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Kriss Citizen of nowhere 
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The 2017 pool is still ongoing, and will end when the 2018 Royal Rumble starts, whereby the 2018 pool will begin. On that note, here are the rules and runners for the 2018 pool. Rules for 2018: Pick 15 names from the current Raw, SmackDown and NXT rosters (with at least three coming from NXT) and rank them from your 15 point pick to your 1 point pick. The women and men are all superstars now, so they are all in this together. Plus 3 names from the non-wrestler list (all worth 4 points). +5 points if your WWE or NXT pick shows on Impact TV -5 points if your NXT pick is drafted to the main roster of Raw (including 205 Live) or Smackdown (one-off appearances do not count) +5 points if your pick dies -5 points if your pick wins the WWE World, Universal title or one of the brand women's titles +10 points if your pick wins the NWA World Title +2 for the first (or first group) of future endeavors double points for any releases in January 2019. Deadline is the start of the 2018 Royal Rumble PPV, and the pool runs until the start of the 2019 Royal Rumble PPV. Send your picks to me. Last edited on Fri Feb 2nd, 2018 05:23 pm by Kriss |
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srossi
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For the record, I'm using this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnel And for NXT I'm sticking to the guys in the actual NXT section and not The Live Events section (mainly PC performers). I wish I could just say "everyone on Impact" and make it easier. Last edited on Fri Jan 19th, 2018 08:21 pm by srossi |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Raw Akira Tozara Alexa Bliss Alicia Fox Apollo Crews Ariya Daivari Asuka Bayley Big Cass Big Show Bo Dallas Braun Strowman Bray Wyatt Brock Lesnar Cedric Alexander Cesaro Curt Hawkins Curtis Axel Dana Brooke Dash Wilder Dean Ambrose Drew Gulak Elias Enzo Amore Finn Balor Gentleman Jack Gallagher Goldust Gran Metalik Heath Slater Hideo Itami Jason Jordan Jeff Hardy John Cena Kalisto Kane Karl Anderson Lince Dorado Luke Gallows Mandy Rose Mark Henry Matt Hardy Mickie James Mustafa Ali Neville Nia Jax Noam Dar Paige R-Truth Rhyno Rich Swann Roman Reigns Samoa Joe Sasha Banks Scott Dawson Seth Rollins Sheamus Sonya Deville The Brian Kendrick The Miz Titus O'Neil TJP Tony Nese SmackDown Aiden English AJ Styles Baron Corbin Becky Lynch Big E Bobby Roode Carmella Chad Gable Charlotte Flair Dolph Ziggler Epico Colon Fandango Harper Jey Uso Jimmy Uso Jinder Mahal Kevin Owens Kofi Kingston Konnor Lana Liv Morgan Mike Kanellis Mojo Rawley Naomi Natalya Nikki Bella Primo Colon Randy Orton Rowan Ruby Riott Rusev Sami Zayn Samir Singh Sarah Logan Shelton Benjamin Shinsuke Nakamura Sin Cara Sunil Singh Tamina Tye Dillinger Tyler Breeze Viktor Xavier Woods Zack Ryder NXT Adam Cole Akam Aleister Black Alexander Wolfe Aliyah Andrade "Cien" Almas Angelo Dawkins Bianca Belair Billie Kay Bobby Fish Buddy Murphy Cezar Bonomi Danny Burch Drew McIntyre Ember Moon Eric Young Fabian Aichner Johnny Gargano Kairi Sane Kassius Ohno Killian Dain Kyle O'Reilly Lacey Evans Lars Sullivan Lio Rush Montez Ford Nick Miller No Way Jose Oney Lorcan Otis Dozovic Pete Dunne Peyton Royce Rezar Riddick Moss Roderick Strong Shane Thorne Shayna Baszler Taynara Conti Tino Sabbatelli Tommaso Ciampa Tucker Knight Tyler Bate Vanessa Borne Velveteen Dream Wesley Blake Non-wrestlers Booker T Byron Saxton Charly Caruso Christy St. Cloud Corey Graves Daniel Bryan Dasha Fuentes David Otunga Greg Hamilton JoJo Kayla Braxton Kurt Angle Maria Kanellis Maryse Mauro Ranallo Michael Cole Mike Rome Paul Ellering Percy Watson Renee Young Shane McMahon Stephanie McMahon Tom Phillips Vic Joseph William Regal Zelina Vega Last edited on Tue Jan 15th, 2019 01:24 pm by Kriss |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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srossi wrote: For the record, I'm using this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnel I was just in the middle of typing up the list. I always use wwe.com. |
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Kriss wrote: srossi wrote:For the record, I'm using this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnel I just sent my picks but they're all fine except for Cathy Kelley. I don't see her on your list, so I'll swap her out for another non-wrestler. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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srossi wrote: Kriss wrote:srossi wrote:For the record, I'm using this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnel She seems to only work online, which is a shame, since she is hands down the best looking woman in WWE right now. |
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LarrySC
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broke
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Too late to pick Enzo? |
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srossi
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broke wrote: Too late to pick Enzo? Did something new happen? |
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srossi wrote: broke wrote:Too late to pick Enzo? Latest rape accusation. By a woman who recently posted a YouTube video about how she faked a pregnancy to get revenge on an ex-boyfriend because she has "psychological problems." Her words. |
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LAF wrote: srossi wrote:broke wrote:Too late to pick Enzo? Jesus Christ. Well he has made himself an easy target. I hope it blows over. |
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srossi
