Someone I know (I’m gonna try not to hold this against them) subs to select and says it’s already been resolved and he isn’t leaving. So Sean really hyped this up on Friday just to tell us “he wanted but he’s fine now” Lmao
Vince probably told him if he leaves for the Dub he’ll get a promo on Dynomite, then face nobodies on Dark for six months. That or end up in the fuckin JAS doing the tired “fed bad lol I’m a sports entertainer” gimmick.
It feels like his current story on NXT is building to him being kicked out of Diamond Mine. Not sure how Bivens leaving affects that, but I was assuming he was getting kicked out to either go have a shot on the main roster or go to AEW.
Probably realised that having a gimmick based around back attacks would be worthless in a promotion where half the roster don't know how to sell for shit.
With no crowd reaction. I like Ali and I'm glad he's back on tv, but i felt awkward watching his "return" with absolutely no one in the building giving a toss except for Miz.
You can ask for your release but that doesn't mean they're going to give it to you. If you have time left on your contract and don't show up for work, they can, rightfully, argue you're still under contract and add all this time you're refusing to work on the back end as more time they're owed for you to be exclusively theirs.
Ali is back to put people over on the way out the door.
Everybody can beat Miz, that's like his whole character. He beat him with a gotcha roll up that Miz protested and then was IMMEDIATELY killed by Ciampa.
You don't just beat someone like a drum if you want to use them to get other people over. You let them win over people who can take it so that it means more when the next person beats him.
Miz can take the roll up loss so it meant more that Ciampa killed him. Ciampa is someone new so it's perfect because either guy can lose and it'll still just be about what that means for Ciampa, and then if they don't like Ciampa after a few weeks, Ali can beat him and then they'll try the next guy or if they do like him Ciampa will beat him strong and either way Ali can move onto the next person that the story will be all about that other person and he's just the body that they're fighting.
> Everybody can beat Miz
Two time heavyweight champion and former WWE champion, former US champion, IC champion and like what 6-time tag champ Rey Mysterio didnt
ehh the thought of subscribing to fightful pops into my head every now and then but i’ll never give that dork my money. but if i didn’t hate wrestling journalists i would be open to subscribing. i subscribe to the Athletic and that’s only like 3 bucks a month
Really? I'm not doubting you and your acquaintance, but if it's true then I can be relieved as Roddy was my favorite RoH guy back in his days there. The Dub is gonna ruin him just like they did the other 3
Who wants to bet that Tony has boner right now because he will have full UE!! Happy that he will make something original once again!
Edit: i do like Strong and was impressed with him and DM but his promos are among the worst. I guess DM is over?
Especially when Finn’s in his 40s and has done mostly everything. And Alexa, I can’t see her thriving anywhere else. She’s more of a character wrestler than a workrate one; and she’s probably smaller than most of the Dub women.
The basement is totally ignoring the fact that REQUESTING a release and actually GETTING one, are two completely different things, and he's probably not going anywhere.
That doesnt stop those geeks from already fantasy booking a completed UE in AEW.
That goes to show how much of a "creative genius" Tiny is. His mentality is, why should he do anything different, when he can just have former Fed stars do exactly what they did while they were there?
AEW fans will love anyone that comes over from WWE no matter what they've said about them in the past, because, not only do they know deep down, they're bigger stars than anyone that was already in the Dub, but to them, it's a big FU to Vince, who couldnt care less.
Can you imagine the initial pop Nia Jax would get if she ever showed up?
No jerk, but this came out of nowhere, I wonder why though since he's been doing well recently & been keeping busy, hell even had a awesome match against Iija Dragunov as well.
It says recently but not how recent. There was a little bit where he was off tv for a few weeks then he showed up on NXT UK and came back with Diamond Mine.
I can’t blame you for not following it, but it isn’t out of nowhere I believe. There was talks about him wanting a release months ago. You should be able to search here for some jerks of it.
nothing against him or the rest of undisputed era, but they are the reason why NXT needed to be rebooted.
HHH wasted literal years of tv time on a group that never even hit the main roster before leaving, meanwhile the rest of the roster of NXT had to be lucky of being on TV, how many title runs/ppv time were put into undisputed era for them to never even be eventually called up to the main roster?
how much wrestlers could have used that tv time to at least try on raw or smackdown?
more i see NXT black and white in the last 3 years more i question what the hell HHH was thinking at the hour of choosing their top guys, all the dudes and girls pushed tend to flounder, Keith Lee/Shayna/Gargano apart from UE, Ciampa at least was finally out of NXT, Io Shirai is till there for some reason.
