell shes going to beat Charlotte or Bianca when one of them get their next shot. Maybe a return to NXT might be in the cards.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2023 19:34:12 GMT -5
I fear Kairi is making a big mistake. I just dont see how she will be a big success with the womens divisions so heavily focused on the same few names year in year out. Iyo only won by cash in, has looked poor ever since and theres no chance in hell shes going to beat Charlotte or Bianca when one of them get their next shot. Maybe a return to NXT might be in the cards. Like in the report Mistery posted this is more on KAIRI's belief that HHH will do better with her with him at the creative helm and IMO is probably largely the reason he put the title on IYO as proof of concept I guess one could say to show KAIRI that...see we strapped your bestie so you can fully trust me now. I only hope for KAIRI's sake she did not sign super long term and maybe also has an out clause when things no doubt go sideways and they do nothing but treat her like fodder again.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 21, 2023 4:07:21 GMT -5
Latest newsletter basically said KAIRI coming back to WWE boiled down to several key factors. First off, Bushiroad wanted her on an exclusive deal if she wanted more money. As in, she would only be allowed to work Stardom and whatever shows they approve. She also was interested in going back to WWE after seeing Asuka win the women's world title, and Iyo winning MITB. She feels like she could have a better run with Triple H in charge in WWE (creative wise) than she could in STARDOM. She talked with those close to her (her husband if her press conference is anything to go by) and they agreed. If IYO's start to her title run is any idication then KAIRI is probably gonna regret her choice very quickly. Yeah I really fear for the wrestlers who get stars in their eyes because "Hunter is in charge now!", it has not exactly worked out for quite a few of them so far, and as you said, Iyo's World title reign has already started with some baffling booking, and Asuka's world title run was just like the rest of them, miserably booked... Can hope for the best of course but WWE booking Asian Women and just Asian Wrestlers in general has always felt like it's come with a blatant ceiling or just a completely baffling inability to present them as the dominant force even with the belts.
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Post by HMARK Center on Aug 21, 2023 5:30:13 GMT -5
It ultimately comes down to what these wrestlers consider “being booked well” to constitute. Some want titles, some want involved feuds, some are happy so long as they get to appear and work in front of a live crowd, and of course the money no doubt plays a big role. I have little doubt that Triple H will book her better than Vince, low bar that may be, but it’s up to Kairi what she feels counts as worth her while in that regard.
I doubt she only based things off other Japanese women having kayfabe accomplishments, though; after all, Asuka was already a multi-time champion by the time she teamed with her. And yeah, just holding a belt doesn’t necessarily mean much depending on how those champs are booked, and we’ve been over how weird Asuka’s reigns have been multiple times already. If someone does just go by “well, so and so got the belt”, that’s the kind of thing late 90s Kevin Nash would just shake his head at while he negotiates a new contract that got him paid more without even really wanting a world title; it might be *a* factor, but I highly doubt it’s *the* factor.
So yeah, it’s tough to see her coming back and being in as prominent position as she would be in Stardom, where’s she’s essentially a resident legend, but I figure she’s aware of that.
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Post by mistery on Aug 21, 2023 6:10:03 GMT -5
If IYO's start to her title run is any idication then KAIRI is probably gonna regret her choice very quickly. Yeah I really fear for the wrestlers who get stars in their eyes because "Hunter is in charge now!", it has not exactly worked out for quite a few of them so far, and as you said, Iyo's World title reign has already started with some baffling booking, and Asuka's world title run was just like the rest of them, miserably booked... Can hope for the best of course but WWE booking Asian Women and just Asian Wrestlers in general has always felt like it's come with a blatant ceiling or just a completely baffling inability to present them as the dominant force even with the belts. It doesn't help that a subsection of fans online make it their mission to absolutely be the biggest pieces of trash towards Asian women as well. Like a very recent example is when Bianca got beat down backstage this week on Smackdown, her stans went completely mental on social media and hurled accusations of racism at Iyo, and a couple sent out MULTIPLE tweets telling Iyo to kill herself, along with being racist towards Iyo, and vowed to look up her address online and send her a "gift". While the vast majority of stans are terrible, Bianca seems to have inherited the worst of the worst. God help KAIRI if she come back and gets into a feud with Bianca and goes over even once. Bianca's fans don't seem to realize the vast majority of her criticism these days isn't due to race but because she is overpushed and constantly takes away from other women and rarely (if ever) gives back. This is why I am pretty vocal about why WWE needs to bite the bullet and push Asian women in general better. They are consistently the most abused minority on wrestling social media now, and it doesn't help when you have people like Cornette and Russo stoking the flames either.
