sydneybrown Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Edwin said: Agreed. I watched a lot of weekly PPV early TNA and JJ refusing to drop the title and top spot was terrible along with Russo's garbage WCW worked shoot garbage. At the time they were pushing for Raven as a top star and the fans were eating it up and then JJ beat him and he got crapped on by the fans even though he was the face. IIRC there was this one match where JJ basically defeated the entire roster and retained the title on one of those weekly PPV's. Some really overbooked terrible stuff. I will admit, I forgot about the MMA stuff, but that stuff was so terrible and cringy, it was actually funny. My guilty pleasure lately has been watching old TNA PPVs circa 2003-2004 on Pluto TV. They actually tried to get Jarrett over as a face and it was amazing how spectacularly it failed. One incredible angle they aired last week had some random guy (who I later found out was Joe E Legend) get in an endless brawl with Jarrett. Jarrett throws him off the bleachers to no reaction, Legend no-sells it and beats him to a bloody pulp (to no reaction.) Jarrett makes his own comeback and beats up an attacking Vince Russo (to no reaction.) Finally the two team up and beat the shit out of Jarrett. And the fans respond with a "Russo" chant. They tried to get Jeff sympathy by attacking him on a stretcher backstage. Again, to no reaction. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 51 minutes ago, sydneybrown said: My guilty pleasure lately has been watching old TNA PPVs circa 2003-2004 on Pluto TV. They actually tried to get Jarrett over as a face and it was amazing how spectacularly it failed. One incredible angle they aired last week had some random guy (who I later found out was Joe E Legend) get in an endless brawl with Jarrett. Jarrett throws him off the bleachers to no reaction, Legend no-sells it and beats him to a bloody pulp (to no reaction.) Jarrett makes his own comeback and beats up an attacking Vince Russo (to no reaction.) Finally the two team up and beat the shit out of Jarrett. And the fans respond with a "Russo" chant. They tried to get Jeff sympathy by attacking him on a stretcher backstage. Again, to no reaction. Ooooh, I’ve been watching that too. It’s surprisingly not horrible. Made me remember how good of a thing they had with the 3LK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Charlotte got rid of her mole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, D.Z said: Charlotte got rid of her mole. Did the Boogeyman eat it? 4 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Anyone seen those rumors the Revival requested their release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Not from anywhere credible yet. Though even if they're true, I'm not sure why anyone would risk being put in the discard pile for the remainder of their contract at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Edwin said: Anyone seen those rumors the Revival requested their release? Well the dude reporting it says he can't say they requested their release but "something" happened at RAW that has officials "concerned" that they are going to leave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Really, is anyone dumb enough to believe that WWE won't just freeze their contracts ala Neville for a while so they can't jump? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 They’ve been hinting at wanting to get out of their contracts for awhile now. They honestly might want to. I’d be surprised if Vince wants to do anything significant with them now that Heavy Machinery has arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 3 hours ago, SorceressKnight said: That's also the problem- it sounds good when it's a word, or even a last name. When WWE just gives a performer- any performer- one name that's a first name, or even a last name that either could be a first name [for example, "Neville"] or is close enough to a first name [for example, "Cesaro"], it inevitably makes a wrestler sound like they're a stripper. There's really no nicer way to put it. Yet they never called Val just "Venis". *sigh* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Yet they never called Val just "Venis". *sigh* At least they inexplicably changed it to "The Big Valbowski" officially at one point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Yeah, I can just see Russo in some hotel room in Iowa, missing his cats Pussy and Eater, flipping through channels to the pay stuff in search of softcore, only to find the Coens title and having his eureka moment. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 3 hours ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Ooooh, I’ve been watching that too. It’s surprisingly not horrible. Made me remember how good of a thing they had with the 3LK. I was watching some of the stuff from 06 last month. Slamboree was this really good ppv, then it ended with Jarrett winning the belt. In a King of a Mountain match. When Earl Hebner and Larry Zybsco both helped him. That's TNA in a nutshell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 5 hours ago, SorceressKnight said: That's also the problem- it sounds good when it's a word, or even a last name. When WWE just gives a performer- any performer- one name that's a first name, or even a last name that either could be a first name [for example, "Neville"] or is close enough to a first name [for example, "Cesaro"], it inevitably makes a wrestler sound like they're a stripper. There's really no nicer way to put that. You also have/had the trope where the male one-name wrestlers have only a last name and the female one-name wrestlers have only a first name. This was pointed out to me when I was at my college paper writing film reviews years ago as an example of subliminal sexism (for lack of a better term), when last names are seen as strong and first names are seen as more vulnerable/emotional. I guess there are now a couple exceptions like Sheamus and maybe Asuka, although they are both foreigners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, odessasteps said: You also have/had the trope where the male one-name wrestlers have only a last name and the female one-name wrestlers have only a first name. This was pointed out to me when I was at my college paper writing film reviews years ago as an example of subliminal sexism (for lack of a better term), when last names are seen as strong and first names are seen as more vulnerable/emotional. I guess there are now a couple exceptions like Sheamus and maybe Asuka, although they are both foreigners. There's also Elias, Big E, Konnor, Viktor, and briefly Apollo, and many of the women are given last names now, so it's at least not as much of a problem as it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 So according to Pro Wrestling Sheet, Maria and Mike Kannellis have requested their release from the WWE. All of the sudden i am having TNA nightmares of them on the show 70% of the time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 They want some of that sweet 6 figure AEW monies x 2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I half wonder if some of these folks maybe aren't getting paid so great from WWE and know they aren't going to be used much. Then they look to the Indies and see the talent base there is drying up by the day, therefore leaving tons of work to be had there, regardless of opportunity in a AEW or MLW or whatever. What a crazy time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Not that I expect too many releases to be given, but we’re 120+ days from Double or Nothing. That means people have about a month to get a release and let the 90 day noncompete run out in time to make the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRR Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, joseph2112 said: I half wonder if some of these folks maybe aren't getting paid so great from WWE and know they aren't going to be used much. Then they look to the Indies and see the talent base there is drying up by the day, therefore leaving tons of work to be had there, regardless of opportunity in a AEW or MLW or whatever. What a crazy time. When Aries left WWE he said something about making better money and that was awhile ago before they grabbed even more people. I actually think The Revival would fit the best in RoH long term but if they want to go do their feud/matches with the Bucks over FLIPS and FISTS or show up on Impact I wouldn’t be surprised either way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Edwin said: Anyone seen those rumors the Revival requested their release? Yes, I saw it on Bleacher Report. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 hours ago, hammerva said: So according to Pro Wrestling Sheet, Maria and Mike Kannellis have requested their release from the WWE. All of the sudden i am having TNA nightmares of them on the show 70% of the time More Maria is never a bad thing. They really should have been in nxt when they returned. The "power of love" gimmick would have gotten over in nxt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I wish I knew what WWE was paying these dudes. Jericho said in an interview recently that AEW is paying him the most he has ever made. That's kind of crazy to think about considering he was a near-top guy in WWE for about two decades. He had to be making quite a bit of money off merchandise also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 7 hours ago, D.Z said: Charlotte got rid of her mole. Spoiler 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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