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Post by MGH on Oct 30, 2007 12:49:15 GMT -5
DEPARTURE FROM TNA
by Mike Johnson @ 1:49:33 PM on 10/30/2007
Junior Fatu is indeed gone from TNA, I believe over money issues in that he wanted more than the company wanted to pay. Fatu got a big reaction from the crowd and his in-ring work was decent, but I don't see this as any major loss for the company.
-PWInsider.com
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Post by Mr. Mediocre on Oct 30, 2007 12:50:37 GMT -5
It's official now?
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON!
(Al Gore: I will.)
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Post by invaderdave on Oct 30, 2007 12:50:50 GMT -5
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOah who cares.
I'm indifferent in all ways to Rikishi.
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Post by imnotbooked on Oct 30, 2007 12:51:02 GMT -5
DEPARTURE FROM TNA
by Mike Johnson @ 1:49:33 PM on 10/30/2007Junior Fatu is indeed gone from TNA, I believe over money issues in that he wanted more than the company wanted to pay. Fatu got a big reaction from the crowd and his in-ring work was decent, but I don't see this as any major loss for the company. -PWInsider.com "THIS IS THE SADDEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SPORT" -Tony Schiavone |
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Oct 30, 2007 12:51:25 GMT -5
Well, that's what Rikishi of all people gets for holding the company up for more money.
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Post by icansleep on Oct 30, 2007 12:51:33 GMT -5
Dang. I would've really liked to see him elevated to win his first world championship.  |
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Post by Samoa Kenny on Oct 30, 2007 12:51:37 GMT -5
The other day I was watching TNA with 2 non wrestling fans, and they marked huge for fatu, to the point where they've been threating to give each other stink faces in their sleep
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Post by The OP on Oct 30, 2007 12:51:39 GMT -5
I won't miss the face butt wiper.
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Post by Chainsaw on Oct 30, 2007 12:51:42 GMT -5
Well, no big loss. The wannabe Rock/poop gimmick he was selling, I wasn't buying.
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Post by AriadosMan on Oct 30, 2007 12:54:06 GMT -5
So he was a temporary hire after all! ALL GLORY TO TNA!
How anybody could pick him up and do their finisher on him is one of the great mysteries of the universe that shall never be answered.
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Post by mysterydriver on Oct 30, 2007 12:54:51 GMT -5
The sad thing is....I understand him asking for more money.
He debuted in a Main Event feud. He was in 3 out of the first 4 Main Events for TNA's 2-hour show.
He was pushed as "the favorite" for the "Figh for the Right" Tournament.
If TNA was going to treat him like a Main eventer, he probably assumed that they could pay him a little better. I doubt he wanted Sting money, just payment for his spot on the card.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't really enjoy his stay with TNA and am glad that I won't have to hear Don West hype the Stinkface anymore, but I can understand why he'd want more money.
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Post by poi zen rana on Oct 30, 2007 13:04:09 GMT -5
The sad thing is....I understand him asking for more money. He debuted in a Main Event feud. He was in 3 out of the first 4 Main Events for TNA's 2-hour show. He was pushed as "the favorite" for the "Figh for the Right" Tournament. If TNA was going to treat him like a Main eventer, he probably assumed that they could pay him a little better. I doubt he wanted Sting money, just payment for his spot on the card. Don't get me wrong, I didn't really enjoy his stay with TNA and am glad that I won't have to hear Don West hype the Stinkface anymore, but I can understand why he'd want more money. i don't know. he may have been a part of main event feud (joe/christian) but he really only had one part in it. after his match with christian his part in the feud was basically done. sure he main evented but he was more thrown into those matches, it is not as though he was being pushed as a main event wrestler any more than l.a.x. are. i also didn't think of him as a favorite for the fight for your tournament, they just hyped him in the opening match because he is pretty big to be thrown over the top rope. either way i don't think a guy like him who has faded into oblivion, should be asking for money after working for what four weeks? he should be happy to be there and have a job. |
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Post by hobo on Oct 30, 2007 13:08:01 GMT -5
It's official now? CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON! (Al Gore: I will.) Damn it! You beat me to it. |
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Post by AriadosMan on Oct 30, 2007 13:10:16 GMT -5
i don't know. he may have been a part of main event feud (joe/christian) but he really only had one part in it. after his match with christian his part in the feud was basically done. sure he main evented but he was more thrown into those matches, it is not as though he was being pushed as a main event wrestler any more than l.a.x. are. i also didn't think of him as a favorite for the fight for your tournament, they just hyped him in the opening match because he is pretty big to be thrown over the top rope. either way i don't think a guy like him who has faded into oblivion, should be asking for money after working for what four weeks? he should be happy to be there and have a job. Agreed, this has to be the 1st time TNA has fired a former WWE guy for having too big an ego. He could have had a perfectly good midcard spot and get paid better than most TNA folks surely will, but he got greedy and threw it away. Lesson for job hunters: Don't ask for a raise 4 weeks into your new job. |
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Post by ddt on Oct 30, 2007 13:11:40 GMT -5
Now that Fatu is gone (YES!!!), let's hope we see VKM, Rhodes, Russo (yeah, right!) and Nash follow.
(I know a lot of you will protest getting rid of Nash, but he doesn't do anything but stand around and/or be a part of worthless, wasteful backstage skits.)
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Post by AriadosMan on Oct 30, 2007 13:13:12 GMT -5
Now that Fatu is gone (YES!!!), let's hope we see VKM, Rhodes, Russo (yeah, right!) and Nash follow. (I know a lot of you will protest getting rid of Nash, but he doesn't do anything but stand around and/or be a part of worthless, wasteful backstage skits.) Rhodes? Possibly. VKM? If they diss TNA and try to get their old WWE jobs back (which they won't), yes. Nash? Unlikely. Russo? When hell freezes over. |
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Oct 30, 2007 13:14:38 GMT -5
Now that Fatu is gone (YES!!!), let's hope we see VKM, Rhodes, Russo (yeah, right!) and Nash follow. (I know a lot of you will protest getting rid of Nash, but he doesn't do anything but stand around and/or be a part of worthless, wasteful backstage skits.) If by "worthless and wasteful" you mean "pretty amusing", then yea, I'm gonna protest. |
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Oct 30, 2007 13:22:17 GMT -5
Good...I never liked Rikishi, even when he could actually move...
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ddt
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Post by ddt on Oct 30, 2007 13:23:47 GMT -5
Now that Fatu is gone (YES!!!), let's hope we see VKM, Rhodes, Russo (yeah, right!) and Nash follow. (I know a lot of you will protest getting rid of Nash, but he doesn't do anything but stand around and/or be a part of worthless, wasteful backstage skits.) If by "worthless and wasteful" you mean "pretty amusing", then yea, I'm gonna protest. Nah, I mean 'worthless and wasteful', as in 'I'd rather watch Styles, Daniels, Storm, Harris, the MCMG, etc., WRESTLE rather than see Nash waste my time with senseless skits while he likely earns more than the guys who are out there busting their butts, yet are not getting any tv time'. But that's just my opinion. |
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Post by richter on Oct 30, 2007 13:24:31 GMT -5
That's what TNA gets for pushing a non-contracted performer on television.
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