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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Sept 22, 2023 13:17:21 GMT -5
This is not a "why didn't they fire someone" post because f*** that shit. However, if that is it over, its a bit black humour they axed Top Dolla but kept B-Fab and Ashante! Said it pages ago with Top Dolla. It's one thing to not be good, it's another thing to not be good, but also be a dick which allegedly he was. Top Dolla was a no brainer as far as releases go. Terrible look and in-ring ability mixed with reportedly a bad personality is horrible cocktail of reasons for a pink slip. I’d like to say Ashante is safe due to looking so inoffensive by comparison. But there’s just so many guys with more upside than him. And he’s 33 already so the clocks ticking. Perhaps you could partner him with someone better to help keep some real tag teams in WWE. But lots of people could be partnered up for proper teams who have better things you can about them than, “Well he looks pretty good compared to Top Dolla.” B-Fab has a distinctive look despite WWE seeming to have zero faith in her in-ring abilities. If they bring in Jade Cargill as has been rumored I could see her being placed with her in kind of a Chyna/Kat dynamic.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Sept 22, 2023 13:19:43 GMT -5
Hilarious. At least there’s a silver lining for Emma. I don’t think it’s unprofessional at all either. She didn’t trash Nia outright, which would have been way worse, IMO. It was more someone might be like "Oh, she shouldn't be saying stuff in a blatantly shoot way", which is why I said people can argue even if it'd be weird. For the record, I agree with you completely. Not offensive to me either. And Tenille Dashwood needs some buzz now with so many other free agents becoming available. If you can drum up a little more attention with a quick smart, but respectful comment, more power to you.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Sept 22, 2023 13:34:33 GMT -5
Ashante The Bailbondsman can never be killed.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Sept 22, 2023 13:35:44 GMT -5
Not everyone can be a main eventer or upper midcarder, so keeping people around to annoy crowds and take losses is fine. It's why I never had a problem with Hit Row being brought back.
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Post by XIII on Sept 22, 2023 13:37:22 GMT -5
Ashante The Bailbondsman can never be killed. Vince in two weeks: “Let’s put Hit Row on SmackDown this week, where’s Top Dolla why hasn’t he been coming to work. Khan fire his ass!” Khan: “…..” or Vince: “what the hell are B Fab and Ashante doing here? Didn’t I fire their asses!?” one or the other is going to happen.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Sept 22, 2023 13:38:42 GMT -5
I might have lost Aliyah but at least I still have B-Fab. *touch wood. Wouldn't be the first time she's caused someone to touch wood.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Sept 22, 2023 13:39:19 GMT -5
I might have lost Aliyah but at least I still have B-Fab. *touch wood. Wouldn't be the first time she's caused someone to touch wood.
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Post by tagteammatchplaya on Sept 22, 2023 13:47:06 GMT -5
Listen, Triple H's WWE is better and an improvement, i know he is not the one behind these releases, but one thing i don't like is it feels like he doesn't like fun characters, like Ezekiel, MMM, Rick Boogs, Dancing Shanky
Silly fun lighthearted stuff like that is needed in wrestling
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 22, 2023 13:50:10 GMT -5
Listen, Triple H's WWE is better and an improvement, i know he is not the one behind these releases, but one thing i don't like is it feels like he doesn't like fun characters, like Ezekiel, MMM, Rick Boogs, Dancing Shanky Silly fun lighthearted stuff like that is needed in wrestling I mean, he did rehire Dexter Lumis. Maybe not lighthearted but silly in his own way.
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Sept 22, 2023 13:54:54 GMT -5
Listen, Triple H's WWE is better and an improvement, i know he is not the one behind these releases, but one thing i don't like is it feels like he doesn't like fun characters, like Ezekiel, MMM, Rick Boogs, Dancing Shanky Silly fun lighthearted stuff like that is needed in wrestling Yeah that’s the biggest downside to Trips, IMO. Rick Boogs was great.
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Post by Dub H on Sept 22, 2023 14:06:00 GMT -5
Ashante The Bailbondsman can never be killed. Vince in two weeks: “Let’s put Hit Row on SmackDown this week, where’s Top Dolla why hasn’t he been coming to work. Khan fire his ass!” Khan: “…..” or Vince: “what the hell are B Fab and Ashante doing here? Didn’t I fire their asses!?” one or the other is going to happen. Bold of you to assume TKO isn't gonna try to throw Vince under the bus until then. And I don't mean just metaphorically ,they are all just super villains
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Post by SneakMan on Sept 22, 2023 14:12:38 GMT -5
Was Boogz still out injured or had he come back?
