Heat on MNM for no apparent reason

[Skippord]

There is heat on Johnny Nitro and Melina of MNM in regard to the SmackDown! locker room right now. The boys backstage feel Nitro is growing distant from everyone in the locker room since he is dating Melina. It seems that Nitro is always by Melina's side instead of being with the boys. As is almost common knowledge, WWE locker rooms have unwritten codes of conduct and all the boys, especially veterens like Undertaker and JBL, believe in them strongly and Nitro seems to be breaking one of those rules by ignoring the boys and spending so much time with Melina.

It's been said that Joey Matthews has realized this and has started to distance himself from the other two in fear of getting the same eventual treatement from the locker room. Apparently, Melina has the most of the heat of the two as she is constantly trying to make trouble and may have had a hand in the Booker-Batista fiasco. One person backstage even predicted that if things don't change immediately, they will be JBL's new target and if the Palmer Cannon incident didn't shed light on this, no one wants to be JBL's target backstage.

Even more, because of this and the momentum Brian Kendrick & Paul London, it seems that Judgment Day is as good a time as any for MNM to drop the titles. What lies in the future for MNM after that is unknown, but mid-carders who have heat in the locker room rarely get far in WWE.

[UmbrellaCorporation]

Anyone who puts heat on MNM is wrong.


There, I said it. MNM = Gods.

[Skippord]

JBL=Sodomy for a dude hanging out with his girlfriend

[loopydate]

Well, if they wanted to put Joey Matthews in the new ECW, here's their excuse.

[The One]

Most of you just don't understand, and could never understand the packstage politics and unspoken codes of backstage wrestling. You do not distance yourself from the boys, they are family to you.

[Blitz]

God, it really is like high school.

[Skippord]

I would still totally hang out with my fine girlfriend

[The One]

You fuckers don't get it. If someone on the New England Patriots started to become a cold hearted ass in the locker room and began to blow off his team mates everyone from ESPN to the drunken assholes who watch them weekly would turn on them...someone does it backstage of a wrestling event and everyone goes to their defense. Not only are wrestlers often closer then NFL teammates, they also have to be so open with one another that they must trust one another with THEIR VERY LIVES mutlipule times every night.

Yeah wow, who cares if their close or hate each other...everyone just over reacts. Until you've been through it, don't judge it.

[loopydate]

There's a difference between being a "cold-hearted ass" and "wanting to spend time with your girlfriend, despite how much of a dogface she is."

[Skippord]

I bet Tom Brady is a giant dickface in the locker room

[loopydate]

He must be. He has a girlfriend!

[The One]

Like you jerk offs never got upset at one of your best friends who started to spend a little too much time with their new girlfriend rather then spend time with "you and your homies." Sometimes blowing someone off is offensive, and a little tip for anyone finds themselves backstage at a wrestling event, don't be an offensive ass.

[Skippord]

That would only be if I had friends though

[loopydate]

First off, no need to resort to name-calling One. You're better than that.

Second, yeah it pisses me off when my friends start to spend more time with their girlfriends than with me, but I get over it because I'm not a teenager anymore.

[crash99]

Most of you just don't understand, and could never understand the packstage politics and unspoken codes of backstage wrestling. You do not distance yourself from the boys, they are family to you.


I understand this. Sometimes these unwritten rules seem a little too much, but everyone should follow them. Its what keep the locker room in control. The rules are their for a reason, and if anyone has ever been a part of any type of team or a locker room environment, their are always unwritten rules in the room, and you need to follow them out of respect to everyone else. The rules are their for a reason.

[Savio]

There's a difference between being a "cold-hearted ass" and "wanting to spend time with your girlfriend, despite how much of a dogface she is."
Cuz we all know loopy is rolling in ladies
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What did JBL do to Cannon??

[Steve The Pirate]

Aye be hearin that Melina wants Nitro with her a lot more often cuz of all the stalking that Foley is doing.

Truthfully however, yar the SmackDown lockerrom be quite old school when it be comin to conduct. Lance Storm has told tales of this in the past. Also what be givin Melina heat is her supposed arrogance (shyness perhaps?)

[Steve The Pirate]

That would only be if I had friends though
Or a wench to spend time with fer that matter.

