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Post by asuka007 on Jan 7, 2022 13:15:43 GMT -5
If they’re culling Triple H people, it makes me wonder what will happen to people like Shayna, Shotzi, Rhea, etc? They were all his pics as well.
Also Candice’s contract is up this year, so what happens there as well?
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 7, 2022 13:19:31 GMT -5
If I were him, I’d likely stay on the board because, well, it might all still backfire on Nick Khan and if they’re going to sell at some point, he can find a way in considering he’d be someone knowledgeable about the business whilst Khan, likely, rides off into the sunset after a job well done. Of all the choices he could make as far as purely making a business choice the worst one would be to walk away. Because I have been saying it there is still a very likely chance that Stephanie ends up chairman of the board and if that happens that is HHH automatically back in power even by proxy and the goon troop are f***ed. The Goon troop are so concerned with f***ing over HHH that I doubt it has even come to their empty heads that Stephanie as chairman is a much bigger an stronger play then simply HHH as CEO or whatever because she will then dictate the overall direction of the company and can fire whoever the CEO ends up being whether that be Khan or whoever. He should just ride this out yea it f***ing sucks a seering suns right now but the end of the tunnel may just be worth this shitty journey right now. If Vince doesnt sell before he dies then all his stock goes to Linda. And if she does not want to sell then that means the company stays family run. Meaning Steph or Shane will be running things.
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 7, 2022 13:22:35 GMT -5
Isn't Triple H on the board of directors? Short of a massive shakeup at the corporate level (like the entire McMahon family being ousted), I don't think he can get outright fired.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 13:26:37 GMT -5
If they’re culling Triple H people, it makes me wonder what will happen to people like Shayna, Shotzi, Rhea, etc? They were all his pics as well. Also Candice’s contract is up this year, so what happens there as well? Candice is absoloutley gone she is not gonna be in this company with no assurance to her future and her husband probably is gonna end up in the rival company especially now after they fired the likes of Regal oh it may as well be a guarantee now. As for those others who knows...Shotzi may as well be gone. If Dakota leaves it probably wont be long for Shayna
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jan 7, 2022 13:30:36 GMT -5
The only way Hunter leaves the WWE is if Steph runs for office and they want to distance themselves temporarily. He's a major shareholder in the company and likely going to gain more via Vince's will, he is unfirable and is not going to give up on that and fund his own promotion because of his passion for wrestling. NXT: Super Indie was a colossal money pit, there is zero chance he would go and make his own version using his own money.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 13:31:57 GMT -5
Isn't Triple H on the board of directors? Short of a massive shakeup at the corporate level (like the entire McMahon family being ousted), I don't think he can get outright fired. Depending on whats in his contract...like if he is not fulfiling whatever duties that are in the contract he can be fired.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 7, 2022 13:32:11 GMT -5
The only thing I’d say is that Shane walked away for many years. Linda is not really involved anymore either.
So just being “in the family” doesn’t automatically mean you stick around.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 7, 2022 13:34:20 GMT -5
Isn't Triple H on the board of directors? Short of a massive shakeup at the corporate level (like the entire McMahon family being ousted), I don't think he can get outright fired. Vince owns the vast majority of voting stock. Unless he did something so stupid they could prove he is mentally incompetent, or so illegal that the government had to come down on them, then there is no removing him.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Jan 7, 2022 13:52:19 GMT -5
This hit job on HHH's future empire is so blatant that I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out later someone was putting antifreeze in his food.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Jan 7, 2022 13:52:20 GMT -5
The only way Hunter leaves the WWE is if Steph runs for office and they want to distance themselves temporarily. He's a major shareholder in the company and likely going to gain more via Vince's will, he is unfirable and is not going to give up on that and fund his own promotion because of his passion for wrestling. NXT: Super Indie was a colossal money pit, there is zero chance he would go and make his own version using his own money. Yeah because it wasn't designed to make money, was doing three things at once, and had the hottest product in wrestling in a single regional university's sports hall or w/e for 8 years. Obviously he isn't going to leave but the 'NXT didn't make money' narrative (and it is a narrative) is really weird.
