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The WWE Future Endeavors Thread
Per WWE.com
Samoa Joe Billie Kay Mojo Rawley Bo Dallas Mickie James Chelsea Green Peyton Royce Tucker Kalisto Wesley Blake |
lol I saw the news, came here to make a thread but checked Gertner's profile first because I assumed he was already on it and saw he was making a thread
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Billie Kay was genuinely hilarious in the clips I've seen her in since they broke up the IIconics for some dumb reason
Kalisto was criminally underused Chelsea Green ran into bad luck getting hurt on her main roster debut, but she may have asked for her release as she's pretty openly tweeted about how she wasn't getting booked despite recovering |
I really thought Kalisto was gonna be huge. A Luchador who does cool moves and speaks English.
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Of that bunch Kalisto is the one I'd imagine companies will compete for. He's good at what he does.
I'm surprised at Billie Kay since I gathered she was featured prominently on SD and was fairly over. She's not a particularly good wrestler (at all) but she seemed to have a solid gimmick. |
OH FUCK Samoa Joe is gone
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oh and Bo Dallas
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE has come to terms on the release of Samoa Joe, Chelsea Green, Tucker, Kalisto, Bo Dallas and Wesley Blake.<br><br>We wish them all the best in all of their future endeavors. <a href="https://t.co/657qwu8wGc">https://t.co/657qwu8wGc</a> <a href="https://t.co/gSSxc2JHFf">pic.twitter.com/gSSxc2JHFf</a></p>— WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1382763579913429002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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I'd wager that Joe asked for his release if he was certain WWE wouldn't clear him.
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Petyon Royce released
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Sean Ross Sapp is saying that Johnny Ace is making these calls to talents, since he’s head of Talent Relations again, and is giving them the excuse of “budget cuts” as to why they’re being let go.
Record profits. Just shelled out millions to pay Bad Bunny and Logan Paul probably. But yeah budget cuts. |
He could easily say "Creative has nothing for you" and be completely justified.
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Dayyyyyum. Joe gotta go to AEW.
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Fuck you WWE
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After Wrestlemania, taking a look at the roster.
Nah. This isn't Black Thursday. Vince called the maids in. It's the annual spring cleaning of the roster. I'll chime in further when I get off work. |
I'd be all for the IIconics in AEW. Don't need to give them a big push or anything as there are plenty of far superior in-ring women's workers there but other than Britt Baker the division is sorely lacking personality.
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Out of that list, the only real notable loss is Samoa Joe since at least on commentary he was better and more enjoyable to listen than almost all of WWE's other commentators.
Chelsea Green was the biggest dud mostly because she barely did anything notable during her time in the company even if some of it was due to injury issues. She didn't even get a real big push in NXT which shows not even Triple & co. thought that highly of her. |
WWE really needs better timing with their releases and pay freeze announcements since if Johnny Ace is claiming its due to "budget" reasons, then maybe don't release a company report a couple days prior revealing that you shelled out millions to upper management for their yearly compensation.
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Velveteen Dream is still employed as of right now.
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I can’t believe they cut Soma Joe.
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honestly, they weren't doing anything with these people anyway, so probably for the best. I didn't even know that Dallas was still employed.
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I want Samoa Joe vs. Josh Barnett at the next Bloodsport.
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i can see kay and royce taking the impact womens belts. mickie james i see ether going to nwa with her husband. bo will sale houses. joe he is a hard one if he has much left aew if not part timer impact before he moves to color.
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Joe comes in and takes Cage out of Team Taz. First good feud no?
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Out of the list, seems AEW is interested in Chelsea Green based on a recent teaser tweet by Cody.
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Billie and Peyton would thrive better as a team and in Impact before making a potential jump later to AEW. Would also give them a chance to get rid of any WWE stink and not be seen as just another WWE castoff going right to AEW. Joe could also go to ROH as well since he has some great past history there. |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Everyone WWE released today can't sign anywhere until July 14</p>— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) <a href="https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1382785795476525056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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How the duck do I post stuff???!!!
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How do you drop the ball on SAMOA JOE?!?!? How?! Injuries aside, what a mistake.</p>— Renee Paquette (@ReneePaquette) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReneePaquette/status/1382775554068258818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Freedom baby!!</p>— TUCKy (@tuckerwwe) <a href="https://twitter.com/tuckerwwe/status/1382758096800337920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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I Wesley Blake the Q Anon/Trump supporter or is that Ryker?
