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July Wrasslin' |OT| ALT+CTRL DELETE DELETE DELETE NERO, IT'S OVAH!

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Bluekaveli

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slightconfuse

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From the latest. Voices of wrestling podcast.they get the occasional scoop

Obvious” that his WWE release is a worked “soft release.” Initially told it’s an under-the-table deal orchestrated with Paul Levesque. Cody gets to leave for awhile, work with trendy indy stars, wash away the Stardust stink, and return with a workrate reputation from hardcore underground fans. Cody is apparently being paid by WWE instead of WWN Live to work Evolve! He’s also being paid by WWE during the rest of the “interim period.” Notice that Cody’s first indy date booked was with WWE-affiliated Evolve. Lanza has been “flat out told that Cody Rhodes has every intention of returning to WWE in the fall and doesn’t have any [indy] bookings beyond October [2016] right now.”

Until Cody works for NJPW, ROH, or TNA, Lanza doesn’t buy that he truly left WWE. Cody was supposedly told he can’t work for NJPW or ROH; TNA wasn’t mentioned on the no-no list but no way Cody goes there if’s still under WWE contract. Lanza believes the WWE legends contract story reported by PWInsider’s Mike Johnson was planted and is part of the work. Johnson is a co-opted member of the WWE media team who leaked the false story that Evolve would become a pure WWE farm system and that would thus force Chris Hero out. It is obvious that Paul Levesque leaks this to Johnson; listen to NXT’s conference calls to connect the dots. Also, it isn’t WWE’s MO to offer a Legends contract to a non-retired wrestler in his athletic prime. Cody’s anger over this is obviously false.

Cody is no stranger to being involved in works. A worked firing angle was used in the past to kick off the Stardust gimmick. He was booked to work PWS; owner Pat Buck told Voices of Wrestling that Cody’s match at the time was planned but then cancelled by WWE. Cody is currently charging very different rates with indy federations as well.

Cody is taking a brilliant but significant risk by doing this. There’s the very real chance he could fail to impress on the indies like Matt Hardy in 2005 and Curt Hawkins in 2014, causing his stock to drop even more than when this “soft release” started. But Cody is motivated and doesn’t wanna be defined by what had become an incredibly stale Stardust persona.
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Data West

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There was reports he was having health issues. Luchablog pieced together that it was cancer but that was a few days ago. I wonder how long he had it. He had to be real young. He debuted in 2013.
 
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SallyIsNow

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slightconfuse said:
From the latest. Voices of wrestling podcast.they get the occasional scoop
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The more stuff changes, the more it stays the same. We got all these indie darlings, and shit like this where they work other promotions, but people like Roman are still pushed to the top and kept there.
 
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Fox318

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Data West said:
Holy shit
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There was reports he was having health issues. Luchablog pieced together that it was cancer but that was a few days ago. I wonder how long he had it. He had to be real young. He debuted in 2013.
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I can't say I've heard of him (don't follow much lucha) but holy shit what an awesome look

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Bluekaveli

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Fox318 said:
Honestly they should do this with more guys.

If Cody really wanted to get better he would go down to CMLL like Naito and learn how to fucking get heat.
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Now that I think about it again, what about Eden, if it were a work, don't you think she would've stayed!
 
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Man God

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Bluekaveli said:
Damnit, we're getting two pages this month, fuck that!
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The only wrestling I'm thinking about watching this month is Raw before the Draft, the Draft, and the PPV. If the drafted squads are any good I'll keep watching after that.

August and September I'm going to watch 1999 WWF.
 
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Bluekaveli

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Man God said:
The only wrestling I'm thinking about watching this month is Raw before the Draft, the Draft, and the PPV. If the drafted squads are any good I'll keep watching after that.

August and September I'm going to watch 1999 WWF.
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I think you'll be enlightened by the SD roster. Until they figure out sd is better than Raw then gut some of the talent.
 
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Fox318

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Bluekaveli said:
Now that I think about it again, what about Eden, if it were a work, don't you think she would've stayed!
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Ehh I think she got a good job outside of wrestling and now she gets to spend time and travel with her husband instead of working within the WWE endless machine.
 
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Bluekaveli

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Fox318 said:
Ehh I think she got a good job outside of wrestling and now she gets to spend time and travel with her husband instead of working within the WWE endless machine.
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So what does she do if he goes back? Do they give her the job back? Or make her get on all fours and quack like a duck for her job back?

Man God said:
Remember though USA has both now and won't be applying that same pressure.
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What do you mean? Competing for ratings?
 
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Man God

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Bluekaveli said:
So what does she do if he goes back? Do they give her the job back? Or make her get on all fours and quack like a duck for her job back?


What do you mean? Competing for ratings?
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After coming back from Spike USA held all the cards and demanded all of the top stars to be RAW exclusive.
 
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Man God

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Bluekaveli said:
I never actually knew that. What was the reasoning for wwe taking wrestling off of network tv?
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After UPN exploded ratings didn't do great. Plus wrestling always has that problem with ad dollars and Sci-Fi liked the ratings that ECW did so they got a good deal from the parent company.
 
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As much as people bitch about WWE Fucking up the Invasion, the NWO was a travesty too.

The RAW Before the 2002 Draft (i'm doing a Draftrospective) main event is The Rock and Stone Cold VS The NWO.

On RAW. How did this not make money.
 
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Data West

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Barrage said:
As much as people bitch about WWE Fucking up the Invasion, the NWO was a travesty too.

The RAW Before the 2002 Draft (i'm doing a Draftrospective) main event is The Rock and Stone Cold VS The NWO.

On RAW. How did this not make money.
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Nash and Hall said they were told they'd be in a long feud with Austin and then Rock. Hall would go over Austin at Wrestlemania then Austin would go over him at the end of the feud and Hogan would continue to feud with Rock and Austin as this big takeover deal.

When they arrived at the arena for Wrestlemania, Vince dropped on them, 'Hogan's going face and you're jobbing to Austin.'
 
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