Hanging above this Wrestling Thread is my absolution!

[cabel]

Bo Santo

 

[cabel]

Nobody knows the Wrestling Thread's sorrow

 

[Heretic]

That would be pretty cool, but I fear that he will draw a lot of attention onto himself, which violates the premise of the Shield being a pack of equals.

If they get a third member, it will be two established guys who could main event a PPV, and a brand new guy with no WWE history or fan knowledge. It would HAVE to be someone who could steal as much shine as possible.

 

[Wheels]

I would love to see Prince Devitt in The Shield, but I know I'm alone in that.

Devitt wouldn't be bad but I'd go with Neville over him. I'm against Zayn joining. That's like Sting joining The Horsemen. It sounds so awkward.

 

[Pink Ranger]

If they get a third member, it will be two established guys who could main event a PPV, and a brand new guy with no WWE history or fan knowledge. It would HAVE to be someone who could steal as much shine as possible.

Stealing shine is one thing, but you don't want someone to be seen as taking over (think about the Rock and the Nation of Domination, for instance).

In an alternative reality scenario, AJ Styles would have been a great 3rd Shield member. The fans know who he is, but it wouldn't become the AJ Styles show.

 

[the dmg]

JTG was released? I wonder what they'll do with his dedicated "still has a job" site. I'm surprised McIntyre was released. I thought they were going to repackage him.

 

[Wheels]

JTG was released? I wonder what they'll do with his dedicated "still has a job" site. I'm surprised McIntyre was released. I thought they were going to repackage him.

The dirts have said that about Drew for like three years.

 

[Heretic]

Stealing shine is one thing, but you don't want someone to be seen as taking over (think about the Rock and the Nation of Domination, for instance).

In an alternative reality scenario, AJ Styles would have been a great 3rd Shield member. The fans know who he is, but it wouldn't become the AJ Styles show.

Except that AJ Styles could never main event a WWE PPV. The guy is talented, but it isn't like he's going to suddenly figure out what a microphone is. WWE thinks so little of him that they haven't even signed him to NXT, because they know that he has only so much growth potential. If they ad someone to Shield, it has to be someone who can be a main eventer for the company (like Rollins, Reigns and Ambrose all have the potential to be).

Personally, I think Corey Graves has potential...but man, I Think I'd prefer for WWE to drop Viktor from The Ascension, who I think sucks, and add Corey in as his replacement (though he has big potential as a solo act, so maybe that's a waste).

Tyler Breeze has potential, but I'm not sure how he'd fit with them.

Leo Kruger would have fit prior to changing gimmicks.

Adrian Neville just screams "Indie Wrestler Number 3" to me.

Mojo Rawley absolutely sucks.

Sami Zayn wouldn't fit.

Honestly...the first two names that come to mind are Johnny Curtis (Fandango) or Brad Maddox...both of whom could argue that they were the very best indie talent who WWE would only put on tv as referees and comedy acts...and that aint justice. Heck, Curtis has a rightful claim to a world title shot and has been denied for years. Though, I will admit that it would take a money promo and a lot of luck to get either of them over as legit talents.

 

[Pink Ranger]

The only existing WWE character that can slip easily into the Shield is CM Punk, but that's obviously not happening.

 

[Wheels]

Curtis has no claim to a world title shot. He won a tag team title shot, and got it on NXT against Team Hell No.

 

[Heretic]

Curtis has no claim to a world title shot. He won a tag team title shot, and got it on NXT against Team Hell No.

Goodbye theory, it was nice knowing you.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I'm not entirely sure how these contracts work, but I'm guessing that if Punk is sitting at home in Chicago, he's not being paid. So it's a moot point whether he's released or not, because his pay isn't showing up in the company's earnings as an expense.

With the end of the fiscal quarter coming up, dumping all these salaries might help the WWE issue a better-looking "forward guidance" (where the company announces what they expect their future profits to look like) and maybe bump up the stock price, and help Vince get back some of his net worth.

I read that Punk was still getting his royalty cheques as Vince listed him as on sabbatical.

From what I read today, Vince is planning on renewing Punk's contract due to a clause in all contracts that they can be automatically renewed. Vince did this with Mysterio because of all the time he missed due to injuries and he feels that Rey "owes" the company appearances, hence the renewal. The thought process is that he will do the same with Punk so he can't sign anywhere else but Punk is not obligated to return to work.

Interesting, If Punk is keen to stay retired I guess that's money for nothing and I imagine the share holders wont be happy as his contract is the second biggest in the company.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I read that Punk was still getting his royalty cheques as Vince listed him as on sabbatical.

I don't know how it is internationally, but it's known as Reserve/Retired in American pro sports.

 

[runawayboulder]

Interesting, If Punk is keen to stay retired I guess that's money for nothing and I imagine the share holders wont be happy as his contract is the second biggest in the company.

I think the only thing he can get is merchandising if he's not making appearances.

 

[Heretic]

Seriously guys...WWE pays their talent even if they aren't wrestling. While this is a rare case of a guy taking time off without injury or permission, I doubt that WWE would stop paying him his downside guarantee and risk the legal issues that arise from that, considering that they kept paying every other wrestler their downside. WWE likely would rather keep Punk under contract than have him roaming free (at the moment), so they are willing to pay his downside and make money off of his still strong merch sales. Because he has not wrestled for a long time, they COULD tack on some extra time to his contract, but I'm sure that they care enough to do that.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

His merchandising are still top sells at live events.

