Black Wednesday.

[The Q]

Another one bites the dust.

Cain Velasquez released by WWE | Wrestling News

 

[The Q]

This is interesting, if true...

 

[wildturkey]

This is interesting, if true...

Gonna go ahead and say that's not true

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Gonna go ahead and say that's not true

Or if it is, nobody is going to take them up on it at the moment with nowhere else to go. They'll just suck it up and figure a paycheck is better than no paycheck.

 

[Duffman]

Gonna go ahead and say that's not true

What?????? Why wouldn't you believe an unverified twitter account with less than 30k followers and no links to any site they actually run? You're crazy man.

 

[DefCONNOne]

What?????? Why wouldn't you believe an unverified twitter account with less than 30k followers and no links to any site they actually run? You're crazy man.

I don't believe it, because the biggest pro-AEW fraud on the board posted it. Anything that makes the WWE look bad, that clown is gonna post it.

 

[Judge Fudge]

This is interesting, if true...

Did Curtis Axel ask for one?

Curtis Axel Released By WWE - Wrestlezone

 

[futballiscool]

Wrestlevotes has legit sources in the company. That's been proven on numerous occasions. I'm as skeptical of random twitter accounts as anyone but he's uncovered too many random "scoops" to not have inside intel. Most recently it was Samoa Joe failing a drug test. Major sites like Pwinsider disputed it and then it turned out to be true. How would someone have known something so random unless they were getting inside info? That wasn't a lucky guess.

Dutch Mantel says WWE is looking to sell. If that's the case they'll want to shave as much of the payroll as possible. Only a handful of wrestlers on the roster make the brand more attractive to a prospective buyer and the rest are dispensable.

Even if they're not for sale the roster is bloated and they're probably looking to trim it.

 

[The Q]

Wrestlevotes has legit sources in the company. That's been proven on numerous occasions. I'm as skeptical of random twitter accounts as anyone but he's uncovered too many random "scoops" to not have inside intel. Most recently it was Samoa Joe failing a drug test. Major sites like Pwinsider disputed it and then it turned out to be true. How would someone have known something so random unless they were getting inside info? That wasn't a lucky guess.

Dutch Mantel says WWE is looking to sell. If that's the case they'll want to shave as much of the payroll as possible. Only a handful of wrestlers on the roster make the brand more attractive to a prospective buyer and the rest are dispensable.

Even if they're not for sale the roster is bloated and they're probably looking to trim it.

I saw fox and ESPN as the top options.

I thought Disney was going to be in play, this is close enough I guess.

 

[DefCONNOne]

Wrestlevotes has legit sources in the company. That's been proven on numerous occasions. I'm as skeptical of random twitter accounts as anyone but he's uncovered too many random "scoops" to not have inside intel. Most recently it was Samoa Joe failing a drug test. Major sites like Pwinsider disputed it and then it turned out to be true. How would someone have known something so random unless they were getting inside info? That wasn't a lucky guess.

Dutch Mantel says WWE is looking to sell. If that's the case they'll want to shave as much of the payroll as possible. Only a handful of wrestlers on the roster make the brand more attractive to a prospective buyer and the rest are dispensable.

Even if they're not for sale the roster is bloated and they're probably looking to trim it.

I'm sure they know a guy, who knows a guy, who robbed a guy. Still doesn't make them legitimate.

 

[futballiscool]

I'm sure they know a guy, who knows a guy, who robbed a guy. Still doesn't make them legitimate.

He has a track record of being right on WWE info and hes gives it away for free on twitter. That's all that matters to me.

 

[DefCONNOne]

He has a track record of being right on WWE info and hes gives it away for free on twitter. That's all that matters to me.

Yeah, your disdain for WWE is well documented here.

At least your "love" of AEW is legitimate. Unlike that other clown who claims to be an AEW fan.

 

[futballiscool]

Yeah, your disdain for WWE is well documented here.

At least your "love" of AEW is legitimate. Unlike that other clown who claims to be an AEW fan.

Im confused here.

How is calling Wrestlevotes a legit source a negative comment about the WWE and/or a positive comment about AEW?

 

[The Q]

Drew Gulak gone...

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Drew Gulak gone...

I'd be surprised if they didn't work something out with him since he's been on the shows quite a bit lately. If they didn't have any intentions of re-signing the guy, he would've been completely off tv for the past couple of months or so.

 

[wildturkey]

I'd be surprised if they didn't work something out with him since he's been on the shows quite a bit lately. If they didn't have any intentions of re-signing the guy, he would've been completely off tv for the past couple of months or so.

I figure this means they are working something out. Rusev's contract was set to expire shortly after Mania and the two sides hit a snag in negotiations in February and they just took him off TV. He was let go in that Black Wednesday cuts but it was more likely he left on his on accord and that's when they chose to announce it. If Gulak is in the same circumstance, it seems like they would do just like you said (same as Rusev). So they might feel he's a lot closer to re-signing

 

[UVA_Guy81]

I figure this means they are working something out. Rusev's contract was set to expire shortly after Mania and the two sides hit a snag in negotiations in February and they just took him off TV. He was let go in that Black Wednesday cuts but it was more likely he left on his on accord and that's when they chose to announce it. If Gulak is in the same circumstance, it seems like they would do just like you said (same as Rusev). So they might feel he's a lot closer to re-signing

I think that the Rusev thing was also partially because I believe he was hinting around that he was looking to get out (back in the winter if memory serves), so it was easy enough just to cut bait with the guy, among some of the other cuts for people that had been wanting out.

 

[Duffman]

I figure this means they are working something out. Rusev's contract was set to expire shortly after Mania and the two sides hit a snag in negotiations in February and they just took him off TV. He was let go in that Black Wednesday cuts but it was more likely he left on his on accord and that's when they chose to announce it. If Gulak is in the same circumstance, it seems like they would do just like you said (same as Rusev). So they might feel he's a lot closer to re-signing

Gulak's contract just ran out because they couldn't come to an extension. I'm sure this is just an extremely rare situation and I'm sure WWE is trying to get something done ASAP. He would definitely be a big loss if he went to another company.

 

[wildturkey]

Gulak's contract just ran out because they couldn't come to an extension. I'm sure this is just an extremely rare situation and I'm sure WWE is trying to get something done ASAP. He would definitely be a big loss if he went to another company.

Meltzer, today, is saying he asked for a raise and WWE said no. They've basically been haggling over numbers since. So I feel like if they were dead set on not paying him a single dime more, they wouldn't have left him on TV knowing he was going to leave. I agree with you that they probably think they can get something done.

However, since his contract did run out, he's free to work wherever immediately (no waiting period). It would be kind of cool if he showed up as a mystery entrant in the Casino Ladder Match at Double or Nothing next week

 

[StanMarsh51]

Meltzer, today, is saying he asked for a raise and WWE said no. They've basically been haggling over numbers since. So I feel like if they were dead set on not paying him a single dime more, they wouldn't have left him on TV knowing he was going to leave. I agree with you that they probably think they can get something done.

However, since his contract did run out, he's free to work wherever immediately (no waiting period). It would be kind of cool if he showed up as a mystery entrant in the Casino Ladder Match at Double or Nothing next week

It's a shame because they could've done some good stuff with Gulak and Bryan as a tag team...a feud with Miz and Morrison could've been highly entertaining and they could've have had a fun tag team title run.