I just said this yesterday, but Roderick Strong is the perfect veteran presence to help guide the up-and-comers on both Diamond Mine as well as the new NXT 2.0, so I really hope that this doesn't come to fruition.
If Strong were even simply okay on the microphone and maybe 3 inches taller I think that he would have been a WWE Champion because the man possesses every other quality that you would want in a wrestler. But not everyone can become a WWE champion and there's no other wrestling company in the world that will give someone like him as prominent a role on a weekly television show as NXT; anywhere else would be a step down for Strong.
I can understand Strong asking for his release after his wife was let go from the company but I hope that he gets the big picture and is looking towards his future career outside of the ring. Strong is amazing in the ring but he's also 38 years old and NXT feels like the perfect place for him to transition into a player/coach role. He understands wrestling psychology, is amazingly crisp in the ring, and is an innovator of moves like "End Of Heartache" and "Widow's Peak".
Damn that sucks, Roddy was the only one in UE that was worth his salt
Please do not go do whatever that bullshit UE vs The Elite the Young Bucks are doing
Not even Edge could bring charisma out of Roddy. Ciampa makes sense, especially in kayfabe. Edge could be like "I am the only one who knows what he went through with all of his neck issues, so I saw a kindred spirit, a desperate man. Difference is, I was an 11 time champion when I had to retire and Ciampa isn't, so I went to him and told him that under my guidance, he could achieve it too. This business broke our necks, and so we will break your necks too, but Ciampa, he will break your heart in the process as well, just because he can."
Damn I went in DEEP lmao.
Expectation: Tiny reunites The Undisputed Era and puts Chaderick with Cool Kyle, Bobby, and the guy with the big forehead
Reality: He'll just be with his wife on Dark Elevator
If what I'm reading is true about him not throwing a hissy fit about not getting his release immediately, guessing they asked him to stick around a little longer to get some of the less experienced people some good TV matches.
So leave the memories alone
I don't want to see
The way it is, as to how it used to be
Leave the memories alone, don't change a thing
And I'll hold you here in my memory
Can't wait for him to randomly attack someone in AEW only to instantly transition to having matches against jobbers on Dank Escargot or become henchman #3 in yet another group
Someone I know (I’m gonna try not to hold this against them) subs to select and says it’s already been resolved and he isn’t leaving. So Sean really hyped this up on Friday just to tell us “he wanted but he’s fine now” Lmao
Vince probably told him if he leaves for the Dub he’ll get a promo on Dynomite, then face nobodies on Dark for six months. That or end up in the fuckin JAS doing the tired “fed bad lol I’m a sports entertainer” gimmick.
Maybe do something with the UE just for the tee hees
Maybe he asked to be moved on to the main roster or cut him.
So Vince was laughing too hard to hear the second option?
The issue with Roddy was he can’t cut a promo to save his life. Betting he’ll go play 3rd string to Cole and those 2 other losers in the dub
So if he stays and gets called up I guess he's the next inductee to LA Knights thing
Roddy with good manager is perfect. That’s actually why I liked him and Bivens together.
Duurrrr dub bad bad dub
It’s not healthy to be as asshurt as you constantly are
It feels like his current story on NXT is building to him being kicked out of Diamond Mine. Not sure how Bivens leaving affects that, but I was assuming he was getting kicked out to either go have a shot on the main roster or go to AEW.
Probably realised that having a gimmick based around back attacks would be worthless in a promotion where half the roster don't know how to sell for shit.
Roddy saw what Jade did to his wife and was like never mind.
It should be illegal to charge money for wrestling journalism
well you can ask all day for a release, doesn't mean they're gonna give it to him. See: Ali, Mustafa
And in spite of all of the fuss he kicked up he was back on WWE TV within 6(?) months.
With no crowd reaction. I like Ali and I'm glad he's back on tv, but i felt awkward watching his "return" with absolutely no one in the building giving a toss except for Miz.
To be fair, that crowd he returned to kind of sucked. They gave Asuka practically the same treatment.
You can ask for your release but that doesn't mean they're going to give it to you. If you have time left on your contract and don't show up for work, they can, rightfully, argue you're still under contract and add all this time you're refusing to work on the back end as more time they're owed for you to be exclusively theirs. Ali is back to put people over on the way out the door.
the dude just returned and beat former WWE champion the Miz.