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broke wrote: Too late to pick Enzo? Too late or too early? He was just released so he would count for the 2017 pool and not the 2018 one. I assume no one had him in 2017 though. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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So, if you picked Enzo, you need to re-do your picks. LarrySC, you were 2 wrestlers short and didn't rank your list, so you need to have another look as well. Any lists not complete by the start of the Royal Rumble PPV will be fixed using a random number generator. |
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broke
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Maybe next year (or if its not too late - this year) can we add a "You're Hired" mini pool as well? |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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broke wrote: Maybe next year (or if its not too late - this year) can we add a "You're Hired" mini pool as well? Would you add a mini pool of people giving birth to the dead pool? No. This is purely to watch once great careers circle the pan. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Reminder that you have until the Royal Rumble PPV starts on Sunday to send in picks. hoganfan - you need to replace Enzo in your list LarrySC - you need to add 2 more picks and rank your picks 1-15 |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Any more for any more? You have about 5 hours to sent in picks to enter this year. hoganfan4life - you need to replace Enzo broke - you picked Brian Kendrick twice |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Okay. We have four runners: srossi 15 - Lince Dorado 14 - Buddy Murphy (NXT) 13 - Wesley Blake (NXT) 12 - Mike Kanellis 11 - Samir Singh 10 - Sunil Singh 9 - Dana Brooke 8 - Apollo Crews 7 - No Way Jose (NXT) 6 - Curt Hawkins 5 - Brock Lesnar 4 - Rhyno 3 - Heath Slater 2 - Epico Colon 1 - Primo Colon Non-wrestlers Christy St. Cloud Maria Kanellis Percy Watson broke 15 - Neville 14 - Rhyno 13 - Viktor 12 - Aliyah (NXT) 11 - Wesley Blake (NXT) 10 - Lio Rush (NXT) 9 - Apollo Crews 8 - Noam Dar 7 - TJP 6 - Curt Hawkins 5 - The Brian Kendrick 4 - Tucker Knight (NXT) 3 - Konnor 2 - Brock Lesnar 1 - Kassius Ohno (NXT) Non-wrestlers Paul Ellering Greg Hamilton Kayla Braxton LarrySC 15 - Mandy Rose 14 - Gran Metalik 13 - Tony Nese 12 - Mike Kanellis 11 - Epico Colon 10 - Primo Colon 9 - R-Truth 8 - Dash Wilder 7 - Scott Dawson 6 - Sin Cara 5 - Rhyno 4 - Cezar Bonomi (NXT) 3 - Oney Lorcan (NXT) 2 - Alicia Fox 1 - Lars Sullivan (NXT) Non-wrestlers Daniel Bryan David Otunga Paul Ellering hoganfan4life 15 - Neville 14 - Dana Brooke 13 - Primo Colon 12 - Epico Colon 11 - R-Truth 10 - Heath Slater 9 - Zack Ryder 8 - Rhyno 7 - Gentleman Jack Gallagher 6 - Danny Burch (NXT) 5 - Oney Lorcan (NXT) 4 - Paige 3 - Aliyah (NXT) 2 - Sami Zayn 1 - Tamina Snuka Non-wrestlers Daniel Bryan David Otunga Charly Caruso Last edited on Tue Jan 30th, 2018 08:49 pm by Kriss |
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srossi
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Shit, I forgot about Neville. Last edited on Mon Jan 29th, 2018 07:42 pm by srossi |
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broke
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I forgot that Mike Bennett was even hired by the company. |
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bpickering Hall Of Famer 
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Rich Swann and WWE have mutually agreed to part ways as of today, February 15, 2018. WWE wishes Swann the best in all of his future endeavors |
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bpickering wrote: Rich Swann and WWE have mutually agreed to part ways as of today, February 15, 2018. Wow, that incident seemed so minor I really thought they were going to work it out. What a horrible career derailment for Swann. Oh and happy birthday! I had just read this earlier today on wrestlinginc.com: WWE Superstar Rich Swann turns 27 years old today while Spanish announcer Hugo Savinovich turns 59. No word yet on when WWE might bring Swann back from his suspension that was handed down following the domestic incident with his wife in late 2017. Swann was cleared of all charges back in late January, clearing the way for his return to the ring. Last edited on Thu Feb 15th, 2018 11:26 pm by srossi |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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broke had Swann as his 15 point pick, then redid his list So, no points all round. |
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broke
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Abbey Laith / Kimber Lee Released. I had no idea she was even under contract. |
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Also under the I had no idea they were signed until released category: Sage Beckett and Gu Guangming who I never even heard of til now. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Laith and Beckett both took part in the Mad Young Classic. Laith had also had a handful of NXT TV matches, although I think she lost them all. She never looked in good shape in NXT compared to her time in Chikara. Guangming was one of the Chinese guys they signed. They would have known that they will be lucky if even one of those guys made it since I think they were all day 1 rookies when they signed. Last edited on Fri Mar 9th, 2018 07:36 pm by Kriss |
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According to Wikipedia, Laith was under contract with WWE way back in January 2017, 6 months before the Mae Young Classic even took place. They really didn't do anything with her at all for more than a year other than a handful of jobs. Never a good sign when someone with experience can't make TV and is stuck training at the PC. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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srossi wrote: According to Wikipedia, Laith was under contract with WWE way back in January 2017, 6 months before the Mae Young Classic even took place. They really didn't do anything with her at all for more than a year other than a handful of jobs. Never a good sign when someone with experience can't make TV and is stuck training at the PC. She was signed around the same time as Ruby Riott. They both had matches under different names shortly after signing. Obviously Ruby Riott made more progress. |
