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Originally Posted by Tom Guycott
Imagine applying this same "logic" to literally any other job.
"Hey, I want to put in my two weeks notice."
"Okay, well, we don't fire people until one particular time of year, so just continue driving your ass to the office for another five months."
I'm sure you'd say you would do just that just to uphold your point, but in real life practice, pretty sure nobody would want to actually go along with that shit. But because it's some "dream job" notion, not getting the release you ask for from a company not keen on keeping you somehow makes you a "twat".
Especially if you have other shit you want or need to do, and two weeks notice is really just more of a formality to somewhat ensure you can be hired back. And even that doesn't doesn't neccessarily apply to WWE either, since they've brought back people they've fired, publicly buried, and had even become persona non grata for years at a time. With all the hay made out of Jeff's departure, pretty sure they would bring both Hardyz back... especially Jeff, because they'd see some sort of percentage in it. All this really says is that they see value in the guy, but want to pretend they don't. They're still on that toy collecting nonsense.
Jeff might have wanted to ask for a release, too, but would have been in the same boat of needing to sit out however long his contract was, so he pretened to be fucked up and they let him go under the guise of a wellness violation to avoid any negative PR. Not a popular scheme, but it got him out of contract.
I get the point behind being so-called "professional", but it's a two way street. Who gives a fuck if they want to work for the supposed competition that you also pretend isn't competition? And again, it isn't like they didn't do this type of shit even when AEW or resurrection of NWA didn't exist. Or when they pretended ROH or TNA weren't a thing. Or hell, even before they really *were* a thing.
This whole thing makes zero sense from WWE's standpoint:
-It makes zero business sense to pay someone just to spite them.
-It makes zero business sense to arbitrarily keep someone around you're not using and/or minimizing.
-It makes zero buisness sense to fire people who actually want to be there to "save money", but continue paying someone who doesn't want to be there.
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Nice job putting words into my mouth. I’ve always said that talent should be able to leave the WWE if they want. I’m just able to see their perspective too, given that WWE offers a global platform to allow people to market themselves. Bo competes definitely make sense. As does not rewarding an idiot for going public saying that he wants to break his contract like that is a key. Brian Kendrick has already been released from his deal. Bad-mouthing the company, whether you agree with their hiring/firing policies or not is a stupid motherfucking way to go about achieving your goal, if your goal is actually to get out.
Jeff Hardy didn’t ask for his release from the company. Do you know how I know this? Because they didn’t fucking fire him when they were looking to unload people.
They recently sent Mustafa Ali over to Saudi Arabia. That’s one of their highest paying gigs of the year. And they have been firing people who don’t want to be there to save money. That’s why Lucha House Party went. Mustafa Ali probably would have gone if he didn’t make such an unprofessional stink.
By the way, Tony Khan is apparently pretty hell-bent on getting people to honor their contracts too. We’ll see if he’s got the guts, but let’s not pretend it’s just Evil Vince.