Brian Fowler Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 His contract was up at the end of May, but Impact has made it clear they fired him.
John from Cincinnati Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 His fall from main eventer to bit player was so dramatic that there must be some stories about an attitude problem. And it's gotta be serious, because this company keeps taking chances on Austin Aries.
Archibald Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Or not seeing eye to eye with new regime. I don't follow Impact any longer, but once he lost the belt and was out of title picture he started having weird feuds that I thought were, at best, irrelevant and from spoilers that I have read it looked like each new program was worse than earlier. 1
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 I would have liked the Eli/Eddie Edwards team lasting longer than it did, but that's a moot point now. 1
AxB Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 So, is he headed back to the WWE? Or... well, you can't spell Elite without Eli.
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 6 hours ago, AxB said: So, is he headed back to the WWE? Or... well, you can't spell Elite without Eli. If I were Eli, I'd take a look at EC3 and stay the fuck away from WWE. 3 1
Archibald Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 People are making jokes about RoH now taking WWE's and TNA's throwaways so Eli going to RoH would make perfect sense in that context.
Ramo2653 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 I think since he took his time after resigning the last time they didn't have anything for him so he did random stuff here and there just to keep him on TV so I would take that as a sign that they liked him and I thought he did well with the segments. Besides that, He clearly isn't getting back into the title picture anytime soon so the tag team with Edwards made sense but oh well. He would get lost in the shuffle in WWE and ROH would have no clue what to do with him. 1
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) Eli and MJF would make a great asshole pairing in AEW. Edited April 8, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie 1
BrianS81177 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: If I were Eli, I'd take a look at EC3 and stay the fuck away from WWE. EC3 is being paid to barely work. I'd love a job like that. 2
RIPPA Posted April 8, 2019 Author Posted April 8, 2019 It is still so weird that apparently all the intergender stuff was a shoot Like Jordynne Grace responded to one of the stories about getting fired with
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 55 minutes ago, BrianS81177 said: EC3 is being paid to barely work. I'd love a job like that. I don't think most wrestlers would, though.
Brian Fowler Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 I can't believe they called EC3 up in order to not even let him talk. 1 2
Raziel Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 1 hour ago, BrianS81177 said: EC3 is being paid to barely work. I'd love a job like that. I'm sure he thinks that when he sees the bonuses he's not getting. 4
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, Raziel said: I'm sure he thinks that when he sees the bonuses he's not getting. and the merch he's not selling
DreamBroken Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 Sad to see Eli's great Impact run come to an end like this, something that seemed so minor in the grand scheme. Was digging he and Eddie's story a lot and been a big fan of his whole run. 1
BEN! Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 Tessa Blanchard vs. Eli Drake never made any sense. They're both heels and I can't recall them ever even having interacted with each other. The drama could've been easily avoided if IMPACT had just asked him if he wanted to do the match before publicly announcing it though. I mean he could've also conveyed his displeasure to the office privately instead of publicly. 4
mattdangerously Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 18 hours ago, BEN! said: Tessa Blanchard vs. Eli Drake never made any sense. They're both heels and I can't recall them ever even having interacted with each other. The drama could've been easily avoided if IMPACT had just asked him if he wanted to do the match before publicly announcing it though. I mean he could've also conveyed his displeasure to the office privately instead of publicly. He also could have just done what his employer told him to do.
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 9, 2019 Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) Tessa's match vs. Joey Ryan ended up being better than her vs. Eli probably would have been. Aside from Joey's gimmick, which doesn't bother me like it does some, it was a really solid wrestling match. Edited April 9, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie
Casey Posted April 10, 2019 Posted April 10, 2019 To piggyback off the Eli Drake talk... they're suing him for breach of contract.
BEN! Posted April 12, 2019 Posted April 12, 2019 On 4/9/2019 at 4:18 PM, mattdangerously said: He also could have just done what his employer told him to do. Independent contractor. 1
RIPPA Posted April 16, 2019 Author Posted April 16, 2019 I feel like this is gonna lead to the WWE not letting their folks make appearances for Booker anymore
mattdangerously Posted April 16, 2019 Posted April 16, 2019 4 hours ago, RIPPA said: I feel like this is gonna lead to the WWE not letting their folks make appearances for Booker anymore Outside of Ohno on Saturday, and Brennan Williams last year, they really don't let them do it anyways. I'd sacrifice that if it meant getting LAX or the Lucha Bros in Texas City on the regular. 1
RIPPA Posted April 16, 2019 Author Posted April 16, 2019 I was more looking at it as Ohno being there was a sign of more things to come - that appears to be a bad read on my part
mattdangerously Posted April 17, 2019 Posted April 17, 2019 20 hours ago, RIPPA said: I was more looking at it as Ohno being there was a sign of more things to come - that appears to be a bad read on my part I think Booker just likes bringing in the NXT guys for his version of the Royal Rumble, so it feels like an important match.
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