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Post by Dyno on Jan 6, 2022 18:48:43 GMT -5
Samoa Joe gone (again)
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Post by Pierre The Enormous on Jan 6, 2022 23:28:39 GMT -5
*pretends to be shocked*
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Post by Dyno on Feb 2, 2022 13:33:22 GMT -5
Couple of days old now but Brian Kendrick has gone and will debut for AEW tonight.
Reports now saying Shane McMahon has been fired.
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Post by Duke Mongoose on Feb 4, 2022 12:12:12 GMT -5
WWE released their quarterly earning figures, which generally means more releases to be expected.
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Post by Skullgore on Feb 4, 2022 16:17:12 GMT -5
There's some kind of Mandela effect that WWE earnings calls mean talent releases. That happened once in 2021, immediately after the most recent November call.
Dates of the 4 earnings calls in 2021:
February 4th April 22nd July 29th (Bray Wyatt got released soon after) November 4th
I wouldn’t necessarily expect another Friday Night Massacre. WWE traditionally waits until after WrestleMania if they make cuts in Q2. Not that the past couple of years have been what I’d call “traditional” for the company, though. From a PR perspective, you wouldn’t want to make a bunch of cuts before the big WrestleMania paydays, especially when you are making record profits. Exceptions are guys who have requested releases. They sometimes get cut in this time window,
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Post by Dyno on Feb 5, 2022 20:15:28 GMT -5
Do WWE have anyone left to release?
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Post by Benedict.B.Batslice on Feb 15, 2022 22:51:51 GMT -5
Do WWE have anyone left to release? anyone apart from Ali I guess
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Post by Duke Mongoose on Feb 16, 2022 12:26:42 GMT -5
Do WWE have anyone left to release? anyone apart from Ali I guess Wouldn't that be something if after Wrestlemania WWE released a bunch of people and Ali wasn't one of them?
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Post by Thumper Moore III on Feb 16, 2022 13:21:50 GMT -5
It looks like WWE will have someone new to release after a while. Dashing Cody Rhodes is going to don the face guard again. 😂
I can’t wait for him to get a main event push, job to Rollins at Mania, and start chasing around the 24/7 title in a few months.
NOTE: Cody has done a hell of a job reinventing himself, and he’s one of the most talked about people in wrestling. I hope they back up the Brinks truck for him. But I have zero faith in WWE to book him, or anyone else, properly.
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Post by Pierre The Enormous on Feb 16, 2022 14:23:02 GMT -5
My friend and I were joking about how Cody didn't let Stone Cold be the Hot Topic for more than 24 hours
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Post by Slashmaster on Feb 16, 2022 15:00:11 GMT -5
I can actually see them pushing Cody for an extended period of time in an attempt to lure more AEW wrestlers over to WWE. But eventually he'll probably get fed to Roman.
I think I'm one of the few people who liked Cody's slow burn heel turn, but I'm a bit bummed out that we never got to the actual turn. I didn't expect Cody to jump ship at all. They must be paying him a stupid amount of money.
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Post by Penguino on Feb 16, 2022 15:27:51 GMT -5
I can actually see them pushing Cody for an extended period of time in an attempt to lure more AEW wrestlers over to WWE. But eventually he'll probably get fed to Roman. I think I'm one of the few people who liked Cody's slow burn heel turn, but I'm a bit bummed out that we never got to the actual turn. I didn't expect Cody to jump ship at all. They must be paying him a stupid amount of money. yeah probably double my yearly salary
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Post by Benedict.B.Batslice on Feb 17, 2022 3:36:45 GMT -5
anyone apart from Ali I guess Wouldn't that be something if after Wrestlemania WWE released a bunch of people and Ali wasn't one of them? apparently they see “value” in him and I would not be surprised if they made him wait out the contract
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Post by Dyno on Feb 24, 2022 17:15:46 GMT -5
Cesaro gone.
Contract expired.
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Post by Thumper Moore III on Feb 24, 2022 17:26:17 GMT -5
To be fair, Claudio wasn’t a release, but they couldn’t come to terms, much like AEW and Cody.
But with their styles, Cody is more of a WWE guy than Cesaro, and Cesaro is the prototypical AEW guy.
Personally, I hope we see Cesaro v Bryan, Cesaro v Black, then he heads to NJPW and we get Cesaro v Ibushi and Cesaro v Okada, maybe even in a G1.
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