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The WWE Release Thread..; wishing you the best in future endeavors
Topic Started: Nov 18 2008, 06:00 PM (4,882 Views)
Kame

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Jul 31 2009, 01:16 PM
With London in ROH (isn't he?), then could they team up again?
Paul London is not in Ring of Honor. He has wrestled a little on the independent scene, primarily for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Right now, he's suffering from a back injury and he hasn't been in action for about five months. A lot of people believe that he has given up on wrestling for an acting career. Keep your eyes out for him in an upcoming Pizza Hut commercial. No joke. :lol:

Anyways, there are rumors going around that Kendrick has already been contacted by TNA. Don't know how true they are, but we'll see if anything develops out of it.

"My god, Don! What is That Brian Kendrick doing in the Impact Zone?!"
Edited by Kame, Jul 31 2009, 01:23 PM.
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Jul 31 2009, 01:22 PM
"My god, Don! What is That Brian Kendrick doing in the Impact Zone?!"
That one was good. :lol:
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The latest victim of WWE's dreaded "future endeavors" announcement was The Brian Kendrick, and a PWInsider report sheds the first bit of light on the matter.

According to the report, Kendrick's release can largely be attributed to his backstage attitude and motivation as a performer. The internal feeling was that while Kendrick did what he was told, he carried a negative attitude and gave the impression that he did not deeply care about being there. WWE thus saw little potential for Kendrick to breakout as a valuable member of the roster and opted to sever its ties with the wrestler.

It remains to be seen if Kendrick's release is a compounded consequence of his behavior or if a specific incident brought WWE officials' concerns to a boil.

Sources are also quick to mention reports that Kendrick was one of WWE's most frequently-fined Superstars for marijuana use, although it is unclear if that played any role in his release--under the Wellness Policy, there is no punishment, beyond the fine, for using the drug.


He had a bad attitude about being a jobber? Hard to imagine.
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Not just a jobber, but a jobber that was doing a good job at ascending the ladder not too long ago. So basically he was both depushed and forced to job. He brought it upon himself, but still...yeah, a real morale booster.
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How did he bring it on himself exactly? They split him from Zeeke and then...
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By repeatedly breaking the rules by refusing to give up his hobby (smoking pot) which is clearly a no-no in WWE, deciding to instead pay the fine to continue to break the rules. That's how he brought on himself. By continuing to break the rules without care, he lost the push he was given and was demoted to a lower midcard talent and jobber position, which eventually degraded into just being straight out fired.

The man has had plenty of time to change his ways but refused to, despite obviously being punished in more ways than just a fine, so if he smoked himself out the door, it's his fault.
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But, he was doing the exact same thing while getting his push. They knew he smoked. Why crap on him at the end?
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Maybe they got tired of it in time? Maybe they assumed he'd stop but when he just continued on not caring or changing anything they lost their hope and decided he was a lost cause? Or maybe they lost their faith, like I said, but decided to de-push him to scare him into change, only firing him after he showed no signs of change (losing hope totally by that point).
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word going round the rumor mill is that Spanky aka Brian Kendrick is coming back to ROH September 26th in NYC not 2 be a spoiler haha
EDIT: Turns out that isn't a legitimate Twitter account. Fuck that. :td:
Edited by Kame, Aug 1 2009, 01:12 AM.
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Matty Flamingo
Jul 31 2009, 09:09 PM
Maybe they got tired of it in time? Maybe they assumed he'd stop but when he just continued on not caring or changing anything they lost their hope and decided he was a lost cause? Or maybe they lost their faith, like I said, but decided to de-push him to scare him into change, only firing him after he showed no signs of change (losing hope totally by that point).
Lot of maybes in there. :lol:
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Still probably what led to his release...
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It looks like WWE released referee Marty Elias, as his profile is no longer on the WWE.com referee section.
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Weren't they going to start taking the attention away from referees though?

Then again, I guess if there's a section on WWE.com about the refs then they probably aren't going as far as I thought they would.
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Source: The Wrestling Observer

It's being reported that Brian Kendrick's WWE release was actually something that had been planned a few weeks in advance, which is why he had been so negatively booked on Raw. In his last couple weeks on TV, Kendrick was booked to lose to both Jerry Lawler and Kofi Kingston in what were basically squash matches meant to humiliate him, and that was the way WWE wanted him booked prior to his release.

It's being said that Kendrick failed numerous marijuana tests and WWE management was getting tired of his repeated failures. Although a marijuana test failure only constitutes a $1,000 fine as opposed to a suspension, WWE is cracking down on the wrestlers who abuse the drug too often and repeatedly fail tests.

Kendrick's release is not only punishment to him for failing marijuana tests, but it is also being used to serve as a warning to talent higher on the card who feel they can get away with abusing marijuana and simply pay the fine when they fail a test.


I hope you are happy Matty...
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So I pretty much got it spot on then, huh? :lol:
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He must of been loaded because those thousand dollar fines add up.
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WWE has come to terms on the release of SmackDown Superstar Ricky Ortiz as of today, Aug. 8, 2009. We wish Ricky the best in all future endeavors.

I honestly don't know what Ricky Ortiz was about.
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Nothing apparently...
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I saw this one coming a long time ago. Ortiz was a horrible wrestler and had hardly any charisma. Good move, WWE.
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When did that ever matter to the WWE?
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Just days after he made his first return appearance on WWE television, Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore has been released from the company.

"WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Eugene as of August 14, 2009. We wish Eugene the best in all future endeavors," read a WWE.com statement.

Eugene wrestled a masked The Miz in a "contract on a pole" match that determined who would become part of the RAW roster. Miz won the match, but few would have figured that Eugene's failure to capture the contract would be his final WWE appearance.


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What the fuck? What could have gone wrong so quickly? Did he fail a test or something, or did he maybe ask to be let go?
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If only he still looked like this:

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Kraul

He looks like Joe Rogan there.

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Aug 14 2009, 09:28 PM
What the fuck? What could have gone wrong so quickly? Did he fail a test or something, or did he maybe ask to be let go?
Perhaps he didn't do anything wrong and WWE only brought him back for this one particular segment. :shrug:
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Kraul

Then that's Eugene retarded. Especially if they didn't tell him that.

I wouldn't doubt it if it has more to do with them realizing the character is dead and the audience doesn't care anymore. Instead of repackaging Dinsmore and using his talents, though, they just decided to try his old gimmick, it failed, and then toss him aside.
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I was a fan of Eugene back in the day (honestly I'd rather see that gimmick than a plain Nick Dinsmore), but even I know a character like that has less shelf life than even someone like Goldust. Makes no sense to bring him back unless it was for a one-time thing. I don't think it was originally planned as such, but I guess they realized how dumb (some pun intended) the idea of bringing the character back was.
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I've always hated the character since he first popped up as Eric's nephew in 2004. I stopped watching WWE for months out of protest that summer. It was a summer where Raw was pretty much entirely about Eugene and the Diva Search. One or the other was involved in practically every segment.

What makes the Eugene character worse is that it's supposedly a parody of a fan of their's. Some guy or kid named Eugene (who is legitimately mentally retarded) who comes backstage and such at their shows. Smile to his face, knife in his back I guess.
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I read a report that he was getting fired as a wrestler but getting hired as a trainer in Florida, but that report could bot be confirmed. So, I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Eugene must have had a horrible reaction in front of the live Raw crowd for the WWE to have released him that quickly. I'm guessing that no one remembered who he was. Man, that must suck for him.
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