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One thing to consider is that Nikita's rapid not-giving-a-shit stemmed from his wife dying of cancer at the time, so even if he would have stayed a Russian monster heel he would have followed the same path.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/20/wwe-diva-kai...peeding-ticket/ Since when to cops roll up to a major event like a WWE show and arrest someone for an outstanding speeding ticket? I'm a person not unaware of the inner workings of the legal system re: speeding laws, and I've never heard of such a thing.

I don't even think it was the DUI, tons of people on the roster have gotten them with little or no punishment. I would wager they are mad that she lied to the cops about her employment and then didn't tell the company about her arrest until after it hit TMZ.

Brodus seems to be falling fast in the eyes of the company. He's largely been reduced to jobber status the last few weeks and you have to think the only reason he's even on TV anymore is because his entrance includes hot chicks dancing.

There is some poor video editor that was very, very happy the day that settlement was reached. It had to be a giant bitch blurring those logos on video with so much movement and so many cuts. I always felt for the poor bastard that got stuck with that job. Yeah, but now they have to blur out anything in the crowd (shirts, signs) that isn't TV-G during Saturday Morning Slam.

One positive that came from them trying to start their own network is they finally reached a settlement with the animal WWF to be allowed to use the initials and the scratch logo again.

The shitfit-throwing on THE BOARD~! over the HOF results has been quite amusing. People are upset that Cena got in, despite he's been the ace of the #1 company in the world for quite a while to the point they live and die based on his presence.

Per Dave on one of the recent WO shows, the guy in charge of sports programming for Showtime is a big boxing nut so the smart money seems to be on him taking what they were spending on MMA and investing it there. What would be interesting is to see what fights they could get lined up. HBO has pretty much owned boxing for the last decade or so, Showtime hasn't had a fighter of any major renown sign a deal with them since Mike Tyson in his prime.

I would assume the major thing that screws the lucha guys is there being practically no footage pre 90s. Unless it's someone still active like Atlantis, there's not much for the lucha hardcores to offer as proof that someone is deserving.

Honestly I would expect Vince to do better even with all his obvious liabilities. Charisma goes a long way in politics, and if he could manage to go a whole campaign without having a Bob Costas moment on an interviewer (a big if, for sure) he'd probably do a lot better than you'd think.

Then the question becomes why is he such a square for turning down such a hot chick. Considering the makeup of the writing team, I keep thinking they're going to do a Very Special Episode of RAW where we find out the allegations are false because Cena's actually gay.

Maybe this warrants a thread, maybe not, but ever since they started this angle on RAW I can't figure out why John Cena would get so mad at the implication he had sex with AJ. She's portrayed as a hot (if not a little crazy) woman, it kind of makes Cena look like a dork for so adamantly denying it.

Yet she has that much at her disposal and can't. Most people would get the message at that point but I'd bet she won't

If they ran an angle on Raw that a heel bribed someone to get plastic surgery to look like one of the referees, people would be screaming at the top of their lungs how stupid it is. Bryan would be bringing it up on every show for weeks in that incredulous tone he gets when something outrages him.

No, but to me it's just shorthand for stupid stuff WWE does with guys that could potentially make them money.

Here's a question I've not seen addressed anywhere: Since the buyrate for Summerslam came in, it's been assumed that it's a given WWE will at least offer Brock another deal. So why don't they take a page from pro sports and extend a guy before his current deal ends so they don't have to worry as much about wasting his dates. Don't get me wrong, I personally feel that keeping him limited also lowers the odds of a "Goldberg in a wig" type skit with him, but if they feel that hamstrung about it there's ways they can resolve it.

It would be nice if one person looking to play "gotcha" with her WWE past would point out she had little to no input in building the company and only was named CEO because Vince was afraid he was going to go to jail. Instead we keep getting the same go-to's of Trish barking and HLA.

Trying to figure out if that makes Cena commenting on Claudio's large nipples last week on RAW more or less creepy.

His AWA work in the 70s was pretty good too.

It also shows just how wrestling gets away with the scummy shit they do w/r/t treating their "independent contractors" since the media is still harping on shit that happened 10-15 years ago.

Alberto is one of the few guys in WWE who doesn't have to live in fear of Vince/WWE. He has "fuck you" money and the knowledge he can go back to Mexico and be a star, so he's most likely to speak his mind.

The most fascinating thing of all this was it coming out just how toxic and dysfunctional the organization of the creative team is under Stephanie. Having a "home team" who seem to only exist to write drafts to get thrown in the trash by the team who travels on the road is pretty much the epitome of the last few years of WWE.

You are thinking of @WWECreative. That was Robert Karpeles a mid 00s staffer. Don't blame you for the confusion. CrankyVince got yanked at the same time but it was later reinstated. Months before, one of those two did a CrankyVince tweet and then the actual CrankyVince account reteweeted it and said something like "i don't know who this idiot writer is" in his own unique style.

This isn't the first time CrankyVince broke kayfabe, one of them did it months ago before WWE went on their rampage getting obvious parody accounts suspended.

No doubt that his booking is the main issue, but it's also kind of embarrassing they're owned by a TV company and their show has a look that would be dated in the 80s. Also, was the story that this change was made prior to the NJ show legit or just a cover story after their fans nearly rioted over a non finish in the main event?