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Post by Pipe_Bomb2k13 on Jan 29, 2007 17:11:55 GMT -5
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The company is going all out to sign up RVD. Not because they want to keep him particularly, but just to stop him going to TNA. RVD though gives the impression that he's as good as gone.
Before the 1/16 show Vince and John Laurinaitis made a big speech about Sylvan being arrested for speeding as he was trying to get back from the gym to a show and as a result of that the boys are no longer allowed to go to the gym after checking in at the building.
RVD then said, in front of Vince to Johnny 'Ace' Laurinaitis and in a very mocking tone "Johnny, can we go to the gym before we come to building?" He sounded like a little boy who's at his last day at a school so knows he can say what he wants to his teachers.
He really does seem like not caring anymore about being there.
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Post by Bobafett on Jan 29, 2007 17:17:37 GMT -5
if I were RVD i'd make crazy demands like title reigns if they wanna keep him, though RVD in tna would rock
RVD vs AJ styles would be immense
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 29, 2007 17:18:53 GMT -5
If RVD goes to TNA... my one hope is that he makes them shell out the money to get Walk as his entrance music. One thing TNA has failed to do in my opinion is create that connection with the fans during the entrance with their wrestlers. A little bit of licensed music like Walk would be great and make the Impact Zone seem like a more fun place to be.
RE SPECT WALK WHADYA SAY
Jerry Lynn wins the X-Division Title and he claims that experience triumphs over youth and that he will take on any challengers. Takes a month run with the title... and then one night he says he's beat everyone in the X-Division, so who wants to challenge him now?
Hit that guitar riff.. and let the place explode.
That'd be fun.
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Post by American Nightmare on Jan 29, 2007 17:19:56 GMT -5
im gonna go on record and say that its a stupid rule. Just cuz one guy couldnt handle his time, it shouldnt ruin it for the entire roster.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 29, 2007 17:20:24 GMT -5
if I were RVD i'd make crazy demands like title reigns if they wanna keep him, though RVD in tna would rock RVD vs AJ styles would be immense Problem with those demands is, they could say "Yeah, we'll give it to you" and renig on it later. It's not like WCW where your contract stated "one World Title run" ala Bret Hart's. RVD in TNA would be great as a two hour debut surprise.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jan 29, 2007 17:23:43 GMT -5
RVD leaving might actually be the best thing for WWE. Right now, Vince has gotten lazy, since he doesn't have any real competition. When WCW signed all his stars out from under him, he had his back to the wall, and realized he had to do something. When Bret left, that was his wake-up call to overhaul the product. He turned that into the Mr. McMahon character, and subsequently made Austin, Rock, HHH, and Foley into mega-stars. RVD might be that one final piece that TNA needs to start snatching away WWE's fans. If it's handled right (and with Russo, that's a big if), and TNA turns into a viable competitor, it could give Vince the incentive to put out the best product he possibly can and give the fans what they want.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jan 29, 2007 17:26:26 GMT -5
I'd love it if he walked out of there like Raven did in WCW.
Really, they gave him his World's title, that's great and all, and you can go on about how RVD screwed RVD out of the title, but I doubt he would have held either title for very long no matter what, and ECW probably still would have turned out to be the festering turd that it is now even if he wasn't the champ.
I can't wait until he gets out of there.
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Post by lovingway on Jan 29, 2007 17:31:30 GMT -5
I see RVD going to TNA and in a few months people start complaining how he doesn't have it anymore and he is too WWE.
Seriously, it has been a few years since his ECW days people. You guys are thinking the RVD-Lynn feud now will be as good as it was back in 99?
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Post by Boku AKA Da Green Guy on Jan 29, 2007 17:35:31 GMT -5
What has WWE done to wrong RVD, really?
I mean I'm huge fan of RVD but all of this depush crap is his fault. He was the one that screwed up and is being punished for it. A punishment which could be far worse. Hell, he could have been fired yet he wasn't.
And while this rule is really stupid, I find him very childish in asking. RVD is a great talent, but nobody is above punishment and earning your dues. Hell, Triple H went through a punishment phase and he came out okay.
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Post by kickassforumguyme on Jan 29, 2007 17:36:38 GMT -5
I cant wait to see RVD in an Ultimate X match. I think once he's in TNA and he can be himself more he's going to put on great matches again.
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Post by wrath on Jan 29, 2007 17:38:21 GMT -5
He's probably starting to realize that even if he were at the top of ECW..it doesn't mean a whole lot. I'd like to see him in TNA.
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Post by algertman on Jan 29, 2007 17:42:11 GMT -5
HAW! I would make crazy ass demands like clean wins over HHH and Hogan on PPVs
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Post by Loki on Jan 29, 2007 17:56:20 GMT -5
RVD's better off in TNA:
* WWE don't feel they need him anymore. * RVD himself has been making waves backstage and he's clearly not caring about WWE at the moment * TNA will hire another WWE leftover and will blow their big horn for ages about how they "saved" RVD because "we love wrestling" ans crap like that. (another friend for VKM) * The fans will finally be able to watch RVD doing what he can do best (i.e. spottish work) and winning the TNA World Title (for what it's worth), so maybe the whole "RVD is misused in WWE" complaint wil finally die down.
So everybody's a winner with RVD out of WWE.
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Post by EZ: Broken Bae on Jan 29, 2007 18:00:29 GMT -5
RVD vs AJ styles would be immense Knowing TNA, they'll botch the feud right out of the gate and have them be involved for months after it's interesting.
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Post by dirtydickraines on Jan 29, 2007 18:18:29 GMT -5
Yay, RVD to TNA means another anti-WWE rant by a, disgruntled, former employee. RVD's problems in the WWE are his own fault. He got himself to the top and screwed it all up, its nobody else's fault but RVD.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 29, 2007 18:19:26 GMT -5
I can't wait for him to get to TNA. Alot of people say that RVD doesn't have "it" anymore, that he's a botch machine and all that. To this I say - mildly true. However, it's not because he lacks the ability. It truly seems like he doesn't give a damn anymore, and isn't trying in the ring. I guarantee if he wound up in TNA, he'd bust his ass to put on the best matches he could. 36 years old or not, if he'd shed a few pounds he'd still be just as good as he was in 1999.
Also a positive, I believe Bill Alfonso lives in Florida. RVD playing his ECW tweener character with Fonzie as his manager? Awesomeness.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jan 29, 2007 18:20:08 GMT -5
As much as I'd like to see him get another title push, he did it to himself, no one forced him to do that.
He's as good as gone, I'd say by the early summer or so, he'll be on his way out or something, along with Sabu, who's non-existent in WWECW as of late.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Jan 29, 2007 18:23:33 GMT -5
I do want tlo see RVD go to TNA, but I know it's just going to turn out like Angle going. They'll hot-shot a money feud and put over RVD rather than the new talent.
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Post by heffer111 on Jan 29, 2007 18:24:54 GMT -5
MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEYYYYY
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jan 29, 2007 18:26:51 GMT -5
I'd like to see RVD in TNA, but the general consensus (and it's not hard to see why) is that they'd blow their load on all the big money matches right away, like RVD/Joe, RVD/AJ, RVD/Angle, etc. with little or no build to it.
But it would be a good morale booster and might secure a few extra PPV buys with his presence there because lord knows WWE isn't going to use him anymore.
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