The Unknown Poster Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 STAMFORD, Conn. — WWE has suspended Joe Anoa`i (Roman Reigns) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s talent wellness policy. Reigns issued a statement on Twitter regarding his suspension: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Well. To anyone who questions the legitimacy of the wellness policy.... this should put an end to that. Wonder what he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 12 minutes ago, Goalie said: Well. To anyone who questions the legitimacy of the wellness policy.... this should put an end to that. Wonder what he did. Its legitimate in the sense they test. But in a world where Hunter isnt tested, Cena isnt tested (or always manages to pass), there will always be questions. Basically some will say the drug testing is an IQ test meaning if you fail its because you're stupid. Top guys can afford top stuff and know how to cycle on and off. No details on what it was or when it was discovered but this dovetails to what I thought was odd - WWE's production meetings are late afternoon of the events and following which, "smart money" suddenly comes in on betting sites. ie. insiders bet on the finishes. But the smart money came in on Saturday following a meeting. So I would guess they learned of the failure late in the week or saturday, had a meeting to discuss change in plan. Originally the odds were Roman retaining and Owens winning MITB (there's a PPV in Canada this year where him cashing in would be huge) and then they suddenly switched to Seth winning and Dean winning MITB. This also explains why they totally shotgunned the Seth/Roman rematch and the revelation of the three way at the next event which is 5 weeks away. Usually when they have 5 weeks, they dont do anything, preferring a 2-3 week build. It was eyebrow raising when they announced the Battleground main event so soon. The question is, will Roman be off TV? Under the terms of their wellness policy he can still work TV and PPV so as not to hurt WWE but would be off houseshows, missing houseshow money and unpaid for 30 days. I'd guess they leave him off TV for a couple weeks to let everything cool down, maybe comes back the week before the PPV or at the first live Smackdown (the draft). But you never know with WWE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I guess this explains the bad ending to the Rollins-Reigns match last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 RAW ratings up 15.6% from last week. Sometimes, the curiosity of a title change boosts ratings but that has not been the recent trend. Will be interesting to see if its Ambrose that is drawing or not. Also, AJ seems to be moving numbers too. Atomic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Per WWE Kurt Angle will not be returning. What a terrible decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Can Angle still wrestle. He's had personal issues & now his brother is accused of murder. The WWE probably looked at things & just decided he's not worth it. Goalie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Watched the documentary on the Ultimate Warrior this evening on the WWE Network. So sad that he died just one day after his appearance on Raw on May 8, 2014 at age 54 after his induction into the WWE HOF at WrestleMania. Glad he was able to finally come to terms with the WWE, Vince McMahon & Hulk Hogan. It was almost as if it was meant to be. I think he died a happy man especially with his family attending the HOF induction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Angle can definitely still wrestle. If he had a part time schedule where he did half a dozen big matches per year, they'd all be Match of the Year candidates. If you said Angle was the greatest of all time, some might argue but no one would call you crazy. Many guys have said Angle was the best they ever worked with. Its a shame WWE doesnt want to bring him back into the fold. Still lots of talk of Goldberg coming in (as early as the draft show in fact) and Roderick Strong & Moose of ROH should be coming in shortly. Moose has a prior domestic violence charge though, back from his NFL days (apparently his wife divorced him when he quit football for wrestling). Edited June 24, 2016 by The Unknown Poster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 I think warrior made peace with vince but I've heard lots of conflicting reports about him and hogan. Basically warrior avoided hogan and hogan did the same. Hogan is a world class grade A BS'r so anything he says... I wouldn't believe. He said he made peace with savage also but savages brother called that a load of crap saying hogan and macho didn't speak for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 2 hours ago, Goalie said: I think warrior made peace with vince but I've heard lots of conflicting reports about him and hogan. Basically warrior avoided hogan and hogan did the same. Hogan is a world class grade A BS'r so anything he says... I wouldn't believe. He said he made peace with savage also but savages brother called that a load of crap saying hogan and macho didn't speak for years They were filmed & they showed Hogan apologizing to Warrior & he accepting. Triple H was interviewed & he said he told Hogan to wait until AFTER Warrior's HOF speech on Saturday night before talking to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Yeah Warriors major heat was with hogan so Hunter asked hogan to avoid warrior. But they happened to pass each other in the stadium so hogan walked up and ended the heat. Although after his death he caused some heat. I think hogan means well. He's just always working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 6 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said: Yeah Warriors major heat was with hogan so Hunter asked hogan to avoid warrior. But they happened to pass each other in the stadium so hogan walked up and ended the heat. Although after his death he caused some heat. I think hogan means well. He's just always working Can't work a dead man so I think Hulk is glad he buried the hatchet with Warrior, You could see he was skeptical at first but as the conversation went on Warrior saw Hulk was being sincere. Seeing he passed away 2 days later I'm sure he's glad he didn't put it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Battleground 2013 is on WWE network right now. Curtis Axel vs R-Truth for the Intercontinental title... ugh. I'll take 2016 WWE over 2013 WWE any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hard to believe Axel is Curt Hennig's son. I mean Curt's dad Larry "The Axe" was a big man & talented. Larry was never as athletic as his son Curt but still a very good wrestler. Roger Kent on the AWA broadcasts used to say Larry Hennig was "Big enough to go bear hunting with a switch". He was at that. Well over 6'4 & 300 lbs which was big for a wrestler back in the late 60's. Curtis is just a bad wrestler. I won't say awful. Maybe awfully bad & I'll just leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Curtis isn't a bad wrestler. Been used to train guys actually. He's no Mr Perfect but he's not bad Goalie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 21 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said: Curtis isn't a bad wrestler. Been used to train guys actually. He's no Mr Perfect but he's not bad Mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taynted_Fayth Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 if the announcers are going to call Kane "Demon Kane" from here on out, I think im going to start muting the tv everytime Kane's involved in a match. I suppose the distinction is between corporate kane vs reg kane, but it was really annoying hearing demon kane this, demon kane that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 The ***** Stephanie is back. Raw is just so much worse with her around. Goalie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Raw was good up until the demon kane miz match. Honestly shut it off at that point cuz can't stand kane anymore. Loved kane before but then they removed his mask and it killed his character big time. Huge mistake taking his mask off the first time. Huge Edited June 28, 2016 by Goalie Atomic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 At least at some point Kane will either retire or taken off of the wrestling shows. We'll be stuck with Stephanie for another 15-20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Ya. I've grown tired of the heel authority figure. Would love to see hunter in charge of raw or Smackdown. A good angle would be to name hhh in charge of raw and shane for Smackdown. Steph thinks hhh is gonna be heel but hunter pedigrees her and takes her of TV turning face in the process. I like nxt hhh and think that character would work on Raw or Smackdown for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Stephanie just sucks the life out of Raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taynted_Fayth Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 her boobs look like they get bigger each week tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 So anyone else read about the Iranian Hulk? What a weird body shape he has... http://www.cbssports.com/general/news/look-meet-the-real-life-hulk-an-iranian-powerlifter-and-possibly-future-wrestler/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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