The WWE Thread

[Snowman]

From What I Read It Sounds Like The WWE Diva Search Is Gonna Have More Tittie Slips. They Wanna Keep The Fan Intrest High.

Alexis Is Becoming The Carmella of This Years Diva Search. She's Got That Cockyness About Her

I Voted For Ashley, Who'd You Guys Vote For Illuminattille, Big Mack?

I Cant Believe Batista is 39. He Does Look Young.

From What Ive Been Reading It Does Look Like HHH Is Gonna Put Cena Over, To Help Him Be A Major Player. (Good For Hunter!)

(SAY HELLO TO THE BLUE GUY MAAN) :thumb:

 

[Illuminattile]

who did smackdown draft?

That said, rumour has it [Triple H will] come back and form a new Evolution. I could see Maven, Conway, Jindrak or Dupree taking the Orton role. Tomko could play the enforcer role, but hopefully not. In fact, I would mark like a little girl if Burchill debuted as Evolution's enforcer. Burchill is a GOD, and he's British too.

Well, scratch Maven and Jindrak from that list.

The following wrestlers have been released:

Mark Jindrak
Maven
Shannon Moore
James "Akio" Yun
David "Gangrel" Heath
Billy Kidman
Spike Dudley
Kevin "Seven/Mordecai" Fertig

Kidman and Spike were a bit of a surprise, but they haven't been doing anything with them.

 

[Illuminattile]

Breaking news:

WWE.com has learned through a reliable source that Brock Lesnar will be meeting with WWE officials.

When asked by WWE.com if a meeting with Brock Lesnar was scheduled to take place, the Chairman’s office issued this response: “This is none of your business.”

WWE.com is currently attempting to reach Lesnar for comment.

Stay tuned to WWE.com today as this story continues to develop.

Translation: Either he's already signed or they're doing this to mock him in some way. It's probably the former. I can see a Lesnar/Batista feud in the near future. Strange of them to announce this on the website rather than going for the "surprise return" angle.

In other news:

WWE have signed Big Vito. He was in ECW as one of Da Baldies and in WCW as one of The Mamalukes. He's likely to be put in a tag team with Nunzio.

 

[Snowman]

who did smackdown draft?

Well, scratch Maven and Jindrak from that list.

The following wrestlers have been released:

Mark Jindrak
Maven
Shannon Moore
James "Akio" Yun
David "Gangrel" Heath
Billy Kidman
Spike Dudley
Kevin "Seven/Mordecai" Fertig

Kidman and Spike were a bit of a surprise, but they haven't been doing anything with them.

You Can Add

Matt Morgan
Bubba Ray Dudley
D-Von Dudley To The List

Im Shocked On Matt Morgan, Use Him Right An Give Him A Tag Team Title Run With Heindenrich. OR He Could Be Christian's New Problem Solver. You Could Go On A Long Shot An Give Him A Title Shot With Batista.

Billy Kidman Being Cut Means Torrie Will Work Til Her Contract Is Up Then Probably Leave WWE.

Im With You On That One Keep Brock's Return A Surprise. I Hope They Stick Him On SD.

 

[Illuminattile]

I can also add

Newylweds Charlie Haas and Jackie Gayda
Marty Jannetty
The very pregnant Dawn Marie

The Dudleys surprised me, they must have been asking for higher wages or something. They were hyped up before One Night Stand, and since WWE needs tag teams I didn't see it coming. Even moreso when you realise how much of a draw they'll be in TNA.

Firing someone with a kid on the way is pretty cold too.

 

[Snowman]

18 Wrestlers WOW!


WWE Must Know What There Doing.


Poor Dawn,

Now When I Turn On SD We'll See Torrie an Candice In A Lesbo Angle at A Hotel Room. (Ya'll Remember The Dawn/Torrie Kissing Scene, Back When Torrie's Dad Was On The Show)

Smackdown Tonight, JBL v Blue Meanie. Got My VCR Set.

 

[bigmack]

Billy kidman was known that he was gonna get fired. WWE's been talking about it for a few months now. And torrie wilson will not leave WWE. There was an article about it not too long ago.

The only one that surprised me was Matt Morgan. Wasnt expecting that

The rest I can understand, they werent being used, and WWE needs to cut some people because it's a waste of money for them.


Can't wait for the JBL/Blue meanie. Anyone think it was fixed? That it wasnt really personal, just a way for the WWE to hype it up?

And Brock Lesnar I think will get signed. There was an interview with him recently,and he said I would like to come back to WWE. He said either vince will hear the interview,or Brock will call him up. I think Brock coming back would be amazing.

