Kang Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, Peck said: Hmmm... thoughts? Probably something about Xavier Woods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldcupfever Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, D.Z said: Probably something about Xavier Woods. Exactly what I was thinking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Well damn. I thought the Fashion Police were gonna be forever hires, given how many times they've survived cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Woods could leave WWE, stream exclusively on Twitch and do indie shows or whatever, and probably make more money than he does in WWE. Also never underestimate the allure of complete creative freedom and a company that dominates the business you love firing some of your best friends (or firing others and mandating that you edit them out of a video game stream, fucking up the flow and your future plans for said channel/series). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) I had no idea 205 Live was still a thing until I read this thread. Next, you'll be telling me that Main Event is still on the air... somewhere. Edit: I was sure Main Event had been canceled. Nope, and apparently Karrion Kross was just on the show (not feeling sad about missing that). Lol, what else is still on the air that I don't know about. Edited June 25, 2021 by Eoae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Eoae said: I had no idea 205 Live was still a thing until I read this thread. Next, you'll be telling me that Main Event is still on the air... somewhere. It is, on hulu and peacock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I'm guessing Nick Khan doesn't care about how much money UUDD generates for the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Alvarez is claiming there are more cuts whose names just haven't come out yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Xavier Woods' contract allegedly runs until 2024. Not sure what the six months comment is supposed to be about. Lost in the (deserved) frothing hatred of corporate cost-cutting is the very real fact that all these releases have to do with an industry-wide talent surplus. This is the generation of talent that grew up watching the Attitude Era, 25-to-35 year olds who probably represent the biggest number of wrestlers than any generation is ever going to see. And yes, WWE panic-bought a lot of these guys and horded a lot of others when they thought they had a chance of keeping AEW off the ground. It does make plenty of sense. But every batch of these releases features somebody that I just can't wrap my head around. Ever-Rise doesn't add up. Tyler Breeze is not a good look for locker room morale & the amount of eyes that are on UUDD. We know the bigwigs are ignorant to this stuff, but jeeeeez. And you wonder why Tony Khan & AEW are investing so much of their profits into the gaming market... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Did Xavier Woods ever finish his doctoral thesis? I thought he had, but Google doesn't turn up anything conclusive. He's well-educated, charismatic, and seems to understand how to market himself. God help the rest of us if he can't figure out how to make money outside of the WWE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 There is a stat floating around the internet that the WWE had 340 wrestlers under contract across all their brands. I don't know if that is 100% accurate but I also wouldn't be surprised if it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) It's lower now with some of these purges. Cagematch has the full rosters but they count some non wrestlers and refs. Edited June 25, 2021 by D.Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, odessasteps said: I'm guessing Nick Khan doesn't care about how much money UUDD generates for the company. When you have blood money from the Saudis and insane money deals with TV networks, who cares about expanding your footprint into other mediums? Like I mentioned in the AEW thread - meanwhile, the other Khan invested $20 million into Epic Games (and $10m into the video game, apparently). I'm not trying to go the route of "hurr hurr AEW good WWE bad", but one clearly sees where the future is headed, and the other one just wants as much money as possible no matter how many murderers they have to deal with. We can talk about an industry wide talent surplus, but it doesn't matter because in a few weeks/months, WWE is going to go on another hiring spree and announce another PC class, and then they'll fire some more people (and some of them might be hires from earlier this year). They're cutting talent and staff so the numbers look better for the next quarter, and when they do, they'll hire again, then cut again, then the next report will come out, rinse repeat. The "post 'Mania" release doesn't exist now, it's probably moving towards a "pre-quarter" cut every year. Edited June 25, 2021 by Casey 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Which name does Woods use on G4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 PWI is saying the Bollywood Boyz are being released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Just now, RIPPA said: There is a stat floating around the internet that the WWE had 340 wrestlers under contract across all their brands. I don't know if that is 100% accurate but I also wouldn't be surprised if it was I saw one going around with the last set of cuts that they were a little over 300 and the cuts got them to like 285 or something like that. They definitely have more talent signed than they can use consistently, and even with touring starting back, it doesn't sound like the 5 days a week touring schedule is ever coming back (which is probably a blessing for roster health). Although, you have to worry about the string of injuries that are bound to happen even with the current touring starting up in a couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, odessasteps said: Which name does Woods use on G4? Xavier Woods aka Austin Creed. They literally say all of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I mean, at this point it's going to be the entire 205 Live roster, right? Maybe minus the guys that they just debuted on there, but it seems like the show is toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Just now, S.K.o.S. said: I mean, at this point it's going to be the entire 205 Live roster, right? Maybe minus the guys that they just debuted on there, but it seems like the show is toast. This can't be good for Diamond Mine on NXT either as that stable is supposed to be CW Title focused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 There are degrees of scale obviously, buy I don't know if a company ultimately bankrolled by an NFL owner can have its fans name calling the morality of the other misanthropic promotion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Curt Stallion has also been released which I don't think was said yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Chaos said: This can't be good for Diamond Mine on NXT either as that stable is supposed to be CW Title focused. The CW belt is pretty much an NXT title, so they're probably OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Just will have to do call ups for 205. If it was up to me, I would axe the brand and replace it with shoot style brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, RIPPA said: There is a stat floating around the internet that the WWE had 340 wrestlers under contract across all their brands. I don't know if that is 100% accurate but I also wouldn't be surprised if it was Curious how many wrestlers were in WCW during its bloated worse. When Lanny Poffo had a contract there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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