Monthly News Thread (January 2019)

[Dr Pepper]

Anyone whose deal is up in the next year or two was pulled into a room by management to get them locked in long-term.

So AJ and Naka are sticking around, then?

Or did Vince just TRY and re-sign everyone in a panicked attempt to steady the ship?

 

[Paris in Flames]

They actually did that?

I severely underestimated how rattled they are.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

They actually did that?

I severely underestimated how rattled they are.

Lol, it gets worse. Supposedly they're doubling guys contracts just to get them locked in.

 

[SeidoN]

Lol, it gets worse. Supposedly they're doubling guys contracts just to get them locked in.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

This is good for the wrestlers. They finally have negotiating power and gonna get that big money.

 

[Paris in Flames]

Now's the time to ask for the world. All travel and medical expenses covered yo.

 

[SeidoN]

Now's the time to ask for the world. All travel and medical expenses covered yo.

might end up more profitable for them to go after bigger money and still cover that stuff themselves, than going after the benefits. but hey, I have no idea whats being offered

I believe Dave said word spread through the locker room this week about how much Jericho is making, and it woke people up to how serious an option AEW is

 

[Dr Pepper]

might end up more profitable for them to go after bigger money and still cover that stuff themselves, than going after the benefits. but hey, I have no idea whats being offered

I believe Dave said word spread through the locker room this week about how much Jericho is making, and it woke people up to how serious an option AEW is

Well Tony Khan's got bigger clout than Vince, at least financially, right?

Nice little feather in AEW's cap, for sure, when it comes to contract offers and building a roster. Still need to see how AEW plans on booking all that talent, though. WWE is still obviously tops in marketability and spectacle, but booking is their downfall, and that's on Vince.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Look at that yard.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Dean was a surprise. I still think the most obvious guy from WWE to end up waiving goodbye is Sami.

Unfortunately KO signed a 5 year deal not too long ago. I'm not sure he'd leave anyways. He's one of those guys who romanticized about being there for so long that he's content.

 

[Cor]

That's interesting.

I hope we find out what Nakamura, Styles, Good Bros are doing, though I expect Naka and the Good Bros to 100% stay. Styles has a bit more of a potential reason to go, depending on how much trouble WWE is giving him over wanting to be part-time

I don't think many knew Ambrose's contract was expiring.

 

[Paris in Flames]

I still think Wyatt is a really interesting case. He can't be terribly happy right now to just...do...nothing because creative has straight up admitted they don't know what to do with you which is actually somehow an improvement from when WWE was trying to do something with him.

WWE is in his blood though. I suspect he'll probably stay even if the contract was up soonish.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I still think Wyatt is a really interesting case. He can't be terribly happy right now to just...do...nothing because creative has straight up admitted they don't know what to do with you which is actually somehow an improvement from when WWE was trying to do something with him.

WWE is in his blood though. I suspect he'll probably stay even if the contract was up soonish.

Meh. WWE was in Cody's blood until they told him he wasn't better than Stardust.

When you really think about it, none of this would be happening if they hadn't relegated Cody to dumb shit.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Meh. WWE was in Cody's blood until they told him he wasn't better than Stardust.

When you really think about it, none of this would be happening if they hadn't relegated Cody to dumb ****.

In their defense, it worked for Goldust for like, twenty years.

Cody wasn't about that life, though, clearly.

 

[Cor]

Wyatt on the Indies would be weird. Would he still try to be a dark/mysterious character? Would he go back to more what his FCW/early NXT character was like? Would he be something completely different?

I wonder what his name would be.

Could he just go by "Wyatt"?

 

[WingsMJN2965]

In their defense, it worked for Goldust for like, twenty years.

Cody wasn't about that life, though, clearly.

Did it really, though?

Goldust was hot for a couple years. The rest he was a very solid enhancement talent, which you do need, but not from somebody with Cody's look and talent.

And Cody was a parody of the guy that spent most his career as an enhancement talent.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Did it really, though?

Goldust was hot for a couple years. The rest he was a very solid enhancement talent, which you do need, but not from somebody with Cody's look and talent.

And Cody was a parody of the guy that spent most his career as an enhancement talent.

It must've, if he's kept the same character for as long as he has. He hasn't had to be taken off TV to be re-written, outside of his brief stint with WCW.

Last I checked, even though I think he's on hiatus now doing Hollywood stuff, I think Dustin Runnels is still on the WWE payroll.