And Snowman, I didnt vote for the Diva's. I think they all suck. I'm not saying they're ugly, but they're fuckin annoying.

 

[Illuminattile]

Kenzo Sukuzki (and Hiroko) and Joy Giovanni have been released to take it up to 18.

I don't think the Meanie/JBL situation was staged, I think WWE just decided to capitalise on it (like the Edge/Lita/Matt thing). Hopefully Meanie sticks around and they reform the bWo for good. Just keep him out of ring.

 

[Snowman]

Kenzo Sukuzki (and Hiroko) and Joy Giovanni have been released to take it up to 18.

I don't think the Meanie/JBL situation was staged, I think WWE just decided to capitalise on it (like the Edge/Lita/Matt thing). Hopefully Meanie sticks around and they reform the bWo for good. Just keep him out of ring.

The JBL/Blue Meanie Beef Began When Meanie was With The WWE. JBL Would Alawys Give Him Shit. JBL Was Known To Have Hazed The Blue Meanie.

When Blue Meanie Left The WWE He Had His Articles Telling People That Bradshaw Was A "Bully". Meanie Had Said He Always Would Pick On Me, "He Just Didnt Like Me".

JBL Throughout Time Read Meanie's Comments. And Was Very Upset about It. He Got His Opportunity At "One Night Stand". There Little, (Crusaders v ECW Bit At The End). JBL Didnt Give A Fuck, He Just Went Right After Meanie. Blasting Him With For Real Punches.

There Was An Article A Few Days Ago, Stating That JBL/Meanie Finally Sit Down An Squash Their Beef. JBL Said "Hey Lets Go Make This Money". Lets Put This Past Behind Us. And They Shook Hands.

Now Tonight JBL/Meanie 1 On 1.


And Bigmack "Torrie Will Leave WWE". Just Not Right Now.
Shes At The Top Of Her Game Now. Besides She Probably has 2/3 yrs Left On Her Contract. And Even if They Get Hotter Divas Than Her They'll Let Her Go.

 

[Illuminattile]

Jim Cornette's been released too, by the way. He was running OVW. He slapped some trainee "ten to fifteen times" because he laughed at "The Boogeyman", an OVW wrestler who's supposed to be a scary character.

Cornette is insane.

 

[bigmack]

Jim Cornette's been released too, by the way. He was running OVW. He slapped some trainee "ten to fifteen times" because he laughed at "The Boogeyman", an OVW wrestler who's supposed to be a scary character.

Cornette is insane.

lol at cornette

 

[Devious]

So it turns out that Matt Hardy has returned to WWE, even though they are trying to make it look like a "shoot", like it wasn't supposed to happen. Matt worked out a deal with WWE just before the Lita/Edge wedding, so it wasn't just a tease when they played his music. At first, when I watched Raw last night, I thought it was unplanned because when Matt jumped him backstage the announcers never made any mention of it. But Matt blew it himself when he called Amy "Lita" instead of her real name. Still, I'm glad he's back and I'm looking forward to a good feud between him and Edge, even though I'm not sure that it's a good idea to put those 2 in the ring together considering the real life bad blood. What do you guys think?

 

[bigmack]

im starting to think that matt hardy was never released from wwe in the first place,and this whole thing was a work.considering matt hardy is still claiming him appearing on raw was a shoot.

 

[Devious]

Well he was officially released, but due to the overwhelming fan response he got (Fans chanting "We want Matt" and "You screwed Matt" whenever Edge and Lita were around) Vince thought it would be a good idea to bring him back to feud with Edge. Technically he is still signed with ROH but he only had a temporary contract with them, and he is no longer taking any bookings from independent feds, so it's clear he will be coming back to WWE. They could have done more to make it look like a shoot though, they really blew it by having Matt call her Lita, and when security brought him out of the arena they went up the ramp and through the backstage area. If he really wasn't supposed to be there they wouldn't bring him backstage, they would take him out a side entrance

 

[Illuminattile]

Wow, RAW's been addictive for the last couple of weeks. I think WWE is really trying now to cater to the IWC "smark" audience, what with ONS, JBL/Meanie and now the Matt Hardy thing. The way JR and The King and The Coach completely no-sold Matt Hardy, didn't talk during it or talk about it was perfect. Also, if you read the RAW Results on WWE.com it makes no mention of Matt Hardy. Unfortunately, on the main site, they posted a link to Hardy's website and posted some of the comments he made, which kinda ruined it.

