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Post by Andrew is Good on Dec 12, 2007 19:22:07 GMT -5
I hope that's not true. I mean, how is he supposed to break character anyway, he's just Khali's friggin translator. I like him in his role, but just because he's someone translator, doesn't mean in the world of kayfabe, he can't have fun in real life. If that makes sense to anybody.
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Post by Abadebe on Dec 12, 2007 21:53:37 GMT -5
She said someone on creative shouldn't be an on-screen character Pot. Kettle. Black. And that's not even getting into the fact that HHH is a part of creative meetings.
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Post by The In-Crowd on Dec 12, 2007 22:00:52 GMT -5
BIG DICK JOHNSON
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Post by Mongo & Pepe: Back in Black on Dec 12, 2007 23:11:32 GMT -5
I found that story about Tazz and Kurt Angle pretty humorous.
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Post by Ace Diamond on Dec 12, 2007 23:12:39 GMT -5
Nice to know that the little goodwill Steph got a couple months back finally evaporated. Seriously, she just doesn't seem to be a good person.
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Post by tna on Dec 13, 2007 2:13:07 GMT -5
interesting stuff.
Poor Translator dude.
As always, thanks for posting these.
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Post by SassovsHart on Dec 13, 2007 2:18:33 GMT -5
Of course that story just could be NEWZ. I don't really like Stephanie either, but I'm not going to assume that's true just because Alvarez said so. The story seems very contrived to me personally.
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Post by Ace Diamond on Dec 13, 2007 2:19:37 GMT -5
Of course that story just could be NEWZ. I don't really like Stephanie either, but I'm not going to assume that's true just because Alvarez said so. the thing is one can only read so many stories of Stephanie doing some bitchy thing or another before you start to think that at least half of them has to be true.
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Post by SassovsHart on Dec 13, 2007 2:21:35 GMT -5
Of course that story just could be NEWZ. I don't really like Stephanie either, but I'm not going to assume that's true just because Alvarez said so. the thing is one can only read so many stories of Stephanie doing some bitchy thing or another before you start to think that at least half of them has to be true. I'm sure a lot of them are true, I don't know about this one though. It just seems like a really contrived story, and a case of "We don't have enough material for this week's letter, so let's make up a goofy story about Steph since no one likes her anyways."
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Post by Ace Diamond on Dec 13, 2007 2:24:28 GMT -5
the thing is one can only read so many stories of Stephanie doing some bitchy thing or another before you start to think that at least half of them has to be true. I'm sure a lot of them are true, I don't know about this one though. It just seems like a really contrived story, and a case of "We don't have enough material for this week's letter, so let's make up a goofy story about Steph since no one likes her anyways." Well as people said he did seem to be having too much of a good time for a heel but at the same time everyone was breaking kayfabe. Truth is we probably will never know if it's true or not.
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Post by SassovsHart on Dec 13, 2007 2:33:27 GMT -5
I'm sure a lot of them are true, I don't know about this one though. It just seems like a really contrived story, and a case of "We don't have enough material for this week's letter, so let's make up a goofy story about Steph since no one likes her anyways." Well as people said he did seem to be having too much of a good time for a heel but at the same time everyone was breaking kayfabe. Truth is we probably will never know if it's true or not.That's probably right, these reports are so hit and miss that it's hard to guess which ones are right or not. For every time they've correctly said that Viscera was going to get a big push on ECW, they've said that Chris Masters was getting a re-push right before he ended up losing 3 straight matches to Santino. Or every time they say that there's been a plan floated around for Vickie Guerrero to have a program where she's in a relationship with a top heel, they'll explain Balls Mahoney's absence (which coincidentally was in the weeks leading up to his girlfriend giving birth) by saying that Vince called off his program with Kelly Kelly, which of course got picked right back up after he said that. So yeah, that was all I was trying to say. That with the hit and miss nature of these stories that we don't really know whether it's true or not. If it is, that was a nasty thing to do, but I've got my doubts whether it is. I'm not saying it's definitely false, but I'm not going to assume it's true if I don't know one way or another. And like you said, since we won't see this play out on screen, we probably won't get to find out whether it is or not.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 15, 2007 20:52:25 GMT -5
Sources say WWE superstars Jeff Hardy and Umaga are pushing hard for the company to bring back recently released TNA superstar Ron Killings. At this point, Killings has a spot waiting for him in AAA in Mexico and once his working papers are complete, he will likely be heading down there to work. Killings had two very short stints as WWE Hardcore Champion back in 2001.
- WWE's No Mercy 2007 pay-per-view did 265,000 buys, which is up from last year's 197,000 buys. Last year's No Mercy was a SmackDown only pay-per-view and this year's show featured all three brands. The updated buyrate for SummerSlam 2007 is 558,000 which is up from the previous number of 548,000. SummerSlam 07's buys are also up from 2006, which was 555,000.
WWE's Cyber Sunday pay-per-view a few months back, looks to have a preliminary estimate of 191,000 pay-per-view buys, which would be the second lowest of the year, behind the One Night Stand pay-per-view. Furthermore, the Cyber Sunday event only drew 118,000 buys from North America. The event featured the return of Shawn Michaels and Undertaker vs. Batista with Austin as the special referee. 2006's Cyber Sunday was built around the battle of the World Champions and did a buyrate of 226,000.
