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Matt Hardy to SmackDown is all well and good, but...
Why would Teddy Long just let him leave? That's the biggest "name" on your brand; surely, you could get a nice trade from SD. This would be like a sports team letting their star player switch to another team while he's still under contract, and expecting nothing in return.
And there are plenty of names on that roster who could benefit from a healthy face push on ECW. Hurricane Helms could be a great face and fresh feud for Swagger. R-Truth is pretty stagnant; switch him and let him get over. Carlito as ECW's top face would be an interesting change; just need to get the tag belts off of him. So, anyway. Just seems silly to me. I guess this is WWE logic, though. |
I was thinking the same thing. Pretty ridiculous to just let him go without a trade. It's like Theddy wants ECW to suck.
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They could ave at least pulled an angle where Teddy was so disgusted with the actions of Matt that he granted him his elease but yeah, I agree. Seemed a bit wierd to just let your MVP go without any compensation.
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It's clearly a personal favor dating back to the time the Hardy Boyz almost lost the titles but Teddy gave them a fast count for the win.
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He follows up the announcement of Matt Hardy's departure with an announcement that we will be seeing The Boogeyman in action TONIGHT! What a kick in the junk that was.
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Teddy is just a good guy like that I guess. In kayfabe, Matt came to him either before or after the Royal Rumble (probably before) and explained to him how badly he needed to be on the same brand as his brother, saying that he was unhappy in ECW and needed to change or continue to be depressed about his place in the company, and Teddy gave it to him.
Or Matt did some sex favors for Edge. Not gay sex favors - more like Edge convincing Vickie to blind-fold her during sex, and Edge slipped out of the room while Matt took his place on the job (aka "the old switcheroo"). Edge then convinces Vickie to sign Matt for helping him win the WWE Title. |
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Matt agreed to throw the match to help Teddy build a new top star on the show prior to his leaving. Teddy, being the sly shyster that he is, agreed.
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Still, he could have screwed Teddy. In fact, he should have, given his turn.
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Maybe Teddy didn't sign the contract until after he tossed the match?
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Maybe we're over-thinking this and this is just a case of WWE logic?
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Now that he is meant to be a face, MVP would do well on ECW, and could climb the ranks there overnight. It's fucking ECW, for crying out loud. The only hole in the story is that Teddy and MVP haven't exactly been buddies - but MVP could come out, and thank Theodore Long for signing him onto his original contract, and even though they don't see eye-to-eye, he is just happy to be off the Vickie and Edge show. MVP can then promise Teddy Long he will earn back the figures he was making on SmackDown!. |
ECW isn't a real brand. That's where the sense comes in.
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They way I count it, ECW kinda only has 8 wrestlers now, and one fo them is injured. BTW, that list would be Boogen, DJ Gaberiel, Even Borne, Finlay, Swagger, Mark Henry, Paul Burchill, and Tommy Dreamer. I don't count Miz and Morrison because they spend more time on Raw, and Chavo spends a lot of time on Smackdown. So getting rid of Matt Hardy is really dumb.
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Looking at the roster on WWE.com, the two biggest draws in the brand right now are Finley and Mark Henry, and neither one is making me stay home to watch them on Tuesday Nights. Miz and Morrison are probably the biggest names on the roster, but they compete more on RAW then ECW these days, so it's not even point to mention they are there.
I also agree that a trade would have been a smart move, but maybe the company isn't seeing much of a future for ECW anymore. |
When's the contract with Sci-Fi up this time?
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DID YOU KNOW ECW IS THE HIGHEST RATED PROGRAM ON THE HOME SHOPPING NETWORK FOR 29 WEEKS IN A ROW!
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OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD! *EC DUB, EC DUB, EC DUB* |
a Don West joke also would have been acceptable here
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This guy is a spot monkey. |
He made the mistake of over-selling the knife shot, and as a result under-sold his quota.
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Nice run in at the end though. That guy handled it much better than Orton when HHH tore his quad.
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Has anybody considered that maybe T-Lo is thinking that he doesn't want some so-called main-eventer on his brand that loses to JACK SWAGGER?
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Promo of the century. |
ROOKIES!
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The guy on the left is inducting Austin.
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FACTORY SET!
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I'm pretty sure I was watching it one night and they had Goldberg on the show
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I'm going to walk into a memorabilia shop and tell the guy I have a 1987 Fleer FACTORY SET.
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big face turn ROCK BOTTOM! |
lol 1994 Michael Jordan rookie card.
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That beanie baby came out of retirement faster than Terry Funk.
That beanie baby covers everything! He's never been pinned! |
"You have Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad duking it out trying to get the last one!"
Glory. BOUND FOR GLORY! |
Grown men with Beanie Babies are probably like the only men Trekkies could beat up.
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Are beanie babies worth anything now? In this economy they could be safer than gold.
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He was looking on the local internets!
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I love that they brought up rookie cards during the beanie babies pitch. All roads lead to rookie cards in those guys minds.
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Oh yeah. Those guys were smarks before there were smarks.
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