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 22, 2023 14:16:57 GMT -5
Was Boogz still out injured or had he come back? He had came back, but if you just watched Raw and/or Smackdown, you would be hard pressed to know.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Sept 22, 2023 14:22:07 GMT -5
Listen, Triple H's WWE is better and an improvement, i know he is not the one behind these releases, but one thing i don't like is it feels like he doesn't like fun characters, like Ezekiel, MMM, Rick Boogs, Dancing Shanky Silly fun lighthearted stuff like that is needed in wrestling I mean, he did rehire Dexter Lumis. Maybe not lighthearted but silly in his own way. And he did book The Way. It's weird that a guy who was in DX, and is as good at comedy as he is, is adverse to goofy lighthearted gimmicks as he is. Look at the Oddities, they were never gonna be a high card act, but holy f*** were they over. Shit, Tyrus has never been over except for when he was the Funkasaurus.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Sept 22, 2023 14:41:32 GMT -5
Surely one of them has to be Kane. The top ten apparently are: {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}
1. Kane 2. Big Show 3. Ziggler 4. Kofi 5. Orton 6. Miz 7. Sheamus 8. Cena 9. Rollins 10. R-Truth
I don't know whether it says more about how long wrestler's tenures are now or just how much television WWE puts out now, but it's wild that 3 to 9 is all people that debuted 2002 or later. And even R-Truth, with his early debut as K-Kwik, went to NWA-TNA shortly thereafter, so the lion's share of his matches would've been after 2008.
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Post by msc on Sept 22, 2023 16:03:36 GMT -5
The top ten apparently are: {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}
1. Kane 2. Big Show 3. Ziggler 4. Kofi 5. Orton 6. Miz 7. Sheamus 8. Cena 9. Rollins 10. R-Truth
I don't know whether it says more about how long wrestler's tenures are now or just how much television WWE puts out now, but it's wild that 3 to 9 is all people that debuted 2002 or later. And even R-Truth, with his early debut as K-Kwik, went to NWA-TNA shortly thereafter, so the lion's share of his matches would've been after 2008. I was quite impressed that both Bret and Owen are still well within the top hundred despite having been forceably retired last century!
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Post by hbkid718 on Sept 22, 2023 16:33:33 GMT -5
5 NXT wrestlers were released that I didn't include in my thoughts. 3 of them, Alexis Gray, Daniel McArthur, & Kevin Ventura-Cortez were just PC Talents & never wrestled on TV, though Ventura-Cortez did wrestle on Raw with Javier Bernal in a loss to Indus Sher on 5/29. Brooklyn Barlow only had 2 matches (a Battle Royal she lost to Thea Hail on 6/6 & a loss to Dani Palmer on Level Up on 8/18.) She was OK but nothing special. Ikemen Jiro was fun when he debuted with Kushida as Jacket Time, but once Kushida left, Jiro was used an Enhancement Match. But his gimmick of wearing his jacket when he wrestled & using it for his Jacket Punch was stupid. He was funny in the few appearances he made on NXT. His final match will be tonight on Level Up in a loss to Luca Crusifino.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Sept 22, 2023 16:48:29 GMT -5
Listen, Triple H's WWE is better and an improvement, i know he is not the one behind these releases, but one thing i don't like is it feels like he doesn't like fun characters, like Ezekiel, MMM, Rick Boogs, Dancing Shanky Silly fun lighthearted stuff like that is needed in wrestling He knows he can’t top his sidekicks’ booking shenanigans so he doesn’t even try.
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 22, 2023 17:24:28 GMT -5
I could see Jiro coming back to one of the Japanese promotions between CyberFight's promotions or NJPW. Which in turn gets his foot in the door with AEW, Impact, and ROH as a guest worker if he wants to work stateside again.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Sept 22, 2023 17:33:32 GMT -5
With the Hit Row team done I wonder if they will keep B-Fab with Ashante, make her a valet for a bigger name, or send her to NXT/the performance center to see if she has any in-ring potential.
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