[Mr. JL]

This all sounds childish if you ask me.

Yes, if that is the way things are run backstage by people who have more power than yourself, then fine. Accept it or do not accept it, but the individual has to accept the consequences of disrupting that or not.

I am merely saying that it sounds quite silly.

[neuicon]

The politics are totally undertsnadable. I get it completly, but why is it that when you're like a family, you have to get into this gang - like inviornment where if you diss the family, you get fucked up. It's wrong.

I know this from my own past, and backstage where I was, it was family no matter what. There never was any true underbelly - style politics. These guys are taking it way too seriously.

Wrestling and making true friends, I get that. Yeah, like a family, but you unbderstand family when they find a significant other that makes them happy. You don't swing your dick in their face and say, hang with us, and not with her, or you'll get it real bad...

[Steve The Pirate]

...It isn't much different than t'politics on this board.

[The One]

First off, no need to resort to name-calling One. You're better than that.

Moment of frustration got the better of me. To whoever I was name calling (honestly I don't remember and am too lazy to go back to check who) I am sorry. I am just so tired of everyone with a keyboard and an internet connection thinking that they understand how things work backstage. They don't understand the unspoken rules or the traditions. And while some may find it to be silly, most every single wrestler you talk to will tell you the importance of them. They serve a purpose, and that is unity. There was a time when it was a mentality of "look out for number one" and most locker room have moved past that point. They move forward and make progress to create an atmosphere of brother-hood. And just like there is always someone on the football team who feels like the black sheep and bitches about it, there is always someone in the locker room willing to talk about how everyone is at each other throats backstage. I don't know how many times I have heard "annonimous" people talk about how big of a dick Taker, or Angle, or whoever it may has been...but I would bet nickle to quarter that most of the boys are just fine with the vets. Ultimately it doesn't matter what I, or you, or anyone on this board thinks about the backstahe polotics, because we don't deal with it. I just wish all this "Awww poor baby" shit that pops up everytime someone acts like an ass backstage would go away.

[The Naitch]

wow this shit is so gay.

[The Naitch]

lol The One had dinner with The Rock and now he thinks he's the lockerroom leader.

[The One]

This has more to do with the fact that I have spent a lot of time backstage of wrestling events seeing as...you know...I was a pro wrestler. Even in indys there are rules of ediquete. And don't try to make this out to be that I think me running into him at a resturant changed anything, I had a minute talk with him, nothing more.

[The Naitch]

thats great, man

[Kane Knight]

Most of you just don't understand, and could never understand the packstage politics and unspoken codes of backstage wrestling. You do not distance yourself from the boys, they are family to you.

No, we do understand. We were all 13 once too. The difference is, after we hit puberty, most of us grew out of it.

[Kane Knight]

Like you jerk offs never got upset at one of your best friends who started to spend a little too much time with their new girlfriend rather then spend time with "you and your homies." Sometimes blowing someone off is offensive, and a little tip for anyone finds themselves backstage at a wrestling event, don't be an offensive ass.

Yeah, someone's career can easily be destroyed by your jungle gym ethics and sanbox ettiquette, and we're the jerkoffs.

No wonder you've never had a dick in your ass. That 10' pole is blocking it off.

[Pinnacle Charisma]

[QUOTE=Skippord]

It's been said that Joey Matthews has realized this and has started to distance himself from the other two in fear of getting the same eventual treatement from the locker room. Apparently, Melina has the most of the heat of the two as she is constantly trying to make trouble and may have had a hand in the Booker-Batista fiasco. One person backstage even predicted that if things don't change immediately, they will be JBL's new target and if the Palmer Cannon incident didn't shed light on this, no one wants to be JBL's target backstage.

QUOTE]


I cant remember hearing anything about Palmer Cannon and JBL. I remember hearing that Cannon was shitty with the creative team because he they where not letting him wrestle but I didnt hear anything with JBL being involved.

Could someone shed some light on this for me?

[Kane Knight]

JBL apparently harrassed him right out of the WWE.

[FourFifty]

Apparently, Melina has the most of the heat of the two as she is constantly trying to make trouble and may have had a hand in the Booker-Batista fiasco.

Two things- source and I thought the Booker/Batista thingie was a work.

