This shit sucks. ROH is 12 million in the hole and likely won't be returning until finding new investors. AEW roster is loaded as it is. Impact can pickup a couple of guys like Kross going back.

Keith Lee is a must pickup for AEW. He's their black world champion right there.
What makes you think AEW is in any rush to have a black world champion? All their black talent are mid card guys.
If they did crown a black champion, Cody Rhodes would probably take credit somehow. LOL
I feel like it would just be on some PR shit and not because they actually want to crown a black champion.
 
What makes you think AEW is in any rush to have a black world champion? All their black talent are mid card guys.
If they did crown a black champion, Cody Rhodes would probably take credit somehow. LOL
I feel like it would just be on some PR shit and not because they actually want to crown a black champion.
Not saying they're in a rush but they lack black talent can put the top strap on. Daunte is years away. Lio Rush could retire again at any point. They didn't do anything with Scorpio Sky when he was on a hot run.
 
Not sure if y'all saw this, in light of all the releases.

Jericho and Amanda Huber (Brodie Lee's widow) are pieces of shit.
 
Not sure if y'all saw this, in light of all the releases.

Jericho and Amanda Huber (Brodie Lee's widow) are pieces of shit.
Damn, is it that fucking serious? LOL. The name should be spelled as "John" anyway.
 

NEWS

Keith Lee says the Bearcat gimmick was not his idea

When Keith Lee returned to action a few weeks back with the “Bearcat” nickname, there was a lot of talk about who came up with the nickname. Some assumed that Lee came up with the name but that was not the case at all.
Following the news of his release from WWE, Lee responded to a fan who claimed that the gimmick was Lee’s idea. Lee quickly shot that down and said, “No. It was not. Lol.”
The nickname was first used by Edward “Bearcat” Wright, a wrestler who was popular in the 50s and 60s. He was inducted posthumously into the Legacy wing of the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2017 so it’s possible that someone in WWE remembered the name and decided to use it for Lee.
As for Lee’s status, since he was a main roster talent, he’s likely under a 90-day non-compete so he won’t be free to sign with another wrestling company until February. Lee’s wife Mia Yim was also among the 18 names released today.



 
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Not saying they're in a rush but they lack black talent can put the top strap on. Daunte is years away. Lio Rush could retire again at any point. They didn't do anything with Scorpio Sky when he was on a hot run.

That's exactly why I hate that whole argument because basically it's damned if they do, damned if they don't.

People want a black world champion, but then the second they make a black man the world champion, them same people that was crying gone be like "oh they only gave it to him because he's black."

How do I know? Because they already do that with Scorpio and Nyla. If you mention that out of 17 championship reigns from four belts in two years, AEW has had two black champions, they marginalize them like "well, Scorpio was just a tag team champ and his partner was white, and they only gave it to Nyla because he a transformer and he's Native American, too."

Then when you mention how they don't have main event level black male talent because most of the best black wrestlers in the world are already signed somewhere, and Shawn Dean and Shotty Lee have shown no personality just like most of Cody's people, and Scorpio is boring, and Ricky has a broken neck, and Hobbs done had his head rocked in at least 2 of his last 3 TV matches, but somehow he's should be working matches with Kenny Omega and Danielson taking hella V-triggers, knee strikes, dragon-ranas and snap germans and shit. And the rest of the brothers are tag team wrestlers - they don't wanna hear none of that.

And then when we mention black wrestlers in the indy scene they could sign and immediately push to the main event scene, and could headline a marquee, put on a great match, and can cut a good promo, and is over with the fans already - then it's "well they still probably won't do it because he black..."

Like it has to start from somewhere. They either gotta sign a main eventer or develop one, either way, it's gone take some time. It'll happen at some point.

I think people are just impatient because they've been jaded by WWE.

Kofimania was supposed to be Ali-mania. MVP had to produce his ass off to get Bobby taken seriously because the best idea Vince and 'em could come up with for Bobby after two years was a PG-version of a Blacked.com storyline. And Big E is champ now because Vince is so inept at getting white boys over (especially when they're real life pieces of shit) that he had no fuckin' choice but to put it on the most over nigga on the roster who got there by being himself. One of the few people allowed to be themselves and show that he has the charisma to be a celebrity and a movie star, just like how The Rock had to.
 
That's what happened the last 3 quarters. WWE is not losing money so for them to claim budget cuts is horseshit. They don't wanna invest in their own future.


They are, if you look at the direction they've gone...its no more indie darlings with a focus on creating their own. People who've come up exclusively through their system. It cost $652k a week for each show just to get the production trucks to each city...that's why there's rumors of them going back to Florida for good for both shows. The gates in California makes it dumb to keep going on the road for live shows until the pandemic is completely over or restrictions are loosened nationally. They spending $2M+ a week on shows that have combined gates of 9k...that's dumb. Also dumb to have so much roster fat, so they're trimming. It's going to be the best thing for the industry as a whole if other companies can get a handle on things. If P was serious about HOG, now would be a great time to invest in talent.
 


it wasnt enough to kill the old NXT
Vince & Company want to burn its memory to the ground...outside of Braun, Nia Jax, Lana. Rusev & Bray almost every name on the list was on NXT or peaked while on NXT

oh well happy to have the Mannings on Monday nights and my Knicks (Bing! Bong!)

FUCK WWE
 
Sad day for so many wrestlers and the industry as a whole. I don't see how anybody can defend this company at this point but despite these releases WWE stans will continue to watch and support the product like nothing happened. Vince is probably thinking to himself I can do whatever the fuck I want and they'll still watch.
 
Sad day for so many wrestlers and the industry as a whole. I don't see how anybody can defend this company at this point but despite these releases WWE stans will continue to watch and support the product like nothing happened. Vince is probably thinking to himself I can do whatever the fuck I want and they'll still watch.
It sucks they got released but at the same time it doesn't effect WWE's programming. They weren't doing shit with those wrestlers anyway.

When it comes to WWE cuts...I find myself being upset by their booking then them actually being fired.
 
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