ChrisM Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 By the way, nothing about this on WWE.com or their social media sites. Are we sure it's true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 He's making millions of dollars. I'm pretty sure he could pay the fine. I can't be the only person who now wants to see Titus do the "Hundred Thousands of Dollars" dance. Granted, that doesn't sound quite as catchy. I don't think we have the full story. I bet it comes out that Vince called him a washrag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Per WON Titus O'Neil was immediately sent home upon arriving to last night's Smackdown tapings in Portland, Oregon. PWInsider.com is reporting that he has been suspended for "unprofessional conduct". WWE has confirmed that the suspension is 90 days. The incident occured at the end of Monday night's RAW. O'Niell grabbed Vince McMahon as he was heading backstage following the Daniel Bryan retirement segment. O'Niel's grabbing of McMahon is not being reported as maliscious but rather "playful", nonetheless Vince didn't like it! Over the years we have learned what that means. The incident did make it onto the final seconds of the broadcast but has been edited from the video WWE posted to YouTube. As soon as we can find a version that has not been pulled from YouTube it will be posted here. I bolded the 90 day part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Side note - as pointed out by mookieghana - they spelled Titus name three different ways in that story It makes me giggle 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 One thing I also noticed during Raw - Titus was noticeably throwing out boo boo faces during his loss to Adam Rose. The best example was during the final pinfall - he has a total look of "I'm laying down because I'm being told to." I'm wondering if that compounded things at all and had to do with the length of the suspension and piling onto what they considered "unprofessional conduct". Personally, I'm far more offended by him apparently being a bitch about jobbing than him fucking around with Vince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 90 days seems unreasonable but I echo the sentiment about possible not knowing the whole story. But imagine if you worked for a 800 million dollar company and you unexpectedly and roughly grabbed the freaking owner. But also imagine if said owner spends his time micromanaging low level employees and is still insanely involved in every portion of the company (announcers headsets come to mind). Yup, another pro wrestling story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Wade Keller @thewadekeller 9m9 minutes ago From what I'm hearing, this was not a unanimous decision backstage how the Titus situation is being interpreted and dealt with. Wade Keller is a professional writer, ladies and gentlemen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I wonder if this is going to be an Emma situation where they backtrack over the course of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Maybe he hurt Vince when he grabbed him? Tweaked the old man's shoulder or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Here is a second view https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/Cavx3tSWAAAKTLS.mp4 Of course - all I keep seeing is how Lana knows EXACTLY when to turn to the camera to make sure she gets her face time Just like Brie Bella, coming down the aisle to ... um ... can I just let the joke hang here and still avoid being Cash'd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I wish I were 20 years older and had gone into wrestling journalism. Meltzer and Keller set the bar pretty low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 He reached for the Brass Ring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Closer to a talc ring. Or an onion ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 “Titus, you fell off your horse, but that didn't stop you! You got back on and fell off again. But that's okay, you proved to everybody that winning isn't everything. And tonight you're gonna prove to everyone that all you have to do is bolieve!“ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Grabbing Vince by the arm = About the same length of time that Adrian Peterson was suspended for beating a child with a telephone pole. And just a little longer than Greg Hardy for trying t strangle a woman to death. Vince is nearly a 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Is 70 really that close to 100. I'm just saying. It's not like Titus grabbed Betty White, she's 94 that's nearly 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Closer to 100 than 10. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Got me there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Grabbing Vince by the arm = About the same length of time that Adrian Peterson was suspended for beating a child with a telephone pole. And just a little longer than Greg Hardy for trying t strangle a woman to death. Vince is nearly a 100. Vic, No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Maybe Vince was just pissed that Titus grabbed his arm and not his ass? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I wonder if Titus got a talking to from Vince backstage and reacted unprofessionally and that's what caused the suspension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Titus being suspended for 90 days is ridiculous, and I don't even enjoy the dude's ring work. When you can get a DUI and get a smaller suspension, something is wrong here. Fuck, even your first Wellness violation is, what, 30 days? Something like that? There HAS to be more to the story, otherwise this seems really odd. I get and agree that it was unprofessional, but three months? Good god. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Maybe Vince just doesn't like him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Well, '97 Vince would have let HBK give him a reach-around right in the middle of the ring on live television - in fact, that might have actually happened - so it's clear that Vince doesn't really like Titus by comparison. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Shawn Michaels made him money, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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