The Wrestling Thread

scorp · July 31, 2021

Reading that someone from the WWE called a reporter to make up that AEW/Dominos story.

Hilarious if true.

Grimmjow316 · July 31, 2021

Man I’m surprised Rey’s wife didn’t call the cops. Some fans love to be habitual line steppers, like that weirdo who was sending merch to the parents of some wrestlers so they would get x wrestler to sign them.

Edited July 31, 2021 by Grimmjow316

HD-Man · July 31, 2021

Lmao if this is true. Cmon son

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2021/07/31/wwe-accused-of-planting-story-about-sponsors-upset-with-aew/

HD-Man · July 31, 2021

Holy shit, wtf is going on in WWE? Bray's gone, I'm guessing he may have quit due to Brodie's passing

https://www.wwe.com/article/bray-wyatt-released

Edited July 31, 2021 by HD-Man

Hawkingbird · July 31, 2021

Tony blowing up his phone as we speak.

Maxx · July 31, 2021

So two possible rumors I'm hearing

1. Is he's dealing with serious covid issues going back since april

2. Creative is shit.

3. This is my personal opinion based on things. Creative is shit and rather than keep him and keep spending money, cut him loose. Wwe is selling and no one can convince me otherwise.

HD-Man · July 31, 2021

7 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

Tony blowing up his phone as we speak.

Bray taking over Dark Order in honor of Brodie just FEELS right

Maxx · July 31, 2021

1 minute ago, HD-Man said:

Bray taking over Dark Order in honor of Brodie just FEELS right

Nooo I don't want that. I want the dark order to be an aew pure thing. Home grown.

Hawkingbird · July 31, 2021

With Brodie son being a semi-regular member of the Dark Order I doubt it will go back to what it was.

Edited July 31, 2021 by Hawkingbird

HD-Man · July 31, 2021

23 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Nooo I don't want that. I want the dark order to be an aew pure thing. Home grown.

I feel ya, but a homegrown Dark Order went out the door when Brodie took over. 🤷🏾‍♂️

But it's just wishful thinking on my part, Bray probably wants to do something new and different anyways, he's not the type to retread and Dark Order is cool the way it is

Maxx · July 31, 2021

20 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

With Brodie son being a semi-regular member of the Dark Order I doubt it will go back to what it was.

The dark order has said they have no leader except Jr. And he's more a leader in the sense.. Everyone fears what he would do if they didn't say he was leader.

HD-Man · July 31, 2021

Looks like your theory about WWE selling could pan out Maxx, I'm hearing "budget cuts" was the reason they let Bray go....

Hawkingbird · July 31, 2021

Meltzer is saying Bray release is a "budget cut".

Maxx · July 31, 2021

🤷🏾 Telling you... They are selling. Every big contract not in the middle of a hot fued is getting fired and rehired at a lower salary.

Hawkingbird · July 31, 2021

5 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Every big contract not in the middle of a hot fued

That's not true. Braun and Black were both let go while in the middle of angles

Jurassic · July 31, 2021

It would be safe to assume that anyone in a certain pay bracket that is not vetted by the higher ups may not be safe. WWE might be offering contract buyouts / quid pro quo to certain wrestlers. Either way, it is clear WWE is reworking the company budget by thinning out the roster. I can't remember a year like this where so much talent was let go in multiple phases.

Edited July 31, 2021 by Jurassic

scorp · July 31, 2021

Bray being the leader of the Dark Order is actually the ONLY person that wouldn't be rejected by the fans.

Grimmjow316 · July 31, 2021

I think we all should have seen the writing on the wall when Alexa began becoming more of a prominent figure with The Fiend gimmick, powers, etc.

Maxx · July 31, 2021

1 hour ago, Hawkingbird said:

That's not true. Braun and Black were both let go while in the middle of angles

?? Neither was a hot fued.

Hawkingbird · July 31, 2021

7 minutes ago, Maxx said:

?? Neither was a hot fued.

Black had just kick started a feud with Big E when he got let go. Braun was in a triple threat for the WWE title the last before.

Maxx · July 31, 2021

2 hours ago, Hawkingbird said:

Black had just kick started a feud with Big E when he got let go. Braun was in a triple threat for the WWE title the last before.

How do you call someone getting fired the day they showed up as a hot fued lol. It barely started

And the best part is big e didnt know he was even feuding til he showed up that day

Hawkingbird · July 31, 2021

6 minutes ago, Maxx said:

How do you call someone getting fired the day they showed up as a hot fued lol. It barely started

And the best part is big e didnt know he was even feuding til he showed up that day

Because Black had promos building up his character on TV for weeks and finally made his redebut costing Big E the IC title. The company is giving Big E the slow burn push so it could have been hot.

