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Fire Everyone but John Cena, then hire some new blood to make Cena look strong Let's go 100% Vince.
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Jan 25, 2015 18:50
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I'd argue against those campaigning to fire R-Truth. He's got sime name value as a jobber, and his in-ring career is probably about over--he'd make a great manager in retirement.
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Jan 25, 2015 21:14
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Just FYI Grozz Nuy I am a huge Trevor Lee mark and love the guy
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ILuvUCharlotte posted:
The advantage of leaving out a main event-level match was that it allowed us to run 3 undercard matches plus the upper-mid Sheamus bout in 65 minutes. Might as well stick to this as we've got so much undercard in need of work
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NickRoweFillea posted:Just FYI Grozz Nuy I am a huge Trevor Lee mark and love the guy I know, I was talking about BC's completely uncalled for smack talk about his face. Trevor Lee is a beautiful snowflake with a fantastic moonsault and I will not stand for him being disrespected.
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Grozz Nuy posted:I know, I was talking about BC's completely uncalled for smack talk about his face. Trevor Lee is a beautiful snowflake with a fantastic moonsault and I will not stand for him being disrespected. His moonsault is good, but that crossbody is the best
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Jan 25, 2015 23:39
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ILuvUCharlotte posted:
Finn Balor turned face during his debut and pulled it off sans any sort of hitch. Basic Chunnel fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Jan 26, 2015 |
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Jan 26, 2015 00:19
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That biblical Dean promo is aces, did you write that?
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Jan 26, 2015 00:23
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I did
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Basic Chunnel posted:I did thumbs up then, that just means we need to push dean harder so you write more
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Jan 26, 2015 00:28
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Alternatively it means hire and push Sid so we can get those promos.
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Jan 26, 2015 00:30
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Shima Honnou posted:Alternatively it means hire and push Sid so we can get those promos. But you know and I know that you are only half the man that I am! And I have half the overness that you do!
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Jan 26, 2015 00:34
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Jan 26, 2015 01:54
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Prograps Unlimited Bulletin Update posted:- Who Even Does That?: WWE Brass is said to be annoyed after hours of spitballing potential WWE-owned aliases for AJ Styles, given his prominent tattoos. Word is that they're considering "pulling an MVP" with the incoming star and covering his ink in order to allow them leeway in name choice.
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Jan 26, 2015 02:18
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You mean Wrestle Kingdom 9 right?
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quote:- Big Daddy Cool Cannot Lose: A ferocious bidding war erupted over the weekend as both WWE and AJPW made plays to sign Kevin Nash, as he recently dropped hints that he was thinking of dabbling in color commentary. As of press time it's said that Nash has outbid AJPW, though no deal has been signed as yet. The number is said to be substantially greater than the salary of any other broadcaster in the WWE, including Jerry Lawler, making Nash the highest-paid color commentator in the industry if he accepts the offer. And that's not including perks. Can you imagine what it's like to be Kevin Nash? Must be awesome bidding to pay yourself 
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He basically is at this point. I'm not convinced there really was an AJPW bidAbrasive Obelisk posted:You mean Wrestle Kingdom 9 right? 
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Jan 26, 2015 03:07
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Brian Cage was already Kris Logan in FCW, please make that his name in NXT.
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Guys! Good news! We literally cannot do worse than real life now! 
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Is that a challenge
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Basic Chunnel posted:Is that a challenge hell yes
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Basic Chunnel posted:Is that a challenge Hire: Big Daddy Yum Yum, winner of the Royal Rumble
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So glad we're having Bryan win the rumble in our sim WWE.
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Rehire Great Khali, Winner of the Royal Rumble
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Jan 26, 2015 05:33
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Exact copy of the real Rumble, except Kane and Show easily eliminate Reigns and then go out together as dual winners, setting up a Kane/Show/Lesnar battle of the giants at Mania
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Marquis de Pyro posted:Exact copy of the real Rumble, except Kane and Show easily eliminate Reigns and then go out together as dual winners, setting up a Kane/Show/Lesnar battle of the giants at Mania would this really be worse?
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Jan 26, 2015 05:35
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Displeased that I've already fired Alex Riley
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Marquis de Pyro posted:Exact copy of the real Rumble, except Kane and Show easily eliminate Reigns and then go out together as dual winners, setting up a Kane/Show/Lesnar battle of the giants at Mania Lesnar murdering Kane and Big Show would be better than Roman Reigns getting poo poo on as a face to end the show. It wouldn't get Rocky boo'd so bad you'd think he was still Maivia for one.
