WWE: Bray Wyatt released

[Maurice of Orange]

Not a fan of tv wrestling but I like this entrance song. It kinda has that dark heavy distortion feel to it.

 

[eXile3]

Or a script writer. If we piece together what we've heard. Rotundo was having a lot of problems with the death of Brodie, it sounds like WWE changed the wrestlemania script so he could get off of TV and go away for a while. I expect that maybe they reached out and said when are you coming back, and he said, not ready yet, and when they asked when, he said I don't know. So the WWE terminated his deal. We don't know if he wants to wrestle anymore, or if this was a two way termination. We'll probably learn more as things go along. There was a picture of him with a fan and he looked to have dropped a bunch of weight.

As for the in ring stuff. His promo ability is off the charts creative, the problem is at times, his rambling (on purpose) promo's confuse some fans. His work rate in the ring is poor, it got worse as the fiend, maybe because he put on weight, maybe because of the mask itself and his vision. But he just didn't put in great matches. We've also heard that a lot of the fiend ideas and match ideas for the Fiend did come from Bray. But yeah, there was a serious credibility issue happening because he kept losing major matches after a while.

I expect that AEW will push hard to get him, they can't seem to help it, and their roster is really taking on a late WCW bloated look. I expect that we won't see Bray for a long time, and I have no idea where he ends up. Maybe the WWE monitors fan reaction to him, and gives him some time and resigns him if he wants to keep wrestling.

The AEW didn't really stand out as great, they really attacked Alexa, which is just ridiculous and stupid.

I feel like that character was always going to be hard to do in the ring given the supernatural elements. It didn't transfer as well as the Undertaker or Mankind did. Not sure why.

It sounds like maybe he was worried how the character was being handled though that's just a rumor. Given how awful his booking was it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Jussi]

I feel like that character was always going to be hard to do in the ring given the supernatural elements. It didn't transfer as well as the Undertaker or Mankind did. Not sure why.

It sounds like maybe he was worried how the character was being handled though that's just a rumor. Given how awful his booking was it wouldn't surprise me.

If the no-selling was Bray's idea, then that character was heading for trouble. He shouldn't have been near the title scene with that kind of a character.

 

[Sheppy]

It would not be good for his mental health to go the same place where his friend died.

He died in the hospital, not an AEW ring. That’s awful logic.

 

[Jussi]

He died in the hospital, not an AEW ring. That’s awful logic.

Yes, that's literally what I meant, he died in the ring...

 

[Sheppy]

Yes, that's literally what I menat, he died in the ring...

What did you mean, because it seems a few people are confused by your logic, not just me.

 

[snowkiddin]

So in the next couple of months AEW could very likely have all of Punk, Bryan, Ric Flair, and now Bray Wyatt show up on their show. They’re also selling out the United Centre with Rampage. Not bad for such a new company.

 

[eXile3]

So in the next couple of months AEW could very likely have all of Punk, Bryan, Ric Flair, and now Bray Wyatt show up on their show. They’re also selling out the United Centre with Rampage. Not bad for such a new company.

Their roster is going to get bloated fast though. I honestly like seeing a mix of younger guys. Not that I don't think those guys will help but maybe they should think about moving away from some of the older guys.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Their roster is going to get bloated fast though. I honestly like seeing a mix of younger guys. Not that I don't think those guys will help but maybe they should think about moving away from some of the older guys.

Plenty of crap to cut though. Guys like Janela, Luther and others can easily be let go and it worth hurt anything.

They'll have two TV shows + the two YouTube shows. Plenty of space for the good talent. Also let's them spread things out and not have to outshot everything. If anything, them getting more stars is a great thing.

 

[GKJ]

I don’t think it was in their plan to have such a large roster, the problem is WWE keeps cutting people who are too good. Don’t forget Adam Cole is working out of contract in WWE.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

I don’t think it was in their plan to have such a large roster, the problem is WWE keeps cutting people who are too good. Don’t forget Adam Cole is working out of contract in WWE.

On one hand that's true, but on the other, I don't really think anyone was pining to see Ever Rise show up in AEW.

 

[Jussi]

On one hand that's true, but on the other, I don't really think anyone was pining to see Ever Rise show up in AEW.

Not many were pining to see them even in NXT. They never got any big reactions. Even their show didn't get many views. The biggest reactions during on stream chats were couple of people calling one of them Fat Jackson.

 

[les Habs]

Plenty of crap to cut though. Guys like Janela, Luther and others can easily be let go and it worth hurt anything.

They'll have two TV shows + the two YouTube shows. Plenty of space for the good talent. Also let's them spread things out and not have to outshot everything. If anything, them getting more stars is a great thing.

Agreed, except on Luther. I’m still enjoying his matches and I’m happy to have him job on Dark every week.

 

[TD Charlie]

Plenty of crap to cut though. Guys like Janela, Luther and others can easily be let go and it worth hurt anything.

They'll have two TV shows + the two YouTube shows. Plenty of space for the good talent. Also let's them spread things out and not have to outshot everything. If anything, them getting more stars is a great thing.

I actually think they screwed the pooch with Janela. He and Kiss were really good together and they should've had more TV time. Janela is a spot monkey scrapper, they haven't exactly used him to his strengths. The dark match I saw Janela have with Omega in Boston for the 2nd Dynamite was outstanding, and it was a dark match at like 11pm. No reason to do anything but mail it in and he delivered, and earned my respect

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I actually think they screwed the pooch with Janela. He and Kiss were really good together and they should've had more TV time. Janela is a spot monkey scrapper, they haven't exactly used him to his strengths. The dark match I saw Janela have with Omega in Boston for the 2nd Dynamite was outstanding, and it was a dark match at like 11pm. No reason to do anything but mail it in and he delivered, and earned my respect

Well, if the TV time you take away to give them time is the 5-10 extra minutes the Bucks' matches usually last, fine. However, Janela and Kiss have very little value. They are fine as jobbers and can anchor your C/D shows, but I do not want to see either on them each week.

 

[JackSlater]

I actually think they screwed the pooch with Janela. He and Kiss were really good together and they should've had more TV time. Janela is a spot monkey scrapper, they haven't exactly used him to his strengths. The dark match I saw Janela have with Omega in Boston for the 2nd Dynamite was outstanding, and it was a dark match at like 11pm. No reason to do anything but mail it in and he delivered, and earned my respect

Janela is one of the worst wrestlers I've ever seen on television. In the ring, out of the ring, he's awful. AEW reducing his exposure is a definite plus. There are plenty of people there who can use that time well.

 

[CDJ]

They just put Janela over like he was f***ing Goldberg on one of the YouTube shows. Heel turn too.