Grecian

They have to get R-Truth in this. Maybe climbing to the top of the Performance Center trying to find the briefcase. 

When life goes back to normal, 4 hour PPVs in a normal ring are going to be so dull. 

His stalling and uncertainty at who won the '94 Rumble was wonderfully understated. Until it seemed he decided there were joint winners. 

What a guy. 

Heartbreaking news. RIP Fink. 

I've looked into it a little more. Going by their most recent financial report (issued on 6 February 2020 and can be found here: https://corporate.wwe.com/investors/news/press-releases/2020/02-06-2020-132933376), they had $250 million in cash, plus $200 million in debt capacity. Sounds a lot of money, but when they're unable to run any live shows, merchandise sales will have taken a hammering, the loss of Mania and still having to pay Goldberg, Brock and co for going to the Performance Center with no income from it, I can understand why they've chopped the number of people they have.

I'm not trying to defend their actions at all, just saying that when you run a huge multi-national business with an enormous wage bill and shareholders, that money might not last very long.

41 minutes ago, Love-Wilcox said:

Yeah, throwing shade at Goldberg or other part timers really just takes everyone's attention off the main issue, which is that WWE have $500 million in cash reserves and regardless were still set to turn a decent profit at the end of the year. A mass culling of your employees during a major pandemic when you are financially capable of keeping them is incredibly callous no matter how you try to spin it.

Just a quick point of order: it's not half a billion in cash. It's a mixture of money in the bank (pun not intended, just a happy accident) and available debt facilities, such as overdrafts, Vince's credit card, etc. 

Rusev is the guy AEW should go all out to get. 

Rusev just tweeted:

'Thank you all, Rusev out' 

Just read Chioda first appeared on WWE TV in 1989. He reffed longer than I've been watching and I turn 40 in less than a month. 

37 minutes ago, Grecian said:

Presumably Mike Kanellis has switched his phone off. 

Switched it on again too early. 

Erick Rowan too, apparently. 

I wonder if the producers are being put on furlough, rather than fired? Any definite confirmation either way? 

Shocked about Chioda, though. 

Presumably Mike Kanellis has switched his phone off. 

23 minutes ago, seph said:

The 3MB WWE title trifecta will have to wait

Mahal and Drew both got released and won the world title when they got rehired. Heath will be champ in 2023, by my reckoning. 

There was a wrestling Genius called Lanny

Whose gift for grappling and poems was uncanny

He beat Hogan one Saturday Night on NBC

Before guiding to greatness the Brothers Beverly

And held the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship with the Macho Man-ny

Best: apples, satsumas, blackcurrants, lemons for cheesecake awesomeness. 

Worst: limes. Mainly because for some weird medical reasons, they make me have asthma attacks. 

Do you put ketchup on a roast? According to one of my kids, yes. 

7 hours ago, bbabba said:

I hated this finish.  In one on one matches, when a guy applies a figure four, and his opponent's shoulders are on the mat, the ref counts and the opponent has to kick out.  So why in the above scenario did Barrett's shoulders being down only count for Axel winning, and not Miz too?  Surely they should have shared the pinfall and the win?

https://www.wwe.com/videos/wade-barrett-vs-curtis-axel-vs-the-miz-intercontinental-championship-triple-threat-match-wwe

Because The Miz's shoulders aren't on the mat for the full three count. When realises the ref is counting, he twists onto his side to try and break up the pin. 

Is there a pre-show both nights? 

Quick Mrs Grecian update:

She told her boss she was unwilling to work whilst on furlough. His answer was everyone else was willing to (not a surprise, he pays crap money and is a bit of a nob, so most of the workers are recent graduates who don't know much about work and the law until they realise they can make more money elsewhere and leave). 

She refused to cave, so he's now switched her to three weeks on, three weeks off furlough. She stops work on Wednesday for three weeks. 

It really doesn't feel like Mania season at all, does it? Every year since about 1990, I've been hugely excited, watching all the previous Mania on VHS or DVD, fantasy booking results and post Mania season, the big debut on the Raw After Mania... 

This year, nothing. 

She's spoken to a couple of her workmates and they've decided as a group not to work while furloughed. The company isn't topping up her pay, its a small company owned by one arsehole. My shout is he wants to keep it running spending as little money as possible (to be fair, I totally understand why he's doing it) but a lot of them are very unhappy at being put in such a shit position. 

At least it's not just her now. Thanks for the advice, chaps. 

Yeah. She's basically being guilted into working. I've suggested she copies her boss into emails so she can prove the company knew she was working and if they tell her to stop, then she stops. 

She's too conscientious for her own good. 

It's a small company and all their work has been cancelled, but once everything goes back to normal, they'll be okay. She in charge of ordering stock and parts and dealing with customers, so if she ignores her emails while on furlough, the company is screwed. Plus her boss is an arse, so while she's not being directly asked to work, there's a strong chance it'll be held against her if she doesn't. 

So Mrs Grecian has been put on furlough, as of 1st April as part of the Government scheme. However, she works for a small company, and the owner has said he'd 'appreciate it enormously if people continued to work while on furlough'. All the paperwork she's been given states that she shouldn't work. 

Does anyone know if the Government will be running checks on this? If she does get caught out, is it on her or the company?