September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989911 1 hour ago, Embrodak said: Megha Parek was apparently there as well, just a full on basketball team of management coming to chew the guy out. It's wild how the TALENT RELATIONS team not only let a bunch of other episodes happen on their watch (the whole MJF fiasco, multiple wrestlers saying they basically had no contact with their higher ups and being ghosted), they did NOTHING to ammend the situation and are actually joining a mob to single out another talent. It's a contest of who can come out of this looking the worst.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989913 Fightful Select also saying Malakai Black is gone with a "very conditional" release.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989914 I'm still convinced this is all an elaborate work combining of aspects of the Montreal screwjob and summer of Punk.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989916 Loving Punk calling out Page on live TV knowing Page can't respond, then saying if anyone has a problem with him they can come say it to his fucking face, then goes and locks the door and won't let the people he just shit talked in.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989917 If it's a work, it's possibly the worst of all time. Who benefits from this? To think they would intentionally undercut MJF's big moment for a work that makes all of them look bad is just too wild. Not to mention having Mox (who was on a run) drop the belt just so they could get Punk kayfabe suspended.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989918 The idea is to get people talking about the promotion and tuning into Dynamite and Rampage to see what will happen next. Controversy creates cash as the saying goes. I'm not saying it's a good idea BTW.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989919 They look like a joke with it being (IMO) a shoot. They'd look like even more of a joke if it's not.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989922 2 hours ago, Embrodak said: Megha Parek was apparently there as well, just a full on basketball team of management coming to chew the guy out. Actually, if Parek was there, it may be a case that she was already on her way to see Punk because of what happened at the scrum, she saw the mob heading that way and tried to control the situation , or she showed up when it became apparent a fracas was going down. Whatever the reason, if legal was on site and witnessed to some degree what went down, the fact that we're still not sure what will end up happening with Punk and that Steele is not fired makes me think that what was seen by Parek may actually bode more ill for the Elite squad than Punk's side (although everyone involved should and will face consequences for their part) when compared to how initial 'leaks' painted the picture of what happened.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989923 16 minutes ago, Jmare007 said: What a weekend! Bucks got beat up by an older dude who essentially has one foot and one arm, and a belly full of pastries. With a 5-2 advantage. I'd be embarrassed.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989925 Fragile ego. Fragile mind. Fragile body. What a prophetic promo.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989926 Having a locker room brawl in the presence of the chief legal officer of the company is some real galaxy brain shit no matter who did what.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989927 6 hours ago, Embrodak said: Also, Punk is an asshole, but he’s actually there. I don’t know why people assume he couldn’t have info suggesting the Bucks were the *cause* of the leaks, even if they weren’t the ones directly talking to Meltz and Sapp. Maybe the fact that Hangman brought it up on national TV gave Punk the idea that side could be spreading it.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989941 27 minutes ago, Strummer said: Talk that Punk tore his pec on Sunday during the brawl Supposedly his injury came during the match with Mox.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989945 Good Lord, the way this ball is rolling down hill, I feel like we are heading toward "Bischoff telling anyone at the talent meeting that wanted a release they could have it" territory here.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989946 1 hour ago, KawadaSmile said: It's Ringside, but still... If this turns out to be true, good fucking riddance.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989947 Ringside News is less than worthless as a news source. Like, it wouldn't shock me if it was true, but I'm going to need a better source than that and so far none has been forthcoming. Edit:
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989948 7 minutes ago, PeteF3 said: Ringside News is less than worthless as a news source. Like, it wouldn't shock me if it was true, but I'm going to need a better source than that and so far none has been forthcoming.
September 7, 20223 yr comment_5989952 1 hour ago, Blehschmidt said: Good Lord, the way this ball is rolling down hill, I feel like we are heading toward "Bischoff telling anyone at the talent meeting that wanted a release they could have it" territory here. I uttered the phrase “WCW speed run” earlier.
September 8, 20223 yr comment_5990090 Time will tell how the suspension lengths and forthcoming investigation plays out — like @sek69 said earlier, I can’t believe the chief legal officer was on hand for all of this nonsense — but I’ll say that I was pleasantly surprised by TK’s approach to the suspensions, including a very thorough scrubbing of all participants from the Dynamite opening video. There still needs to be a reckoning for talent relations writ large, but sending a definitive statement with minimal bullshit and then immediately getting back to business was a great play.
September 8, 20223 yr comment_5990091 9 hours ago, PeteF3 said: Ringside News is less than worthless as a news source. Like, it wouldn't shock me if it was true, but I'm going to need a better source than that and so far none has been forthcoming. Edit: For what it's worth, it has been mentioned that she wasn't happy that Toni basically called BS on her injury in the presser.
September 8, 20223 yr comment_5990102 "Been mentioned" where? Because it's been reported by Dave and Sapp that there was "no heat" on Storm for her comments, and AEW was still quite explicit that she was still an "Interim" champion last night.
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