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I don't get it, they signed Big Vito? I can almost understand cutting people to sign Brock, but friggin Big Vito? Does Vince see money in a Mamalukes reunion?

BTW, my logic behind the "WWE helping TNA" theory is that if TNA somehow manages to land a TV deal and gets decent ratings, then WWE can go to USA and say "see, wrestling's popular again" and maybe get a deal that doesn't fuck them up the ass with a spiked dildo. As long as they're the only game in town, WWE is going to have horrible TV deals since they don't have any sort of barganing chip.

Maybe its me, but that's fucking cold. "Hey you're pregnant, that's great. Now get the fuck out." I just hope the last person out the door of Titan Towers remembers to turn the light off.

I remember back when Tom Zenk had his site up, one of the things he said Vince would do is get the boys to make big purchases (he'd even co-sign mortgages for them) so they'd have debt to pay to make them loyal to the company. Something tells me he probably encouraged Brock to buy his plane and his bike knowing he'd come crawling back once he had to make payments on a non-WWE paycheck.

Is it too conspiracy-minded of me to suggest WWE and TNA might have some under the table deal like they had with ECW? I mean, TNA is having troubles and all of a sudden WWE cuts a bunch of guys who could help a struggling wrestling company help land a TV deal.

To quote Warren G, "I looked at the brotha, said "damn, what's next?" Are they going to have enough guys to fill two shows when this is done? Also, how hilarious is it that almost everyone from the BLOCKBUSTER POST-DRAFT TRADE~! is either cut or next on the chopping block.

*does the Brock shuffle before making this post* I'm actually looking forward to seeing him again, I just know Vince has to wave his dick in Brock's face first.

What a message this must send to OVW: Work hard, get over, get the call from WWE, get saddled with a non-starter gimmick, get cut.

Wow, who did Charlie Haas piss off? What happened to HBK's pull getting Marty a contract? Jesus, if TNA had their shit together this would be the moment to strike.

They've been MIA for months until the ECW PPV anyway...

Which was....?

I'm sure Vince has a humiliating angle or gimmick waiting for Brock. He'll end up being Brocko the Retard Monkey Boy who's ashamed of his whiteness.

Yet this was right after Linda pooh-pooh'ed investor concerns at the conference call. Yep, everything's gumdrops and rainbows in Stamford, that's why they're making more cuts than a slasher film and signed a new TV deal that gives them zero ad revenue.

I thought Kevin Dunn was the TV producer. Brian Gewirtz is the guy who left the writing team.

In a perfect world, Jim Cornette would be booking for WWE instead of 1,000 people for OVW TV no one outside of Kentucky sees. - Vince wouldn't have a pathological embarrassment of "rasslin'" that leads to him doing things that hurt the core business. - Aging wrestlers would retire instead of working well past the point of deterioration. - Talented workers wouldn't get cut or held back in favor of jacked up stiffs.

They probably have more faith since Jericho's roughly a zillion times better as a heel.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but I remember Barry Windham going up against Harley Race in Florida, and despite losing, it pretty much made Barry's career because Gordon Solie put over how much of a fight the kid put up against the veteran champ. Sometimes losing ends up a bigger push than winning.

According to Kevin Nash, Shane McMahon is a lot more hip than his rich-boy personna lets on. Unfortunately he's the one person in the family who doesn't seem to want to be in the business.

I second the notion for full introductions in the ring for title matches. The NWA did this (they still do it for NWA title matches actually) and it made the champ look like a million dollars. Your champion is the most important man in your promotion, his matches shouldn't look the same as Random Jobber #1 vs Random Jobber #2 that opened the show. I agree with the sneak attacks too. Hell, look at the reaction HBK got for turning on Hogan, which you could argue was a sneak attack since most people didn't see it coming.

That's one of the best ideas I've heard. Have something like a longer version of the "Smackdown Rebound" segments recapping OWV TV. Baseball fans not only follow prospects, they know that the hot AAA outfielder is probably going to struggle at first until he gets acclimated with major league pitching. They could very easily apply that thinking to wrestling, so OVW guys wouldn't be expected to be mega stars right out of the box.

I don't think he's done anything remarkable since leaving WCW, but I don't watch the B shows.

Hearing that WWE feels that announcers preparing is "markish" just stunned me. Who knew that Gordon Solie was the biggest mark ever in the business.

They should just hire us to book and write for them.

So I guess Stevie got a receipt for Meanie? I guess JBL's punishment is a feud with the bWo. Hassan and Davari have terrorists helping them now? Wow, WWE's really on a roll with the blindingly stupid angles with racist overtones.

1. Revamp the RAW set, it's been pretty much the same since they went to the Attitiude era. It's tired looking, and a revamp would help get people excited again. 2. Keep the brand split. People who argue that the split isn't working don't seem to realize that if it wasn't for the split, we'd have 4 hours of HHH every week while the rest of the roster fights for a spot on Velocity. 3. Hire someone to filter out bad ideas, and don't fire them when they do just that. Vince Russo was the prime example of someone who could be a great writer as long as there was someone to veto the more stupid ideas. 4. Make the cruisers a part of the show like how WCW did. Don't sign the latest high flying indy star and then force them to mat wrestle WWE style. It's not like they're ever going to be bothered to have long term angles for these guys, so let them show what they can do. 5. They really need to cut back on the PPVs. It puts them in a vicious cycle, they won't cut back on PPVs because they need the money, but they need the money because fans aren't as interested in buying PPVs every month. After the Big Four shows, there really isn't a reason to have the other filler shows. With their new deal on USA, they should have specials like a new version of Saturday Night Main Event to stoke some interest in wrestling again. 6. Stop insulting the fans. I know, it's probably the least likely thing to happen. It's at the point now where most of the fans watching are of the smart variety, don't piss on them by taking guys they like to watch and make them into stupid gimmicks. 7. Sort of related to point #6, looking at the stupid gimmicks and the diva search, it's clear that WWE has forgotten that the point is to entertain the fans, not to entertain themselves. *edit: doh, hit "post" instead of "preview"* 8. Either have a viable women's division and/or bring back valets, or stop hiring women who have no use. WWE has done what I thought wasn't possible: made hot women boring. 9. Bring back male managers to help the green guys they call up from OVW get over rather than throwing them to the wolves. For that matter, they should revamp the developmental system so that guys aren't learning one way, then when they get the call to go to WWE end up working entirely different. When a company needs new stars, quit setting them up to fail. 10. Make titles mean something. It's aggrivating how they do it with some titles (namely the HHH Memorial Belt) but not others (the RAW tag titles, the ones with the history). They're doing okay rehabbing the IC belt, but it's sad to think the titles once held by Demolition, The Bulldogs, and the Hart Foundation is now held by Rosey and the Hurricane.