[Dorkchop]

There's been somewhat of a lot of news on hazing backstage, and the JBL-esque guys who throw their weight around. Maybe Nitro doesn't like being around that. Maybe it's just not his thing.

Maybe the Smackdown locker room isn't nealy as bad as it's sounded lately. Maybe it's fine, and everything is being blown out of proportion. I don't know, because I'm not there and can't know for sure.

Palmer quit and it's apparently from backstage/locker room hazing.

[Steve The Pirate]

Ye took a fair amount of time to say absolutely nothing.

[weather vane]

It's a fucking joke if you ask me.

[Rammsteinmad]

Melina's a performer herself though, so what's so wrong about it?

Or is it kinda like... guys hang over here, girls over there.

I never use to hang out with guys a lot when I was wrestling. Backstage I use to just sit around and maybe speak to one or two people... I don't see what's wrong about it. Nobody gave me any hassle, but would do all the "good luck" or "good match" stuff.

[Skippord]

Two things- source and I thought the Booker/Batista thingie was a work.
Its from NoDQ I just forgot to copy the top

[Disturbed316]

Bro's before ho's.

[Kane Knight]

Bro's before ho's.

That's pretty gay man.

[Disturbed316]

Just ask JBL that.

[Kane Knight]

JBL thinks sticking a dick up someone's ass is normal though.

[Disturbed316]

Well for him it is. But for normal folk like us on in the real world, no way.

[Kane Knight]

I just want to see JBL scream "I wish I could quit you!"

[Kane Knight]

Or whatever the exact quote is.

[Disturbed316]

I pretty sure he said that after the goose stepping thing in Germany.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I understand what the One is saying. I mean I'm sure anyone whose played an organized team sport understands the comradery you have as teammates.

[94 SVT Cobra]

God forbid a guy wants to hang out with the opposite sex more so then his own...ESPECIALLY when its his gf, his companion on the road thats there for him emotionally (and sexually) in ways guys cant be.....how dare he

Seriously, thats some BS....Does he fuck up his in ring work, is he being an asshole or just distant? if hes not being an ass and keeps up his in ring work good....then who gives a fuck?

[94 SVT Cobra]

Like you jerk offs never got upset at one of your best friends who started to spend a little too much time with their new girlfriend rather then spend time with "you and your homies." Sometimes blowing someone off is offensive, and a little tip for anyone finds themselves backstage at a wrestling event, don't be an offensive ass.


I was that dude, and never got mad at the ones who did it, fuck its inevitable really.

[TerranRich]

And what if Nitro ended up marrying Melina? Should he still spend more time with the "boys" than with his own wife? When does it stop?

You know, I used to have a group of friends. My best friend then had a kid and I got a serious g/f and others just had their own lives. Now I understand that if we were on a team of some sort, working together, that we'd have to spend time together. But is Nitro supposed to ruin what could end up being a good relationship, just because his limited-mentality peers can't handle it?

[Kane Knight]

And what if Nitro ended up marrying Melina? Should he still spend more time with the "boys" than with his own wife? When does it stop?

YES.

YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND!

[Destor]

LOL, I was just talking to a guy (who I shall leave nameless) on here the other day about this kind of stuff. Generally I don't get in on the middle of fanboys pretending they know anything about this kind of stuff, and I wont here. All I 'll say is this: if every else in the looker room deals with it, and manages not to piss the locker room off, Nitro should be able to as well.

[Mr. Aristocrat]

Destor may be on to something.

[TerranRich]

I don't pretend to understand backstage crap, but I DO understand common sense.

[Steve The Pirate]

T'would be common sense to avoid pissing off t'backstage then. I never remember Kidman having these problems.

[Kane Knight]

Which is all fine and dandy, as long as you don't get heat for a perceived slight, as opposed to a real one.

[St. Jimmy]

Vagina > Penises.

This. Is. Law.

[hb2k]

Yeh, where did this come from, because it wasn't Meltzer

If it came from Keller, then who cares.

[Vermaat]

There's gotta be more to this. Booker isn't having any problems or anyone else, so there is probably more to this.

