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Post by Cyno on Apr 10, 2021 18:50:52 GMT -5
Between reuniting with Dan LeBatard by joining up with Meadowlark (and bringing Cinephiile with him) and now working for WWE, I'm glad to see Adman getting opportunities. His firing from ESPN was very suspect.
I hope he's able to sneak in "Welcome to Tangier!" at least once when someone's about to get a pinfall.
Also, apparently Tom Phillips was removed from the Raw announce team because of something related to COVID protocol.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Apr 10, 2021 19:23:39 GMT -5
If it means Joe is off commentary, then I’m all for it. I used to like him but he just sounds so phoney, even by WWE standards.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Apr 10, 2021 19:56:08 GMT -5
From the Wrestlinginc article: "Virk is a Canadian sportscaster who had hosted The Score in Canada. He worked for ESPN from 2010 until 2019, when he was fired for allegedly leaking ESPN information to the media" “I know that I made a mistake,” Virk told The Washington Post. “I would have thought that everything I’d done for the company would count for something. Whatever happens in life you say: ‘What’s the action? What’s the result of the action? Who’s the person? And how important are they to the company?’ Ultimately, I’m hurt that I was that replaceable for doing something I thought was relatively benign. “I feel like they wanted to make an example of me.” Great start. Sounds like a perfect hire to me. He'll start leaking stuff to Rajah while wearing a fake mustache and only Vince will think he's innocent. Damnit Hunter, someone leaked my plan to give Brock both titles! I'll strangle that mustachioed son of a bitch when I see him! Pop I'm telling you it's that new guy Virk, he's got a history of this. It can't be him Paul, he doesn't have a mustache *Virk pops up from behind a potted plant with one of those old fashion listening cone things and takes off his fake mustache* Yeah, no mustache. *disappears behind the plant and puts mustache back on* See Paul, no mustache. *Hunter leaves hitting some random intern with a Pedigree*
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Post by eJm on Apr 10, 2021 19:58:50 GMT -5
Sounds like a perfect hire to me. He'll start leaking stuff to Rajah while wearing a fake mustache and only Vince will think he's innocent. Damnit Hunter, someone leaked my plan to give Brock both titles! I'll strangle that mustachioed son of a bitch when I see him! Pop I'm telling you it's that new guy Virk, he's got a history of this. It can't be him Paul, he doesn't have a mustache *Virk pops up from behind a potted plant with one of those old fashion listening cone things and takes off his fake mustache* Yeah, no mustache. *disappears behind the plant and puts mustache back on* See Paul, no mustache. *Hunter leaves hitting some random intern with a Pedigree* *Vince checks his phone, sees that it’s been reported HHH and Vince had an argument about leaks* “MOUSTACHED MAAAAAAAAAAAN!”
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Apr 10, 2021 21:04:37 GMT -5
Tom did an okay job when I was watching, why do they keep jerking him off... the table?
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Post by sportatorium on Apr 10, 2021 21:08:16 GMT -5
Phillips produces the commentary team for NXT. Beth Phoenix raved about how great he was in the headsets. Maybe he’s moving into that role.
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Post by y4j1981 on Apr 10, 2021 21:43:30 GMT -5
From the Wrestlinginc article: "Virk is a Canadian sportscaster who had hosted The Score in Canada. He worked for ESPN from 2010 until 2019, when he was fired for allegedly leaking ESPN information to the media" “I know that I made a mistake,” Virk told The Washington Post. “I would have thought that everything I’d done for the company would count for something. Whatever happens in life you say: ‘What’s the action? What’s the result of the action? Who’s the person? And how important are they to the company?’ Ultimately, I’m hurt that I was that replaceable for doing something I thought was relatively benign. “I feel like they wanted to make an example of me.” Great start. So..wait. he gets caught leaking information and blames ESPN for firing him and not just letting it go?
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Post by polarbearpete on Apr 10, 2021 21:49:48 GMT -5
From the Wrestlinginc article: "Virk is a Canadian sportscaster who had hosted The Score in Canada. He worked for ESPN from 2010 until 2019, when he was fired for allegedly leaking ESPN information to the media" “I know that I made a mistake,” Virk told The Washington Post. “I would have thought that everything I’d done for the company would count for something. Whatever happens in life you say: ‘What’s the action? What’s the result of the action? Who’s the person? And how important are they to the company?’ Ultimately, I’m hurt that I was that replaceable for doing something I thought was relatively benign. “I feel like they wanted to make an example of me.” Great start. So..wait. he gets caught leaking information and blames ESPN for firing him and not just letting it go? From what I read, the item leaked was that Sunday Night Baseball was moving from 8 pm to 7 pm. Not groundbreaking stuff here.
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Post by eJm on Apr 10, 2021 21:53:51 GMT -5
So..wait. he gets caught leaking information and blames ESPN for firing him and not just letting it go? From what I read, the item leaked was that Sunday Night Baseball was moving from 8 pm to 7 pm. Not groundbreaking stuff here. Still not a great look either way, though.
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Post by romanstylesiii on Apr 10, 2021 21:55:07 GMT -5
So..wait. he gets caught leaking information and blames ESPN for firing him and not just letting it go? From what I read, the item leaked was that Sunday Night Baseball was moving from 8 pm to 7 pm. Not groundbreaking stuff here. ESPN needlessly made an example of him. Which is so hypocritical, as their entire website is based on collecting news from sources that leak them information
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Post by polarbearpete on Apr 10, 2021 22:04:35 GMT -5
From what I read, the item leaked was that Sunday Night Baseball was moving from 8 pm to 7 pm. Not groundbreaking stuff here. Still not a great look either way, though. Sure but being there 10 years that doesn’t seem particularly egregious. Gives a little more context to “confidential information” too.
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Post by eJm on Apr 10, 2021 22:08:10 GMT -5
Still not a great look either way, though. Sure but being there 10 years that doesn’t seem particularly egregious. Gives a little more context to “confidential information” too. I mean, true, I guess. But then if you’ve been there for 10 years, you’d likely know better to do that at all? I’m not justifying it but I’m also saying work places are dumb with these sorts of rules too.
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Post by Main Event Mark on Apr 16, 2021 6:14:36 GMT -5
So with Virk, Graves and Saxton on Raw, Joe released, and Phillips moved to 205/ other projects, have we heard yet who the SD team will be?
I assume Cole, but who joins him? Nigel?
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 16, 2021 6:52:33 GMT -5
So with Virk, Graves and Saxton on Raw, Joe released, and Phillips moved to 205/ other projects, have we heard yet who the SD team will be? I assume Cole, but who joins him? Nigel? Cole and Hologram Cole
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 16, 2021 7:14:57 GMT -5
So with Virk, Graves and Saxton on Raw, Joe released, and Phillips moved to 205/ other projects, have we heard yet who the SD team will be? I assume Cole, but who joins him? Nigel? Cole and Hologram Cole My sources tell me Kevin Nash, Joel Gertner or Bayley.
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Post by Legion on Apr 16, 2021 7:36:04 GMT -5
So with Virk, Graves and Saxton on Raw, Joe released, and Phillips moved to 205/ other projects, have we heard yet who the SD team will be? I assume Cole, but who joins him? Nigel? Cole and Pat McAfee
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Apr 16, 2021 10:07:52 GMT -5
From what I read, the item leaked was that Sunday Night Baseball was moving from 8 pm to 7 pm. Not groundbreaking stuff here. ESPN needlessly made an example of him. Which is so hypocritical, as their entire website is based on collecting news from sources that leak them information If that's what he got caught leaking, it's pretty reasonable to assume he's leaked other stuff, too. He better be cautious in WWE.
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