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Ryker.
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Well, Joe is the big name on that list. Don't know if he got clearance from his Doctor to get back in the ring. Wouldn't be surprised if Impact called him up. Would be interesting to see him in AEW, but only as a backstage guy like a coach or something.
I have no doubt that Shawn Spears hopped on the phone and advocated to either Cody or Tony Khan to bring the missus in. Would not be surprised in the least if Billie Kay follows her. Chelsea Green to AEW ASAP. But, she has to go back to the hot mess gimmick. |
Who amongst this list of wrestlers do you think is actually sad they got released?
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I can’t imagine Billie Kay and Peyton Royce are too bummed that they don’t have WWE creative kneecapping their shtick that they got over all on their own.
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Bo Dallas? When was he even last on tv?
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Mojo Rawley is gone
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There's a tweet going about saying its due to budget cuts.....LOL
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Not Bo Dallas!!!!
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Sad Bo never got to work with Bray.
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i guess bo is just going to sale houses and work a few indy shows and do a signing or 2.
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I BOLIEVE these releases are fucking bullshit
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gonna assume Mojo being cut means Gronk burned his bridges with the WWE and they won't be calling him back when he reretires.
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Bo is for sure the saddest, he basically retired 18 months ago but was still getting a paycheck! |
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According to Fightful Select, Samoa Joe's release was less due to "budget cuts" and more over issues of him wanting to wrestle again while WWE wasn't willing to medically clear him.
Both sides ended up agreeing to go their separate ways leading to his release yesterday. |
did someone post this gif of Samoa Joe shoving MJF already
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MJF vs Samoa Joe needs to happen in AEW... book it <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TonyKhan</a> <a href="https://t.co/zfQpisz5Up">pic.twitter.com/zfQpisz5Up</a></p>— Sonny (@SonnyTheJobber) <a href="https://twitter.com/SonnyTheJobber/status/1382770309338701827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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The IIconics being released is funny to me. Not funny "haha", or even funny at them, but like... weird. A couple of years ago, WWE was insistent that they were going to be the biggest thing ever. I'm not saying they're godawful, but I feel there were obviously better in-ring girls than them and there are better looking girls than them in general. They were poised to be the act that the whole women's tag-team division was centered around in spite of that... and now they're post-Wrestlemania housecleaning fodder.
To put in perspective how weird that seems to me, let's substitute them with, say, Roman Reigns. Given his current position, status, push, etc... then they decide around, say, September or October to just not give him anything to do, then unceremoniously release him during next year's April sweepstakes. |
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Peyton: Just let me go and see what happens WWE: Ok. |
They did let her go, and what happened was that even Asuka couldn't hide that Peyton is sloppy in the ring.
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Not too surprised with many of the releases really , the roster including developmental is massive and if they are going to be doing the post Wrestlemania call ups then they need to clear some space.
Maybe the Iiconics could have stayed but they will get opportunities and a pay check elsewhere. I am not too aware so asking with the international guys ie Wesley and Kay (Royce is married so I’m guessing is ok) what is the score with them staying in the USA if they are unemployed as guessing they are there on visas. |
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Tucker fascinates me in terms of opportunity - he's not a guy that's going to be able milk his WWE career for much on the nostalgia circuit, because he doesn't have much value in that regard without Otis. Nor is he going to immediately have major promotions clamoring to book him aside from AEW Dark-esque enhancement matches.
We don't know what Tucker outside of WWE looks like, because I don't think he's wrestled anywhere else. But if he still wants to wrestle he's someone who strikes me as more than talented and capable enough to reinvent himself and prove his worth elsewhere I can see him either pulling a Thomas Santell and completely transforming himself on the indies, or else having a good run as an import somewhere like NOAH or one of the smaller Japanese promotions. There's just something about him that makes me think we haven't seen his best yet. |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who fucking knows?</p>— TUCKy (@REALLeviCooper) <a href="https://twitter.com/REALLeviCooper/status/1383072915504001024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Ok I want Tucker on the first good podcast. Don't care who gets him first but I wanna hear this shit.
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According to the Observer Newsletter, a second wave of roster cuts is currently rumored to happen soon and mostly target NXT and developmental.
No other details were given besides that being what was getting spread around backstage. |
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And Billie Kay would likely just need to find another job to keep her Visa active I believe. |
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Apparently, part of the reason Billie Kay was released was because Kevin Dunn didn't "get" her.