WWE is shit hot at the moment, in terms of angles. The Blue World Order, HBK's heel turn and Matt's return are three kick-ass, IWC-friendly angles in a row.

Technically he is still signed with ROH but he only had a temporary contract with them, and he is no longer taking any bookings from independent feds, so it's clear he will be coming back to WWE. They could have done more to make it look like a shoot though, they really blew it by having Matt call her Lita, and when security brought him out of the arena they went up the ramp and through the backstage area. If he really wasn't supposed to be there they wouldn't bring him backstage, they would take him out a side entrance

WWE and Ring of Honor are on good terms anyway. Whenever a worker leaves WWE they tell them to go to RoH/Japan/the indies but stay away from TNA. Mick Foley works for Ring of Honor, and CM Punk is running an angle at the moment where he's about to join WWE, so all the other wrestlers are trying to win the belt off him. He signed his "WWE contract" on the RoH title belt in the middle of the ring. Hell, Hardy shouted out Ring of Honor live on RAW. I wouldn't be surprised if WWE were funding RoH, kinda like they did with ECW.

 

[bigmack]

UPN sent WWE a letter this afternoon informing that that they didn't want the Hassan character to be on this weeks show due to the negative publicity as of late.

WWE had planned on giving the chacrter a makeover on tonight's show.

wtf. some people claimed they were hurt by the segment with hassan and undertaker. thats a bunch of bullshit. those people deserve to be shot,bunch of pussies

 

[Illuminattile]

wtf. some people claimed they were hurt by the segment with hassan and undertaker. thats a bunch of bullshit. those people deserve to be shot,bunch of pussies

To be honest, though I didn't find what I read about the Hassan segment offensive (it was cut from the UK broadcast I believe) I'm hoping they do drop the gimmick. The "terror cell" thing was a really dumb idea, not that the stuff up until that point had exactly been Shakespeare. I'd like to know which of the WWE creative (there's an oxymoron for you) team pitched the idea of an angry Arab terrorist. As a wrestler he's got potential, but being saddled with an "angry foreigner" gimmick is rarely effective.

 

[bigmack]

To be honest, though I didn't find what I read about the Hassan segment offensive (it was cut from the UK broadcast I believe) I'm hoping they do drop the gimmick. The "terror cell" thing was a really dumb idea, not that the stuff up until that point had exactly been Shakespeare. I'd like to know which of the WWE creative (there's an oxymoron for you) team pitched the idea of an angry Arab terrorist. As a wrestler he's got potential, but being saddled with an "angry foreigner" gimmick is rarely effective.

well we all know controversy sells,and thats what they were doing.they even posted the media reports on wwe.com

 

[Devious]

Vince is just doing what he does best, pushing the envelope as far as he can, just because he can. I just hope he doesn't cross the line, that segment was pretty close to crossing it. I'm sure it's offensive to muslims and arabs that the only wrestler of middle eastern descent is being portrayed as a terrorist. Has anyone noticed that almost every wrestler who's not American (with the exception of some of the Canadians) are portrayed as heels? Or introduced as heels? They may not be anymore but when they bring in foreign wrestlers they are almost always heels, as though there's something wrong with non-American wrestlers

 

[Illuminattile]

well we all know controversy sells,and thats what they were doing.they even posted the media reports on wwe.com

Vince is just doing what he does best, pushing the envelope as far as he can, just because he can.

This might be controversial, but it's not really pushing the envelope. They're just doing the same thing they've done with the UnAmericans and La Resistance in recent years, except with an Arab. Difference is, the whole "America-hating Arab" character is a bit more politically charged than the others. It's still the same cheap heat.

I'm sure it's offensive to muslims and arabs that the only wrestler of middle eastern descent is being portrayed as a terrorist. Has anyone noticed that almost every wrestler who's not American (with the exception of some of the Canadians) are portrayed as heels? Or introduced as heels? They may not be anymore but when they bring in foreign wrestlers they are almost always heels, as though there's something wrong with non-American wrestlers

That's because playing off somebody's race is a cheap way to get heat, and it involves very little effort on the part of the writers. That's why you see so many "I'm from [country X] so I hate America" gimmicks. They come out, say they hate America and the idiots in the crowd start up a USA chant. Rednecks like to see foreigners get beat the fuck up. WWE has always played off racial stereotypes, because it's easy. I wouldn't be too surprised if they brought back Goldberg and had them feud over who owns the Gaza Strip.



There's a Hassan interview video up on WWE.com that talks about the controversy in the press.

I think the fact that people boo Daivari speaking Farsi despite having no idea what he's saying shows what some WWE fans are like.