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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 15, 2020 13:09:17 GMT -5
Apparently in terms of backstage names, Finlay, IRS, Shane Helms and Lance Storm have been cut.
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Post by eJm on Apr 15, 2020 13:09:23 GMT -5
Add Helms, Lance Storm (who just got there), Finlay and Rotunda too.
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Post by mistery on Apr 15, 2020 13:09:39 GMT -5
Kairi wants to leave, according to reports, so if The Revival being cut shows anything, she should get her wish. Who knows who might just grab the opportunity to say "You know what, I don't need this, I don't want to work your shitty warehouse shows, cut me!" Those reports were massively taken out of context. I guess I should finally get around to explaining why Kairi is likely sticking around, and why those reports were false or misleading. Dave Meltzer initially reported that STARDOM was going to offer Kairi and Io big money to return. That's it. But obviously the internet is a game of telephone, so words get twisted to push a narrative. Casey of Squared Circle Sirens, who is very well connected when it comes to contract stuff mentioned she very likely signed a new deal last year when she was called up as that's what happens with every other NXT sign up. This lines up with what she mentioned in an interview with Tokyo Sports shortly after her callup last year where she mentioned that her contract status had changed, and that she's getting paid more, but has to start paying for her travel expenses. Where WWE covered all expenses except for food while she was on road tours for NXT.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2020 13:10:10 GMT -5
Finlay again? f***. That might be the most shocking release so far for me.
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Post by chrom on Apr 15, 2020 13:10:41 GMT -5
That's a total of 12
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Post by Phil Parent on Apr 15, 2020 13:10:44 GMT -5
Best estimates I saw had the wrestler roster at 208 across all the brands, so no performance center only people. This is going to get much worse before it gets better Yeah, those who are paid to train and are either not showing improvement or not tippy-top prospects are probably not safe.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 15, 2020 13:10:45 GMT -5
Finlay again? f***. That might be the most shocking release so far for me. Well, so much for Dave getting him to do his Hall of Fame speech.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Apr 15, 2020 13:10:58 GMT -5
Add Helms, Lance Storm (who just got there), Finlay and Rotunda too. A reminder that Storm closed up his wrestling school in Canada to take the WWE job.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2020 13:11:03 GMT -5
THEY RELEASED FUNLAY!!!
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Post by Chainsaw on Apr 15, 2020 13:11:26 GMT -5
I feel worse for Heath, especially after that video of him and Drew came out of them joking about him taking the belt off Braun to make the 3MB championship team come true. The guy did a great job of doing what the company needed from him and people could get behind him. This sucks for almost everyone except for EC3, who's been practically begging for this.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Apr 15, 2020 13:11:28 GMT -5
Tilting your head will be ALL ELITE
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Apr 15, 2020 13:11:28 GMT -5
Not sure of Lance’s personal situation, but he’s just shut down his school and sold a bunch of stuff from it. It’ll be tough to start back up straight away in this climate.
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Apr 15, 2020 13:11:52 GMT -5
Didn't Lance Storm close his school?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2020 13:11:53 GMT -5
Man... That's Heath Slater. Heath "they used me to build up new titles on a brand", "they used me to work with all the legends years ago", "they used me to work with Lesnar", "they used me to help work with Strowman", "I was one of the mainstays of SDL a few years ago", "I'm a 4 time tag champion", "I got things to do even without a title which not many people can say on a 2 hour only show" Slater. This is wild.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Apr 15, 2020 13:12:04 GMT -5
Ah man Lance was so happy to be back too from what I could tell from his twitter. Closed his school and everything and now he won't even be able to go back to that!
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Post by James Fabiano on Apr 15, 2020 13:12:16 GMT -5
Now I notice, to be honest, that so far, most of the people released were guys used to put other bigger stars over. You think WWE uses local jobbers more in the future from this point?
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Post by JTG on Apr 15, 2020 13:12:26 GMT -5
Maybe some of those (like Finlay or Storm) are temporary releases, with re-hiring when business gets better
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2020 13:13:20 GMT -5
EC3 is free!
*raises Solo cup*
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Post by They Adam Bradley on Apr 15, 2020 13:13:36 GMT -5
I have a feeling we will see several more today, including some NXT guys. Bennett, Lucha House Party, Apollo, Tamina, Liv/Sarah logan, Humberto
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2020 13:13:40 GMT -5
Apparently in terms of backstage names, Finlay, IRS, Shane Helms and Lance Storm have been cut. Not Funley!
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