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broke
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Ah right, They used Laith as "Kimberly" a couple times. The Chinese signings haven't panned out at all. Ho Ho Lun worked far too light, Tian Bing looked lost every time I saw him out there, and this guy apparently was working as Kona Reeves bodyguard - never a good sign when you're the heavy for a guy who never makes TV. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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No Way Jose is officially on the Raw roster, and we are off to the races: broke - 0 LarrySC - 0 hoganfan4life - 0 srossi - -5 |
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broke
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So Danny Burch..... got signed to a deal. Neville moved back to the UK.... but still no release. We need some movement here. Someone plant some meth in Rhyno's suitcase or something. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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broke wrote: So Danny Burch..... got signed to a deal. Really so little going on so far this year. Even of the NXT call-ups, only No Way Jose was on anyone's list. Buddy Murphy is a featured wrestler on 205 Live, getting a title shot, but he's still officially an NXT wrestler (it seems that the NXT and 205 shows are very very slowly merging, looking at the latest taping) and Paul Ellering is still on the NXT roster. The Danny Burch deal was weird. He was on the NXT roster without having a contract. I have faith that the purge is coming, though..... Last edited on Sat May 12th, 2018 12:19 pm by Kriss |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Rich Swann is scheduled to debut on Impact next month. More points missed. |
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Kriss wrote: Rich Swann is scheduled to debut on Impact next month. More points missed. We'll see. The guy has become a bit unhinged so no guarantee he actually shows up. And if he does, I wonder if he'll stay for more than one taping. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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NXT nobodies Zeda and Uriel Ealy have been released. Bizarrely, Ealy's twin brother Gabriel is still under contract. The Ealy brothers seem to have been around for ages, popping up doing jobs every few months. If they were ever going to do anything, they would have done it already. Zeda was one of the "worldwide talents" who pretty much debuted in the Mae Young Classic and had one NXT appearance in a battle royal. |
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srossi
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Impact has released backstage interviewer McKenzie Mitchell. Her replacement will be Alicia Atout, a Canadian who doesn't need to be flown in. Atout has worked for RISE Wrestling and as a music journalist. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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srossi wrote: Impact has released backstage interviewer McKenzie Mitchell. Except pwinsider issued a correction and apology today, after she denied the story on Twitter, blaming their usually reliable source who they won't be using anymore. I assume this source is one of the wrestlers. Isn't one of the rules of journalism that you don't publish a story until you have two independent sources? |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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No one had Big Cass, but...... Apparently Christy St. Cloud was released way back on March 16, so +4 for srossi, +2 for her being the first release to score points, sending srossi into the lead! srossi - 1 broke - 0 LarrySC - 0 hoganfan4life - 0 |
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srossi
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Kriss wrote: No one had Big Cass, but...... Shouldn't I have 6 and not 1 then? |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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srossi wrote: Kriss wrote:No one had Big Cass, but...... You lost 5 when No Way Jose was called up to the main roster. |
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Kriss wrote: srossi wrote:Kriss wrote:No one had Big Cass, but...... Jesus Christ, I was somehow losing amongst a field where no one had scored yet. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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srossi wrote: Kriss wrote:srossi wrote:Kriss wrote:No one had Big Cass, but...... Technically, no, since Christy was released before Jose was called up. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Buddy Murphy and Lio Rush were moved from the NXT page to the 205 Live page today, so that officially counts (for this pool) as moving to the main roster. LarrySC - 0 hoganfan4life - 0 srossi - -4 broke - -5 |
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broke
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woot, Neville finally got his best wishes for the future |
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srossi
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broke wrote: woot, Neville finally got his best wishes for the future Good for him sticking to his guns until the bitter end. I hope he goes “All In” and does very well for himself. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Only five people have left WWE this year, and three of them are former Cruiserweight champions. Add Austin Aries as well, and that belt is clearly cursed. hoganfan4life - 15 broke - 10 LarrySC - 0 srossi - -4 Last edited on Sat Sep 1st, 2018 04:44 pm by Kriss |
