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Post by Cypress on Jan 19, 2007 11:36:10 GMT -5
Knox and Tatanka are official?
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jan 19, 2007 11:36:19 GMT -5
Where does it say Knox/Tatanka are fired? Not doubting it, just trying to find out where exactly.
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Post by MGH on Jan 19, 2007 11:38:07 GMT -5
Ok I'm home now. So is it official on Knox and Tatanka yet?
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jan 19, 2007 11:38:35 GMT -5
Where does it say Knox/Tatanka are fired? Not doubting it, just trying to find out where exactly. It said it for like 15 minutes on WWE.com apparently, but then the news vanished, and speculation is that they're waiting to personally inform Knox and Tatanka before they make it public. If I were either of them, I'd be hiding wherever Stevie Richards is.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 19, 2007 11:43:03 GMT -5
Where does it say Knox/Tatanka are fired? Not doubting it, just trying to find out where exactly. It said it for like 15 minutes on WWE.com apparently, but then the news vanished, and speculation is that they're waiting to personally inform Knox and Tatanka before they make it public. If I were either of them, I'd be hiding wherever Stevie Richards is. I think (unless I'm shortly proven wrong), these cuts show the value of workers that can stay over despite constant jobberfication... Venis, Scotty, Stevie, Funaki... all of them are popular with live crowds... that's valuable, imho.
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Post by Banned Member on Jan 19, 2007 11:46:16 GMT -5
It said it for like 15 minutes on WWE.com apparently, but then the news vanished, and speculation is that they're waiting to personally inform Knox and Tatanka before they make it public. If I were either of them, I'd be hiding wherever Stevie Richards is. I think (unless I'm shortly proven wrong), these cuts show the value of workers that can stay over despite constant jobberfication... Venis, Scotty, Stevie, Funaki... all of them are popular with live crowds... that's valuable, imho. Hey S2H has to stay! He is the hometown hero when they come to Maine. Which is rarely now.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 19, 2007 11:47:21 GMT -5
I think (unless I'm shortly proven wrong), these cuts show the value of workers that can stay over despite constant jobberfication... Venis, Scotty, Stevie, Funaki... all of them are popular with live crowds... that's valuable, imho. Hey S2H has to stay! He is the hometown hero when they come to Maine. Which is rarely now. Exactly... fact is, all of those guys have name recognition from the Attitude Era... which is of great benefit with the crowds.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 19, 2007 11:48:50 GMT -5
I'm kinda in the middle on Terkay. I wasn't really interested in him while he was there, but I was hoping he could be shaped and molded into something of a Taz/Vader hybrid. Was waiting for him to get sick of Burke's mouth and just destroy him and go out on his own. Oh well. Considering that the guy's entire promo history is him saying "My name...is Slyvester Terkay...", I doubt he was ever going to reach Taz or Vader status. The guy isn't even Dan Severn status. On the other hand, if he had kept his look in WWE that he had in UPW... ...He might still be gainfully employed. I prefer the "Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds 2" look.
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Post by Banned Member on Jan 19, 2007 11:52:29 GMT -5
Hey S2H has to stay! He is the hometown hero when they come to Maine. Which is rarely now. Exactly... fact is, all of those guys have name recognition from the Attitude Era... which is of great benefit with the crowds. I still like to see a Raw house show though. All we got the past few years have been Smackdown. Which was ok seeing Undertaker one last time, but those Gymini bored the cowrd!
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Jan 19, 2007 12:13:50 GMT -5
Poor Knox. Now I'll never see him use the 'Man of a Thousand Scoop Slams' gimmick.
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Post by Sharpy Snow on Jan 19, 2007 12:14:36 GMT -5
I quite like Knox but things haven't looked good for him since what happened at Survivor Series with DX pretending not to even know who he was THAT DAMN DX! Now their even costing people their jobs.