 

[cherokeesam]

But how does this make room? Other than Jinder and Drew, none of the other men were actually being used, and even they were just background characters to Heath Slater, who will likely still take up a jobber segment on the show. So, how does this free up a spot for anyone other than one new Diva in place of Aksana?

Yeah, seems kinda suspicious that 1/3 of 3MB survived the ax.
I suggested this a coupla days ago in this thread, but now I think it may come to pass: Slater gets recruited to The Real Americans; the tag team starts feuding with Rusev; the "USA, USA" chants combine with "WE THE PEOPLE" enough to give Colter & Company a face turn.

 

[Heretic]

Yeah, seems kinda suspicious that 1/3 of 3MB survived the ax.
I suggested this a coupla days ago in this thread, but now I think it may come to pass: Slater gets recruited to The Real Americans; the tag team starts feuding with Rusev; the "USA, USA" chants combine with "WE THE PEOPLE" enough to give Colter & Company a face turn.

While, on the surface, not my top choice, it makes sense considering that he was a 1 man southern rock band, and those types are generally very pro America, God and Country types.

 

[The Apocalypse]

Rumor has it Wade Barrett called up all the recently released superstars to tell them they were released.

 

[bullets]

needless to say i am not happy they have killed 3mb

The greatest jobber faction outside of the spirit squad.

 

[bullets]

Rumor has it Wade Barrett called up all the recently released superstars to tell them they were released.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

The greatest jobber faction outside of the spirit squad.

Mean Street Posse says hi.

 

[OnTheAir]

NXT taping results, courtesy of PWInsider.com:

Spoiler

COMPLETE NXT TAPINGS RESULTS PLUS BATISTA MAKES AN APPEARANCE

By Richard Trionfo on 2014-06-12

Dark match: Solomon Crowe defeated Buddy Murphy with a stretch muffler.
During the match, the crowd chanted for the released wrestlers.

Show Number One

Match Number One: Colin Cassady with Enzo Amore defeated Sylvester Lefort with Marcus Louis.

Match Number Two: Charlotte and Sasha Banks defeated Bayley and Becky Lynch when Charlotte pinned Lynch with Bow Down to the Queen.

Match Number Three: CJ Parker defeated an unnamed opponent. After the match Parker said that he was coming after Xavier Woods.

Match Number Four: Sami Zayn defeated Justin Gabriel with Tyson Kidd with the Koji Clutch.

After the match, Kidd and Gabriel attacked Zayn. Adrian Neville came to the ring to make the save.


Show Two

Match Number One: Summer Rae defeated Bayley to become the Number One Contender for the NXT Women's Title

hMatch Number Two: Sin Cara defeated Wesley Blake with a Swanton.

CJ Parker comes out and he wants Xavier Woods to come out to apologize for what he said last week. Woods comes out and Woods does not believe him. Woods turns his back and Parker attacks him.

Match Number Three: Bull Dempsey defeated Angelo Dawkins with a power slam. After the match, Dempsey said that he was going to win the NXT title.

Match Number Four: Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel with Natalya defeated Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn when Kidd rolled up Zayn after Kidd knocked Natalya off the apron.


Show Number Three

Match Number One: The Vaudevillians defeated Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady when The Legionnaires' music played and Gotch rolled up Cassady.

Match Number Two: CJ Parker defeated Xavier Woods with a rollup

Match Number Three: Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss with a Cobra Stretch.

Match Number Four: Adam Rose defeated Jason Jordon with the Party Foul.

Match Number Five: Sami Zayn defeated Tyson Kidd with the Koji Clutch.


Show Number Four


Match Number One: The Ascension defeated Jonny Vandal and Aaron Solow in a non title match when Solow got pinned after The Fall of Man.

Match Number Two: Tyler Breeze beat Mojo Rawley with the Beauty Shot. That was the only move of the match by Breeze.

Match Number Three: Charlotte defeated Summer Rae to retain the NXT Women's Title with Bow Down to the Queen.

Match Number Four: Kalisto and Sin Cara defeated The Vaudevillians when Kalisto pinned Gotch after a standing Shiranui.

Match Number Five: Adrian Neville defeated Rusev with Lana when Tyler Breeze interfered. After the match, Rusev put Neville in the Accolade.

Rusev then kicked Breeze and put him in the Accolade.

Neville recovered and hit the Red Arrow on Breeze.


After the tapings ended, Batista came out and played with the crowd about the chants. Then he said that he isn't much for talking but he is here to thank the fans for their support of NXT.

Bo Dallas came out to talk to Dave and they shook hands to chants of BOTISTA. Batista gave Bo a powerbomb.

http://www.pwinsider.com/article/86255/ongoing-nxt-spoilers-from-full-sail.html?p=1

 

[NDX]

The greatest jobber faction outside of the spirit squad.

Al Snow is disappointed in you.

 

[OnTheAir]

Rumor has it Wade Barrett called up all the recently released superstars to tell them they were released.

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