Monthly News Thread (February 2019)

[Hypernova]

Exactly that!

Give me rules damn it! Wrestling is 1000000x better when there are actually rules that are consistently enforced.

It would be nice if they could at least follow their own rules.

 

[SeidoN]

Undertaker is charging $25,000 / hour for U.S. bookings.

wow thats more than I make in a year

Hahaha that's more than half my salary last year

oh

 

[dahrougem2]

wow thats more than I make in a year



oh

Oh damn lol

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

It's already been said as much.

FOX wants SmackDown to be apart of their sports lineup. They don't want the soap opera stuff. They don't want "Sports Entertainment". They want "Sport".

Many believe that at the shake up in April, or maybe another one after SummerSlam, SmackDown will be given all of the more technical talent, while RAW will be where the gimmick, story driven characters will be.

I am more of a storyline and gimmick person when it comes to my wrestling, but the WWE is so bad it for the most part I suppose this wouldnt be such a bad thing for Smackdown.

 

[GKJ]

WWE also thinks they're better than they are. Like, they started a campaign and had a gala to get Emmy nominations for Raw 25 - which by every account was a hideous show.

 

[ColePens]

I thought Taker was one of the few that was smart with his money and did some investing in real estate.

Judging by his actions, he's not. Now remember... this is 1000000000% speculation. But I always believe actions always tell the real story. Here are some actions that make me believe he is hurting for money. Maybe it was a bad investment. Maybe it was due to divorce or something (isn't he divorced?). But the actions are quite telling.

- He speaks in that interview i posted from the early 2000s about never wanting to be the guy in the ring longer than he should. So clearly it was on his mind. He became that person. And far far far beyond it.

- HBK comes out of retirement for a match including taker that was clearly all for money. HBK lived up to his word to Taker so it seems like Taker was the one telling HBK to do it. If you listen to ANY HBK interview about it after the fact, HBK was obviously annoyed he did it and wanted no part of it. He cuts the questions off as quickly as he can. I really think Taker was the one saying for Shawn to do it.

- He just put that he was open for bookings on his social media... the guy never needs to do that. He can just have his agent look around. It seems desperate.

- He also did weird appearances in character like the weird one with the Cleveland Cavs. So strange.



Oh well. 100% speculation. No tangible evidence.

 

[BiolaRunner]

Judging by his actions, he's not. Now remember... this is 1000000000% speculation. But I always believe actions always tell the real story. Here are some actions that make me believe he is hurting for money. Maybe it was a bad investment. Maybe it was due to divorce or something (isn't he divorced?). But the actions are quite telling.

- He speaks in that interview i posted from the early 2000s about never wanting to be the guy in the ring longer than he should. So clearly it was on his mind. He became that person. And far far far beyond it.

- HBK comes out of retirement for a match including taker that was clearly all for money. HBK lived up to his word to Taker so it seems like Taker was the one telling HBK to do it. If you listen to ANY HBK interview about it after the fact, HBK was obviously annoyed he did it and wanted no part of it. He cuts the questions off as quickly as he can. I really think Taker was the one saying for Shawn to do it.

- He just put that he was open for bookings on his social media... the guy never needs to do that. He can just have his agent look around. It seems desperate.

- He also did weird appearances in character like the weird one with the Cleveland Cavs. So strange.



Oh well. 100% speculation. No tangible evidence.

His marriage to Michelle McCool was at least his 2nd marriage. You had the storyline with DDP stalking his then wife Sara

 

[Kimi]

Meltzer has noted before when talking about 'Taker that he was broke at one point. I think it was bad investments or something, but it was some time ago and I've got no clue when exactly.

 

[Disclose]

didnt he have many divorces and stuff?
anyways. if someone is giving me 25,000 for one hour. i would put my hat and roll my eyes and sign shit that i made them buy.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Yeah I remember hearing about a bad investment but have no idea when that was. He also divorced Sara, so maybe that was costly too. I know he did invest in real estate a lot.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

We have a room for rent if he needs one, first, last month rent due at signing along with security deposit!

 

[ColePens]

If only Taker.... HAD RENT MONEY

 

[Jussi]

didnt he have many divorces and stuff?
anyways. if someone is giving me 25,000 for one hour. i would put my hat and roll my eyes and sign **** that i made them buy.

Per Wikipedia:

Calaway married his first wife, Jodi Lynn, in 1989. They had a son, Gunner Vincent (born 1993). The marriage ended in 1999. Calaway married his second wife, Sara, in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 21, 2000. In 2001, Sara made televised appearances with the WWE (then known as the WWF) as part of a feud between Calaway and Diamond Dallas Page, in which she was acknowledged as being Calaway's wife. The couple had two daughters together: Chasey (born November 21, 2002) and Gracie (born May 15, 2005). In 2007, he and Sara were divorced, and he became romantically linked to former wrestler Michelle McCool, whom he married on June 26, 2010 in Houston, Texas.[200] The couple's first child, Kaia Faith Calaway, was born on August 29, 2012.

 

[Cor]

If only Taker.... HAD RENT MONEY

RENT. IN. PEAAAAAACE.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Per Wikipedia:

That's a lot of child support.....although one is off the books by now, and the second should be good by next year. Still......probably puts a dent in the ol' wallet.

 

[Disclose]

if Taker was my roomate, i would use that in the ads im posting
-all included
-must like dogs, cats and grave diggers

 

[Fro]

GDI @Cor

 

[Cor]

GDI @Cor

What

 

[Fro]

What

Your post above. .

 

[Cor]

Your post above. .

Nah but what does GDI stand for

 

[Scott Stevens]

Nah but what does GDI stand for

Maybe it’s god damn it

 

[Cor]

Maybe it’s god damn it

maybe

 

[Fro]

Sami nailed it

 

[Cor]

Sami nailed it

oh

 

[Emperoreddy]

Can’t Bon help Taker out? Isn’t he rich?