Guest SweetMama Scaat Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 From Wade Keller's report on the Torch: "There is a lot of buzz backstage at Smackdown in San Diego tonight among wrestlers and staff over Booker T standing up to Batista last night. Booker is being perceived as the good guy of what was a legit scuffle, not a planned angle (despite widespread reports elsewhere)." Also, in a post dated 12:45pm today, James Caldwell said: "The fight included blood and both men showed swelling later in the evening. Booker T's wife, Sharmell, became involved near the end of the fight, but not physically. Batista, who has not been traveling with the Smackdown roster while recovering from arm surgery, is expected to be back on TV by the Great American Bash in July." According to the Pro Wrestling Torch, the fight between Booker T and Batista began when Booker perceived Batista as not having any respect for the business and stood up to him. The fight was broken up by a few other wrestlers, but not before both men could avoid getting banged up. Both men attended the premiere of See No Evil later that evening, and it's being reported that both men wish the fight had been worse so they could have skipped out on the movie. Kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dangerous A Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 If this turns out to be a work, Wade just got played big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cam Chaos Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I reckon it's a work just because it got put out by WWE.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 WWE.com also said it lasted five minutes and had a full feature article on it, so yeah, I'd say Wade got worked, which is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Meltzer's probably having a nice giggle over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Papi Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I almost feel bad for Wade. Almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Wade Keller and Dave Scherer are both claiming that WWE.com reported the fight so they wouldn't get scooped by sites like their own. Wade added that it also allows them to spin the story so that it sort of fits into storylines and they can better control the public impression of it. I remain sceptical though as Wade has been worked by Gabe Sapolsky in the recent past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bruiser Chong Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 The article totally sounds like something out of WWF Magazine circa 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Yes, only without reference to Razor Ramon "turning both of them, literally, into puddles." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Campbell Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I remain sceptical though as Wade has been worked by Gabe Sapolsky in the recent past. OT I know, but could you explain that one Keith? I've never heard that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I remain sceptical though as Wade has been worked by Gabe Sapolsky in the recent past. OT I know, but could you explain that one Keith? I've never heard that before. After speaking with Gabe Sapolsky he reported that the finish of Danielson's first title defence against Roderick Strong was a shoot and that Danielson and Strong got into a legit backstage argument afterwards. Because it was buried in the ROH newswire section most people ignored or didn't pick up on the mistake. The problem with Wade's and Scherer's proclamations of shoot is that there is the possibility that Booker and Batista are working the locker room. It's not like WWE has learnt from any of the other mistakes WCW made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cam Chaos Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I reckon it's just a way to position Batista for a return feud since Orton is out of the picture indifinitely. Besides given Styles speech on TV it seems WWE is back on the "work the smart marks" wagon so it'd make sense for them to continue it by putting out something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I like how even in 2006 there's still "was it a work or not" debate about things. Michael Cole was put in charge of WWE.com mainly due to the previous guy in charge getting too shoot-style (ie: mentioning Steph and HHH's baby when they're divorced in storylines). This is 100% work gearing up for Big Dave's return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Speaking of Wade, over at the Torch forums he's really hung a noose around his neck, bragging about how he didn't get caught on this issue with faulty guesswork. Unfortunately it seems that it isn't guesswork and Dave Meltzer's source is a mutual friend of Batista's who Batista assured that it was all a work. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spaceman Spiff Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 I find it really funny that people are still on the "it's a shoot" side of the argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Somewhat of an offshoot of this, it does appear Melina and Sharmell got into a scuffle for real and MNM was broken up at the PPV tonight because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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