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Post by chazraps on Jan 7, 2022 13:54:34 GMT -5
Regardless whether he stays or leaves, I can see Triple H acting in more direct-to-streaming action films.
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Post by chazraps on Jan 7, 2022 13:55:42 GMT -5
Also, this thread is now at 311 posts, so I understand if you're feeling down in times like this that are all mixed up, but as sad as things are now, eventually everyone will emerge from the amber and come original.
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Post by cornettesracket on Jan 7, 2022 13:59:17 GMT -5
The only thing I’d say is that Shane walked away for many years. Linda is not really involved anymore either. So just being “in the family” doesn’t automatically mean you stick around. That’s true but even not being involved doesn’t mean either Shane or Linda don’t have shares in the company and the type of shares they have mean the McMahon family hold the voting power.
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Post by cornettesracket on Jan 7, 2022 14:02:16 GMT -5
This hit job on HHH's future empire is so blatant that I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out later someone was putting antifreeze in his food. In know this might sound really stupid but I wonder do the three stooges not realise that once vince is gone they won’t have any power and it’s well known that Stephanie and Triple H hate Kevin dunn(join the queue) and their plan was to use NXT as a place to get their own people ready.
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Post by mistery on Jan 7, 2022 14:08:13 GMT -5
If they’re culling Triple H people, it makes me wonder what will happen to people like Shayna, Shotzi, Rhea, etc? They were all his pics as well. Also Candice’s contract is up this year, so what happens there as well? All of them should be fine. The cuts over the past few days seem specifically focused on dismantling the staff Triple H had built up for when he took over.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jan 7, 2022 15:20:08 GMT -5
The only way Hunter leaves the WWE is if Steph runs for office and they want to distance themselves temporarily. He's a major shareholder in the company and likely going to gain more via Vince's will, he is unfirable and is not going to give up on that and fund his own promotion because of his passion for wrestling. NXT: Super Indie was a colossal money pit, there is zero chance he would go and make his own version using his own money. Yeah because it wasn't designed to make money, was doing three things at once, and had the hottest product in wrestling in a single regional university's sports hall or w/e for 8 years. Obviously he isn't going to leave but the 'NXT didn't make money' narrative (and it is a narrative) is really weird. Except they didn't just do Florida university tapings, they were running it as a third touring brand before the pandemic so there absolutely was some expectation within the company that it would pay for itself at least in part through live gates and network subscriptions.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 15:21:19 GMT -5
Also, this thread is now at 311 posts, so I understand if you're feeling down in times like this that are all mixed up, but as sad as things are now, eventually everyone will emerge from the amber and come original. I really should have worked hard to be on page 112. That's where the playas dwell.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 7, 2022 15:36:40 GMT -5
Yeah because it wasn't designed to make money, was doing three things at once, and had the hottest product in wrestling in a single regional university's sports hall or w/e for 8 years. Obviously he isn't going to leave but the 'NXT didn't make money' narrative (and it is a narrative) is really weird. Except they didn't just do Florida university tapings, they were running it as a third touring brand before the pandemic so there absolutely was some expectation within the company that it would pay for itself at least in part through live gates and network subscriptions. And if you’re lumping that with the cost of the performance center, it’s not going to be able to overwhelm those (necessary) high costs of maintaining and running that. Like, the issue wasn’t that NXT didn’t make money, it was given obstacles it couldn’t possibly reach.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Jan 7, 2022 15:42:14 GMT -5
Alvarez apparently said that WWE's going to overhaul NXT's roster every few months to cull everyone they don't think could headline Mania one day. Assuming that's the actual plan and not just him speculating, that sounds like it'd rapidly completely destroy the show being even vaguely coherent or fans bothering to care about anyone there. MANIA HEADLINERS ARE NOT THE ONLY KIND OF WRESTLERS YOU NEED TO HAVE ON A ROSTER AAAAAAAHHHHHHFor f***'s sake THE MIDCARD SHOULD EXIST
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 7, 2022 15:48:09 GMT -5
Also it takes YEARS in most cases for a wrestler to really come into their own. Culling people every few months, and also firing so many trainers as well, seems like the exact opposite of how this should work.
I honestly don’t think WWE truly knows what they want. Everything that has happened really has felt very scattershot and random.
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