[Skippord]

CAATFIIIIIIIIGHT



NoDQ.com > WWE > Backstage fight between Melina and Sharmell
Posted by Aaron Rift on 05/18/2006 at 04:32 PM

Mike Johnson reports that at Saturday's WWE house show in El Paso, TX Sharmell the wife of Booker T and Melina were involved in a backstage pull apart fight.

Johnson says the fight stemmed from Melina's recent relationship with Batista. Melina has had major backstage heat in recent months for her relationship with Batista and her bad attitude. There is also heat on Johnny Nitro of MNM in regard to the SmackDown! locker room right now. The boys backstage feel Nitro is growing distant from everyone in the locker room since he is now currently dating Melina. It seems that Nitro is always by Melina's side instead of being with the boys. She was even taken to wrestler's court where Undertaker is the judge before a Smackdown taping recently.

JBL of all people was the one who broke the fight up and was the peace maker during the altercation.

[Kane Knight]

JBL was worried they'd keep fighting and boobies might fall out.

[Skippord]

Fucking JBL

[Steve The Pirate]

Hah hah! I've read a those wrestler courts before, I know it can't be like what I think they are, but I find them quite hilarious regardless.

[Corkscrewed]

and may have had a hand in the Booker-Batista fiasco.
See, that's the part that confuses me, because I too thought we established that was a total work... :?:

[Corkscrewed]

Nvm, I just read the thing in the bookerbatista thread by WoooFlair.

[Aussie Skier]

Judge Mark "undertaker" Calloway presiding.

The people are real, the cases are real, the rulings are final. This is his court, this is Mark Calloway.

:)

[darkpower]

First and foremost, I think (not sure about this, but oh well) that the Batista/Booker thing was legit and the WWE is just going to use the shoot-heat as a basis for an angle. Not sure about that, though, but that's what I thought I read, anyway.

As far as this MNM crap goes, remember who we're talking about here: Taker and JBL, two guys who have had some reputations as being awful locker room roll models for a variety of reasons. While I would like to think different of those two (I've been a Taker mark my whole life, don't ask, and JBL has been one of the brightest spots on SD lately), we have to remember that their rep sucks right now, and since they have the backstage pull, they will end up getting McMahon's attention REAL quick if they start bitching about anything at ALL. It sucks, but that's how it would go down.

The only real problem I MYSELF could see in the dating thing is what'll happen to the odd man out. Since it's Nitro that is dating Melina, and Mercury and Nitro are currently tagging, if this kind of news keeps coming up, we might be wondering how he feels about all of this (we know he is trying to distance himself from all the bullshit, but sooner or later he's gonna have to say something about it). If Mercury is not happy from this, then there will be some problems, because then MNM will be in danger as a tag team, and that will be one tag team in an already scarce WWE TT pool lost.

What I'd do is to go the smark route and just make it into a storyline, having Mercury come out and tell the world how unhappy he because he's known about Nitro and Melina going out (maybe to the same place that Nunzio and Vito's angle is taking them, if you want to tie in THAT angle, too), and it is hurting their WWE cred backstage and shit like that, which would prompt a Nitro vs. Mercury match down the road.

[Impact!]

Judge Mark "undertaker" Calloway presiding.

The people are real, the cases are real, the rulings are final. This is his court, this is Mark Calloway.

:)
Good evening Mr. Skier.

[Kane Knight]

Judge Mark "undertaker" Calloway presiding.

The people are real, the cases are real, the rapings are final. This is his court, this is Mark Calloway.

:)

[TerranRich]

She was even taken to wrestler's court where Undertaker is the judge before a Smackdown taping recently.
LMAO, it's like middle school, with mock courts and fights that need to be broken up.

Undertaker: I sentence you to rest....iiiinnn...peeeeaaaacceeueuuuuuhhnnnnnn...
Flair: WOOOO!!!
Undertaker: I will have order in the court!
Mark Henry: Oh, uh, I'll take a number 5 with large fries and a diet coke.

[Xero]

LMAO, it's like middle school, with mock courts and fights that need to be broken up.

Undertaker: I sentence you to rest....iiiinnn...peeeeaaaacceeueuuuuuhhnnnnnn...
Flair: WOOOO!!!
Undertaker: I will have order in the court!
Mark Henry: Oh, uh, I'll take a number 5 with large fries and a diet coke.
Randy Orton: Hey guys, take a look at what I did in Maria's bag! :rofl:

[Kane Knight]

LMAO, it's like middle school, with mock courts and fights that need to be broken up.