Maxx · August 1, 2021

7 hours ago, Hawkingbird said:

Because Black had promos building up his character on TV for weeks and finally made his redebut costing Big E the IC title. The company is giving Big E the slow burn push so it could have been hot.

Emphasis on could. Wasn't in actuality... Never got a chance to go.

In other news... Njpw is showing murder

Hawkingbird · August 1, 2021

Damn, Desperado showing no chill.

Hawkingbird · August 1, 2021

Maxx · August 2, 2021

Keep an eye on pwg tonight

HD-Man · August 2, 2021

Looks like Adam Cole might be the next to leave WWE, he's done everything he could possibly do in NXT honestly, so it's either stagnate there or go to the main roster to die. Happy to see him go on to greener pastures as much as I love him in NXT

Rumors of course

Hawkingbird · August 2, 2021

3 hours ago, HD-Man said:

Looks like Adam Cole might be the next to leave WWE, he's done everything he could possibly do in NXT honestly, so it's either stagnate there or go to the main roster to die. Happy to see him go on to greener pastures as much as I love him in NXT

Rumors of course

WWE got caught slipping again. His contract expired at the Great American Bash. The company didn't catch this as they thought his contract was set to end in December. So far he's agreed to work until Summer Slam.

If I were Cole I would take a break. He's been stagnating since losing the title. The feud with Kyle and Pat were the best things he's done post title reign.

HD-Man · August 2, 2021

36 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

WWE got caught slipping again. His contract expired at the Great American Bash. The company didn't catch this as they thought his contract was set to end in December. So far he's agreed to work until Summer Slam.

If I were Cole I would take a break. He's been stagnating since losing the title. The feud with Kyle and Pat were the best things he's done post title reign.

Cole honestly should dip out to AEW so he can have the freedom to work with all the other promotions for fresh matchups, he's done it all in NXT, even he took a break it'd still be the same

Maxx · August 2, 2021

I just realized pwg didn't do a live stream. Lmfaooo do they thing they are gonna sell dvds??!

scorp · August 2, 2021

WWE contracts department is run by monkeys.

HD-Man · August 2, 2021

And WWE just released Jojo, Bray's main squeeze. Extra petty 😂

Maxx · August 2, 2021

35 minutes ago, HD-Man said:

And WWE just released Jojo, Bray's main squeeze. Extra petty 😂

I doubt it's a petty thing and was requested

Lantis · August 2, 2021

Has Jojo been doing anything at all since having her baby?

Grimmjow316 · August 2, 2021

I remember reading she had some complications when the couple had the second child. Plus at this point WWE found it easier to cut her since she probably wasn’t coming back, they just weren’t expecting Bray to be let go as well.

Also that’s another name that has taken off since the Orton storyline.

Hawkingbird · August 2, 2021

1 hour ago, scorp said:

WWE contracts department is run by monkeys.

All this contract fuckery started when Vince gave Johnny Ace his old job back. This never happened when Trips of head of talent relations.

HD-Man · August 2, 2021

20 minutes ago, Lantis said:

Has Jojo been doing anything at all since having her baby?

Honestly I didn't know she was still with the company

Lantis · August 2, 2021

In b4 Ric coming out of retirement for the umpteenth time LOL

HD-Man · August 2, 2021

1 minute ago, Lantis said:

In b4 Ric coming out of retirement for the umpteenth time LOL

You joking but he might fr. Some wrestlers honestly need to stay in WWE for their own good (stares at Jeff Hardy) 😂

Hawkingbird · August 2, 2021

59 minutes ago, Lantis said:

In b4 Ric coming out of retirement for the umpteenth time LOL

Maybe he wants to go to AEW to hang out with Arn and Tully again.

Maxx · August 2, 2021

25 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

Maybe he wants to go to AEW to hang out with Arn and Tully again.

I bet it's a bit of that and seeing the writing on the wall as well

Darc_Requiem · August 2, 2021

5 hours ago, scorp said:

WWE contracts department is run by monkeys.

Don't let Evil Canadian hear you say that fam 🤣

HD-Man · August 3, 2021

CM Punk and We Want Wyatt chants on RAW 😂

HD-Man · August 3, 2021

Ali seems pretty over in Chicago,bet that felt great for an underappreciated guy like him

Grimmjow316 · August 3, 2021

To bad he got the WWE hometown treatment.

HD-Man · August 3, 2021

Weekly Keith Lee burial.... Or Kross burial?

iStu X · August 3, 2021

10 hours ago, Grimmjow316 said:

scorp · August 3, 2021

27 minutes ago, HD-Man said:

Weekly Keith Lee burial.... Or Kross burial?

scorp · August 3, 2021

Retribution was ridiculed at the time, but in retrospect they have been one of the most successful stables in WWE history.
They set out to destroy WWE and one year later the ratings are in the toilet, NXT lost the Wednesday night war and multiple top talents have been released from the company.