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Adrian Adonis was the only gay character I can think of who was actually supposed to be gay and not just pretending.

WWE thinks just because they put things in a contract, it would stand in court. Wasn't it Shane Douglas who said his lawyer told him not to sign a WWF contract because the lawyer was afraid he'd get disbarred if he didn't. WWE is damn lucky no one's ever challenged their contracts in court, I get the feeling a LOT of things would change if someone ever did.

Kid Kash really came off as a douchebag in his interview, I was surprised at that. Also, finding out Mark Madden was the instigator in the whole "Bill Watts is racist" thing doesn't surprise me at all. Madden is the biggest (literally and figuratively) piece of shit that's managed to worm its way into wrestling in a long time.

Yeah, thats the first I've heard about Christy asking for more money.

Strippers don't have contracts like WWE employees do, so it's no comparision. Also, I think broadway dancers are unionized too.

By the way, goodhelmet should check out the thread at DVDVR asking who was better, Rick Martel or Davey Boy Smith. I don't think half the people posting in that thread realize that Martel held the WWF tag titles before Strike Force.

Christy asked for her walking papers? Thats different from everything I've read about her situation. They tried to make her quit and when she didn't they released her anyway.

Someone at DVDVR was pimping a new WWE signee from Afa's promotion as the guy who could be the poster boy for the post steroid era of wrestling (his term). I went to wXw's homepage and of course they have pics of the guy and of course he's jacked to the gills. Dude looks like Chris Masters with dark hair and a goatee. As Cunny would say, it made me roffle.

I've noticed Cole gets a lot of comments like that in under the radar.

The best part is having Melina be a tranny would ignore that split she does every time she enters the ring and how the camera's practically doing a pelvic exam on her. You'd think if she was a he that the twig and berries would be visible.

What might screw Dawn over is the independent contractor status pretty much gives the WWE the right to do whatever they want. My friend's the same way (he's an actual building contractor, what the term's meant to cover) and if the builder he works for decides to drop him because he doesn't like the way he laid the shingles on the roof, there's not much he can do unless it's spelled out in the contract.

Yeah but after it got a negative reaction, HHH was going around telling everyone who'd listen he was totally down with it when apparently he was trying to get Vince to not do it.

That's funny considering HHH seemed to take credit for the Katie Vick stuff after it aired.

How bad is an idea when STEPHANIE MCMAHON vetos it?

They only put the belt on Angle because it was the first PPV after 9/11 and Vince couldn't let that go without a little old fashioned jingoism. BTW, I was at that PPV (Unforgiven 2001), and many things come to mind: 1. Angle and Austin brawled less than 10 feet away from me, and I was shocked that they looked to be the same size if not a little smaller than me. It's like the opposite of what they say about the Big Show, guys look more impressive on TV. 2. It seemed that half the people in the floor seats were Angle's family, which was good for the PPV audience since it looked like everyone was hanging from the rafters when he won. When Angle's family all piled in the ring I swear the first 5 rows were empty. 3. My lasting memory of the celebration was watching Taker come down to the ring last (way after everyone else) still looking pissed off from the abortion that was the Taker/Kane vs Kronik match that was earlier in the evening.

I was wondering how long "creative has nothing for you" would fly as an excuse to get out of paying people's contracts. Wasn't it Meltz who pointed out that WWE will do everything in their power to make the talent live up to their end of a contract and everything in their power to make sure they don't have to live up to theirs. Christy Hemme should file a lawsuit too, there had to be something in the Diva Search contract that specified the terms for the winner.

WWE has no idea how lucky they are, if that had to happen to anyone on the roster Taker's one of the only people who wouldn't do anything about it. Practically everyone else on the roster (except HHH) would have sued the shit out of them for that.

The Freebirds. Hayes might have made it due to his charisma, but Roberts and Gordy would probably never make it.

Ric Flair. He'd definately never get a chance in today's WWE unless he gained about 50 pounds of muscle and learned how to work WWE style.

Wow, Taker has a legit lawsuit there. I guess since he's a locker room leader and a big company man he'll just let it slide that he was exposed to a disease like that.

It all boils down to what Vince thinks. We can beat each other over the head with reasons for or against Rey as champ, but Vince is the one who decides and since he had a RAW guy move over and turn face that pretty much ends the debate. It's been my argument during the Rey Wars anyway: Yes Rey *could* be a credible champion but it'll never happen as long as Vince is around.

Turning Angle face was a good move, even if nothing else turns out to be. I mean he was getting cheered for saying he wanted to make Jesus tap out, if that's not a demand for a face turn I don't know what is.

C'mon, I'm not trying to fight with you, but I know you've had to come across people who's knowledge of pre-1997 wrestling seems to be entirely Hogan, Savage, and Warrior like Loss said. I would have thought you'd have run into those types, especially with that 80s stuff from DVDVR. How many people on the net remember when Adrian Adonis wasn't a queen? Or when Jesse Ventura wasn't that announcer guy with the funny hats?

Wasn't it Spike that wanted JJ as champ when TNA started on their network? TNA was hardly in a position to say no, just like with the Sting situation. JJ has to lose at some point, and they actually have more people in the hunt for the NWA title than WWE has for both of their brand belts.

What internet are you on? The one we're on now, where 90% of the people on it have no idea of anything pre 1997. This board obviously is the exception, but you go to almost any other board on teh intarweb and you'll see for yourself.