Wrestling 2021: The Big Thread Machine

[up_the_hampipe]

Not that I'd want anyone to be released (sexual predators aside), but Peyton seemed to be the floundering one of that pair. As you say, Billie was a present and relevant character. Not to mention, super entertaining. This is a real shame.

[Ja'moke]

Samoa Joe gone too. And Bo Dallas.

More to come apparently.

[up_the_hampipe]

Holy fuck.

People speculated Joe was taken off commentary for a comeback. This might be their worst spring clean yet.

[BeardFaceMan]

Fucking hell, it must be bad if Bo Dallas is gone.

[up_the_hampipe]

Spoke too soon, Peyton gone too.

[Huxleys Babkins]

Full list (so far):

Samoa Joe
Mickie James
Peyton Royce
Billie Kay
Chelsea Green
Wesley Blake
Tucker
Kalisto
Bo Dallas

There's some lovely names for AEW, Impact and NWA to pick up there.

[Ja'moke]

Peyton is likely AEW bound with her husband (Shawn Spears) working there. Hopefully she brings Billie with her.

[BeardFaceMan]

Jesus, are they really going with the 'budget cuts' excuse again? You have to admire their balls, really.

[up_the_hampipe]

Jesus, are they really going with the 'budget cuts' excuse again? You have to admire their balls, really.

Spaffed all their money on Bad Bunny and his Wrestlemania truck.

[Huxleys Babkins]

Imagine having Tamina Snuka and Nia Jax on your books and thinking, yeah, we need to let the Iiconics go. And put a belt on Nia for good measure.

[Deanjam]

Full list (so far):

Mickie James
Peyton Royce
Billie Kay
Chelsea Green
Wesley Blake
Tucker
Kalisto
Bo Dallas

There's some lovely names for AEW, Impact and NWA to pick up there.

Looking at it from their perpective, I'm gonna guess their thinking on all of them.

Samoa Joe - injury prone. Not a Vince guy. Honestly its quite amazing he was there in the first place.
Mickie James - considered old by WWE (I know!) but it's true. She's always referred to as a legend, a Vince euphemism for past it.
Peyton Royce - the more talented of the duo, but nothing being done with her. Also has an accent.
Billie Kay - the less talented of the duo (you lot are crazy).
Chelsea Green - Done nothing with her
Wesley Blake - Done nothing with him
Tucker - Doomed after split with Otis
Kalisto - Talented, but all luchardors in WWE are doomed
Bo Dallas - lucky to have been employed this long considering they've not shown any inclination to do anything with him

Re AEW, I would sign Joe, James, Royce and Kalisto. The rest, sorry but no.

[Deanjam]

Imagine having Tamina Snuka and Nia Jax on your books and thinking, yeah, we need to let the Iiconics go. And put a belt on Nia for good measure.

Vince loves his Samoans. Except the ones called Joe.

[Deanjam]

Jesus, are they really going with the 'budget cuts' excuse again? You have to admire their balls, really.

There's really no excuse. Just say you want to create room on the roster for other talent. AEW needs a talent dump once things open up as well.

[Ja'moke]

Looking at it from their perpective, I'm gonna guess their thinking on all of them.

Samoa Joe - injury prone. Not a Vince guy. Honestly its quite amazing he was there in the first place.
Mickie James - considered old by WWE (I know!) but it's true. She's always referred to as a legend, a Vince euphemism for past it.
Peyton Royce - the more talented of the duo, but nothing being done with her. Also has an accent.
Billie Kay - the less talented of the duo (you lot are crazy).
Chelsea Green - Done nothing with her
Wesley Blake - Done nothing with him
Tucker - Doomed after split with Otis
Kalisto - Talented, but all luchardors in WWE are doomed
Bo Dallas - lucky to have been employed this long considering they've not shown any inclination to do anything with him

Re AEW, I would sign Joe, James, Royce and Kalisto. The rest, sorry but no.

Nothing being done with them is not a good excuse. It's their company and their talent. They can DO SOMETHING if they want.

They brought in Women's Tag Titles and broke up one of the only real tag teams in the IIconics, a team that worked perfectly together. It was said to be a singles push for Peyton Royce and they ended up just sticking her in another tag team with Lacey Evans.

