Roster Cuts (Mahal, Li, Veer, Sanga, Quinn, Wagner & Grimes)

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

May 3, 2024 16:37:35 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I feel like Drew is a much more likable person than Ronda and he made a mistake, but it was dumb as hell to say what he said about the incident. I hope he learned his lesson about boundaries can can come back to either WWE or AEW when the heat dies down

The frustrating thing about this as a fan is that his behavior could be anywhere from completely grody to innocent-lapse-in-judgment, and it makes total sense for everyone to react the way they have in either case. There's people in AEW who have known him for a really long time, so ideally they'd know if this was part of a pattern that is likely to continue happening. ...but again, they're also his friends, so maybe they'd want him hired anyway. From the outside, there's no external clues for "feel good or bad about this guy, please."

[Final Countdown Jones]

May 3, 2024 17:40:13 GMT -5 cjmb said:

May 3, 2024 17:24:34 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

For someone to last two weeks I wonder if there had to have been some kind of issues with discipline or him lying on his application in some way that led to him getting megabooted. Like, did he make it through the tryout by total mistake? Did they confuse him withb some other guy who looks just like him? It's weird. Their plan was to start running college athletes through a do or die gristle mill but two weeks is insanity.

Judging by his post he’d actually been signed for 7 months but they weren’t allowed to announce it until recently. Probably to avoid spoiling the Roku show (I don’t know, I haven’t seen it.)

www.fightful.com/wrestling/julian-baldi-confirms-wwe-release?amp

Oh then yeah in that case dude probably just fell behind the curve

[cjmb]

May 3, 2024 17:44:33 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

May 3, 2024 17:40:13 GMT -5 cjmb said:

Judging by his post he’d actually been signed for 7 months but they weren’t allowed to announce it until recently. Probably to avoid spoiling the Roku show (I don’t know, I haven’t seen it.)

www.fightful.com/wrestling/julian-baldi-confirms-wwe-release?amp

Oh then yeah in that case dude probably just fell behind the curve

Four of the people released were from the Roku show, so assuming they all signed at the same time, it falls in line with their evaluation schedule.

[A Little Doo Doo]

Roku? You mean that Dragon Ball character?

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

Roku has a channel?

[The Rick Jericho]

Gable Steveson trending.

Because Twitter is telling him to pick up his phone.

Not the result I was expecting.

[Hypnosis]

May 3, 2024 17:56:25 GMT -5 A Little Doo Doo said:

Roku? You mean that Dragon Ball character?

And his frenemy, Veggie.

[Final Countdown Jones]

May 3, 2024 17:47:33 GMT -5 cjmb said:

May 3, 2024 17:44:33 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Oh then yeah in that case dude probably just fell behind the curve

Four of the people released were from the Roku show, so assuming they all signed at the same time, it falls in line with their evaluation schedule.

There is no fate worse in wrestrling than being pegged to a show about becoming a WWE wrestler, it is such a cursed nightmare field.

[Legion]

Is it safe to assume it's over for tonight yet?

[Gawk Rivers]

May 3, 2024 18:38:49 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

May 3, 2024 17:47:33 GMT -5 cjmb said:

Four of the people released were from the Roku show, so assuming they all signed at the same time, it falls in line with their evaluation schedule.

There is no fate worse in wrestrling than being pegged to a show about becoming a WWE wrestler, it is such a cursed nightmare field.

Baron Corbin is probably the most successful person that's been in one of those (shoutouts to Breaking Ground) and that man was literally blamed on air for ruining WWE when he was just a bald guy who worked there 

[Final Countdown Jones]

May 3, 2024 18:51:02 GMT -5 Gawk Rivers said:

May 3, 2024 18:38:49 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

There is no fate worse in wrestrling than being pegged to a show about becoming a WWE wrestler, it is such a cursed nightmare field.

Baron Corbin is probably the most successful person that's been in one of those (shoutouts to Breaking Ground) and that man was literally blamed on air for ruining WWE when he was just a bald guy who worked there 

Even if you expand the scope out to like Tough Enough, your biggest name is a man whose entire life's motivation is "I got bullied so hard it's become my personality and the only reason I got over it is because the dude responsible murdered his family". Literal built on an ancient burial ground levels of cursed.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Damn, I hope Reggie goes elsewhere and does something, I felt like he had something with that new gimmick and they just... never got it going

I wonder what's gonna happen with Gulak tbh, I guess it all depends on how serious you take the Ronda situation he was in, but that seems to be the entire reason he was fired so...

[Legion]

I'm surprised Gulak got cut given Jimmy Smith trashing Ronda to anyone who will listen this week, calling her a diva and delusional and such.

Not that that means Ronda didn't have a case here, just that it could have given some plausible denialability of they wanted to keep him.