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Basic Chunnel posted:Displeased that I've already fired Alex Riley I'm displeased that you fired Hornswaggle. Now that's someone who has Royal Rumble Winner written all over their face.
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Jan 26, 2015 05:43
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Sticks Balor is going to be a star. I am feeling JAZZ CLUB.
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 Board of Investors Conference Call, Monday Week 2, January 2015 Greetings, members of the Board. This morning we find ourselves again faced with several decisions regarding our talent roster. Matters before the board: 1) NXT Callups and Releases 2) New Roster Debuts and Usage 3) Push Designations 4) Bill DeMott 5) WWE Network Title - - - - - 1) NXT Callups and Releases Simply put, we need to either bring up NXT talent or cut them loose. The reasons are twofold - one, much of our roster (particularly those with indie experience) is reaching the point at which the marginal gains of developmental work begin to diminish. And two, we've signed a few new contracts and we don't want the new hires to get lost in a bloated developmental roster (NXT is considered a regional-level fed and its "ideal size" is about half of what our current roster amounts to with new hires added). A substantial number of our workers are asking to be called up. Among those are: Konnor, Rich Brennan, Devin Taylor, Hideo Itami, Tye Dillinger, Danilo Anfibio, Byron Saxton, Drake Wuertz, Colin Cassady, Corey Graves, Sasha Banks, Viktor, Sin Cara, Adrian Neville, Eden Stiles, and Sami Zayn. Everyone on that list, save for the following names put forth for cuts, have decent to good stats and could be slotted into the main roster's low card. They feel that they're no longer getting anything out of developmental but in many cases our trainers disagree to some degree (if we consistently used them on the main roster, they may make the gains they would have if kept in developmental). So the question is this: Do we call up our workers from developmental? If so, do we cut our PPA indie jobbers and use the new NXT talent to put more senior workers over instead? And is there anyone that we should hold off on til the traditional post-Mania reveal, even if it makes them angry? For example, it may be worth waiting a month or two to see if Itami's English improves in NXT, or we may want to ensure he learns directly. Here are the people we have reviewed for the possibility of cutting: - Rich Brennan is a decent announcer but he wouldn't fit in amongst our already-stacked roster of announcers and color commentators, especially given that we already have several young workers in that role already, and his charisma is merely average. - Devin Taylor is a personality who has reached the limit of her improvement and is average across the board. - Tye Dillinger has become a good seller with good consistency, but all of his other skills are resoundingly average and he is 33, so they're not likely to get better through use. - Danilo Anfibio is a referee who is just average at his job. We have many good referees, maybe too many, and this guy can make decent money on the indies. - Drake Wuertz is a referee with average skills. However, he's only moonlighting as a referee and if we can renegotiate his deal to bring him into the ring, his skills (save for middling entertainment) can make him a capable hand in the low card. The WWE used to have room for shaggy dog guys like Drake, maybe it can again. - Sasha Banks is listed as a below-average worker on balance, though her entertainment and performance (psychology, selling etc) are strong. She is requesting call-up but our trainers say that 4 of her skills can still be dramatically improved and 3 modestly improved. Of course with the Divas division and the WWE product in general, good ring capability may not be so important. But up against the SHIMMER talent we're bringing on, she may suffer. - Eden Stiles, a personality with thoroughly average stats (aside from sex appeal) and pitiful star quality. All of her stats have reached their absolute peak. Note that firing her would considerably piss off Stardust. - - - - 2) New Roster Debuts and Usage As you know, we have a number of high-profile wrestlers joining our roster, a few of whom (Beth Phoenix and Ricochet) are already ready to work, but all others are being given a week to get their affairs elsewhere in order before reporting. We need to decide when to debut them and how to use them.  AJ Styles (as Jackson Shaw) Should be available next week on RAW, 2 weeks before the Rumble. He's currently set to debut as a "bitter legend" heel, with a chip on his shoulder over the fact that he's found glory everywhere but the WWE and yet the WWE glory is the only kind anyone respects. With his overness he'll have either an upper-midcard or main event level push. - Should we debut him on TV or make him a surprise entrant in the Rumble? - Should he be in a program, or built to a program? If so, what? Ex. Inserted into GM angle as Authority-aligned heel vs. Angle-aligned Cena, or put in a heel tag team w/ Ricochet and put up against an impromptu high-card face team.  Ricochet (as Locke) Currently available (was on PPA contract) but has only fought in a dark match. Working as a lucha heel character, complete with WWE-owned mask (not necessarily permanent - mask vs. hair match at some point?). Low midcarder. - Should we debut him on TV or make him a surprise entrant in the Rumble? - Should he be singles-focused or tag-focused? Ex. Sin Cara is currently a heel and they could form a lucha heel team. - Should he be in a program, or built to a program? If so, what? We may need to build him up first.  