- WWE's Mick Foley and Michael "P.S." Hayes recently got into a major argument during a filming of the WWE Legends show on WWE 24/7. Not much else is known, but the argument had to do with the Vince McMahon death angle from earlier this year. Foley was adamant that the angle was in bad taste while Hayes strongly defended the angle. No word yet on when this particular show will air, but keep a look out for it.
At this point, there appears to be little interest from WWE in Senshi, who is finishing up with TNA. If anything they would be willing to offer a developmental contract but given his connections in the independents and his ability to keep an active schedule with outside bookings it's extremely unlikely Senshi would take such a role as it may be considered a step back. He has a strong following in the US and overseas and to that end he is very well respected amongst his peers so leaving TNA doesn't hurt him as much as TNA would like to think it does.
While it's been public knowledge that Killings and Senshi have asked and were granted their releases, their remains several other talents who have requested said releases but did so in a less public fashion. Right now TNA is doing what they can to keep the additional talent from leaving the company. Moral is low in the back and despite the rumors, while their are some that have a desire or interest in being brought into WWE, the truth remains that many will either be rejected or thrown into the Developmental System until they can wash off the Stigma of these talents being affiliated with TNA. It should be interesting though that a majority of those that addressed the issue on a more private forum, a great deal of them plan to work overseas or in Mexico and do not, despite internet rumors, expect to be immediately signed to WWE. There has been calls by talent to Tye Bailey and John Laurinitus however nothing to an extreme as people are led to believe on the net. Everyday WWE is contacted by someone in TNA or by an authorize rep of the talent to find out if they could be brought up.
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Post by wwerules60 on Dec 15, 2007 20:56:39 GMT -5
I wish WWE would go for Senshi and not for Killings.
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Post by wrestlecrapcrap on Dec 16, 2007 11:24:35 GMT -5
Doesn't the fact that Kapoor was actually even more involved on-screen the very next day for Smackdown prove this story is rubbish? I mean if Steph truly thinks creative team members should not be characters, why shout at him the day before he is taping a segment in which he is a very prominent part?
Doesn't make sense. At all.
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Dec 16, 2007 11:41:52 GMT -5
man I saw some real potential in that "Truth & Consequences" tag team in TNA, why didn´t they continue??
anyway, I think Killings would do GREAT in WWE...as long as he won´t be renamed "K-Kwik" again
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 16, 2007 12:17:53 GMT -5
- WWE's No Mercy 2007 pay-per-view did 265,000 buys, which is up from last year's 197,000 buys. Last year's No Mercy was a SmackDown only pay-per-view and this year's show featured all three brands. The updated buyrate for SummerSlam 2007 is 558,000 which is up from the previous number of 548,000. SummerSlam 07's buys are also up from 2006, which was 555,000. WWE's Cyber Sunday pay-per-view a few months back, looks to have a preliminary estimate of 191,000 pay-per-view buys, which would be the second lowest of the year, behind the One Night Stand pay-per-view. Furthermore, the Cyber Sunday event only drew 118,000 buys from North America. The event featured the return of Shawn Michaels and Undertaker vs. Batista with Austin as the special referee. 2006's Cyber Sunday was built around the battle of the World Champions and did a buyrate of 226,000. - WWE's Mick Foley and Michael "P.S." Hayes recently got into a major argument during a filming of the WWE Legends show on WWE 24/7. Not much else is known, but the argument had to do with the Vince McMahon death angle from earlier this year. Foley was adamant that the angle was in bad taste while Hayes strongly defended the angle. No word yet on when this particular show will air, but keep a look out for it. credit: wrestling observer newsletter Not surprised about the No Mercy buyrate as I think a lot of people thought Jericho was going to appear and actually paid for it. Very interested in seeing the discussion with Foley and Hayes, Hayes does come across as a company shill/asskisser on some of these discussions I noticed.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 17, 2007 15:05:47 GMT -5
WWE has been auditioning announcers for Smackdown. JBL has been itching to get back in the ring for some time now.
- There are no plans for Rob Van Dam to return into the fold. He was flown on a private jet with Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff to Raw last week. RVD is not interested in working a full-time schedule at the present time.
- WWE is considering Steve Corino for a producer/agent role in the company.
- The plan heading into Armageddon was for Triple H to beat Jeff Hardy, but was apparently changed since it was pretty well known Trips was going over.
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Post by Next Level was WRONG on Dec 17, 2007 16:52:56 GMT -5
I'd love to see the auditions to fill JBL's place. Mostly due to the fact I imagine them in the style of WWE Idol, Iron Sheik n'all.
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Post by wrestlecrapcrap on Dec 17, 2007 17:06:22 GMT -5
- The plan heading into Armageddon was for Triple H to beat Jeff Hardy, but was apparently changed since it was pretty well known Trips was going over. So they changed a headlining match for the next PPV, one of the biggest in the year, and subsequently a route for a month's worth of programming because it was apparently 'well known'? I believe the word here is new'z'.
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