HumanChessgame Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Roman has accomplished just about all you can in WWE and doesn't strike me as someone who would want to work in Japan or has a bucket list of guys he wants to wrestle elsewhere. Being a top guy he no doubt has an insane schedule, plus he's had a number of chronic health issues and scares from covid. He has five young kids and if he wanted to retire to spend time with his family once his contract is up I wouldn't blame him at all. If he wanted to be in more movies or do a Rock/Cena/Goldberg and collect the occasional one-off paycheck I'm sure that option would be available. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 23 hours ago, AxB said: There is a theory that he already has. There's been a new ringside cameraman on AEW who is completely covered up head to toe and is suspiciously well muscled, and some people reckon that's Claudio, hiding in plain sight. I noticed that guy a few months ago. I think he’s a real camera guy. They use his shot quite a bit. Claudio’s great and all, but I doubt he could shoot wrestling all that well. Now, they may use his being all covered up to do some kind of angle later, but right now, he’s an actual camera op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Moneghetti Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 16 hours ago, SirSmellingtonofCascadia said: I assume Roman is working, but man, if he jets after they finally threw the kitchen sink at it to get him over at that top level, that will be straight hilarious. I hope he does it because I WANNA SEE THIS. Well, not SEE it. But I want to read about it here at good old DVDVR. Meltzer is saying that Roman is not leaving WWE but did just sign a new contract that requires far fewer appearances. Basically, Roman has a Brock Lesnar-type deal and is going to stop working house shows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 “It’s not that I’m leaving, it’s just that you shitheels in Bumblefuck, New Jersey can’t afford to see me.” 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Apparently this is coming soon: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I never knew this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Tarheel Moneghetti said: Meltzer is saying that Roman is not leaving WWE but did just sign a new contract that requires far fewer appearances. Basically, Roman has a Brock Lesnar-type deal and is going to stop working house shows. That makes a lot more sense and is a lot less interesting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 15 hours ago, Rev Ray said: “I will inject a lethal dose of Taven!” 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) Apparently, Nick Khan was on a podcast saying WWE has big plans for Roman in Hollywood. I'm loooooolin about that like, "okay, does Hollywood know?" That's like me saying I have big plans for the NBA despite being middle aged, slightly overweight, and never having had any basketball talent. I don't think Hollywood is falling all over themselves thinking they need Great Value Jason Mamoa. But that's not even the best part. No, that's reserved for the part where The Rock went to Vince for advice to get on the right track after a few flops asking to "reattach to the WWE." Quote “I think he was given advice early on to, ‘Hey, get rid of the muscles. Don’t be a handsome leading man. Distance yourself from WWE.’ You saw the result was like the Tooth Fairy movie,” Khan said. “He, to his credit, like Vince and like other people, has the unique ability to see things clearly. Instead of saying, ‘Hey, this Tooth Fairy thing was great! I made X number of millions of dollars on it!’ It was more, ‘This is not what I want this to be.’ It wasn’t authentic.” Nick Khan revealed that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon played a crucial role in course-correcting Rock’s acting career, one which included his famous return to wrestling in 2011. “One of the people, Rock has shared with me and Vince has shared with me, Rock called was Vince,” Khan continued. “Rock called Vince and said, ‘Hey, this is not working the way I think it should be working. I think I want to reattach to WWE and I think I need to get a new agent.’ Vince helped him do that, and Rock was on his path that he’s on now. Ignore the fact that Fast Five started filming a year prior. The guy who wrote No Holds Barred (with Hulk Hogan and cocaine) and wanted Kane's movie character to have a six foot dick gave Dwayne Johnson sound advice on his film career that led to the megastar we see today. Oh these carny motherfuckers. Edited May 9, 2022 by Technico Support 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 To be fair, Nick Khan probably still has a very good feel for Hollywood and is probably confident he can use contacts he still has to get Roman some high profile work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Funny thing is, don't they (Khan and Vince) realize that as soon as Roman can make regular money in Hollywood, he is gone for good and the best they can hope for is a Mania guest appearance or two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, Technico Support said: Ignore the fact that Fast Five started filming a year prior. The guy who wrote No Holds Barred (with Hulk Hogan and cocaine) and wanted Kane's movie character to have a six foot dick gave Dwayne Johnson sound advice on his film career that led to the megastar we see today. Oh these carny motherfuckers Keep in mind Nick Khan is friends with the Rock and wasn't working for WWE at the time. He actually might not be bullshiting this part however ridiculous it sounds to us. Rock has plenty of respect for Vince so his thoughts probably did matter to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 "He won't be Denzel Jason Momoa, but he could be Denzel's Jason's best friend." 