Mecca
Wade Wilson
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Post by Mecca on Sept 21, 2023 11:13:00 GMT -5
Their inability to make new stars is why this happens...they just cycle out the people they failed with to fail with the new batch. But also, WWE’s answer the last few years of “How do you move people to NXT?” Is to, for the most part, not to do that for some reason and re-hire people like Emma and Hit Row to do f*** all. Like, half of NXT have been there since the Wednesday Night Wars began which is f***ing wild when the point of NXT is to not have them there too long. Which highlights they have no idea what they are doing.
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salz4life
Grimlock
Prichard is a guy who gets that his job is to service his boss.
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Post by salz4life on Sept 21, 2023 11:13:35 GMT -5
I don't really watch BTE anymore, but I feel like Dolph will show up as soon as he possibly can on there right? (regardless of whether he actually signs with AEW)
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Sept 21, 2023 11:13:46 GMT -5
Somewhere right now, Dana White is probably frantically phoning Vince demanding to be the one to personally fire Matt Riddle.
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Post by mrtuesday on Sept 21, 2023 11:13:51 GMT -5
It really does feel like Vince has some kind of genuine distain for Hunter these days. Vince told Kurt Angle he's going to live to 120....he probably thinks H is weak or something. Vince seems like the kind of guy who would see HHH's heart issue as a sign of weakness and lose all faith in him.
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Mecca
Wade Wilson
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Post by Mecca on Sept 21, 2023 11:13:54 GMT -5
Also they'll cut a bunch of people citing the budget but then pay an absurd amount of money for Logan Paul to work 2 matches.
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Kalmia
King Koopa
Happy to be here
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Post by Kalmia on Sept 21, 2023 11:13:59 GMT -5
Unless it's for out of the ring reasons (behaviour etc) releasing wrestlers mid-contract always sucks. I hope everyone being released is able to land on their feet and find a well paying contract/job somewhere else.
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Post by 06vwgti on Sept 21, 2023 11:14:06 GMT -5
Dolph should be a reminder to all of us: Loyalty to the workplace is overrated. They’ll cut you off no matter how much time, blood, sweat, and tears you pour into your job. Dolph seemed to be there just cruising for the paycheck the last few years or so...
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Post by 06vwgti on Sept 21, 2023 11:14:43 GMT -5
I don't really watch BTE anymore, but I feel like Dolph will show up as soon as he possibly can on there right? (regardless of whether he actually signs with AEW) He's been on a few times either his voice and recently he was on it
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Post by lildude8218 on Sept 21, 2023 11:15:33 GMT -5
Toni Storm has requested her release.
(This is a "she's crazy" joke, get it?)
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 21, 2023 11:15:57 GMT -5
Yeah, guessing Dolph and Ali are safe bets for AEW and Shelton will probably end up in ROH. Emma and Moss I can see in Impact.
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lionheart21
Patti Mayonnaise
Once did a thing...
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Post by lionheart21 on Sept 21, 2023 11:16:18 GMT -5
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J is Justice
Patti Mayonnaise
Will now be grateful.
Hi.
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Post by J is Justice on Sept 21, 2023 11:16:55 GMT -5
What are the odds Ziggler shows up AEW lol. And they somehow make him entertaining.
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khali
Dennis Stamp
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Post by khali on Sept 21, 2023 11:17:15 GMT -5
Ziggler always seemed like he’d be a WWE guy for life. Also the kind of wrestler you’d appreciate more looking back years later for producing a great body of work. He’ll be great in whatever company takes him.
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Post by Killah Ray on Sept 21, 2023 11:17:36 GMT -5
Also they'll cut a bunch of people citing the budget but then pay an absurd amount of money for Logan Paul to work 2 matches. Ehh we as hardcore fans hate it, but I’m sure they have some type of internal matrix that justifies that…
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Post by dablueboy on Sept 21, 2023 11:18:12 GMT -5
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Post by Killah Ray on Sept 21, 2023 11:18:54 GMT -5
Mercedes just came at him for that tweet…
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DichEvans
Samurai Cop
Lenny Lazy Lane Stinks
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Post by DichEvans on Sept 21, 2023 11:19:28 GMT -5
Will they release Gabel Steveson...for um many reasons? Vince isn't firing anyone for being a bad person. Everybody that we think is a bad person, Vince thinks is a good person. Okay, so he wanted to hire OJ Simpson and the the guy whose son OJ (allegedly) killed and have them wrestling at Mania 12. BIG WHOOP
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XIII
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by XIII on Sept 21, 2023 11:19:43 GMT -5
Also they'll cut a bunch of people citing the budget but then pay an absurd amount of money for Logan Paul to work 2 matches. Ehh we as hardcore fans hate it, but I’m sure they have some type of internal matrix that justifies that… Logan Paul gets social media engagement which helps them make money and it's just generally important to them. These other people that are released can't do that. That's all there is to it.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 21, 2023 11:20:01 GMT -5
Dolph should be a reminder to all of us: Loyalty to the workplace is overrated. They’ll cut you off no matter how much time, blood, sweat, and tears you pour into your job.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Sept 21, 2023 11:20:16 GMT -5
Mercedes just came at him for that tweet… I don't understand Mercedes' "read the room" response at all. Seems like Cardona is trying to help the litany of people who just lost their jobs stay positive about their post-WWE employment prospects.
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