You'll be fired, you'll see! *More WWE Releases*

[KingofOldSchool]

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/WWErelease0815

Stevie Richards, The Highlanders, Cherry, Colin Delaney, and referee Wes Adams are gone.

[Xero]

Wow, I thought for sure Stevie was pretty well protected.

[KingofOldSchool]

And I guess Cherry has joined Domino in the unemployment line.

[Londoner]

Didn't expect Richards to go.

[KingofOldSchool]

And Colin Delaney. :rofl:

[Xero]

So I guess the Diva's search is just around the corner?

[KingofOldSchool]

So I guess the Diva's search is just around the corner?

Probably, that's why they released Colin Delaney. They don't want one of their male wrestlers to weigh less than the Deever Search whores.

[BigDaddyCool]

Seriously, Colin Delaney? He was just starting to pick up steam. Wow. I'm not suprised by the Highlanders, they were treated like jobbers, plus the whole TNA thing. Anyhow, WWE is doing a lot of late summer cleaning.

[Londoner]

And Colin Delaney. :rofl:

Wtf?You serious?

[Anybody Thrilla]

I'm not upset by any of those releases, but I wish them all the best of luck in their future endeavors.

[KingofOldSchool]

Wtf?You serious?

That pasty white jobber? Yeah, good riddance.

Surprisingly, Funaki still has a job.

[Londoner]

Delaney is a future TNA world champ.

[TerranRich]

Cherry? :'(

[BigDaddyCool]

I'm only suprised about Colin because his entire gimmick all summer long has been trying to get a WWE contract. Now that he has one, they up and realease him. I suppose he could still show up and beg for his job back...

[Afterlife]

I'm surprised by all of those. Less so the Highlanders, but Stevie? What the hell?

[KingofOldSchool]

I'm only suprised about Colin because his entire gimmick all summer long has been trying to get a WWE contract. Now that he has one, they up and realease him. I suppose he could still show up and beg for his job back...

They were teasing him. They had him get his ass kicked to get a contract, then when he does...they turn around and fire him. :lol:

[BigDaddyCool]

At least Boogen is still gainfully employeed...I mean independently contracted :shifty:

[Paranoid Rattlesnake]

Why are so many getting fired?

[Afterlife]

They do this once every couple years.

[BigDaddyCool]

They were teasing him. They had him get his ass kicked to get a contract, then when he does...they turn around and fire him. :lol:

They are sending a clear message. I mean Brenden Walker is on TV for a week, then fired. Colin gets his ass kicked for month on end for "free" only to be released after he gets his first check.

[KingofOldSchool]

Why are so many getting fired?

Cut dead weight? *cue Khali joke*

[BigDaddyCool]

Why are so many getting fired?

Cutting dead wieght, stream lining the company. Honestly Stevie, the Highlanders, and Colin weren't going to amount to anything. Especially Stevie, he is just a jobber as of the past 5 years.

[BigDaddyCool]

Bastard koos, you beat me to it. Did you have a happy birthday?

[Afterlife]

I love it when ppl say "he's just a jobber" in reference to Stevie. The crowds all eat him up and everybody loves him except the company. You know, the company that snubbed him every time he started gaining any momentum. But, sure, it's his fault he "wasn't going anywhere".

[KingofOldSchool]

Bastard koos, you beat me to it. Did you have a happy birthday?

Nah, I've been sick the last few days.

[Afterlife]

Nah, I've been sick the last few days.

On your birthday? Not cool. Hope next year's better. :y:

[KingofOldSchool]

Cutting dead wieght, stream lining the company. Honestly Stevie, the Highlanders, and Colin weren't going to amount to anything. Especially Stevie, he is just a jobber as of the past 5 years.

But unlike Not Roddy Piper 1 and 2 and pre-teen boy who wondered into a wrestling ring, Stevie was at least somewhat over.

[KingofOldSchool]

On your birthday? Not cool. Hope next year's better. :y:

It's okay my new HDTV is coming some time today. :y:

[Juan]

Stevie Richards :(

[thedamndest]

Hardcore Holly, Val Venis, Super Crazy and Chuck Palumbo could go too. They will never amount to anything in the WWE.

[thedamndest]

Oh, and ECW should be canceled and merged with Raw and Smackdown rosters, but now we're just dreaming.

[BigDaddyCool]

Hardcore Holly, Val Venis, Super Crazy and Chuck Palumbo could go too. They will never amount to anything in the WWE.

I agree on all counts, plus Hardcore is old now and had plenty of shots. Palumbo has had plenty too.

[Shadow]

Man.....I'm gonna miss the invisible Stevie Richards jokes.

[Blitz]

Nooooooooooo Stevie :'( and Cherry was hot as hell. Sucks.


