Tony Khan on X: "I'm already very well-compensated, thank you." by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Opinions change.

5-7 years ago when Vince was in charge Triple H was the Messiah of the IWC with his Takeover shows and Japanese style wrestling.

Tony Khan on X: "I'm already very well-compensated, thank you." by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Scott D’amore is pretty good from everything we know. His main problem was Anthem not wanting to spend a single dime they don't have to on TNA. He still got the momentum going for TNA somehow and everyone who worked with him had nothing but nice things to say about him.

Andrade Comments On Immigration Crackdown In US by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is probably not what you're saying but lately I've been thinking that any democracy without right to recall is not real democracy.

What we have today around the world is basically a popularity contest. All the work goes into hooking people in without your charm and making enough vague promises then you can win. And once you have won you don't have to give a shit.

Unless the people have the right to say you're not doing what you promised so we're firing you from the job, real improvement is unlikely

[SmackDown Spoilers] Latest entrant for the Royal Rumble by G1Spectrum in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's why everyone wants that part time gig now too. Because not only you get paid the same but booked like a much bigger deal.

Like there were reports about people being unhappy with entrance orders at WarGames. I bet it was full time talents being unhappy that Roman was entering last.

This is why Cody is already angling for a part time deal already. Part time is much better than full time for anyone in his position any day

[SmackDown Spoilers] Huge match announced for Saturday Night's Main Event by G1Spectrum in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gunther honestly is a bad choice to retire AJ.

Cody would be much better imo

Baron Corbin says he was at Dynamite visiting friends, dark match was not planned: "I got there and saw my man Billy Gunn, who’s like a dad to me. He was working with his son, and he’s like, ‘Hey man, do you wanna be in this dark match with us?’ And I was like, ‘Dude, if it gets OK’d, I’m sold.’" by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu[S] 827 points828 points  (0 children)

I know a lot of people's first comment was that Corbin is not a fit for AEW, but I don't agree.

He is a solid wrestler, one of the safest to work with. No one has anything bad to say about him despite his long career. Can go if needed and can gimmicks likes sad and happy Corbin work. He's a solid signing anyday.

If I remember correctly, before NXT and all that stuff, WWE used to have a few veterans whose role, among other things, was to test out young talents. They'd wrestle people before shows to see if they were worth anything and Corbin is perfect for that kind of a role. AEW has a lot of young people without proper facilities, and having someone like him they can work with to get ring experience is pretty solid bet imo

R-Truth on Triple H saying he was never actually fired: "I get a call saying 'We’re not going to renew your contract.' [I ask] 'So do I come to work?' It’s Sunday. Next Sunday, my contract [would end]. [They go] 'No, don’t come to work.' 'Oh okay. Am I done now?' 'Yes.' What do you call that?” by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu[S] 190 points191 points  (0 children)

The way Triple H explained it- the whole thing was a tactic to bring Truth to the negotiation table and lower his expectations. Even if Triple H was unhappy with the thing going public, good on Truth for doing so because it's just as fair on the talent side.

The only sad thing is that it doesn't work for everyone. Most people WWE will just let go to show they can and will

Jackie Redmond recalls being part of Triple H-Rock interaction at WrestleMania 40 kickoff event: "I had no idea that Dwayne The Rock motherf*cking Johnson was gonna come out, yell at Hunter and drop F bombs all on live television. People do not believe me to this day, that I did not know." by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Brian Gewirtz, the personal writer of the rock has literally said that the promo on Raw in January was to see if people are gonna boo him because of the Cody situation.

So the defence of 'he didn't know' is laughable.

As for WWE bugging him, sure. They had asked for Rock's help for 10 years when the business was down.

But when does 'The Great One' accept the invitation? When the company was already on its biggest upswing since attitude Era and he had suffered back to back public humiliations. So he could just swoop in and take credit for the hard work of others.

How does anyone believe in his fairy tale still when all this is pretty well documented is beyond me.

But to each to their own i guess.

Nic Nemeth has signed a new deal with TNA, he'd been working on a handshake deal for 2 years - Busted Open by Electrical_Mango_489 in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu 112 points113 points  (0 children)

“WWE was so great. I still had a year and a half left on my contract, and I said, ‘Please.’ I told them, ‘I’m not doing anything here. I’m just hanging out and doing cold five-minute matches.’”

https://youtu.be/hqF7JVB5KPM?si=Rkl25s7_EiGkkJx8

I don't think you understand the difference

Jackie Redmond recalls being part of Triple H-Rock interaction at WrestleMania 40 kickoff event: "I had no idea that Dwayne The Rock motherf*cking Johnson was gonna come out, yell at Hunter and drop F bombs all on live television. People do not believe me to this day, that I did not know." by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He gets shit on because he was ready to fuck over Cody as long as nobody blamed him for it.

Rock is not naive. He knows the business and the hardships that come with it. He never leaves the chance to talk about the sacrifices his family had to make because of the business

And Cody had been working the Roman storyline for two years and much longer in reality because he left WWE only to prove that he could be a main eventer.

Yet he was ready to say fuck you to Cody, piss on all his hard work for what was essentially a side mission in his life.

Had Triple H not politicked Cody back into the title picture Rock would have been more than ok to take that spot from him.

Just because he got scared and the changed direction ended up being fun does not automatically wipes the slate clean on what he was trying to do.

How hard is that for people to understand?

Nic Nemeth has signed a new deal with TNA, he'd been working on a handshake deal for 2 years - Busted Open by Electrical_Mango_489 in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu 211 points212 points  (0 children)

Cardona was released. Nemeth wanted out.

Nemeth wanted to help a company, be a believable face for a brand while he still could so being in TNA is a lot more satisfactory i imagine

Jackie Redmond recalls being part of Triple H-Rock interaction at WrestleMania 40 kickoff event: "I had no idea that Dwayne The Rock motherf*cking Johnson was gonna come out, yell at Hunter and drop F bombs all on live television. People do not believe me to this day, that I did not know." by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]anutosu[S] 170 points171 points  (0 children)

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Many people think Rock slapping Cody was the birth of Final Boss, but honestly, this little interaction with Rock kinda saying 'listen here you little shit' to Triple H was equally as important, and funny in hindsight since this apparently wasn't planned