Heavy Machinery were also over and a fun tag team. They split them up and turned Tucker and then didn't follow up at all. Tucker went into the 24/7 title picture, Otis, who was super over last year, ended up being turned heel and put in another tag team with Gable.

[BeardFaceMan]

That's what always annoys me when they release someone and say "creative has nothing for you", surely that's a problem with creative as well, why aren't you releasing some of those people? Or the people who think it's a good idea to hire them in the first place?

And these releases are coming after WWE jumped on the NFT bandwagon amd sold a load of GIFs for a few hundred thousand dollars. But budget cuts.

[Deanjam]

Nothing being done with them is not a good excuse. It's their company and their talent. They can DO SOMETHING if they want.

Eh? I said I was looking at it from there way of thinking. Never said I agreed with it.

[Ja'moke]

In other news, AEW did 1.2 MILLION viewers last night!!

[Moribunderast]

In other news, AEW did 1.2 MILLION viewers last night!!

Just saw that on Bryan Alvarez' twitter. That has shocked me.

[Ja'moke]

Eh? I said I was looking at it from there way of thinking. Never said I agreed with it.

Sorry didn't mean to sound like I was having a go at you. More at WWE.

[up_the_hampipe]

Billie Kay - the less talented of the duo (you lot are crazy).

Don't think it's crazy to enjoy a great character in a medium thats main focus should be characters.

[Deanjam]

Sorry didn't mean to sound like I was having a go at you. More at WWE.

It's okay, but I'll see you in the THUNDERDOME!

Don't think it's crazy to enjoy a great character in a medium thats main focus should be characters.

It's spelt G. R. A. T. E.

[Deanjam]

In other news, AEW did 1.2 MILLION viewers last night!!

Yowza! I hear they put on a great show too. Hopefully a lot will stick around.

[Ja'moke]

Yowza! I hear they put on a great show too. Hopefully a lot will stick around.

It was one of the best top to bottom episodes in a while. Opening with that fun MJF and Tyson backstage bit that set up later in the night, that might have helped some casuals stick around.

Then onto a near 25 minute barn burner of a tag title match.

Red Velvet vs Jade was a fun fight.

Jericho had his best match in ages at the top of the hour against Dax.

And that Attitude Era style brawl to end the night between Darby and Hardy.

[Mobius]

Wow that's a great rating.

Disgusted by these WWE releases but not surprised. Exactly 1 year to the day since the last bulk release too... nice!

Imagine not wanting Joe as a manager or trainer or promo teacher, even if he is too beat up to wrestle.

Split up the Iconics then shitcan them!

Nice to see good lad Jaxson Ryker still employed though hey?

CUNTS

[up_the_hampipe]

In other news, AEW did 1.2 MILLION viewers last night!!

Jericho's Broken Skull Sessions mysteriously disappears off the Network

[Ja'moke]

The crazy thing is that AEW was up against part one of The Challenge finale and the NBA last night, and still did that number. A good sign moving forward, especially with that Blood & Guts show coming up.

[BeardFaceMan]

Jericho's Broken Skull Sessions mysteriously disappears off the Network

I still can't believe Vince okay'd this. To me, it comes off as usual stupid, overconfident Vince saying "yeah, fuck it, we'll promote AEW, who the fuck are they, they're no competiton" when it's a pretty dumb business move for the worlds greatest wrestling promoter. The next few weeks are going to be very interesting for both AEW and NXT to see what happens to their ratings once they settle a bit, but I'd be willing to bet that that bump to over 1 mil didn't come from Iron Mike, or even NXT moving nights, it came from Jericho on Peacock.

[Mobius]

Mojo just got binned as well

Honestly thought he'd been chucked last year

They haven't mentioned NXT people yet either, I'm sure some of them will be shown the door

[up_the_hampipe]

All these statements that come out from the fired wrestlers thanking WWE and/or Vince for the opportunities. You got sacked and you're saying thank you? This is why they get walked all over. Stop being "the little kid with a dream" and be the actual wrestler fighting for your spot.

[Mobius]

Yeah I fucking hate it. Up to them I suppose but fuck man you just got fired by a billionaire corporation you should want to burn the fuckers to the ground.

Such a cult. Sad to see guys and girls who dreamt of joining WWE not realise that WWE don't give a fuck.

Then again it seems like 50% of wrestlers they let go end up back there in some capacity so I suppose you don't want to burn too many bridges...