Burgundy LaRue Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 From Vince allowing you to beat him bloody on live TV to being sent home for (supposed) unprofessionalism. That's a major turn of events for Owens, if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Tour buses have drawn more heat than 80% of the roster over the past year. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 The good news is, if they get fired, there's a new indie in Canada that might be hiring. The bad news is they only pay in pizza with weird toppings. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 If they get fired 2018 is going to be an interesting year. New Japan USA might have legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I seriously doubt WWE is going to fire anyone at this point that could be considered a boon to a promotion - they'll just make them sit out their downsides like they're apparently doing with Neville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Just now, Web Conn said: If they get fired 2018 is going to be an interesting year. New Japan USA might have legs. That's why I'd be surprised if they are fired. They would be way too valuable to NJPW and ROH. They will be punished in the booking, which is great because punishment booking is always so wonderful for us to sit through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, evilwaldo said: You apparently do not understand the new WWE. Ticket paying fans are meaningless. Social. Media. Engagement!!! Nobody cares about crowd size anymore. Now they will be on the 'not allowed to get over' list with everyone on the roster except for Reigns. You forgot the most important element...MERCH SALES. Edited November 9, 2017 by joseph2112 Picture add. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_W_P Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 It WAS kinda weird after that match. I assumed the music guy missed the mark because the match ended on a crossbody ratherthan a roll up or finisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Feed me more Feed me more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm watching an old Raw right now, and it's so much worse than I remembered... I'd completely forgotten what godforsaken dotard gave us the celebrity guest hosts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 11 hours ago, RIPPA said: Meltz says not true: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 If you're Kevin Owens, well you have had a great push but maybe it's all downhill from here.....and maybe getting his downside and hanging with his family sounds pretty good, or if he gets fired he can get paid on the Indies and still have the lighter schedule. If you're Sami Zayn, you've not had much of a push at all and the heel turn doesn't look to be changing that much.....well, maybe he's thinking WWE isn't really for him? Jericho. Danielson. Omega. Neville. Rhodes. Steen? El Samerico? It feels like something is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I called BS on the whole Owens/Sami thing ever since news broke. All one has to do is listen to their episodes on Edge and Christian's podcast and it's obvious they're thrilled with where they are right now in WWE. And those were recorded right after HIAC. So going from that to being pissed off and sent home doesn't make sense to me. Unless proven otherwise I'm still heavily on the "it's a work" side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 So they're just working internet fans? Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see anything on WWE.com about them being sent home from the European tour, and surely if it was a work they'd at least post it somewhere on their social media (or official website) so their non-dirtsheet consuming fans would see it and... uh, I don't know, get more involved in this potential storyline. The only places I've seen it so far are here, another wrestling board, Reddit, and people like Ryan Satin and Meltzer on Twitter. And He Who Shall Not Be Named, but that was linked by someone on Reddit, so.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 14 minutes ago, Casey said: So they're just working internet fans? Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see anything on WWE.com about them being sent home from the European tour, and surely if it was a work they'd at least post it somewhere on their social media (or official website) so their non-dirtsheet consuming fans would see it and... uh, I don't know, get more involved in this potential storyline. The only places I've seen it so far are here, another wrestling board, Reddit, and people like Ryan Satin and Meltzer on Twitter. And He Who Shall Not Be Named, but that was linked by someone on Reddit, so.. It'd be awfully foolish of them to work internet fans, but with conflicting reports it's hard to say what's going on. Could be real, could be storyline, but I think it's wise for people to calm down and not wildly speculate about where they go from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I can get frustration given what's happened after the turn, but not feeding for the new day post-match on a random Smackdown is a pretty small hill to choose to die on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 If the idea is to show New Day as a credible threat to the Shield then I could see the unrest over that I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 Meltzer cracks me up. On the radio show - he followed up a little further with the KO/Sami stuff (but nothing that really wasn't in the board post) But he was like "Maybe they will be back on Monday. Maybe they will never come back!" And I am like "Dave you can't just be throwing that shit out there since you know someone will be all DAVE SAYS THEY WERE FIRED!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Meltz just wants to be a reporter, but no one on the internets will allow him to only be journalist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Existential Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 My hunch is if they're not suspended tomorrow they should be okay. If the issue was the post-match angle, best case you want to think it was a case of miscommunication and not guys just ignoring what they were supposed to do. What is especially weird is that it's a taped show. If the company was furious they could have sent everyone back down and just re-filmed it. Having a segment go south and then just throwing your hands up and sending them back to North America just seems odd. I know the story is going to end up coming out on a podcast one day but I can imagine this is one of those things where a conversation in the back gets heated over what we went wrong and someone in charge just loses it and sends them home. Is there any word if Vince was even at this show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 And doesn't seem like Jericho is on Vince's list either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Casey said: ... The only places I've seen it so far are here, another wrestling board, Reddit, and people like Ryan Satin and Meltzer on Twitter. And He Who Shall Not Be Named, but that was linked by someone on Reddit, so.. ... Benoit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 David O'Meltzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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