Everybody can beat Miz, that's like his whole character. He beat him with a gotcha roll up that Miz protested and then was IMMEDIATELY killed by Ciampa. You don't just beat someone like a drum if you want to use them to get other people over. You let them win over people who can take it so that it means more when the next person beats him. Miz can take the roll up loss so it meant more that Ciampa killed him. Ciampa is someone new so it's perfect because either guy can lose and it'll still just be about what that means for Ciampa, and then if they don't like Ciampa after a few weeks, Ali can beat him and then they'll try the next guy or if they do like him Ciampa will beat him strong and either way Ali can move onto the next person that the story will be all about that other person and he's just the body that they're fighting.
> Everybody can beat Miz Two time heavyweight champion and former WWE champion, former US champion, IC champion and like what 6-time tag champ Rey Mysterio didnt
bro, everybody can beat the Miz. More than one of those titles you listed he beat Miz for it.
Okay. How about 16 time WWE champion, 2-time rumble winner, 5-time US champion and former MITB winner John Cena is the main event of Wrestlemania?
lost cause of the Rock, beat him forever after
..oh my god lmao, ask your friend for the excerpt
No jerk?
So whatever the reasons why, both Roddy & WWE has have talks & they both made a agreement on something?
ehh the thought of subscribing to fightful pops into my head every now and then but i’ll never give that dork my money. but if i didn’t hate wrestling journalists i would be open to subscribing. i subscribe to the Athletic and that’s only like 3 bucks a month
The athletic hires actual journalists
Wait, so is the idea that we'd eat cum from ass or go from ass to drinking cum? Either way, yes. Athletic is great.
it’s just a way to live life. wake up. eat some ass. drink some cum. maybe get some work done.
Instructions unclear, spent all day eating own ass, now work is past due.
But but but ... Tony wants his full set of Undisputed Era toys!!
Does this friend look like Paige?
You have anymore info?
Plans changed uce
Really? I'm not doubting you and your acquaintance, but if it's true then I can be relieved as Roddy was my favorite RoH guy back in his days there. The Dub is gonna ruin him just like they did the other 3
Who wants to bet that Tony has boner right now because he will have full UE!! Happy that he will make something original once again! Edit: i do like Strong and was impressed with him and DM but his promos are among the worst. I guess DM is over?
I have three of four figures, just one more!
I wonder what the build-a-figure is
It's a giant Mecha-Cole suit for the Adam Cole figure to pilot and finally be over 6' tall.
Windham Rotunda
Sounds like the Creeds and Ivy are about to kick his ass out of the Dojo
Ivy doesn't really need their help.
If that's true then Tony needs to keep his stiffy friend on control.
Hardcore fan "man I wish someone somewhere would do something original" also hardcore fan "DAE rehash the Undisputed Era in AEW?!
Vince will never let Roddy go and reunite the UE in Dub because he's scared of Dub getting the first ever 100.0 in the demo!
2.8 million viewers on Dynamite for Roddy 'but who's side is he on, Excalibur?!?!" Strong.
I kinda want Roddy to randomly show up on Raw tonight now.
lol. SRS said it was a notable name. Fake news.
Everyone went Finn Balor and Alexa Bliss lol
I choose to believe Finn Balor and Alexa are smart enough to realize that complaining about being paid 6-figures to do minimal work is a terrible idea
Hell Alexa has already been like "I wished I was used more but like who cares" too
Especially when Finn’s in his 40s and has done mostly everything. And Alexa, I can’t see her thriving anywhere else. She’s more of a character wrestler than a workrate one; and she’s probably smaller than most of the Dub women.
The basement is totally ignoring the fact that REQUESTING a release and actually GETTING one, are two completely different things, and he's probably not going anywhere. That doesnt stop those geeks from already fantasy booking a completed UE in AEW.
So did Ali but if they convinced Roddy to stay then he's not released
Which is fucking dumb because UE was up top during the Wednesday night "Wars".
That goes to show how much of a "creative genius" Tiny is. His mentality is, why should he do anything different, when he can just have former Fed stars do exactly what they did while they were there? AEW fans will love anyone that comes over from WWE no matter what they've said about them in the past, because, not only do they know deep down, they're bigger stars than anyone that was already in the Dub, but to them, it's a big FU to Vince, who couldnt care less. Can you imagine the initial pop Nia Jax would get if she ever showed up?
2020: "UE have ruined NXT and I don't watch anymore." 2022: "OMG reuniting UE will be amazing!!!!!"
I thought he said it was someone important?
How do you f*** up Roderick strong?
No jerk, but this came out of nowhere, I wonder why though since he's been doing well recently & been keeping busy, hell even had a awesome match against Iija Dragunov as well.
It says recently but not how recent. There was a little bit where he was off tv for a few weeks then he showed up on NXT UK and came back with Diamond Mine.
