Evan Bourne Suspended
 

<font color=goldenrod>http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/evan-bourne-suspended

In accordance with its Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended Matthew Korklan (Evan Bourne ) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company's policy.

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God damn. Guys dropping like flies.</font>

I knew it! He was getting bigger than Mark Henry.

I guess it will be up to Kofi to defend the tag titles

LOL what? Wow.

trouble in paradise

I'm wondering how they'll handle the tag titles. Guys can technically work suspended (just without pay), so he could drop them at a house show or something. Or they'll just do an angle where Kofi needs a new partner for whatever reason.

Also, we should have a Suspension pool.

I wish the tag division didn't suck so bad...

Anything really can happen in the WWE lol I wonder if they will find Kingston a new partner or if they will just vacate Tag Team Championships and have a tourney or something.

Air Boom
Awesome Truth
Usos (lol)
Dolph and Swagger

It's been better than it has been in a long time, honestly. No so much the amount of teams but the fact that most of the teams they have are actually people worth a fuck, unlike Cryme Tyme, for example.

First Slater now Bourne, these guys need to lay off the HCG.

just put a guy in the ring with an Evan Bourne mask on. It worked for Sin Cara.

We will be seeing a title change for the Smackdown tapings perhaps?

Zack Ryder?

Woo Woo Boom?

Looks like we are going to have new tag team champions tonight.

Sin Cara, Heath Slater, and now Evan Bourne? You can't tell me Mason Ryan is clean as a whistle!

Big Hosses have the genetics to be big.

Little guys face the stigma of not having the look and need to try to bulk up.

He's a gashead!

Zach would be a good replacement... And why do a lot of these guys at the top seem to fail when they are there?? Pressure??

Whoa.

Ryder will probably be his replacement. They will prob say that he is recovering from a concussion from the Swagger bomb a while ago.

They will probably ask Dolph Ziggler to just wear a dark wig, to make it look like he dyed his hair black again. Then no one will be able to tell he isn't Evan Bourne.

Just can't have Dolph as an opponent obviously.

Unless they call up his brother from FCW and dye his blonde then we probly wouldn't be able to know the difference.

Do they count weed?

They fine for weed. It's what eventually got Brian Kendrick fired.

Weirdness.

Tag Team Tormoil at Survivor Series for the vacant Titles?

i thought to myself on monday too how fantastic bourne is in the ring..how he takes killer bumps and seems to make everyone in the ring look good..buzzkill

fucking ridiculous

Especially since the Wellness Program is in place to appease both the feds and stockholders.

One of their big stars gets busted with pot, it's PROBABLY going to hurt.

According to PWInsider, WWE has been cracking down on synthetic marijuana. So that could be it.

Bourne was probably just tired of carrying around that ugly ass new tag team belt.

Lol. I love TTT, but they only have 2 tag teams in the whole company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlebowl if you're not familiar with the concept

obviously it'd be a tag tournament rather than a battle royal this time

I am confused... you can smoke real weed and get fined but not suspended.. but smoke fake weed get suspended?

Why bother when it fucks up the good thing they have going with re-building the tag division? :roll:

Fuck yeah.

BattleBowl is my favorite Gimmick Tourney Ever.

I remember watching EVERY single match in 1996 when DDP won.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slamboree#1996

Read up. think of all the Heel/Face teams, and the Friends on opposing sides dynamic. Was a hell of a tourney. I still remember Arn getting drawn to face Flair and how I was like 12 and losing my shit with the thought of Arn actually against Flair.

Seeing Macho and Flair together, and the Steiners and LOD split was sick too.

Even pre NWO, WCW had some good shit, they just never could put it all together.

I hope this doesn't kill any momentum Air Boom had too badly, they were growing on me as a team (especially when they wore matching tights).

Being a Kofi mark, this is a win win for Kofi.

They either make him drop the titles and he feuds with someone...or Ryder takes Bournes place and Kofi gets more over by being with Ryder. Backstage segments? Eccentric Ryder with Kofi? Gold, Jerry. Gold!

Honestly, anyone who gets popped at this point are fucking idiots and/or just don't give a shit.

Or they just forget about him....

I mean, this is WWE we're talking about.

Calling Bourne and Kofi dropping the belts to Barrett and Rhodes tonight.

Cody as a credible double champion - 1 year ago who'da thunk it?

Sucks. They were really a good team, with good chemistry.

I was hoping WWE would throw Ryder with Kofi, but it looks like they'll just have them drop the gold to another team. Ryder and Kofi could have some funny interactions.

Give them to Mark Henry. Just Mark Henry.

I'd have Swaggler win them tonight and then push the Usos as their opposition.

Which one would you prefer?

nothing like fake weed lol

Neither

For some reason, I dont think WWE will forget about him. Maybe because Punk has so much stroke backstage and is Kofi's friend IRL, but I don't think so. Maybe I'm just being an optimistic mark.

Ryder and Kingston! WOO WOO BOOM

Yeah God forbid they put some thought into it instead of just making a quick retarded move.

This is what got Heath Slater suspended, correct?