Sad about Colin too, but at least he can return to Chikara now :y:

[thedamndest]

Deuce hasn't been fired yet. I wonder if they're having meetings about whether to call him Jimmy Snuka, jr. or Deuce Snuka.

[Afterlife]

He's not really "Jimmy Snuka, Jr" tho, is he?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

And Paul Wight was not the son of Andre The Giant. At least there is a connection in this case.

[Loose Cannon]

there's about 30 more guys I would like to add to this list

[ClockShot]

It was only a matter of time for The Highlanders. And here some of us in the RAW thread on monday thought were shocked to see they still working.

Never seen Cherry on tv since the draft. I guess that was a sign.

Could care less for Colin Delaney.

Stephen Richards. Yeah, I thought he had some friends in the company and thought he would be taken care of.

Oh well, how many weeks before they annouce the Diva Search of whatever plan they got cooked up?

[screech]

Sucks about Stevie, I loved watching him. He has a real passion for the business that comes out every time he's in the ring.

Highlanders getting cut doesn't surprise me at all, they really didn't do anything.

Colin's heel turn didn't go anywhere, but he was at least featured on the show so in that aspect it was surprising. It's not like he would have made it big.

Cherry was actually being used on SD so that's kind of a shock. I was interested to see how she did, but I guess I won't see it.

Of the guys thedamndest said, Super Crazy should definitely go first, with Hardcore Holly following closely behind. As for Val Venis, I've always been a fan so I'd be sad to see him go. I don't care for Chuck Palumbo one way or the other. I like watching him wrestle, but his characters always suck. I wouldn't miss him that much.

At least Funaki is still there and everyone loves Funaki.

[Afterlife]

At least Funaki is still there and everyone loves Funaki.

You Taka that back! :shifty:

[JT]

Actually, if I recall, someone said that Hardcore Holly could be next on the chopping block as they don't see anymore use in him.

[Xero]

Hardcore Holly got in some trouble a while ago - which explains the lack of follow up with he and Rhodes - so there's a very good chance he's going to be gone by next weekend I'd say.

[Disturbed316]

Stevie Night Heat :(

[Afterlife]

If Stevie goes to TNA, I will actually watch TNA.

[Xero]

But you won't watch Stevie, because he's see-through*.










See? Instead of "Invisible"? Copyrights...

[Loose Cannon]

Stevie (or Steven) Richards was great in one role. The leader of the RTC. Possibly the highlight run of his career.

[The MAC]

wwe is preparing for the lawsuit.

[Londoner]

Khali should be fired, just watching his segment on smackdown with HHH and he's as shit as ever.

[Xero]

Khali: KHALI BIG! KHALI GET RAISE!?
Vince: You got it, big boy! ;)

[FourFifty]

God damn other fucker! The WWE needs more tag teams, not less! Let them work, let them do their thing. They're a solid team, and not just fodder for Snitsky, Umaga, and Cryme Tyme.

[TerranRich]

Gee, for a guy that is apparently a wrestling genius/god, Vince McMahon sure does hire a lot of people that he knows fuck all what to do with.

[Lock Jaw]

Referee Wes Adams was just on The Dirt Sheet, too! He was getting a major push!

[FourFifty]

I'm sure part of this is how Vince blew 3 million dollars on a contest that didn't boost ratings.

[TerranRich]

Oh, and yes, Deuce really is Jimmy Snuka's son, albeit adopted.

[Lux]

I'm sure part of this is how Vince blew 3 million dollars on a contest that didn't boost ratings.

Naturally you'd make the comment out this contest, hows the money?

[SammyG]

lol Wes Adams? Isn't he the ref in the new Dirt Sheet that they interview?

[Afterlife]

Oh, and yes, Deuce really is Jimmy Snuka's son, albeit adopted.

I'm aware of that. I'm asking if his adoptive father had the audaccity to name his non-biological son "Jimmy Snuka, Jr."

[Afterlife]

Stevie (or Steven) Richards was great in one role. The leader of the RTC. Possibly the highlight run of his career.

You mean the only roll they gave him? Yes, he was fantastic in that. And he'd have been great in any subsequent rolls, had they been, you know, given to him.

[Volare]

Oh Come On!!!!! BWO!! BWO!! BWO!!

[TerranRich]

He was given the name James William Reiher, Jr. upon adoption, and is thus his official name.

[Afterlife]

That's ridiculous.

[Afterlife]

But, thank you.

[Theo Dious]

On the subject of Stevie, he could actually have a decent run in TNA.

[Afterlife]

If Christian can get fair treatment, I'm sure Stevie could, too.

[Mooияakeя™]

I don't expect to see Venis go, more if anything moved somewhere to help with development in some way. I remember reading somewhere that he had really good relations back stage and is expected to have a job for life and has been moving to to a Road agent thing. Fuck dunno where I read that. - Hmmm, might have been Boone, so as I don't remember, yeah he could go.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I don't even remember which ref Wes Adams was.

