The 2014 Future Endeavoured Thread *Updated August 8*

Vision of Disorder

Sorry to see Hawkins and McIntyre go, think they both had a lot of potential, I've felt Hawkins was the most under-utilised guy on the roster for a few years. Brodus Clay had potential but I think they'd booked him into the ground. Camacho wasn't bad, was probably worth keeping around for a while yet.

Bourne had ability but also two wellness violations in a depressingly short period of time to go with his injury prone label. Wouldn't blame them for letting him go.

Mick Murdock

Pity about Evan Bourne, but it was probably deserved given his history.

I don't know if NXT'ers have little or any say on their main event call ups but anybody resembling a Brodus Clay type gimmick should be well aware... Might as well dig your own grave.

Fandango will be replaced by someone else and so on

Blue_Dabadee

So David Otunga is new JTG now.

the groutch

B.A._Baracus

Shame to see Drew get fired. I am suprised he lasted so long tho. I mean he really got jobbed out years ago after the famous vince 'endorsement' - but 7 years is a decent run.

I say the chap isnt a millionaire but reckon he has enough to buy a nice house in Scotland

Lord TSC

I'm just glad I got to see 3MB live before they disbanded

JP Liz V1

Surprised by Drew and Brodus releases tbh, I think Dixie and Jarrett will both try for Drew, wherever he ends up I hope he does well, I still thought after 3MB, he would be repackaged and maybe even paired with someone like Heyman


I hope Sandow is safe

Bounty Hunter

Evan Bourne and his 2 fingers will be off to ROH soon
Like someone else said I'd like to see Drew try his hand at going to Japan if he can (surprised they let him go tbh)
Brodus I could see being a worthwhile acquisition for Gaelforce Wrestling (I know Jarrett's companu is called Global Force but I always think of this)
The Indies plus his school seem a good fit for Hawkins, hope he does well always here good things about him

JTG - Well fair play for him lasting so long
Yoshi Tatsu writing was on the wall for this one, if it didnt happen he would be the new JTG
Aksana was a little bit of a surprise as she was being used but im not sure if anyone will really miss her
Teddy Long I think many imagined had a job for life but honestly I dont think they had anything for him to do
Jinder I would have gotten rid of before he was put in 3MB where imo he was terribly out of place
Camacho is a slight surprise but they never use the lad on the main roster and eventually this was going to happen he could do ok elsewhere but the top 4 grouped above would be my picks from those released

Saw someone else mention Rosa & Tyson Kidd as potentials to go next but Total Divas will keep both nice and safe in a job (Rosa supposidly in the next season)

tbh this needed to happen far too big a roster and far too many people not being used at all. If they arr good enough hopefully they will go elsewhere and prove the WWE wrong but nobody here will be missed too much although 3MB were fun recently especially and I wouldnt have gotten rid of them, ok Jindrt yes, then just officially upgrade Swoggle from half a man to a full one and keep em 3MB, what slater will do now will be interesting

duuuaaaane

rovert wrote: »

He didn't really move. PWS is a promotion he has worked for a while.

His close friends run PWS and he attends shows but never done anything in an official capacity.

Jester252

Some where Zack is hiding with his phone engaged

riffmongous

Who is going to job in 3 on 1 handicaps and get destroyed during pointless segments now though? Somebody will have to do it, 3MB really were a vital cog in the show

gnfnrhead

riffmongous wrote: »

Who is going to job in 3 on 1 handicaps and get destroyed during pointless segments now though? Somebody will have to do it, 3MB really were a vital cog in the show

Xavier Woods, R-Truth and Zack Ryder?

riffmongous

Woods and Truth I can imagine all right, but I dont see Ryder fitting in here.. (that might make me sound a bit rascist, but that's how WWE has conditioned me to see them :pac:)

Rose (let's face it, this is where he going), Ryder and ..Sandow?

gnfnrhead

riffmongous wrote: »

Woods and Truth I can imagine all right, but I dont see Ryder fitting in here.. (that might make me sound a bit rascist, but that's how WWE has conditioned me to see them :pac:)

Rose (let's face it, this is where he going), Ryder and ..Sandow?

I didnt want to say three black guys getting beat up by a (more than likely) white guy :pac:

Could give Ryder a gimmick change where he thinks he is black

riffmongous

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I didnt want to say three black guys getting beat up by a (more than likely) white guy :pac:

Could give Ryder a gimmick change where he thinks he is black

That could work :pac:

Ryder's gimmick is already pretty close to how WWE likes to portray african-americans and I'm sure Vince would get a chuckle out of their wacky rascist adventures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtAJqeTpDis

Although I guess that could have been a reference to Booker's infamous Hogan promo

the groutch

Ryder, Ziggler & The Miz has already been teased, why not make them a team?

They could call them : The Z-Listers

Lord TSC

Something alluded to over in the Meme thread, but of the 11 superstars released yesterday, only 2 were white Americans :pac:

Ridley

Ugh, I think Hawkins's leg was kicked out of his leg when Reks decided to leave just when it looked like their team was going to get more stuff.

Barreta and Hawkins shoulda tagged.

CastorTroy

A crazy idea would've been to have Hawkins and Ryder team up

Blue_Dabadee

andyman

Does Drew and Mahal being released mean that Heath is going back to being the one man band babaaaaay?

More importantly, going back to this theme:

beakerjoe

Are Titus O'Neill and Darren Young still about?

rovert

beakerjoe wrote: »

Are Titus O'Neill and Darren Young still about?