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srossi
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We're not tracking Impact anymore, but for the record Andrew Everett was released today. He started his TNA run in 2015 and was barely used, but this year he actually held the Tag titles with DJZ briefly. |
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WWE has released former Impact star Mahabali Sheera. Sheera appeared on NXT live events only and never made TV. Last edited on Tue Sep 18th, 2018 10:58 pm by srossi |
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Nikki Cross just debuted on Smackdown and is back with Sanity. That's a shame, because I was really enjoying her on NXT, but I can't see her ever getting over on the main roster. |
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Kriss wrote: Nikki Cross just debuted on Smackdown and is back with Sanity. That's a shame, because I was really enjoying her on NXT, but I can't see her ever getting over on the main roster. This may be a treat for the UK crowd and not a full-time promotion. She has some stuff to wrap up in NXT for sure. |
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bpickering Hall Of Famer
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There have been reports circulating over the last 24 hours that WWE has released Nick Miller (Mikey Nicholls) of The Mighty tag team. PWInsider.com has confirmed that Nichols has been released and that it actually took place quietly several weeks ago. The news first became public when WWE removed him from the roster of the WWE website. There's also speculation that NXT UK's Tucker has been released as he has also been removed from the website roster. PWInsider.com has not been able to independently confirm that as of this writing. There's no word if there are additional releases coming. |
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bpickering wrote:There have been reports circulating over the last 24 hours that WWE has released Nick Miller (Mikey Nicholls) of The Mighty tag team. PWInsider.com has confirmed that Nichols has been released and that it actually took place quietly several weeks ago. The news first became public when WWE removed him from the roster of the WWE website. If only Miller was released it has to be a disciplinary issue otherwise they both would’ve been. They never really clicked in NXT since one or the other was always hurt, but we’re finally gaining steam as heels. I have no idea what they’ll do with the other one on his own. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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srossi wrote: bpickering wrote:There have been reports circulating over the last 24 hours that WWE has released Nick Miller (Mikey Nicholls) of The Mighty tag team. PWInsider.com has confirmed that Nichols has been released and that it actually took place quietly several weeks ago. The news first became public when WWE removed him from the roster of the WWE website. This is the same WWE that released only one twin. WWE is a job for life if you want it at the moment. |
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Allegedly the release is due to Miller's wife having a kid. They could probably get a little bit of mileage out of Shane Thorn as a single - the guy has a pretty good look and can go in the ring. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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broke wrote: Allegedly the release is due to Miller's wife having a kid. The story seems to be that he went home to Australia to be with his wife and new baby and decided he wanted to stay home for a while. Completely understandable, and I would think the door is open if he wants to return in the future. Personally, I don't see anything in either of The Mighty. Yes, they can go in the ring, but so can most of the enormous roster WWE have at the moment. I never saw anything that set them apart from anyone else. |
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Kriss wrote: broke wrote:Allegedly the release is due to Miller's wife having a kid. I agree, and there is an enormous talent gap between the gaijin of NJPW and the other Japanese promotions. The fact that TMDK never jumped to NJPW when they were in Japan might be telling. Last edited on Sat Dec 22nd, 2018 04:39 pm by srossi |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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srossi wrote:
I always understood that wrestlers very rarely move up to a bigger promotion in Japan, even less so for gaijin. I think it was something I read from the early 2000s with all the guys who went to work for Zero-One, NOAH, FMW, Big Japan etc. They thought they were getting their foot in the Japanese door, but they were actually excluding themselves from the big Japanese pay days. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Bumping this because it got unstickied. I'll ask beej el patron to re-sticky it... I'll also post the details for the 2019's pool later today. |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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Doing some tidying of the scores. Brock Lesnar's title win at Crown Jewel means -5 points for srossi and broke: hoganfan4life - 15 broke - 5 LarrySC - 0 srossi - -9 |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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I'm going to declare Paul Ellering as officially gone... hoganfan4life - 15 broke - 9 LarrySC - 4 srossi - -9 |
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Kriss Citizen of nowhere
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And the winner, and going to WrestleMania (on his own dime) is hoganfan4life! |
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