Re: The Official WWE Thread - Part 17

by Tomwin Lannister Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:32 am

Or it was with another rastler and WWE decided to use it as an excuse during budget cuts to save 6 figure money.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:01 am

He snapped Bryan's ankle IMO

Alberto Del LADio Molenation

by Tomwin Lannister Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:09 am

Probably one of the many people backstage who beat the shit out of sheamus

by RealGunner Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:11 am

lmfao sheamus gets beaten by anyone.

by Tomwin Lannister Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:14 am

Buuuut.... but ....but he's Irish and he lifts

he must be deadly ffs

by RealGunner Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:15 am

He claims to be the best brawler as well Laughing

by Tomwin Lannister Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:16 am

Lmao just another person who gets some liftin' done, gets a rastlin sort of job and buys in to his own hype

Who was it who beat him up first again? was some tiny asian guy Laughing

by RealGunner Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:31 am

Sin Cara I think Laughing

or one of the 3mb guys

by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:19 am

What's Dolo del Gino doing in the Impact Zone?

by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:19 am

F4Wonline.com backs up the earlier report that the story going around is Alberto Del Rio slapped a WWE.com reporter at this week’s TV tapings. We noted earlier it may have been a social media worker.

They noted there are a variety of different stories going around about what led to this incident.

It’s expected that Del Rio will have a 90-day non-compete clause, which would apply to AAA and TNA, who both have interest in him. We’ve noted that AAA is expanding into the United States soon.

Source: F4Wonline.com

by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:20 am

WWE's George Barrios noted at the Needham fireside chat this week that WWE currently has 150,000 hours of footage in their library and only around 40,000 hours are digitized for the WWE Network.

by fatman123 Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:39 am

Wasnt it Yoshi Tatsu who bashed Sheamus?

by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:21 am

Yeh, also Sin Cara apparently had a backstage fight with Sheamus too.

by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:12 pm

Berbatov to join WWE. hmm

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by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:13 pm

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by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:35 pm

We noted yesterday that Triple H had the following to say about UFC at the Needham fireside chat earlier this week:

“UFC is not really a competitor to us. I explain it to our talent. They are like boxing. It’s completely different from what we are. We’re like the movie Rocky. We’re a story. We’re a great story that just happens to take place in the wrestling ring. In a boxing match, you’ll watch one time. You’re not going to go back and watch it a bunch of times unless you’re a connoisseur of boxing science. Rocky the movie?

You’ll watch over and over again. It’s a triumph story. It’s a love story. We create characters you gravitate to. That you connect with. Whether you hate them or love them. We put them in unique storylines with creative passions. We have good guys and bad guys. That’s what makes the network successful. Who is going to go back and watch the Super Bowl from 1984? Who is going to go back and watch boxing from five years ago? Our product is evergreen.”

Stephanie McMahon, who participated in the chat as well, also shared her thoughts on UFC. Here’s a transcript of what she said:

“With UFC you can pay money to watch a PPV but it can be a terrible fight, right? The guy you’re rooting for that UFC has been building gets knocked right off and suddenly that person doesn’t really matter anymore. All that investment is lost. You never have that with WWE, we strategically build out Superstars and characters. We know when they are going to win, we know when they are going to lose. We build characters and make them megastars. It’s all very intentional and you’re guaranteed to get your money’s worth. It might not necessarily be the outcome you wanted but you’re guaranteed to have a great match, a great pay-per-view and you’re guaranteed to get entertained.”

by Onyx Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:45 pm

As noted, WWE released Alberto Del Rio on Thursday for what they called an incident with an employee.

A third source has now reported that Del Rio allegedly slapped a WWE.com worker at this week’s TV tapings. The story going around is that Del Rio said he was responding to something said that he felt was racist in nature.

It was also said that WWE will not be commenting on the situation beyond the announcement that was made on their website yesterday.

We’ve also noted how Del Rio has expressed interest in leaving WWE once his contract expired this year. Del Rio recently relocated to Texas, which gave some people in WWE the impression that he moved to be closer to Mexico once his WWE run was over.

Source: PWInsider

by RealGunner Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:46 pm

Yohan Modric wrote:As noted, WWE released Alberto Del Rio on Thursday for what they called an incident with an employee.

A third source has now reported that Del Rio allegedly slapped a WWE.com worker at this week’s TV tapings. The story going around is that Del Rio said he was responding to something said that he felt was racist in nature.

It was also said that WWE will not be commenting on the situation beyond the announcement that was made on their website yesterday.

We’ve also noted how Del Rio has expressed interest in leaving WWE once his contract expired this year. Del Rio recently relocated to Texas, which gave some people in WWE the impression that he moved to be closer to Mexico once his WWE run was over.

Source: PWInsider

Another source

While details are still coming in from various sources & wrestlers, the story going around this morning is that Del Rio slapped a Social Media Manager at this weeks television (Likely Raw, since he wasn't on Smackdown).

The lead up to the confrontation started in catering, when sombody (assuming a catering staff member) asked the person (the Social Media Manager) to clean off his plate. The social media manager then joked about how that's "Del Rios Job".

Alberto found out and confronted him. The Social Media Manager didn't apologize and then smiled at him, so Del Rio slapped him.

In the company, the belief is that Del Rio will have his 90 days non-compete clause as per standard in the WWE, which will prevent a move to atleast TNA and more than likely AAA. AAA will be very interested in him, as they continue interest in its U.S. growth.

http://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/35594/Major-Alberto-Del-Rio-Update/

by RealGunner Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:50 pm

Bryan Alvarez reported today on his audio show with Lance Storm that WWE is monitoring twitter accounts and any slip up could cause someone to get released. Everybody feels like they are walking on egg shells. If you make any sort of mistake then you are at risk of getting cut.

Alvarez said that he was told that if AJ Lee had the incident with Michelle Beadle now then she probably would have been fired because they are quick to release people due to budget cuts.

Alberto Del Rio is said to have saved his money well and he’s been unhappy with the company for about a year.

Alvarez confirmed that there’s interest in him from TNA. There’s also interest in him and Ricardo Rodriguez from AAA. In 90 days they can both go anywhere they want as a package.

Since they don’t have any lucha stars left on the roster (the original Sin Cara gone and Rey Mysterio is about to retire or has retired) then that probably means that Kalisto will be called up soon.

http://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-monitoring-twitter-accounts-mysterio-retired-del-rios-options-and-more/#ixzz39n43DXEK