Ambulance Chaser Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Bollocks. Pathetic cop out. They either do em all or they do nobody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted July 27, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2016 Bollocks. Pathetic cop out. They either do em all or they do nobody. Exactly. If a freelance job guy was caught taking all kinds of rubbish they'd stop using him, so what's the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 They're going to do what suits them best arent they. Like has been said before, Hunter, Rock, Vince and others are all on some sort of PED. It's wrestling at the end of the day, Not MMA or Boxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted July 27, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2016 Absolute bullshit by WWE there. Really exposed their Wellness Policy as pure lip service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) I'm so bored of Lesnar. Use him away because it's just my own finicky nature coming to the fore and he's obviously still a massive aura guy you don't see much of anymore but all the things people love him for - the whole doesn't really care thing - just make me hate him, even if nobody wants a world full of swell dudes who'll play Animal Crossing with Xavier Woods, either. I don't give a toss about MMA so that probably plays into it. His TV stuff has loads to do with Heyman. His streak sheen has worn well off by now. He's coming off a dissapointing Ambrose match and headed for a Randy Orton bout. Loads of suplexs, close up of his big gassy rifle obsessed probably prejudiced in loads of ways head etc. Couldn't care less. He's just a big bollocky dumb cunt in my eyes and if he stays with the WWE for the next six months or the next 6 years his seasonal PPV bouts are probably going to continue down their path of diminishing returns for me. Edited July 27, 2016 by Gay as FOOK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grecian Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Bollocks. Pathetic cop out. They either do em all or they do nobody. Exactly. If a freelance job guy was caught taking all kinds of rubbish they'd stop using him, so what's the difference? Drawing power. It's always been one rule for the top guys, one for everyone else. If they start testing part-timers, Rock would needing testing in the unlikely event he wrestled again. I add his name for no reason at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted July 27, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2016 There's drawing power, true. But also, from a PR point, they've just killed their whole "its better than the NFL" bollocks with this decision. We all know their Wellness Policy is shite, but now everyone knows its shite. I'm just going to assume now ever part timer is gassed off their faces. Vince, Triple H, Tatanka. The lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambulance Chaser Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Tatanka. The lot. Bout spat my tea out there, fuck sake!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 There's drawing power, true. But also, from a PR point, they've just killed their whole "its better than the NFL" bollocks with this decision. We all know their Wellness Policy is shite, but now everyone knows its shite. I'm just going to assume now ever part timer is gassed off their faces. Vince, Triple H, Tatanka. The lot. Certainly would go lengths to vindicate the big bad booty daddy's "I'll piss with Paul does" 2003 mantra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted July 27, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2016 I think Brock's a borderline case. The Welness Policy is there to protect the guys they employ week in week out. If someone's working 1 or 2 dates a year, they're right, it's not their problem what they're on as long as they're medically cleared. Brock coming in for 5/6/7 appearances per year is on the cusp of "they should be looking after him" for me. Not angered by it but I do think it's a bit off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakashi Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I'm sure they don't test gigantic Dwayne either.... Everyone knows why the policy exists and what the point of it is. Protecting its contacted talent is secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Kat Von D Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 If they do random testing before workers go out to wrestle on Raw it would mean part timers never get tested anyway. The chances of Brock wrestling on Raw the day of random testing and him being selected are so slim that they wouldn't need to write it into part timers contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thesz Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Bit of sad news; Joe Jares who penned the amazing 'Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George' back in 1974 died recently. Though not kayfabe breaking it was and remains a serious book which pays respect to the many dues paid by wrestlers. http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/2016/07/03/joe-jares-1937-2016/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) On Thursday, WWE released their earnings report for the second quarter of 2016. Some highlights of the report include the following: Revenue increased 32% to a record $199 million, which is the highest quarterly revenue in company history. WWE Network acheived a record 1.52 million paid subscribers on average, up 25% from Q2 2015. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon commented on the Q2 2016 earnings report with the following: “I continue to be pleased with the execution of our strategy to optimize the long-term value of our content. Progress on this objective is evidenced by the continued year-over-year growth of WWE Network, the transition of SmackDown to a live format every week and the completion of our first exclusive content agreement in China.” You can read the full earnings report:http://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-news/2016/28-07-2016 The boys are doing alright for themselves, aren't they? Now saying that something they're trying to gloss around is that net income was only 0.8 million dollars, down from 5.1 million dollars last year so they didn't make a lot of profit. Investing for the future? Either way the stock is pretty high now compared to the past so investors must be confident in what they are doing. Edited July 28, 2016 by Gay as FOOK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Matt Hardy is due to face Tommy Dreamer at the next HOH event in the former ECW Arena. Dreamer will have Terry Funk in his corner - Matt will have Senor Benjamin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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