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Post by XIII on Aug 21, 2023 11:55:07 GMT -5
She might get a title run and a push for a minute but every woman will always play secondary to the chosen stars. 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2023 8:32:57 GMT -5
And this is why I was worried for KAIRI and why WWE put the title on IYO but have no intentions of booking her as the top champion (if her losing her first match out as champion is not evidence enough) because it was only to placate KAIRI so show her see your bestie is top champion in order to quell any doubts or worries she may have had.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 23, 2023 9:05:41 GMT -5
And this is why I was worried for KAIRI and why WWE put the title on IYO but have no intentions of booking her as the top champion (if her losing her first match out as champion is not evidence enough) because it was only to placate KAIRI so show her see your bestie is top champion in order to quell any doubts or worries she may have had. Depends on how you define success, I suppose. I don't think it's as simple as it looks on the surface level facet that is the televised win/loss record.
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Post by mistery on Aug 23, 2023 9:26:18 GMT -5
And this is why I was worried for KAIRI and why WWE put the title on IYO but have no intentions of booking her as the top champion (if her losing her first match out as champion is not evidence enough) because it was only to placate KAIRI so show her see your bestie is top champion in order to quell any doubts or worries she may have had. Depends on how you define success, I suppose. I don't think it's as simple as it looks on the surface level facet that is the televised win/loss record. I think the issue is that absolutely no one believes Iyo is going to beat Charlotte or Bianca, because they are the handpicked company favorites on SD (nevermind the fact that Iyo had to cheat to beat Shotzi and also Zelina has beaten her twice in less than three minutes). And with Bianca out for the time being (although I wouldn't be shocked if she shows up again on Friday no selling the beatdown), Charlotte will probably slide in and get the title from Iyo sooner rather than later. Mainly so WWE can do the Bianca/Charlotte feud they feel like will set the world on fire (despite audiences being frigid towards them feuding). It also gives Charlotte one more title reign, and she has been very vocal as of late about wanting to break Ric's record very soon. It's pretty clear KAIRI is coming back under the assumption that she will win singles gold as well, which isn't likely as long as Charlotte, Bianca, and Rhea are in the main title pictures. At best KAIRI would just be a transitional champion to one of those three women. Triple H has his clear favorites now in Charlotte and Rhea, and the sponsors love Bianca. The only real chance KAIRI has is if Nick Khan and Vince step in, as they were her biggest advocates backstage before she left, according to her.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Aug 23, 2023 9:31:29 GMT -5
And this is why I was worried for KAIRI and why WWE put the title on IYO but have no intentions of booking her as the top champion (if her losing her first match out as champion is not evidence enough) because it was only to placate KAIRI so show her see your bestie is top champion in order to quell any doubts or worries she may have had. Depends on how you define success, I suppose. I don't think it's as simple as it looks on the surface level facet that is the televised win/loss record. And the loss in question had Bayley getting pinned, not Iyo. People were clamoring for Iyo to get a shot for months. Now, she's a champion and won the title in a big moment at the second biggest show of the year. It seems like it'll never be enough unless Iyo pins Charlotte, Asuka and Bianca at once ala Roman.
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Post by mistery on Aug 23, 2023 9:35:16 GMT -5
Depends on how you define success, I suppose. I don't think it's as simple as it looks on the surface level facet that is the televised win/loss record. And the loss in question had Bayley getting pinned, not Iyo. People were clamoring for Iyo to get a shot for months. Now, she's a champion and won the title in a big moment at the second biggest show of the year. It seems like it'll never be enough unless Iyo pins Charlotte, Asuka and Bianca at once ala Roman. It's not even that. Its more like they had Bianca and Charlotte basically effortlessly run over Iyo and Bayley, with both Bianca and Charlotte fairly often kicking out at 1 on moves that should be a two count. And both of them fairly effortlessly powering out of Iyo's submissions as well. It doesn't help that this was Iyo's first match as champion, and Bianca/Charlotte even just two weeks before the match were shown to not get along at all.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2023 9:45:53 GMT -5
Depends on how you define success, I suppose. I don't think it's as simple as it looks on the surface level facet that is the televised win/loss record. And the loss in question had Bayley getting pinned, not Iyo. People were clamoring for Iyo to get a shot for months. Now, she's a champion and won the title in a big moment at the second biggest show of the year. It seems like it'll never be enough unless Iyo pins Charlotte, Asuka and Bianca at once ala Roman. It is not the fact that she lost but that she lost in her first match as champion. I always go back to perception is reality being way more important now in wrestling than perhaps ever before and so her just losing is whatever but her losing her first match as champion is the issue here because it does nothing but immediately set a ceiling on her that she may be champion but THESE women over here are both better and more important. It in a way is the opposite of Rhea's title reign they have Rhea in a very protected shell on Raw (funny enough not on NXT though) where she is so far above every other woman on that brand that it is actively damaging her title reign.
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Post by mistery on Sept 7, 2023 7:10:19 GMT -5
New interview is up with Prowrestling Today. Not too much of substance in there other than she made the decision to "take an indefinite hiatus (go back to WWE)" back in May. She also thanked Meiko for convincing her to do this, and said she was in the best physical shape of her life. The last bit I will bother to touch on here (as the rest is basically just PR stuff for her remaining matches) is that she plans on retiring with the next few years.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2023 7:58:10 GMT -5
Gonna guess she has atleast 5yrs at most and 3yrs as the more realistic look at when she will retire in the next few years.
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