The Highlanders getting released doesn't surprise me, but now the only tag teams on Raw are Cryme Tyme and Simply Priceless. I'm guessing another team will be in there soon enough.

Cherry going isn't all that surprising because she's barely been on since the draft. I liked her, and she seemed to be doing alright in the ring, but no big loss.

Colin Delaney is only surprising because they had just turned him (and they had signed him to a 3-year contract). I figure if they wanted him off TV they'd use the beatdown Tommy gave him as an excuse to get him in FCW to develop a new character or something.

Stevie is easily the most surprising. It's weird because early in 2007, I felt that 4 jobbers had legit job security: Scotty 2 Hotty, Val Venis, Stevie Richards, and Funaki. All 4 of those guys seemed perfectly content jobbing and they'd all been around since the Attitude era...possibly office jobs or road agent jobs available to them after their wrestling career was over. Now two of them are gone.</font>

[Lock Jaw]

I hope Venis is fired. I've had a "fired pool" going with a bunch of people since 2005. Everyone picked ten wrestlers to be fired. Whoever has all ten of their picks released wins a prize of epic proportions. It is now 2008 and no one has won yet. People have been hired and fired who weren't on the original list to choose from... some people have been fired and then rehired... Shannon Moore has been fired twice...

All that remains on my list is Val Venis, Lance (then known as Garrison) Cade, and Hurricane (as he was then known).

[jindrak]

I'm a bit upset over Stevie. =(

Although he was 'enhancement talent' he did a really good putting people over strong (see CM Punk).

[Kane Knight]

I'm only suprised about Colin because his entire gimmick all summer long has been trying to get a WWE contract. Now that he has one, they up and realease him. I suppose he could still show up and beg for his job back...

Anywhere other than WWE, I'd totally call this ironic.

[Destor]

I liked Colin :(

[Lux]

I'm sorry Des, he just wasn't heel material

[Lux]

Wait, how is Funaki still employed????

[Mr. Nerfect]

None of these releases are especially surprising. Val Venis still has his uber WWE loyalty going for him. Richards was liked a lot by Vince McMahon, but he also came up through other promotions, so him getting the chop doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I can't think of what I'd actually like to see Stevie do, but come to think about it, I'd love to see TNA give Michael Manna and Mike Bucci a run as a tag team.

The Highlanders were really sort of expected. They were a damn solid tag team, but no one was taking them seriously. I'd actually like to see TNA give them some sort of "we're not really related gimmick," and have both sort of do their own thing, whilst keeping them a tag team. TNA really needs some tandems, especially if they plan to break up The LAX and/or Motor City Machine Guns. Then you've got Team 3D potentially not being re-signed. I mean legit teams, and not just wrestlers stuck together.

Cherry was really hot, and a pretty likable character. She was also decent in the ring. She wasn't WWE-style, though. I'd like to see Domino and her get a crack in TNA as a couple. Didn't Domino have a new character that was "too adult" for the WWE that Russo would probably love?

Didn't know much about Wes Adams. At least he got a crack on the big stage, I guess. And then there's his appearance on The Dirt Sheet.

Colin Delaney getting the chop doesn't really surprise me. He was always sort of there as a gimmick. If the WWE wants someone to get their ass kicked, they've got Funaki, and probably Jimmy Wang Yang now. Funaki is also good friends with Stone Cold Steve Austin and worships Shawn Michaels, apparently, and has been damn solid for the WWE. I can understand why they've kept him.

Hardcore Holly and Charlie Haas are two of my guesses for who could get the chop next.

[McLegend]

Stevie (or Steven) Richards was great in one role. The leader of the RTC. Possibly the highlight run of his career.

Terry Funk is rolling in his grave.

[Destor]

Terry Funk is rolling in his grave.:wtf:

[McLegend]

His triple threat match with Terry Funk in ECW?

[Xero]

Funk isn't dead...

[McLegend]

Obviously.

[Destor]

...

[McLegend]

It's an expression.

[Xero]

Which is used only when someone is dead...

It makes no sense otherwise.

[Destor]

Are you serious right now?

[Destor]

Legend?

[McLegend]

Yes I understand this.

When you use with a guy who is living it gets the point over more that I think LC was wrong.

Seriously now...

[Xero]

No, it just makes everyone confused because no one else uses it in that context.

[Destor]

...

[McLegend]

I have done it before.

Examples being Bret Hart and TOVO.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, I don't think it's that much of an issue, really. It just adds a more comedic subtext to it. Not the most eloquent way to say things, but everyone should have known what he meant.

[Destor]

I thought he meant Funk was dead.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I thought he meant Funk was dead.

Oh OK. I kind of knew Funk wasn't, so it didn't bother me.

[Afterlife]

:lol: