gl83
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Post by gl83 on May 6, 2022 11:15:22 GMT -5
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 6, 2022 11:21:35 GMT -5
"You (NXT UK) can't talk shit about me just because Nick Khan forgot ya'll exist!"
LMAO!
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 6, 2022 11:25:56 GMT -5
I don’t think they ever really got Stokely Hathaway. Part of me is still surprised that he even had an extended TV run with Diamond Mine.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 6, 2022 11:28:28 GMT -5
Video just went private, so to summarise… Dude was burned out. They offered him a new deal that he turned down that may have led to a main roster run (he said he never heard any pitch about managing Omos).
Then he cracks whip about Top Dolla picking a fight with the Young Bucks over sneakers and about NXT UK for somehow having like nobody fired in the last year and a half of all these cuts.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 6, 2022 11:29:39 GMT -5
I don’t think they ever really got Stokely Hathaway. Part of me is still surprised that he even had an extended TV run with Diamond Mine. I've said it before, it's telling to me how much WWE's changed as a company when they could look at someone like Stokely and go "Nah, we're good". Put him in any other time in modern company history and he's rolling since, to me, he's the most WWE manager you could ask for. Like Heath Slater coming into the company now would get nowhere near the same run he'd have because he'd be shoved down to NXT, barely used but then put in a role anyone could fill. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 6, 2022 11:36:50 GMT -5
I don’t think they ever really got Stokely Hathaway. Part of me is still surprised that he even had an extended TV run with Diamond Mine. I've said it before, it's telling to me how much WWE's changed as a company when they could look at someone like Stokely and go "Nah, we're good". Put him in any other time in modern company history and he's rolling since, to me, he's the most WWE manager you could ask for. Like Heath Slater coming into the company now would get nowhere near the same run he'd have because he'd be shoved down to NXT, barely used but then put in a role anyone could fill. It’s like them firing 2point0, one of the criticisms being that their promos were too “pro wrestling”. Bitch, you can call it sports entertainment, organised grappling or tiddlywinks for all I care, I see a picture of a WWE match, an AEW match, an Impact match, a New Japan match, they’re the same picture. You’re pro wrestling. And Hathaway is one of the most pro wrestling guys out there. They have this need to try and metaphorically put lipstick on a pig, when fact of the matter is that most people don’t care that it’s a pig or even that it’s wearing makeup for some reason, they’re just sick of them doing that and then telling them that it’s meant to be a horse. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 6, 2022 11:45:46 GMT -5
It’s like them firing 2point0, one of the criticisms being that their promos were too “pro wrestling”. Bitch, you can call it sports entertainment, organised grappling or tiddlywinks for all I care, I see a picture of a WWE match, an AEW match, an Impact match, a New Japan match, they’re the same picture. You’re pro wrestling. And Hathaway is one of the most pro wrestling guys out there. They have this need to try and metaphorically put lipstick on a pig, when fact of the matter is that most people don’t care that it’s a pig or even that it’s wearing makeup for some reason, they’re just sick of them doing that and then telling them that it’s meant to be a horse. I've said my piece on the 2point0 firing countless times but I'd even go as far to say they're the most WWE people you could get. Like, this is the company that gave us Mr. Fuji, Slick, Kaientai, 3MB, The Spirit Squad, Social Outcasts etc, you mean to tell me you can look at EverRise and Malcolm Bivens and go "Eh, we don't know what to do with them?". You put John Tenta in a gold mask and had him dance with a Cartman doll and he got super over with it and most of the same people who did that are still there, I find that extremely hard to believe. |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on May 6, 2022 11:51:09 GMT -5
"You could shoot up the Popeyes down the street and get put in a program with Ilya Dragunov"
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 6, 2022 11:56:32 GMT -5
"You could shoot up the Popeyes down the street and get put in a program with Ilya Dragunov" Considering Jordan Devlin is the #1 Contender, this hits way too close to the bone. Much like Devlin himself allegedly did to someone, actually. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 6, 2022 12:24:59 GMT -5
"You could shoot up the Popeyes down the street and get put in a program with Ilya Dragunov" Considering Jordan Devlin is the #1 Contender, this hits way too close to the bone. Much like Devlin himself allegedly did to someone, actually. Still genuinely hurts me to like post like this. |
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Post by Cyno on May 6, 2022 12:27:55 GMT -5
"You could shoot up the Popeyes down the street and get put in a program with Ilya Dragunov" Considering Jordan Devlin is the #1 Contender, this hits way too close to the bone. Much like Devlin himself allegedly did to someone, actually. Damn son. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 6, 2022 12:34:58 GMT -5
It’s like them firing 2point0, one of the criticisms being that their promos were too “pro wrestling”. Bitch, you can call it sports entertainment, organised grappling or tiddlywinks for all I care, I see a picture of a WWE match, an AEW match, an Impact match, a New Japan match, they’re the same picture. You’re pro wrestling. And Hathaway is one of the most pro wrestling guys out there. They have this need to try and metaphorically put lipstick on a pig, when fact of the matter is that most people don’t care that it’s a pig or even that it’s wearing makeup for some reason, they’re just sick of them doing that and then telling them that it’s meant to be a horse. I've said my piece on the 2point0 firing countless times but I'd even go as far to say they're the most WWE people you could get. Like, this is the company that gave us Mr. Fuji, Slick, Kaientai, 3MB, The Spirit Squad, Social Outcasts etc, you mean to tell me you can look at EverRise and Malcolm Bivens and go "Eh, we don't know what to do with them?". You put John Tenta in a gold mask and had him dance with a Cartman doll and he got super over with it and most of the same people who did that are still there, I find that extremely hard to believe. a pair of loveable goons is like one of the staples of WWE... and that is 2.0's entire schtick... |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2022 12:43:17 GMT -5
Yeah he wasn't happy and he did what he felt was best and just left. That's what I tell everyone to do regardless of their field. If your heart isn't in it, don't be in it. Smart man.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on May 6, 2022 14:19:31 GMT -5
Not being a smart ass but who was this guy? The video is private now so I can't see how he looks like but I have no recollection of him at all.
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on May 6, 2022 14:20:42 GMT -5
Not being a smart ass but who was this guy? The video is private now so I can't see how he looks like but I have no recollection of him at all. Malcolm Bivens of Diamond Mind. Super funny dude. WWE messed up not backing up the Brinks Truck and offering creative freedom for him. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 6, 2022 14:22:13 GMT -5
I've said my piece on the 2point0 firing countless times but I'd even go as far to say they're the most WWE people you could get. Like, this is the company that gave us Mr. Fuji, Slick, Kaientai, 3MB, The Spirit Squad, Social Outcasts etc, you mean to tell me you can look at EverRise and Malcolm Bivens and go "Eh, we don't know what to do with them?". You put John Tenta in a gold mask and had him dance with a Cartman doll and he got super over with it and most of the same people who did that are still there, I find that extremely hard to believe. a pair of loveable goons is like one of the staples of WWE... and that is 2.0's entire schtick... A quarter of the HOF is full of people exactly like them. |
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on May 6, 2022 14:33:10 GMT -5
Not being a smart ass but who was this guy? The video is private now so I can't see how he looks like but I have no recollection of him at all. Malcolm Bivens of Diamond Mind. Super funny dude. WWE messed up not backing up the Brinks Truck and offering creative freedom for him. Oh it's Bivens. I always liked him. Diamond Mine is a lost cause without him. The name Stokely Hathaway wasn't ringing any bells. I assume that's his real name? |
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Post by cornettesracket on May 6, 2022 14:54:51 GMT -5
I mean I understand why he’s annoyed and he’s right to be annoyed but there was no need to take shots at NXT UK. It’s the one oasis of good WWE does. I think none of them have been let go because the UK work laws actually mean something and you can’t just fire someone.
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on May 6, 2022 15:08:06 GMT -5
I mean I understand why he’s annoyed and he’s right to be annoyed but there was no need to take shots at NXT UK. It’s the one oasis of good WWE does. I think none of them have been let go because the UK work laws actually mean something and you can’t just fire someone. In the stand-up he mentions NXT UK performers took shots at him first. Completely justified in my mind. |
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Post by cornettesracket on May 6, 2022 15:38:38 GMT -5
I mean I understand why he’s annoyed and he’s right to be annoyed but there was no need to take shots at NXT UK. It’s the one oasis of good WWE does. I think none of them have been let go because the UK work laws actually mean something and you can’t just fire someone. In the stand-up he mentions NXT UK performers took shots at him first. Completely justified in my mind. Well then call out the ones who did it specifically. Don’t include the whole roster in it when it’s likely some didn’t say anything. |
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