04-15-2020, 01:47 PM | #1 |
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WWE Black Wednesday - Talent Releases
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Drake Maverick Cain Velasquez No Way Jose Curt Hawkins Curtis Axel Sarah Logan Karl Anderson Rusev Zack Ryder Mike Kanellis Maria Kanellis Epico Primo Erick Rowan Luke Gallows EC3 Lio Rush Aiden English Kurt Angle. Eric Young Heath Slater Agents/Producers/Ref Pat Buck Shane Helms Gerald Brisco Lance Storm Billy Kidman Mike Rotunda Dave Finlay Scott Armstrong Shawn Daivari Mike Chioda Sarah Stock NXT/Coaches/Writer Dan Matha Alyssa Miles Kassius Ohno Jon Quasto Kendo Kashin (coach) Serena Deeb (Performance Center coach) Chris Guy (Performance Center coach) MJ Jenkins Josiah Wiliams Jerry Soto (announcer) Deonna Purrazzo Aleksandar Jaksic Andrea Listenberger (writer Last edited by Bad News Gertner; 04-30-2020 at 03:15 PM. |
04-15-2020, 01:50 PM | #2 |
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All of those names should have been long gone anyway
Last edited by drave; 04-15-2020 at 02:54 PM. Reason: made this when first 4 names were up |
04-15-2020, 01:54 PM | #3 |
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Eric Young also released, according to PWInsider
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04-15-2020, 01:58 PM | #4 |
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impact and aew just got better, wonder if dashwood wished lio luck yet
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04-15-2020, 01:59 PM | #5 |
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04-15-2020, 02:00 PM | #6 |
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NOOOOOOOOOO HEATH SLATER
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04-15-2020, 02:00 PM | #7 |
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Don't see how this is going to benefit anyone, given the state of the world right now.
WWE's problem was signing talent for the sake of sqandering them from the competition. AEW, nor any other fed, should do that. |
04-15-2020, 02:01 PM | #8 |
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04-15-2020, 02:01 PM | #9 |
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Hawkins is a mild surprise only because he seemed like he'd be a lifer because he was content to just job endlessly and run his wrestling school on the side.
Gallows and Anderson were affiliated with AJ on screen multiple times and stuck around after being promised a renewed push but it's not like AJ needed them, and they were making a huge wage to not do all that much. EC3 pretty clearly wanted out. Sucks for Maverick because he was just announced for the Cruiserweight Title tournament and was finally going to get a chance to wrestle after barely doing so in the two years he'd been there. |
04-15-2020, 02:02 PM | #10 |
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Blah.
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04-15-2020, 02:03 PM | #11 |
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Heath Slater was criminally underutilized.
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04-15-2020, 02:04 PM | #12 |
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not one of them should but all the indys will get better
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04-15-2020, 02:04 PM | #13 |
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If Zack Ryder survives this wave of cuts, it's because they've decided to keep Chelsea Green and they're pretty good about not splitting up couples.
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04-15-2020, 02:05 PM | #14 |
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RIP Chad 2 Badd & Tex Ferguson.
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04-15-2020, 02:06 PM | #16 |
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rusev i don't see surviving
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04-15-2020, 02:11 PM | #17 |
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Squared Circle Sirens reports Fit Finlay and Lance Storm let go behind the scenes
Sportskeeda has added Mike Rotunda to that list as well. |
04-15-2020, 02:12 PM | #18 |
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04-15-2020, 02:13 PM | #19 |
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I mean, let's also call this what it is. WWE has signed an absolutely ridiculous amount of people, often seemingly just to have them, and up until that day last fall where they let Brodie Lee and The Ascension go they pretty much never got rid of anyone unless they either retired from wrestling altogether or had major character issues (see: ACH), oftentimes even when the talent themselves would have liked to have left. It was a bubble that was always going to burst someday.
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04-15-2020, 02:13 PM | #20 |
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04-15-2020, 02:14 PM | #21 |
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WWE has too much talent they don't use, so a cut would make sense. Sucks for the talent obviously.
Some will eventually get picked up by Japan, ROH, Impact or AEW -- but not all talent, behind the scenes or in front of the cameras are a good fit for any of those companies. |
04-15-2020, 02:17 PM | #22 |
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There's talk of some people being furloughed rather than released. But i imagine that's for the office workers. The main point of furlough is that you get to keep your health insurance and, welp, we know the wrestlers don't get that.
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04-15-2020, 02:17 PM | #23 |
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04-15-2020, 02:20 PM | #25 |
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04-15-2020, 02:20 PM | #26 |
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Aiden English is gone
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04-15-2020, 02:20 PM | #27 |
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Heath Slater not being involved with R-Truth and the 24/7 title was criminal
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04-15-2020, 02:22 PM | #28 |
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04-15-2020, 02:26 PM | #29 |
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04-15-2020, 02:29 PM | #30 |
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if rusev did not resign his contract yet and lana sucks i see them both going
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04-15-2020, 02:29 PM | #31 |
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I imagine the producers are furloughed
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04-15-2020, 02:30 PM | #32 |
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04-15-2020, 02:38 PM | #33 |
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Mike Chioda's gone after more than 30 years with the company
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04-15-2020, 02:39 PM | #34 |
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Mike Chioda
Sarah Logan gone as well |
04-15-2020, 02:45 PM | #35 |
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Well, Sarah Logan's with Viking Erik so that blows up my theory about couples. Zack Ryder better avoid checking his phone.
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04-15-2020, 02:46 PM | #36 |
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so logans end was sobbing in the ring what an end
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04-15-2020, 02:47 PM | #37 |
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Bobby Roode's probably in trouble. They've done fuck all with him lately.
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04-15-2020, 02:49 PM | #38 |
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04-15-2020, 02:52 PM | #39 |
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04-15-2020, 02:52 PM | #40 |
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Crazy times
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