Beth Phoenix Currently available. Set to debut as a heel (the Women's Division is seriously lopsided in this regard - the face / heel divide among written contract Divas is 9 / 3). - Should we debut her on TV or make her a surprise entrant in the Rumble? (if such a thing is even possible) - Should she be in a program? We can set her against the current Divas champ (which would require a face debut) or add both her and Nikki Bella to the existing Paige/AJ feud.  Shinsuke Nakamura (as Nakamori Ihara) Should be available by next week's RAW. Set to debut as a face, with a gimmick contingent on the board's push decision. Given his overness we can likely expect a push as an opener or possibly a low midcarder. - Should we debut him on TV or as a surprise entrant in the Rumble? - Should he be singles-focused or tag-focused? Ex. He could join Finn Balor under Ric Flair's management as one half of the team JAZZ CLUB, as previously suggested by a board member. - Should he be in a program, or built to a program? If so, what? We may need to build him up first. The remaining Divas hires will be added to the television roster ASAP to shore up its dismal headcount. - - - - - 3) Push Designations Quick matter before we move on - Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury are on non-wrestling contracts but are being used as occasional wrestlers as a tag team (primarily backing up Seth Rollins). This has caused some morale issues as they would prefer not to wrestle. Should we send them back to being road agents, keep them as a tag team and bribe them into complacency, or fire them because we have too many highly skilled road agents already? - - - - - 4) Bill Demott Mr. Demott has long been our NXT head trainer (though our reports indicate that such a designation is rather informal), and it seems as if he's been employed as such primarily due to his intimidation factor and the "elite bootcamp" mystique his gruff air brings to the performance center. In terms of stats, there are far better trainers out there. Plus, he may or may not be responsible for several career-ending back injuries resulting from his training regimens. We can keep him on, we can search the market for highly skilled veterans to replace him, or we can replace him with the fantastically talented Booker T once Kevin Nash shows up to replace him on TV commentary. From there we can bring Demott to the main roster to serve as a road agent or simply fire his stocky rear end. - - - - 5) WWE Network Title With the board's apparent intent to revitalize the WWE's focus on lower card talent, it may serve us to change our championship structure to better serve the diversity of our roster. Some have suggested that, given the hours of television we have to fill, we can (A) create a low-level TV Title / Network title to be fought over and traded exclusively on C-shows.. Alternatively, we could (B) create a low-level Network title for C-shows, change the US Title to a TV title to be fought over on A and B shows / PPVs, and elevate the Intercontinental Title to the rough equivalent of what the World Heavyweight Championship was until it was retired - an upper-midcard belt fought over on PPVs. Alternatively we could (C) leave things as they are. Voting will last until 5 PM EST tomorrow. Basic Chunnel fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Jan 26, 2015 |
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1) NXT Callups and Releases Save Zayn and Neville until post-Mania, let Itami learn English in NXT, cut Brennan, Taylor, Dillinger, and Anfibio 2) New Roster Debuts and Usage AJ Styles (as Jackson Shaw) - Should we debut him on TV or make him a surprise entrant in the Rumble? - Should he be in a program, or built to a program? If so, what? Ex. Inserted into GM angle as Authority-aligned heel vs. Angle-aligned Cena, or put in a heel tag team w/ Ricochet and put up against an impromptu high-card face team. Ricochet (as Locke) - Should we debut him on TV or make him a surprise entrant in the Rumble? -Should he be singles-focused or tag-focused? Ex. Sin Cara is currently a heel and they could form a lucha heel team. -Build him up before putting him in a program Beth Phoenix - Should we debut her on TV or make her a surprise entrant in the Rumble? (if such a thing is even possible) - Should she be in a program? We can set her against the current Divas champ (which would require a face debut) or add both her and Nikki Bella to the existing Paige/AJ feud. Shinsuke Nakamura (as Nakamori Ihara) Should be available by next week's RAW. Set to debut as a face, with a gimmick contingent on the board's push decision. Given his overall overness we can likely expect a push as an opener. - Should we debut him on TV or as a surprise entrant in the Rumble? - Should he be singles-focused or tag-focused? Ex. He could join Finn Balor under Ric Flair's management as one half of the team JAZZ CLUB, as previously suggested by a board member.[/b] - Should he be in a program, or built to a program? If so, what? We may need to build him up first. 3) Push Designations Keep them as road agents 4) Bill DeMott Replace him with Booker, fire his poo poo rear end 5) WWE Network Title create a low-level Network title for C-shows, change the US Title to a TV title to be fought over on A and B shows / PPVs, and elevate the Intercontinental Title to the rough equivalent of what the World Heavyweight Championship was until it was retired - an upper-midcard belt fought over on PPVs.