Young did his knee in so he is out for months and Titus is the king of WWE Superstars.

Moneymaker

CastorTroy

So was Drew personally fired by Vince?

I was just wondering, would some of these guys ask to be written off tv or fired on tv?
I'm sure some would be okay with it and it would add to the power of the Authority

rovert

CastorTroy wrote: »

So was Drew personally fired by Vince?

I was just wondering, would some of these guys ask to be written off tv or fired on tv?
I'm sure some would be okay with it and it would add to the power of the Authority

Mark Carano (of Total Divas fame) handled the firings.

Hunter and Vince keep their hands clean of the firings despite they are the people who really wield the axe.

CastorTroy

Was just a reference to the fact Drew would always say how he was personally hired by Vince.

rovert

Forgotten how racist Shelton's promo was for Tatsu's debut:

Ok I totally forgot Tatsu's debut in general but still. :P

Vision of Disorder

rovert wrote: »

Hunter and Vince keep their hands clean of the firings despite they are the people who really wield the axe.

I don't think anybody doubts this?

rovert

Vision of Disorder wrote: »

I don't think anybody doubts this?

I've watched few shoot interviews that had someone say Vince McMahon is a swell guy but that Jim Ross/Johnny Ace was an asshole.

Vision of Disorder

rovert wrote: »

I've watched few shoot interviews that had someone say Vince McMahon is a swell guy but that Jim Ross/Johnny Ace was an asshole.

Fair enough. I would have always presumed these decisions were approved at the top. I wouldn't hold it against anybody that talent gets released though, it happens. Part and parcel of the industry. I don't always agree with who gets let go but that's just opinion.

rovert

Vision of Disorder wrote: »

Fair enough. I would have always presumed these decisions were approved at the top. I wouldn't hold it against anybody that talent gets released though, it happens. Part and parcel of the industry. I don't always agree with who gets let go but that's just opinion.

Remember Charlie Haas specifically not get the good Cop/bad Cop deal.

rovert

Dang
https://twitter.com/TheDrewMcIntyre/following

gnfnrhead

rovert wrote: »

Dang
https://twitter.com/TheDrewMcIntyre/following

You have to log in to see it.

Any chance of a text version?

Angron

Gist of it: Dixie Carter is there at the top.

Diabhal Beag

She's the guy that owns TNA

Eire-Dearg

Lisa Ann is also in it.

So TNA or porn.

gnfnrhead

Wait for CM Punk to do the same in a few months and send the internet over the edge :pac:

Angron

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Lisa Ann is also in it.

So TNA or porn.

The two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

Lord TSC

Yeah, one requires you to give up all sense of pride and dignity.


The other is porn :pac:

B.A._Baracus

I think the reality of working for WWE is crazy.
Like, growing up I thought it was this amazing dream job where you make shit loads of money and is just well... so awesome :pac: But those lucrative spots are only for those lucky few and the backstage politics are unreal.

Most guys just have a short run in WWE and if you:

- Arent on alot of ppv's you wont make good money (no bonuses or royalities later on)
- Lack of t-shirts or merch = no decent royalites for you.
- Lack of tv bonus if you are hardly on RAW or SmackDown.
- House shows pay little.
- You will not get paid for WWE Network content.

So if you are a jobber you are screwed :pac:
I imagine if you save well you will come out alright after your what, average 5 year run (?) but thats it generally. No WCW or another top promotion to go work for.

rovert

Evan Bourne has aged the past 2+ years


Best indy match from the releasees so far for me is Brodus Clay vs Homicide for New Jesery's PWS.

rovert

Curt Hawkins earns his Indy GEEK card:

EdK

rovert wrote: »

Curt Hawkins earns his Indy GEEK card:

Why? Don't agree with those spots on big shows never mind infront of 5 people

rovert

PWInsider.com has heard from several sources that Josh Mathews was let go over the last 24 hours. His profile has already been removed from WWE.com, although the company has not yet acknowledged his departure.

Mathews has been with the company since the original Tough Enough reality series on MTV and had been doing announcing as well as hosting the WWE Network's Raw, Smackdown and PPV Pre and Post Show panels.

He could have been Pope, Ted.

MitchKoobski

Man I'll miss Josh Matthews. Thought he was the coolest guy in the world when I watched Tough Enough purely for his highlights.




I was 11 lads, it's not my fault.




I shudder to think who is gonna host the pre show and post show now. Anyone other than Renee Young would be madness. I don't mind seeing him go if I see more Renee Young.

rovert

MitchKoobski wrote: »

I shudder to think who is gonna host the pre show and post show now. Anyone other than Renee Young would be madness. I don't mind seeing him go if I see more Renee Young.

They've Tom Phillips and Bryon Saxton too.

MitchKoobski

rovert wrote: »

They've Tom Phillips and Bryon Saxton too.

They do, but at the moment I can only really picture them as interviewers or commentators.

I'm probably wrong, but hasn't Renee been the most prominent out of the three of them TV wise?

Hashtag_HEEL

Ah damn! Striker and Matthews were always two of my faves and now they're both gone!

rovert

Hashtag_HEEL wrote: »

Ah damn! Striker and Matthews were always two of my faves and now they're both gone!

Come to Wrestlecon 2015 Wrestlemania Weekend and you can call a Sunday Night Heat match with them. :P