Guess with the Vince thing going on, there's no sexual benefit of the doubt on offer.

[RI Richmark]

Apr 30, 2024 14:20:43 GMT -5 ayumidah said:

Montez Ford bullied Reggie out of the company, so sad.

Thankfully Reggie seems ok with it. I'm curious to see what he does afterwards.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ZSjHagBzo

Is that the 25/7 Title that Nikki threw out? Did Scrypts dig it out of the trash because I'd like to think he did.

[froggyfrog]

May 3, 2024 17:43:25 GMT -5 carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) said:

May 3, 2024 16:37:35 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I feel like Drew is a much more likable person than Ronda and he made a mistake, but it was dumb as hell to say what he said about the incident. I hope he learned his lesson about boundaries can can come back to either WWE or AEW when the heat dies down

The frustrating thing about this as a fan is that his behavior could be anywhere from completely grody to innocent-lapse-in-judgment, and it makes total sense for everyone to react the way they have in either case. There's people in AEW who have known him for a really long time, so ideally they'd know if this was part of a pattern that is likely to continue happening. ...but again, they're also his friends, so maybe they'd want him hired anyway. From the outside, there's no external clues for "feel good or bad about this guy, please."

I gotta be honest. I have a hard time believing someone in his position (low) would be bold enough to just grab towards the crotch of one of the biggest stars in the company in full view of other people. Can’t imagine anyone would be that dumb. The way Ronda said no one reacted also kinda makes me think it’s an accident. Though since they released him, I wonder if they decided it just wasn’t worth dealing with or if they actually did find something in speaking to the other people that were there

[mystermystery]

Emma Diaz has been dating Lexis King according to her Instagram, so there's that old "Break up a couple" favorite if you had it on your "Release Bingo" card.

[The Heartbreak TWERK]

So Gulak is canon dead in WWE, huh?

That motherf***er betrayed me in 2K22. I'm glad the D'Angelos got him!

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

May 3, 2024 20:13:32 GMT -5 froggyfrog said:

May 3, 2024 17:43:25 GMT -5 carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) said:

The frustrating thing about this as a fan is that his behavior could be anywhere from completely grody to innocent-lapse-in-judgment, and it makes total sense for everyone to react the way they have in either case. There's people in AEW who have known him for a really long time, so ideally they'd know if this was part of a pattern that is likely to continue happening. ...but again, they're also his friends, so maybe they'd want him hired anyway. From the outside, there's no external clues for "feel good or bad about this guy, please."

I gotta be honest. I have a hard time believing someone in his position (low) would be bold enough to just grab towards the crotch of one of the biggest stars in the company in full view of other people. Can’t imagine anyone would be that dumb. The way Ronda said no one reacted also kinda makes me think it’s an accident. Though since they released him, I wonder if they decided it just wasn’t worth dealing with or if they actually did find something in speaking to the other people that were there

I mean, or he did something boneheaded that involved touching someone he didn't know well, and she was legit angry about it, and the WWE correctly assumes keeping her happy is more important than keeping him employed. Especially since the best-case scenario is him doing something dumb.

[froggyfrog]

May 3, 2024 21:59:00 GMT -5 carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) said:

May 3, 2024 20:13:32 GMT -5 froggyfrog said:

I gotta be honest. I have a hard time believing someone in his position (low) would be bold enough to just grab towards the crotch of one of the biggest stars in the company in full view of other people. Can’t imagine anyone would be that dumb. The way Ronda said no one reacted also kinda makes me think it’s an accident. Though since they released him, I wonder if they decided it just wasn’t worth dealing with or if they actually did find something in speaking to the other people that were there

I mean, or he did something boneheaded that involved touching someone he didn't know well, and she was legit angry about it, and the WWE correctly assumes keeping her happy is more important than keeping him employed. Especially since the best-case scenario is him doing something dumb.

Keeping her happy? She doesn’t work there anymore and has been slandering them to anyone willing to interview her for months now 😂 Really doubt they’re firing someone for an incident that happened 2 years ago simply to keep a disgruntled ex employee happy

[The Captain]

May 3, 2024 22:02:11 GMT -5 froggyfrog said:

May 3, 2024 21:59:00 GMT -5 carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) said:

I mean, or he did something boneheaded that involved touching someone he didn't know well, and she was legit angry about it, and the WWE correctly assumes keeping her happy is more important than keeping him employed. Especially since the best-case scenario is him doing something dumb.

Keeping her happy? She doesn’t work there anymore and has been slandering them to anyone willing to interview her for months now 😂 Really doubt they’re firing someone for an incident that happened 2 years ago simply to keep a disgruntled ex employee happy

"Slandering" as in WWE wasn't infamous for having a horrendous corporate culture under Vince McMahon?