Everything posted by sek69
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What a WWE Contract reads like..
So do 99% of the people who sign one, I'd gather. This must mean either Mark Henry went to law school or he has the best lawyer in the universe. What else could explain WWE honoring his whole 10 year deal when everyone else gets dropped within a year of signing a deal.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
Hot off the presses from DVDVR: All the Kurt Angle stories/rumors are BS, and if you happen to notice his rapid physical decline then you're being ghoulish and cheering for his demise. And with that, I go to sleep before I punch my monitor.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
His run as WWF tag champ with Tony Garea in 1980 gets little love as well. In fact most WWF from 80 up till Hogan pinned the Shiek seems to have been forgotten due to being the valley between the end of the 70s and the beginning of Hulkamania.
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Lesnar Legal stuff
It might not even require that. The Lesnar case might do it, and it would be WWE who took the matter to court to begin with.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
Martel did blow out his knee, but his career was ended by a Stevie Ray botching a move and injuring his neck.
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Lesnar Legal stuff
Vince's biggest fear is the people he's been using as his playthings and tossing aside when he no longer has use for them finally taking him to court. It's not an overstatement to say that legal challenges could shake the foundations of WWE. The most obvious example being the whole "independent contractor" business that allows WWE to not pay any benefits, unemployment, or worker's comp. A true independent contractor is free to work for as many people as he can handle. My friend the building contractor sometimes works for 2 or 3 different builders when the work gets slow. A WWE employee can only work for WWE unless they approve the booking, and on the rare occaison they do it's only for backwater indies and never a major company (like say, NJPW). WWE is trying to have its cake and eat it too by calling their workers independent contractors and then trying to limit where they can ply their trade. The Lesnar case is proving this. WWE is either going to have to start calling their workers what they are, employees, and pay what that entails (namely unemployment and worker's comp) or stick to calling them independent contractors and allow them to work for any company they can get a booking with. Either way would be a monumental change in the way WWE operates.
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WON Year End Awards
Hard Gay is a Japanese comedian, think of a Tom Green type who does wacky things to unsuspecting people, only he does so dressed like the biker from the Village People. You can find videos of his stuff on YouTube I think. If there's one thing constant in Japanese wrestling, there's always some promotion out there ready and willing to do a parody gimmick.
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WWE to Start Another "Controversial" Angle
Adrian Adonis was the only gay character I can think of who was actually supposed to be gay and not just pretending.
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What a WWE Contract reads like..
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.
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PowerSlam interviews...
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.
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Dawn Marie Files Complaint against WWE
Yeah, thats the first I've heard about Christy asking for more money.
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Dawn Marie Files Complaint against WWE
Strippers don't have contracts like WWE employees do, so it's no comparision. Also, I think broadway dancers are unionized too.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
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.
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Dawn Marie Files Complaint against WWE
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.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
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.
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Quotable wrestling
I've noticed Cole gets a lot of comments like that in under the radar.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
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.
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Dawn Marie Files Complaint against WWE
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.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
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.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
That's funny considering HHH seemed to take credit for the Katie Vick stuff after it aired.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
How bad is an idea when STEPHANIE MCMAHON vetos it?
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New WWE Heavyweight Champion
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.
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Dawn Marie Files Complaint against WWE
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.
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Wrestling thoughts that probably don't deserve
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.
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Legends That Wouldn't Get A Chance Today
The Freebirds. Hayes might have made it due to his charisma, but Roberts and Gordy would probably never make it.