mattdangerously 6,971 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 hours ago, keith_h said: Sure he would, to do endless jobs to vanilla midget, jabroni marks till the end of time. I bet Chris Benoit and "Nightmare" Ken Wayne could each have pretty good matches with Hogan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tarheel Moneghetti 139 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Seen several sources reporting that Rhea Ripley's visa expired and she returned to Australia, so we probably won't see her for awhile. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SorceressKnight 1,412 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 In defense, DID CM Punk really work for IWA-Mid South? If you're not being paid for your work, it's just an elaborate way to say you have a hobby...and if CM Punk's straight edge, presumably Ian Rotten couldn't pay him the way he'd pay everyone else. QED, CM Punk wrestled for IWA-MS, but he didn't "work" for them, per se. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AxB 12,237 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Ian's whole get out was that he didn't pay people in drugs, but that he paid them in cash. Cash which they then subsequently (well, immediately, but the events were sequential) used to buy drugs from him, in a completely separate and unrelated transaction. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
paintedbynumbers 962 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Punk told a group of us after Super Indy 3 in Pittsburgh in May of 2004 that he would never work for Ian Rotten again. He was slamming him and said he was going to be in ROH, IWC, and PWG for the most part. Low and behold a few weeks later who is at IWA-MS teaming with Colt? Knowing what we know about Phil I don't think he would have worked IWA-MS and had the long matches and performed all the commentary if he wasn't being paid. He is too stubborn to do something unless he really wants to or would benefit from it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
John from Cincinnati 15,477 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 One of us. 11 Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 13,163 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, AxB said: Ian's whole get out was that he didn't pay people in drugs, but that he paid them in cash. Cash which they then subsequently (well, immediately, but the events were sequential) used to buy drugs from him, in a completely separate and unrelated transaction. Sounds like the Parliament-Funkadelic doc I just watched where when the queue to get paid lined up, George Clinton would pay the musicians either in money or coke. When one of the musicians started dealing on the side because he was broke on the road, George found out and the next day a sign appeared on the bus door saying "NO DRUG DEALING ON THE ROAD" because he wanted all the business. They also had something called "Easter egg hunts" after they learned how to cook up freebase where they'd take rock, break it up and throw it on the floor and people would scramble for it, but I can't see Ian doing the same thing with pills 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ultimo Necro 2,172 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Ian wasn’t even the worst IWA promoter, IWA-Deep South always seemed scummier, their death match tournament once featured a straight up stabbing and they threatened someone losing an appendage almost every year. Made IWA:MS seem like Pancrase in comparison. Edited April 8, 2020 by Ultimo Necro Link to post Share on other sites
Casey 8,534 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 No doubt in my mind that someone like Simon Sezz or Josiah Caine were either working for free, or getting paid in drugs or something. But indie darlings like Chris Hero, AJ Styles, CM Punk, Cabana, etc.? There's absolutely no way. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 13,163 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 That's how he could afford them. They got the door, the undercard got the dope. Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan 6,096 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Or an "I'll get you next time, kid." Link to post Share on other sites
The Natural 36,217 Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 10 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: One of us. I already liked Sami Zayn. I do even more so now. Link to post Share on other sites
The Natural 36,217 Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Edge: The Second Mountain. One of the best documentaries ever produced by WWE. Watch it. Edited April 8, 2020 by The Natural 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Dolfan in NYC 17,330 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 3 Link to post Share on other sites
LoneWolf&Subs 6,672 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I think Vince is done trying to crown Roman at WM. Link to post Share on other sites
Tarheel Moneghetti 139 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 What happened to Mickie James. She was on tv as Alexa's flunky for a while, then she got hurt (I think) and I don't remember if she was ever on tv again? Did she get released? Link to post Share on other sites
D.Z 11,493 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Torn ACL. She does commentary for Main Event. Edited April 8, 2020 by D.Z Link to post Share on other sites
MORELOCK 3,141 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Can you pick out who didn't get invited to the party? Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 34,084 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 17 minutes ago, MORELOCK said: Can you pick out who didn't get invited to the party? There are 4 big names that came to me in about 10 seconds so I really wouldn't read too much into it EDIT - actually 6 in a minute (and only 1 current champ is IN the video) Link to post Share on other sites
Dolfan in NYC 17,330 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Becky, Charlotte, Asuka, Kairi, Alexa, and Nikki are the 6 I came up with. Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 34,084 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Becky, Charlotte, Asuka, Kairi, Alexa, and Nikki are the 6 I came up with. Those where my 6 but I also remembered Ruby and Sarah Logan I have a feeling it was just the women who use Tik Tok who were in it (and wanted to participate) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
RRR 1,277 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 15 hours ago, SorceressKnight said: In defense, DID CM Punk really work for IWA-Mid South? If you're not being paid for your work, it's just an elaborate way to say you have a hobby...and if CM Punk's straight edge, presumably Ian Rotten couldn't pay him the way he'd pay everyone else. QED, CM Punk wrestled for IWA-MS, but he didn't "work" for them, per se. Wait what??? Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 34,084 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Zartan said: Wait what??? The implication was that since Ian always had no money he paid wrestlers in drugs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LoneWolf&Subs 6,672 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) To be fair to Ian, if they have the right connections, they could flip it for more than what he was going to pay them. Edited April 8, 2020 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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