You don't understand!!!

[My Final Heaven]

The only thing I'm thinking is this: The "boys" are fine with Booker/Sharmell. They're fine with Punk/Maria. Crap, they were fine with Torrie/Kidman & Austin/Debra. There's something extra going on with Nitro/Melina. Also, Melina sounds like somebody that likes stirring up shit. :shifty: I dunno, I've always been a guy who doesn't get affected by a hot chick. I just judge people by their actions. She could look like Helen of Troy, but if she turns out to be a bitch, I won't be able to stand being around her.

[The One]

You guys are making this into something that it isn't. This whole "Wrestler's Court" isn't new. But it's also not what you think. You're making it out to be where they put on a fake robe and say stuff like "This court is in order." It's nothing like that. Basically what happens is they come together, in the spirit of unity, and usually one of the vets brings up the problems and presents it to the people who are causing them. It's more like when a family is getting mad at each other, you all gather around the dinner table and your dad starts talking about how "He and your mother" feel. There isn't a trial, there is just people who are trying to make the backstage locker room run smoothly. You have to remember that these people travel together and see each other 200 times a year, and in the indy scene you usually work out together at least 200 times a year...you become like family. So really these "courts" are more like a family meeting, then a trail to find someone guilty.

Of course some people find it very embarassing when someone less then flattering is pointed out about them. Some people are ok, they work at it and move on. Those are the people who others would like to work with because it shows they have the right attitude. I honestly don't believe they do it to be a bunch of assholes, they do it so they can air their problems out amoung "The boys"....because the last thing any wrestler wants to do is go to managment about a problem, that's just...well...a no-no.

I know I am going to get KK to pounce on this, where he can turn it around and make it sound like I am in 3rd grade, but seriously, you honestly havn't been in that enviroment. You don't seem to understand that this isn't something people do to boost egos or embarass others. It's done to maintain a positive working enviroment. Oh and feel free to make some sophmoric joke about some pretend story of JBL sticking his dick in your ass being a positive enviroment instead actually talking about the points I made.

[Kane Knight]

This whole "Wrestler's Court" isn't new. But it's also not what you think. You're making it out to be where they put on a fake robe and say stuff like "This court is in order." It's nothing like that.

This is a place where "you don't understand" is actually as legit comment.

Unlike you telling us that playground behaviour is difficult to understand unless you're a wrestler, there is something you're missing. Most specifically, the fact that the "robes" and all those other comments are primarily intended to mock, not be indicitive of truth. That you feel the need to educate us shows a disappointing lack of comprehension on your end.

Perhaps your very narrow viewpoint is why you think we don't get such things that one would have easily also experienced in High School, Middle School, Elementary School, and life in general, events which are relatively commonplace (Hazing, cliques, politicking "backstage") and think they are so different, so epically unique to you and yours. Perhaps it's part of the same notion that, if a value is not shared, it is not understood the red states are always whining about. I don't know.

It's tragically funny to hear you explain this stuff, though, when people do get it, and merely mock your kind for it. We get it. We really do. You can break it down to sound different, special, or unique, but this is the only kind of special you end up looking like:

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http://www.dsherwood-guitartuition.co.uk/retard.jpg

[tucsonspeed6]

I'm kinda in the middle on this one. Being realistic, Wrestling Court probably has nothing to do with hazing or politiking. If Geraldo did a big expose on it, I doubt anybody would make a big stink about it, because it would probably just look like what One said: a group of wrestlers trying to solve a dispute without making a mountain out of a mole hill. In theory it sounds like a good way to settle disputes diplomatically

That being said, I have to disagree with One about what the dispute was over. Saying things like "Nitro distances himself" or he's "become aloof" sounds like a lot of flowery language that shows one very biased viewpoint of a guy who isn't hanging out with the guys backstage. The whole situation reminds me of the scene in "One Fall" when Joey finds out that talking to the women wrestlers is taboo. It's really childish. If it were a matter of trust or safety, we'd see storys about wrestler's court puting Mark Henry on trial for injuring everyone he's had a program with.