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Oh one thing I forgot to check, DeMott has a mentor relationship with 7 workers on the main roster (though none are currently being pushed) and they would all be made unhappy by his firing. Also it would cost us $150k to buy him out.
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Jan 26, 2015 12:06
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Okay make him a road agent then
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Who are the 7? Anyone we want to push in the near future?
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Swagger, Miz, Ryback, Konnor, Fandango, Ivelisse or whatever that woman's name is, and John Morrison (still on PPA)
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Over a hearty catered lunch of bourbon and steak wraps... My general philosophy with NXT is going to be "Trust nobody over 30" and "Not here to fill a spot, here to take a spot". Anyone over 30 shouldn't need to be in NXT for more than a few months, and I'm not really interested in anyone whose ceiling is in the lower midcard. We can go out and get jobbers for cheap on PPA whenever we want; NXT is for developing stars, dammit. 1. NXT Callups and Releases: Call up Konnor and Viktor as The Ascension, Tye Dillinger, Sin Cara, Adrian Neville, and Sami Zayn immediately. Sink or swim time, and release a few of the shittier PPA jobbers and give our guys a chance to show their stuff while being pinned clean by Jack Swagger. Plan to call Itami up after Wrestlemania. Hope he doesn't suck. Sasha Banks, Eden Stiles, Drake Wuertz, and Corey Graves stay in NXT. They'll learn. Fire Rich Brenna, Devin Taylor, Danilo Anfibio, and Eden Stiles. gently caress Stardust anyway. 2. New roster debuts: Well, I'd like to send most of these people to NXT first, but that's not an option so, AJ Styles as the only surprise Rumble entrant debut and build him to a program after the Rumble, because let's not go too overboard here and split the HOLY poo poo pop among multiple people. Focus on AJ and try to build him into a main event heel sooner rather than later. Locke to debut on TV, no planned program yet. Debut Beth on TV and put her into a program with someone just outside the title feud.. Debut Nakamori as part of JAZZ CLUB. 3. Push designations: Strip Rollins of his security blanket and send them back to being road agents. Rollins is going to be our big heel for the next year at least, and probably our #1 heel post-Lesnar, but you just know the eventual face turn is going to set fire to whatever area it happens in and I'd start shifting him subtly from chickenshit heel to badass heel over the next few months to let that come without too much whiplash. I have no idea of any of this is a Thing in any way in TEW, by the way, I'm just bullshitting. 4. Bill Demott: Replace him with Booker T. He's not here to fill a spot. 5. WWE Network Title: Holy poo poo, yes. Option B.
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1) NXT Callups and Releases Bring up Konnor and Viktor immediately to shore up the tag division. Bring up Zayn and Neville post WM. Keep Itani down until he can speak English fluently. Axe all the dead weight. 2) New Roster Debuts and Usage AJ Styles (as Jackson Shaw) - Make him a surprise entrant in the Rumble. - Feed Cena to him. I will leave the specifics to the discretion of others. Ricochet (as Locke) - Debut him on TV - Test his chemistry with Sin Cara on a dark match. If they have good or neutral chemistry, put them in a tag team. Face/Heel alignment should be determined by whichever one they're better at. Beth Phoenix - Surprise Rumble entrant if possible. - Debut her as a heel, have her mangle a couple of spare faces until the belt is on a face. Shinsuke Nakamura (as Nakamori Ihara) - Debut him on TV. - Start him in singles matches. Test his compatibility with potential partners in dark matches/house shows. If it's shown that he has good-excellent chemistry with any partner, do that. Otherwise keep him as a singles performer. 3) The Fate of J&J - If they don't have any relevant relationships, fire them. Otherwise send them back to being road agents. Goons aren't that hard to come by, no sense in pissing away money placating these two. 4) Bill DeMott - fire him and feed anybody who doesn't like it to Ryback. - and replace him with Booker T 5) New Belt? - Option B works.
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