 

[Brodeur]

Dean was a surprise. I still think the most obvious guy from WWE to end up waiving goodbye is Sami.

Still hoping they eventually do an angle where Sami bumps his head and he starts moonlighting as El Generico against the cruiserweights. That or he's in a loser leaves town match against somebody like Curt Hawkins but comes back the next week as Generico.

 

[scrubadam]

I think AEW contracts are all kayfabe, don't buy it for a second. Pretty much all the people signed we found out later are on per appearance deals and not even exclusive. And right now AEW only has 2 shows actually planned. I am sure All In 2 will take place but thats 3 shows until September and nothing so far for the last quarter of the year.

Jerhico is probably getting good money but he is probably on the same "executive" type deal Cody and the Bucks have.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Still hoping they eventually do an angle where Sami bumps his head and he starts moonlighting as El Generico against the cruiserweights. That or he's in a loser leaves town match against somebody like Curt Hawkins but comes back the next week as Generico.

Pfft, as if they'd have Hawkins win a match like that.

 

[Kimi]

It must've, if he's kept the same character for as long as he has. He hasn't had to be taken off TV to be re-written, outside of his brief stint with WCW.

Last I checked, even though I think he's on hiatus now doing Hollywood stuff, I think Dustin Runnels is still on the WWE payroll.

That's not really true lol. He bounced around a ton, so much that I had to look it up to count! So while he's had somewhat the same character for a long time, it's never really been in the same place for very long. His current WWE run is his longest in one place.

He's had six different stints in WWE. Those are punctuated by three WCW runs, two TNA runs, at least one retirement, and an indy run. Not including his All Japan and USWA runs between his WCW and WWF debuts.


He's out right now due to double knee surgery he had in the summer.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

It must've, if he's kept the same character for as long as he has. He hasn't had to be taken off TV to be re-written, outside of his brief stint with WCW.

Last I checked, even though I think he's on hiatus now doing Hollywood stuff, I think Dustin Runnels is still on the WWE payroll.

I mean... We're talking about WWE booking here. Just because they keep him in the same character to appear sporadically doesn't mean it's fresh and effective.

 

[Dr Pepper]

That's not really true lol. He bounced around a ton, so much that I had to look it up to count! So while he's had somewhat the same character for a long time, it's never really been in the same place for very long. His current WWE run is his longest in one place.

He's had six different stints in WWE. Those are punctuated by three WCW runs, two TNA runs, at least one retirement, and an indy run. Not including his All Japan and USWA runs between his WCW and WWF debuts.

He's out right now due to double knee surgery he had in the summer.

Ah, didn't realize he had jumped around as much. At least it goes to show that WWE was still comfortable enough to bring him back so often, and keep him "in character", so to speak, instead as something/someone completely different.

I mean... We're talking about WWE booking here. Just because they keep him in the same character to appear sporadically doesn't mean it's fresh and effective.

I'm not saying it's fresh, necessarily, but it is effective. Everyone knows Goldust, he's been around long enough for his early fans to grow up, have kids, and have their kids be fans of the same exact character.

And on that note, he's one of the few remnants of a time where people created and built characters or alter-egos.

Outside of Undertaker and Kane, how many others are left besides Goldust? Nowadays everyone just has a generic ring name.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

I'm not saying it's fresh, necessarily, but it is effective. Everyone knows Goldust, he's been around long enough for his early fans to grow up, have kids, and have their kids be fans of the same exact character.

And on that note, he's one of the few remnants of a time where people created and built characters or alter-egos.

Outside of Undertaker and Kane, how many others are left besides Goldust? Nowadays everyone just has a generic ring name.

I mean, he gets a pop when he appears for the first time in awhile, just like any other vet, but after that the crowd is dead for him. Like I said, he's a really good enhancement talent in that he can give a guy a good match and put him over time and time again.

Cody may not be a main event guy, but he's better than an enhancement talent.

 

[Jussi]

I think Matt Hardy taking time off to heal from injuries messed up the plans with Bray. Whether they had plans for Bray to turn on Matt or vice versa, or Jeff or other joining them... If Matt is indeed cleared now and in some creative role as well, he needs to work with Bray and see what path to take with him. Matt's woken gimmick did wonders for both of them and them returning, faces or heels, could do wonders for the tag division on Raw.