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Post by mistery on May 4, 2024 22:42:46 GMT -5
I somehow slept on Gable Steveson being cut. Has to be up there on the all time bust list right? Probably the very top. I would be hard pressed to name someone who was as universally disliked and as big of a flop as he was.
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Post by fw91 on May 4, 2024 22:44:13 GMT -5
I somehow slept on Gable Steveson being cut. Has to be up there on the all time bust list right? Probably the very top. I would be hard pressed to name someone who was as universally disliked and as big of a flop as he was. Especially since it looked like before HHH’s health scare, he was going to work a mania 38 program with him.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on May 4, 2024 22:56:37 GMT -5
So the WWE had someone intentionally injuring rookies and bullying them into not reporting and it wasn't until Ronda Rousey called him a creep that they finally released him?
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on May 4, 2024 23:03:27 GMT -5
So the WWE had someone intentionally injuring rookies and bullying them into not reporting and it wasn't until Ronda Rousey called him a creep that they finally released him? The company that hired this guy Overlooks rookies getting beaten on? It's almost like they only clean things up after they've been caught. Unless the owner did a little bit of trafficking.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on May 4, 2024 23:07:23 GMT -5
It's kind of wild seeing Triple H there with such a clumsily cultivated image of social media pictures that falls apart the moment he opens his idiot mouth, standing next to Stephanie, who has spent the past fifteen years of her life being turned into some kind of public relations android who is incapable of opening her mouth without an entire focus group's voices coming out of her mouth like she's Legion. Imagine if they gave like two days of whatever programming she's been through to him so he can learn how not to dig himself a bigger hole
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 4, 2024 23:09:30 GMT -5
Triple H should actually come out and apologize if WWE PR is going to Fightful and PWInsider and saying no insult was intended because it was in fact a very insulting public statement. Exactly. Heck, if he meant News Nation even, say that. Especially since, as mentioned, they’ve put out hit pieces on people before. Heck, they put out a hit piece on Stephane before the other shoe dropped with the Vince stuff.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 4, 2024 23:10:55 GMT -5
WWE really does get treated with kid gloves since Hunter took over. If TK has said something like this, he’d be getting roasted online constantly. There'd be a 30 page FAN thread about this if Tony Khan said it. We've seen what happens when Tony says something out of pocket, people online will treat it like it's the god damn end times for the entire company For HHH, it's a Tuesday, ironic, because he doesn't want to work them.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on May 4, 2024 23:11:15 GMT -5
This makes the question at the presser even more salient. It's important to ask if Ronda's allegation played a factor in not renewing his contract, especially in light of the laundry list of other issues reported today. If Ronda says nothing or even forgets his name, does he get a renewal in spite of the other issues? These are real questions that deserve answers. Did Ronda speaking up cause some of those victims that he intimidated to come forward and tell HBK about what was going on? Sometimes all it takes is one, and then the floodgates open with other victims telling their stories. He had intentionally spiked someone during a match and got called out by HBK.
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Post by Chiral on May 4, 2024 23:17:20 GMT -5
HBK: "Now Drew, you can't be dropping guys on their heads like that. Your opponents need to trust you. You're a vet, you know this crap. As punishment, I'm gonna stick you in a really boring faction. Just the most dull content imaginable, you're gonna be all serious it'll be a bummer for everyone. I hope this teaches you a thing or two about respecting your opponents." Gulak: "A boring faction?!?! You mean you're gonna use my super cool No Quarter Catch Crew idea!??!?!?!?! "
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 4, 2024 23:17:40 GMT -5
I had no idea Drew was intentionally hurting people and bullying them into not saying it, if those reports are true then holy shit, the entire Gulak family is just f***ing scum given Rory was naed in SpeakingOut
Kind of worries me what these two did that we still wouldn't know about given Drew was everywhere before signing including being in CHIKARA for years (Which is already a mess, past wise, also thanks to Rory) an CZW, which also has a pretty shitty history of training people.
For HHH to not only not answer the question as plainly as possible but dog the sources so bad that they actually have to do damage control on the situation is insane to me. People dog on Tony Khan, but he has always given very concise answers to this stuff when actually asked publicly, whether it's the answer people want or not.
HHH is not a clown when it comes to public PR, he's the whole f***ing circus.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 4, 2024 23:19:10 GMT -5
Friendly reminder that Drew Gulak got pissy at Cody Rhodes at an Indie Event because Cody bought pizza for the fans. His apparent heated response was "THAT'S all you need to do to get over with people?" before he grumpily stormed away.
One of these men became the most over babyface world champion in wrestling, and the other's about to get completely blackballed
Maybe next time just eat the f***ing Pizza and shut up, you mark.
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Post by asuka007 on May 5, 2024 0:15:35 GMT -5
Sounds like Gulak is an “old school” asshole who just gets his kicks from bullying people.
I know Cody did not have nice things to say about him years ago as well.
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Post by darbus alan on May 5, 2024 1:10:51 GMT -5
If this stuff about Gulak is true with bullying NXT rookies as described, he needs to be blacklisted from the industry. Unfortunately that likely means MLW will sign him.
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Post by Ando9001 on May 5, 2024 1:25:15 GMT -5
Shame because i was a really big fan of his 205 Live power point dork work. Guys a real piece of shit to target people like that.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 5, 2024 1:49:16 GMT -5
It's f***ed up because if Gulak was always like this, it really f***s up the Philly Indie Scene for the last like 15 years or so. He trained in CHIKARA, in CZW, he was always painted as the respected pro, and so was his brother, and now both are just outed as complete f***ing shitheads
Like Soldier Ant and Lil Mondo both being outed as scumbags really sucks, even more so thinking about how many people they could have also hurt over the last decade plus in the process in doing so
Danielson's gotta be f***ing disgusted man, given how much he championed for Gulak, he never would've if he knew about this I have to imagine.
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Post by MrElijah on May 5, 2024 1:50:08 GMT -5
Good Lord, 205 Live is cursed.
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Post by MrElijah on May 5, 2024 1:51:38 GMT -5
HHH is such a clown. No matter how good the shows are, it's always morally correct to hate on him. It’s insane how consistently bad he is, though. Like, no PR person is having words or anyone in the board is like “We really should tell this guy to knock it off, especially since he’s representing the most profit making arm of our company right now”? Are they that cocky with how much they’re making right now that they don’t think it’ll blow back in their faces at some point? At least sneak a set of headphones and a tape that says the words “No Comment” while he sleeps like he’s Dexter learning French. HHH: OMELET DU FROMAGE!! HBK: That's all you can say, that's all you can say!!
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 5, 2024 1:52:23 GMT -5
Good Lord, 205 Live is cursed. It's amazing how the cleanest individual from that time is someone who openly calls himself a Bastard.
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Post by ChitownKnight on May 5, 2024 1:54:57 GMT -5
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 Well….. maybe I was wrong
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 5, 2024 1:59:47 GMT -5
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 Well….. maybe I was wrong The Ronda situation made me side eye him, especially his explanation His explanation being as dogshit at it was seemed to be his own complete undoing And HHH just saying he was released upon his contract expiring and NOT over this misconduct somehow makes them look worse coming out of this, and that's on top of him being a bitch about the sources and WWE needing to scramble to apologize to them I feel like Gulak was a low key HHH guy because when he likes someone and has to let them go for being problematic, he's a big f***ing pissbaby about it, see Velveteen Dream.
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