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Post by MGH on Jan 19, 2007 12:15:01 GMT -5
JAZZ COMMENTS ON WWE RELEASE by Mike Johnson @ 12:11:00 PM on 1/19/2007
Former ECW/WWE star Jazz posted the following note on her MySpace.com account in regards to she and husband Rodney Mack being released by World Wrestling Entertainment yesterday:
WE JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING US. AS YOU KNOW WE BOTH WERE RELEASED FROM WWE. WE FEEL THAT WE DIDN'T THE OPPORTUNITY WE DESERVED, BUT LIFE GOES ON AND SO ARE WE. SO TO ALL OF OUR FANS WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY BOOKINGS. JAZZ
-PWInsider.com
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 19, 2007 12:16:30 GMT -5
I quite like Knox but things haven't looked good for him since what happened at Survivor Series with DX pretending not to even know who he was THAT DAMN DX! Now their even costing people their jobs. And it couldn't happen to a nicer.... more talented.... more entertaining......another guy named Mike Knox.
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Post by Banned Member on Jan 19, 2007 12:18:19 GMT -5
THAT DAMN DX! Now their even costing people their jobs. And it couldn't happen to a nicer.... more talented.... more entertaining......another guy named Mike Knox. Ya cause well Knox is better than Vader. *Merc runs from Godz*
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Post by mysterydriver on Jan 19, 2007 12:20:07 GMT -5
1-1: Triple H isn't fired
5-1: Tatanka goes because his nostalgia pop is wanning.
10-1: Knox goes because he was handpicked by Heyman.
20-1: Stevie is moved to a position like Al Snow's.
30-1: Shannon Moore is released in WWE's patheic attempt to impress the internet.
50-1: Viscera is fired to save money on the buffet.
200-1: Funaki is fired because JBL is the new number one announcer in Smackdown.
300-1: Super Crazy is fired because Vince realises that he isn't that good with english.
500-1: Scotty is fired because he loses the negatives of the pictures that Vince doesn't want us to see.
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Post by MGH on Jan 19, 2007 12:34:57 GMT -5
LATEST WORD ON WWE RELEASES by Mike Johnson @ 12:26:00 PM on 1/19/2007
Don't be shocked to hear of more releases being announced today. Obviously, World Wrestling Entertainment has no plans to bring back ECW standalone house shows at this time, since most of those let go would have been undercard talents for those events. When the ECW events were first dropped, the internal belief was that they would return shortly after Wrestlemania 23. That's obviously not looking to be the case at this point.
-PWInsider.com
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 19, 2007 12:35:15 GMT -5
JAZZ COMMENTS ON WWE RELEASE by Mike Johnson @ 12:11:00 PM on 1/19/2007Former ECW/WWE star Jazz posted the following note on her MySpace.com account in regards to she and husband Rodney Mack being released by World Wrestling Entertainment yesterday: WE JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING US. AS YOU KNOW WE BOTH WERE RELEASED FROM WWE. WE FEEL THAT WE DIDN'T THE OPPORTUNITY WE DESERVED, BUT LIFE GOES ON AND SO ARE WE. SO TO ALL OF OUR FANS WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY BOOKINGS. JAZZ -PWInsider.com Did she just copy and paste this from the last time she was released?
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Post by Banned Member on Jan 19, 2007 12:35:59 GMT -5
So bye bye Balls I feel?
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 19, 2007 12:36:36 GMT -5
Are you getting castrated tomorrow?
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Post by mysterydriver on Jan 19, 2007 12:37:36 GMT -5
LATEST WORD ON WWE RELEASES by Mike Johnson @ 12:26:00 PM on 1/19/2007Don't be shocked to hear of more releases being announced today. Obviously, World Wrestling Entertainment has no plans to bring back ECW standalone house shows at this time, since most of those let go would have been undercard talents for those events. When the ECW events were first dropped, the internal belief was that they would return shortly after Wrestlemania 23. That's obviously not looking to be the case at this point. -PWInsider.com Well...awesome reporting there. SOMEONE MIGHT GET FIRED!
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