How do you not get Billie Kay? Her character isn't complex or unorthodox in any way. |
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Just wait, Dexter Lumas will be the first hand picked by Kevin Dunn WWE Champion :rofl: |
Kevin Dunn also didn't "get" Becky Lynch and thought her accent would make it hard for fans to take interest in her.
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Fuck Kevin Dunn
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I agree. Becky would be much better without that retarded accent.
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And this is when I look at Apollo Crews, and say "WTF". Are they giving him a fake accent so they can say they don't get him too? |
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/20...eleases-today/
"It was just reported by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the rumor going on Thursday said more cuts could be coming today, April 16, with a focus on NXT." So after the releases on the 15th, Dave took a calculated guess that more releases were coming in the 16th, played it as if he has "sources" and is a credible journalist, and then surprise surprise, there were no further releases... Guess Plans Changed, That My Friends, Will Be $11.99. |
Yeah he has no sources in WWE anymore. I think his big source was possibly Bruce but I don't really know for sure. I guess it could have been Patterson as well, that would make a bit of sense because since Pat died he's really had nothing.
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Meltzer sheep,,,,,
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Bruce used to be one of Dave's sources.
Lol Zack Ryder made a comment on his podcast about his cohost saying Ryder was full of shit and Ryder said "no I'm not Bruce Prichard" something along those lines Fucking amazing podcast btw. MC's True Long Island Story |
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Meltzer isn't working and Bruce is full of shit
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Wait, people pay monthly for wrestling news?
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Meltzer only stated that it was a rumor going around backstage that a second wave was going to happen and possibly yesterday.
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WWE thought they had a checkmate over the dirtsheets when they allowed talent to feud with Meltzer on Twitter without realizing the rest would just move on to other sheets outlets to leak news since Fightful and others were not on their blacklist. |
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Joe has some name value. If he can get cleared, he can go pretty much anywhere. I don't know if he'll go AEW, because he takes the business and himself seriously. That is something to be mocked down there. I'm guessing Impact or Japan.
Mickey is interesting. I can see her going to either NWA with her husband or AEW, who sorely needs a veteran talent to teach some of their girls how to work. Either way, I can't wait to see Mickey vs. Thunder Rosa. Chelsea Greene will likely go back to Impact. It'd be the best fit for her. Mojo Rawley needs to reinvent himself if he's sticking around in wrestling, but he probably isn't. Tucker isn't that big of a loss, to hell with what delusional marks think. The dude threw down a paper with his lines on it in front of the camera and is wondering why he wasn't used like his tag team partner, who is actually charismatic and entertaining. The IIconics (I mention them together for a reason) have more value as a pair than as a solo act. That said, is the one girl weird looking or did she just have the WWE makeup cannon explode in her face? I ask because the WWE makeup cannon has a habit of making pretty girls look really ugly. I'm sure Kallisto will be fine. He can always go back to Mexico. Wesley Blake I'm sure can find work elsewhere. Odd that of all the Forgotten Sons, the open bigot is the only one still employed. Bo Dallas is going into real estate, from what I have heard, and good for him. He was a decent talent. If anyone would benefit from going to NWA as his real name, it'd be him. He can ride that train for a few bucks. |
Going to AEW is something to mock more than going to Impact?
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Fuck... He'd be better off in Japan, I think. |
From the isle of Japan, the Japanese Submission Machine, Japan Joe!
Joe in Japan would be good. But if he’s not healthy it could be half-arsed. |
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AEW is something to mock over his most recent employer :lol: |
if joe can work for russo and his crappy booking he can do aew. i think it is ether roh or aew for joe.
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Samoa Joe - "Hello Tony Khan, nice to meet you. You are pretty cool."
Tony Khan - "Thanks, here is $3 Million Dollars!" AEW Twitter - "Samoa Joe is All Elite" Book It |
I'd actually like to see Joe in njpw for a short run, before he goes to AEW. Maybe even as a G-1 entry.
I just want to see him against Ishii and Suzuki. |
I don't think AEW would book Joe in silly nonsense. Miro was booked that way because it's what he wanted for some reason.
Joe has the clout and veteran status, where I don't think they'll make Joe do anything he doesn't want to. |
The only way WWE releases Samoa Joe is if they genuinely believe Joe is at risk of a life threatening injury.
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Like DBryan and Edge, amirite.
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