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFistsJustFlips Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Yeah I think there's a lot truth there actually with Nick Khan's quote. Mummy Returns, The Game Plan, The Tooth Fairy, Scorpion King , The Gridiron Gang, & The Game Plan were not playing to his strengths. He was working down to the material. Walking Tall & The Rundown were decent movies. But he wasn't putting his over the top personality into it. He was being kind of generic. So it's entirely possible he talked to Vince and things clicked. Start being that over the top charisma machine you are / don't play the role as generic guys. Play every role as The Rock. That's a totally plausible conversation. And that's when things started to click for him. He juiced back up and became The Rock in most of his roles and people dig it. Hobbs is basically just The Rock in all the F&F stuff. Central intelligence, Rampage, Baywatch, & Jumanji are all just variations of The Rock. I think the reattaching to WWE is taking the truth and stretching it to it's limit tho. It wasn't so much he wanted to reattach, it was he needed to go back to what brought him to the dance. But Khan is going to spin it in a pro WWE way because that's where he works and that's his job. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Robert s said: Funny thing is, don't they (Khan and Vince) realize that as soon as Roman can make regular money in Hollywood, he is gone for good and the best they can hope for is a Mania guest appearance or two? The irony of them being all “the brand is the star [and no one is over]” in a trauma reaction to Brock Lesnar jilting them at the altar in the first place back in 04 and yet here they are paving the way for their one permitted exception to that to do exactly what they’re afraid of everyone doing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 The "Angry Wrestling Vet" shared a Google doc of @Rev Ray's Big Book of Wrestling Moves on Facebook and I'm just feeling waves of nostalgia. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Brian Fowler said: The "Angry Wrestling Vet" shared a Google doc of @Rev Ray's Big Book of Wrestling Moves on Facebook and I'm just feeling waves of nostalgia. And I'm days away from updating it.... 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: The "Angry Wrestling Vet" shared a Google doc of @Rev Ray's Big Book of Wrestling Moves on Facebook and I'm just feeling waves of nostalgia. Are we talking about this: http://web.archive.org/web/20110614012559/http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/bbbowm/bbbowm.htm Wait, Rev's gonna do an updated one? Sweet... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 I said days away. I didn't say the number was less than infinity. I was joking and punchy post surgery. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Not exactly new news or a surprise but.. Brett Favre, 'Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase among those sued by Mississippi over welfare misspending Quote The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Monday sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and three former pro wrestlers along with several other people and businesses to try to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars that were intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. The lawsuit says the defendants “squandered” more than $20 million in money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families anti-poverty program. The suit was filed less than two weeks after a mother and son who ran a nonprofit group and an education company in Mississippi pleaded guilty to state criminal charges tied to the misspending. Nancy New, 69, and Zachary New, 39, agreed to testify against others in what state Auditor Shad White has called Mississippi’s largest public corruption case in the past two decades. In early 2020, Nancy New, Zachary New, former Mississippi Department of Human Services executive director John Davis and three other people were charged in state court, with prosecutors saying welfare money had been misspent on items such as drug rehabilitation in Malibu, California, for former pro wrestler Brett DiBiase. DiBiase is a defendant in the lawsuit filed Monday in Hinds County Circuit Court, as are his father and brother who were also pro wrestlers, Ted DiBiase Sr. and Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Rev Ray said: I said days away. I didn't say the number was less than infinity. I was joking and punchy post surgery. Feel better soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 18 hours ago, The Natural said: I never knew this. I had this match on my coliseum video release (of IYH 2). Also, Undertaker vs Kama and Bigelow vs Tatanka (although one of those may have been a bonus match on IYH 1). The IYH 3 match was better, but that doesn't mean that this one wasn't really damn good, as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 9 hours ago, Rev Ray said: I said days away. I didn't say the number was less than infinity. I was joking and punchy post surgery. Ah shit. I've had surgery a total of one time in my whole life and hated it. Hope you're doing okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) My favorite part of that Roman story over the weekend was that blessed couple of hours when the WWE stans who have spent the last several years basing their identity on ROMAN IS THE NEEDLE MOVER had to quickly pivot to “Actually losing Roman would mean nothing to WWE, because they still have Austin Theory and Bron Breakker.” That was funny shit. Edited May 10, 2022 by EVA 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 On 5/8/2022 at 1:16 PM, Infinit said: If there is something more to this, WWE is screwed. Well, per Dave (so, grains of salt and all) on the WOR, Roman will be gone from WWE for 10 weeks starting in late June. He is apparently not being advertised for any house shows until Labor Day. He is being advertised for PPV's Premium Live Events but "Card Subject to Change" and all. I, for one, am looking forward to Drew McIntyre threatening to murder people with a sword for the entire summer - because we're about to be getting a lot more of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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