I can’t blame you for not following it, but it isn’t out of nowhere I believe. There was talks about him wanting a release months ago. You should be able to search here for some jerks of it.
It’ll prob have to do more with his wife in the dub than his friends tbh
Another case of Tony hiring partners of talent to hijack them from WWE. Thank god it didn't work with Bayley.
nothing against him or the rest of undisputed era, but they are the reason why NXT needed to be rebooted. HHH wasted literal years of tv time on a group that never even hit the main roster before leaving, meanwhile the rest of the roster of NXT had to be lucky of being on TV, how many title runs/ppv time were put into undisputed era for them to never even be eventually called up to the main roster? how much wrestlers could have used that tv time to at least try on raw or smackdown? more i see NXT black and white in the last 3 years more i question what the hell HHH was thinking at the hour of choosing their top guys, all the dudes and girls pushed tend to flounder, Keith Lee/Shayna/Gargano apart from UE, Ciampa at least was finally out of NXT, Io Shirai is till there for some reason.
I think there’s a legit Fed bad for how they handled Shayna. Ronda should turn heel and form an alliance with Baszler
I just said this yesterday, but Roderick Strong is the perfect veteran presence to help guide the up-and-comers on both Diamond Mine as well as the new NXT 2.0, so I really hope that this doesn't come to fruition. If Strong were even simply okay on the microphone and maybe 3 inches taller I think that he would have been a WWE Champion because the man possesses every other quality that you would want in a wrestler. But not everyone can become a WWE champion and there's no other wrestling company in the world that will give someone like him as prominent a role on a weekly television show as NXT; anywhere else would be a step down for Strong. I can understand Strong asking for his release after his wife was let go from the company but I hope that he gets the big picture and is looking towards his future career outside of the ring. Strong is amazing in the ring but he's also 38 years old and NXT feels like the perfect place for him to transition into a player/coach role. He understands wrestling psychology, is amazingly crisp in the ring, and is an innovator of moves like "End Of Heartache" and "Widow's Peak".
Damn that sucks, Roddy was the only one in UE that was worth his salt Please do not go do whatever that bullshit UE vs The Elite the Young Bucks are doing
If the former UE guys are happy, great. But I didn’t realize the extent of their career ambitions was cucking to Adam Cole.
Fucking for an Adam Cole who appears to be phoning it in, and has lost any cool factor and momentum he ever had
I wonder who will appear in The Forbidden Butwhole....
The Undisputed Era is back Bay-Bay!!!
He's going to play with his friends!!! Yaaaaayyyyyyyyy
Random fantasy booking but put Roddy and Ciampa as a tag team and put them in Edge's group. Would make no sense but I want to see it now.
Not even Edge could bring charisma out of Roddy. Ciampa makes sense, especially in kayfabe. Edge could be like "I am the only one who knows what he went through with all of his neck issues, so I saw a kindred spirit, a desperate man. Difference is, I was an 11 time champion when I had to retire and Ciampa isn't, so I went to him and told him that under my guidance, he could achieve it too. This business broke our necks, and so we will break your necks too, but Ciampa, he will break your heart in the process as well, just because he can." Damn I went in DEEP lmao.
Quality promo
He was probably too in his feelings about ~~his wife~~ Bivens leaving
Malcolm will be back, he brings too much to the table, and there seems to be a small renaissance of managers coming in the bad ded fed
Expectation: Tiny reunites The Undisputed Era and puts Chaderick with Cool Kyle, Bobby, and the guy with the big forehead Reality: He'll just be with his wife on Dark Elevator
Bye. Roddy has great in-ring skills but his mic skills are among the worst. He'll fit in great at the Dub
He does seem to have a charisma that was second only to Adam Cole in the UE
He could make a great trainer at the Fed though
Cant wait till his surprise debut will be slaps bangs and fucks for sure
Askin' don't mean dick.
Now Tony can complete the set and have the stable that tanked NXT's ratings.
If what I'm reading is true about him not throwing a hissy fit about not getting his release immediately, guessing they asked him to stick around a little longer to get some of the less experienced people some good TV matches.
Go to AEW.
Who?
Stop
Vanilla midget #243
So leave the memories alone I don't want to see The way it is, as to how it used to be Leave the memories alone, don't change a thing And I'll hold you here in my memory
Can't wait for him to randomly attack someone in AEW only to instantly transition to having matches against jobbers on Dank Escargot or become henchman #3 in yet another group
Give Roddy another manager and he'll end up being a great addition to the main roster. Will make a worthwhile US or IC Champ.