Assuming Air Boom eventually drops the titles so Bourne serves his suspension, what face tag team is currently #2 ?

It can't be the Usos since they barely get any crowd reaction and outside of a random mix with Kofi again, nobody else is at the level Air Boom was for faces.

There are plenty of heel teams though although the top two are Awesome Truth and Zig/Swag so neither of them would be turning to fill the void.

Rock/Cena. :shifty:

They should make this an angle.

Have Swaggler or whomever they view as the heel threat start cutting promos about how Evan is a failure to his fans, and was suspended. He is not a worthy champ. Let them work over Kofi for 30 days. Get them over as heels working over the popular Kofi and burying Bourne.

Then have him come back and cut a promo about how he made a mistake and is human etc. Hes under stress to always push to always push the limits. Make people sympathetic. Develop a personality other than I DO FLIPS.

I love how everytime someone is suspended for a wellness policy violation, it's IMMEDIATELY "TEH STEEROIDZ!!!1! ... or *maybe* weed."

Like there are no other substances known to man, legal or not (pain meds, anyone? Anyone??), that can constitute violations.

I understand it being the sarcastic thing to do, because when someone thinks 'roids, they think of physiques like HHH and Mason Ryan as opposed to Sin Cara and Steve Regal. Still- maybe Slater is a meth head. Maybe the Dolph-l-ganger (Bourne) was abusing oxy. Hell, Alex Riley got a violation for a DUI, and we all know he isn't the first or last wrestler to be driving around drunk... just he got caught and it was a PR black-eye for the suits in Stamford.

Hopefully it was steroids, then Vince would at least give him a little push. "At least you tried, Kiddo."

Have John Laurinaitis claim that Kofi Kingston is stripped of the WWE Tag Team Championship. Cue Zack Ryder coming out and saying that he'll be Kofi Kingston's new partner. Johnny Ace announces that they can challenge, but they have to earn the titles. Some sort of round robin tournament to decide the new WWE Tag Team Champs.

Participating teams:

Woo Woo Boom (Kofi Kingston & Zack Ryder)
The Awesome Truth
Zig-Swag (Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger)
The Usos
Los Aviadores (Hunico & Epico)
Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks
The Withered Roses (Cody Rhodes & Wade Barrett)
Daniel Bryan & Sin Cara

You could do a straight-forward tournament, if you wanted. Fixed.

No love for crack on TPWW. :nono:

Actually, I thought crack when I mentioned Heath Slater... but then he struck me as more likely being a meth head. Angelina Love, on the other hand...

I always get Evan Bourne and Evan Spilcuk mixed up.

From WWE's corporate site:

January 17, 2012
STAMFORD, Conn., January 17, 2012 – In accordance with its Talent Wellness Program, WWE (NYSE:WWE) has suspended Matthew Korklan (Evan Bourne®) for 60 days effective Tuesday, January 17 for his second violation of the company’s polic

Coming next month to EVOLVE: Matt Sydal

If I was Kofi I'd be ripshit.

Hahaha, I guess I'll be updating the Pink Slip Pool very soon.

The secret third Hardy brother is revealed.

If I was Kofi I'd knife that motherfucker in the throat.

Good thing you aren't Kofi, then.

God damn. Come on, son.

I KNEW IT!

<font color=goldenrod>What an idiot.</font>

lol. Ridiculous. I'm over Bourne now. Give Gabriel or even Barreta the little push he had and release him already.

<font color=goldenrod>Bourne didn't get the memo that you're not supposed to celebrate returning from suspension with a victory toke.</font>

I'd love to see how he reacts to being told he's gotta take a drug test. He's such a terrible actor, I wonder if they just suspend him right then and there.

Should stick to actual marijuana instead of the synthetic stuff it seems

Damn... :(

Damn, stupid Bourne. Can't really see where Kofi goes from here. He's pretty boring on his own.

More important than his suspension...

HE'S TRENDING WORLDWIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone is due to snap and become a badass submission machine who plays his own rules but has a strict code of honor, BROTHER.

What the fuck!

@ChazMosh @findevan What are you doing?

lol. It's like that last picture of Benoit.

I hope they give Trent Barreta his spot

I like Trent Barreta.

Trent Barreta reminds me of a more likable John Morrison in some ways.

Trent Barreta > Bourne & Kingston combined....not a huge fan of Air Boom together or separate, but it doesn't look good for Bourne...... Johnny Ace might be a'calling.....

Matt sydal will go to dragongate and be better utilized.

HAHAHA. Stupid synthetic marijuana.

Really feel bad for Kofi he deserves a good singles push for putting up with this crap either that or pair him up with someone like Gabriel instead.

Kofi & Gabriel would be an awesome team

Was unaware Bourne wasn't properly utilized in WWE.

that's a pretty good way to describe it

Wow what an idiot. Hopefully this means Kofi/Gabriel get it on and poor Heath Slater no longer has to feud with Hornswoggle/Gabriel.

Why r u guys callin him an idiot. drug addicition is a serious health problem. He needs to treat it

He had 30+ days last time to think about treating it. He did not.