Tazz Gone From WWE

JP Liz

kinda OT but any SD taping results spoilers available yet

CMpunked

JP Liz wrote: »

kinda OT but any SD taping results spoilers available yet

Yes, there is

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=59673314#post59673314

DM_7

Reported on the sun website today : claims Tazz offered to work Mania.

FORMER Smackdown commentator Tazz offered to work on WrestleMania 25 before leaving the WWE - but was told not to bother by company bosses.

The 41-year-old’s contract expired at the end of last month and he chose not to renew it.
His voice will be heard for the last time on taped portions of today's Friday Night Smackdown, just two days before the huge event.
And a source close to negotiations told The Sun: “Tazz offered to work the show on Sunday, but was told they didn’t need him.
“It was WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and VP of Television Production Kevin Dunn’s decision to finish him up before Mania.
“Their view is very firmly that once you’re leaving, you may as well leave.”
Dave Meltzer also has more information on Tazz’s walkout in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and how Vince McMahon shouting in his earpiece during shows was the final straw, the same way it was for Mick Foley.
He writes: “He left on his own terms, which Vince McMahon is not fond of.
“McMahon and Tazz had a meeting on March 30 in Dallas and they were amicable to each other.
“Publicly the word is that Tazz was burned out and wanted to take time off.
“Those close to the situation say the situation was almost a duplicate of Mick Foley, in that he reached his breaking point because he was the recipient of a tremendous amount of verbal abuse while announcing and, unlike some, it got to him to where he got tired of coming to work.
“The Vince McMahon style of producing doesn’t work for a lot of people, and in fact, it’s a negative.
“Matt Striker has been muffled and isn’t as good or as entertaining, and he’s Vince fair-haired boy.
“Michael Cole is a shell of what he was on Smackdown because of how badly brow-beaten he is every week.
“Jerry Lawler has a different attitude in that he completely leaves the job behind when the show is over and as long as he’s paid, almost nothing gets to him.
“Vince also doesn’t get on his case to anywhere near the degree of any other announcer.
“Jim Ross is a lifer in the business and has made his peace that he can live with the situation, plus it is beneficial for him with restaurants bearing the J.R. name to remain with a weekly television presence.
“But those in the company had predicted Tazz would be done shortly after WrestleMania before he gave notice or made the decision, so it didn’t come out of the blue.”
The WWE have still not firmly decided on a replacement for Mania.
JBL, Joey Styles and Matt Striker are all rumoured - as is the possibility of having an announce team of Michael Cole, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler do the entire show.

grames_bond

they should just get vince back in the commentators seat:

un-be-lievable!

ShawnRaven

Ah Vinny Mac, stinking drunk with power in his old age. Six years ago he wouldn't have had a problem if Tazz was only burnt out.

DenMan

What Mike Adamle? Is there any chance that Mike will return to the WWE. Now is the time for the Coach to come back? This could be his big return, calling the shots on Smackdown. Remember the angle they did with him and JR years ago on RAW? "Did you call me boy?"...."I was caught up in the heat of the moment"

Worked great imo.

CMpunked

From the Taz facebook:

Yo
Hope everyone is doing well! I was hoping to make a couple of quick points ...Ive seen some cool comments and questions in regards to me and i want to answer a couple of questions every week here on "The Facebook" (as Mike Adamle would put it!)
1-Adam Reddick wrote "My fave Taz quote from doing colour was when he introduced Brock Lesnar: "Well, here comes the pain!" I gotta know, if he came up with the simple but effective line or was that someone feeding him that line to say everytime Brock came out?"

That was indeed a line I came up with. I actually got it from the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team....the Blackshirts which is a nick name for there defense. Years ago they UN had a tshirt for the Blackshirts which said "here comes the pain"...so like many other cool gimmicks in the business that line was stolen too! lol
2-Ian Stalker Johnson wrote - "Can you tell the story of you and Dreamer almost kicking the crap out of Green Day?"
1st off, that was a loooong time ago and I been hit in the head a lot so I'll try to remember best I could! We were working in Tampa (prob 1993 or 94) for the Eastern Championship Wrestling...(before it became extreme). As most of you know, back than Tommy and I were very tight friends and we traveled together and obviously stayed in the same hotels most of the time.
So, it was prob around 3am and I couldn't sleep so I left my room to use the pay phone in the lobby...like I said looong time ago! So this van pulls up to the front of the hotel and several teenagers jump out that are loud, drunk and annoying. I'm sitting in the lobby watching these goofs stumble in while I'm reading an old newspaper & spitting Skoal juice (before they had long cut!) in a cup! Dreamer ends up showing up...lord knows were he just came from (lol)!
Tommy see's these "kids" doing what they are doing and gets just as pissed as me...because they were giving the young lady behind the counter a ton of BULLS##T because she could not find there reservation! Calling her names and freaking out acting like jackoffs which pissed both Tommy and I off! There was about 8 guys total (roadies also) so i look at Tommy and say, "you ready?" and The Innovator of Violence just simple says"yup"! We walk over and i tell them to relax and to chill because the girl was afraid....so the loudest guy (which was the smallest guy & he had green hair) walks up to us and say to mind our fu%*cking business! I laughed in his face and told him That him and his friends were going to end up going to the emergency room at Tampa General if he didn't back up and shut up! He backed up and said that Tommy and I were outnumbered and Dreamer told him that he needed more guys which was hilarious! Meanwhile the girl must have hit a police button or something because all of sudden cops were there and that was that.
The next day Tommy and I are packing our bags (we were rooming together) to head to the arena and we have MTV on in the room and they had a segment on this hot new band and im looking at them and I see the little dude with the green hair and I'm bugging out saying that's the A-HOLE from last night....it was Greenday.
Moving on now...
-Feels great to eat clean & hit the gym again....motivation and lack of stress can bring out the best in you!
-In closing, over the years people have been some what perplexed on my nationality. I am Italian of Sicilian descent. I have been confused for being Brazilian, PR, Mexican, Hawaiian....and even Samoan!!

FTW
Taz

Thats a pretty good story about GD.

Wish someone would put out a book with just all the stories from the road of ECW.

deanodrummer

grames_bond wrote: »

they should just get vince back in the commentators seat:

un-be-lievable!

Ha ha. "1, 2, New Champion.. No, no, he didn't get him."

Vince should step down he's old and stale.

Tazz was one of their best commentators. Pity we didn't see more of his wrestling ability in WWE. He'll be back anyways imho.

D.Q

Jesus, how hard would it be to commentate with someone screaming in your ear!!

mrstpatsfc

interesting to find that taz has been listed upon the names of talent at tna

http://www.24wrestling.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1242272382&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7&

may not be a reliable source but it is something to look at.

Fozzy

mrstpatsfc wrote: »

interesting to find that taz has been listed upon the names of talent at tna

http://www.24wrestling.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1242272382&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7&

may not be a reliable source but it is something to look at.

The Observer has been reporting that Taz is going to TNA for weeks now

jrochie

I think he's as good as there, just has something like a no-compete period to run yet before he can actually appear on TNA tv