[M-A-G]

What I don't get is how a guy spending a lot of time with his girlfriend makes it difficult if not impossible for a multi-million dollar wrestling company with shitloads of other talent and problems to run smoothly. You'd think there weren't any, you know, BIGGER problems going on with something like this.

[Kane Knight]

What I don't get is how a guy spending a lot of time with his girlfriend makes it difficult if not impossible for a multi-million dollar wrestling company with shitloads of other talent and problems to run smoothly. You'd think there weren't any, you know, BIGGER problems going on with something like this.

Wrestlers, apparently, can't like pussy.

No wonder The One is so quick to condemn. ;)

[M-A-G]

Wrestlers, apparently, can't like pussy.

No wonder The One is so quick to condemn. ;)

Well, it's not so much a knock against The One because he has been there amongst the comradary (sp?) so I'll just have to take his word for it. If he says that its a big deal amongst the guys well, OK, fine, then it's a big deal. But what I'm getting at is why should it be a big deal? Is Nitro missing meetings? Is he not going over matches and spots and angles with the necessary people? Is he making the company lose vast amounts of money? Is it affecting his performance to the point where he's useless? No? Then why should anyone care? You'd think he was the Ultimate Warrior or something.

THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF JOHNNY NITRO!!!
*JBL*: He was by far the most heterosexual guy I've ever been in the ring with.

*Gene Okerlund*: A total skirt-chaser...

*Vince McMahon*: I could not <b>WAIT</b> to fire him so I could grope Melina....

*Ultimate Warrior*: Queering don't make the world go round....

*HHH*: Johnny what-now???

[Kane Knight]

Exactly. The "comaradery."

[M-A-G]

Exactly. The "comaradery."

Well, no one ever accused M-A-G of being the brightest bulb in the package. :o

THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF M-A-G!!!

*Kane Knight*: I had to carry his slack week-in and week-out....

*Corkscrewed*: The definition of unprofessionalism. Who does he think is just showing up and leaving whenever the hell he feels like it?

*Triple A*: I could not <b>WAIT</b> to ban him....

*Ninti the Mad*: I'll run him over the next time I see him on the street...

*The One*: Who???

[Kane Knight]

Well, no one ever accused M-A-G of being the brightest bulb in the package. :o

THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF M-A-G!!!

*Kane Knight*: I had to carry his slack week-in and week-out....

*Eugene*: I'M A FIRE ENGINE!

*Corkscrewed*: The definition of unprofessionalism. Who does he think is just showing up and leaving whenever the hell he feels like it?

*Triple A*: I could not WAIT to ban him....

*SVT Cobra*: Vrooooooooooooom!

*Ninti the Mad*: I'll run him over the next time I see him on the street...

*Dave Wadding*: My cat's breath smells like catfood...

*The One*: Who???

[Kane Knight]

This is TPWW after all.

[Xero]

Well, no one ever accused M-A-G of being the brightest bulb in the package. :o

THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF M-A-G!!!

*Kane Knight*: I had to carry his slack week-in and week-out....

*Eugene*: I'M A FIRE ENGINE!

*Corkscrewed*: The definition of unprofessionalism. Who does he think is just showing up and leaving whenever the hell he feels like it?

*Triple A*: I could not WAIT to ban him....

*SVT Cobra*: Vrooooooooooooom!

*Ninti the Mad*: I'll run him over the next time I see him on the street...

*Dave Wadding*: My cat's breath smells like catfood...

*The One*: Who???

*Xero Limit 126*: THE FUCKER LEFT ME OFF HIS SKIT! :foc:

[Skippord]

Well, no one ever accused M-A-G of being the brightest bulb in the package. :o

THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF M-A-G!!!

*Kane Knight*: I had to carry his slack week-in and week-out....

*Corkscrewed*: The definition of unprofessionalism. Who does he think is just showing up and leaving whenever the hell he feels like it?

*Triple A*: I could not <b>WAIT</b> to ban him....

*Ninti the Mad*: I'll run him over the next time I see him on the street...

*The One*: Who???

*Skippord*:I'M NOT EMO GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Kane Knight]

Yeah, and Shannon Moore's not a girl.