Bix Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 To recap: Dave Meltzer said WWE told Bright House Sports Network they're cancelling FCW's TV show, folding the school/promotion, and sending all developmental talent to Stamford to dick around until they figure out what the hell is happening next. Mike Johnson refuted that, saying that while the BHSN show is done, FCW isn't going anywhere. Maybe some things are being overhauled, Steve Keirn denied anything is happening to FCW. WWE and Triple H issued a weirdly vague statement that could be interpreted a number of ways but was essentially a denial tooling on Dave. The link was posted and rah rahed on Facebook and Twitter by a bunch of guys in FCW. Dave is sticking to his guns, at least that someone that handles programming for WWE said what he reported to someone at BHSN. That's where we are now. (And not that it's necessarily apropos of anything significant, but has there ever been another story where close to this many people in the business publicly came out against Dave?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Of course Dave is going to stick to his guns. Any reporter would until he's told otherwise. They'll talk shit about the reporting but the fact is that Dave went with what he was told and didn't check with a second source. You know...like any one who ever took a journalism class could tell you. Although if this is an elaborate scheme to make Dave look bad, I don't think I could ever underestimate the pettiness of the WWE brass ever again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I can't recall a time where WWE seems to make such an effort to try to embarrass "the sheets" which is pretty much always code for Dave. Joey Styles in particular seemed to be the point man on Twitter, really belaboring the point that the sheets are always wrong (except those times where they aren't wrong, which is more often than not). I got the impression Vince was standing behind him looking over his shoulder while he was typing. What's weird is even if Dave is wrong and they aren't getting rid of FCW entirely, why cancel the TV show? Half of the point of developmental is getting guys comfortable working on TV. Local TV, but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I'm guessing they canceled the Brighthouse show cause it cost too much. They were probably paying for time. It should be interesting what happens if Dave is right. I'm guessing some guys will quit right away cause they don't want to move. Will they move guys like Ambrose, Rollins, Cesaro and Hero straight to the main roster or move them to CT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 What is FCW really without the tv show? There's an okay training facility but that's it. It's very faseable to think something is going on when your tv show gets shut off. The only other possible explanation I can get out of all of this is that FCW will be on 24/7 or the never debuting WWE network and they wanted to get it off because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 If they run 3 shows a week, then it's still something. Granted, all I care about in this is the TV show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Edited the name of this thread for those of us who might view the board from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Over the last few months, Mike Johnson has been right on the money while Meltzer has been left to speculate. The most obvious example being Jericho's return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Over the last few months, Mike Johnson has been right on the money while Meltzer has been left to speculate. The most obvious example being Jericho's return. I've said it before but you with WWE you do get a genuine sense Mike has sources ranging from wrestlers to office people to high level management while Dave seems to rely on Creative team douches. Mike was doing his radio show doing a long form review of Raw he went from getting the OMG FCW IS CLOSING DOWN email to finding out that it probably wasnt the case in the space of 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 If they run 3 shows a week, then it's still something. Granted, all I care about in this is the TV show. But what good is a show that no one is going to and no one is making money from? Also, now that their tv is gone, how are people going to know about it? Deep South tried something like this when WWE stopped bothering with them and it was over before it got started. I could see WWE putting FCW on their youtube channel. I could also see maybe 100 people total watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 If they run 3 shows a week, then it's still something. Granted, all I care about in this is the TV show. But what good is a show that no one is going to and no one is making money from? Also, now that their tv is gone, how are people going to know about it? Deep South tried something like this when WWE stopped bothering with them and it was over before it got started. I could see WWE putting FCW on their youtube channel. I could also see maybe 100 people total watching. I pretty much hate the FCW crowd. I'd be okay with them gone. I watch it on youtube anyway. It does ME good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Dave mentioned the profit motive with developmental. Ideally, WWE would treat the whole division as a loss leader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 MKJ is tight with people who would definitely know the deal with FCW so I would definitely trust him over Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Over the last few months, Mike Johnson has been right on the money while Meltzer has been left to speculate. The most obvious example being Jericho's return. I've said it before but you with WWE you do get a genuine sense Mike has sources ranging from wrestlers to office people to high level management while Dave seems to rely on Creative team douches. Mike was doing his radio show doing a long form review of Raw he went from getting the OMG FCW IS CLOSING DOWN email to finding out that it probably wasnt the case in the space of 5 minutes. I need to listen to what Mike has to say regarding FCW, but on the Jericho issue the creative team douches were right. Remember the line in the Observer about how people within creative still believe Jericho is coming in soon after Dave ran with the Jericho is not returning story. What can you do when you have the better source, but your source is being completely dishonest? Well, you should be able to sniff out the BS, but Dave has his blind spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 MKJ is tight with people who would definitely know the deal with FCW so I would definitely trust him over Dave. Well, it depends if those people are being honest with MKJ. I wouldn't put it past FCW management to work the sheets and the boys on this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I think it is almost a guarantee that FCW gets a name change some time in the near future and perhaps even gets "branded" as a "net show" in the lead to 24/7 and eventually the WWE network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 The latest from "really, they actually registered PWSpyware.com": In the latest on the WWE developmental system, sources are confirming that the company intends to open up something related to developmental in Stamford, CT in the next few months and that they are far enough along in the process that they have someone in mind to head it up. The idea would be to have a small group of wrestlers working directly with the company to prep them for their TV debut. One idea is to integrate it with their latest production facility so everything is under one roof. One source claimed the idea would be to provide a "middle ground" between developmental and TV so performers have a better chance of connecting with the audience once they debut. With that said, sources continue to claim there are no plans to shut down FCW, citing that just within the last week they were discussing new potential locations in FL to shoot TV. The company was extremely angry about reports of FCW closing, which is what sparked Triple H's comments on the WWE website. The FCW closing reports had several officials "furious" according to one person I spoke to this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 That makes perfect sense as you have FCW work as the entry level then whatever the CT group is called work as the AAA affiliate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Bearskin Rug Championship Wrestling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 At tonight's FCW show, the mood seemed to be positive. I think they have enough guys that can split between both Florida and CT.I talked to someone that is pretty good friends with Steve Keirn and she said that the plan isn't to close down FCW. They should put the show on Youtube like NXT and Superstars. They already got shows well into May including one back in Orlando on May 18th with Christian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Looking back at the original Observer report it does seem a bit fishy thinking about it. Like besides informing them they would no longer be producing TV for their station, why would WWE give so much other info to Bright House about closing the promotion and whear they were moving too and stuff, especially before informing the actual staff & wrestlers of FCW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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