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Post by hitmancmedge on Jul 22, 2024 4:58:55 GMT -5
Lashley is still in phenomenal shape, and was one of the main roster's few world championship caliber black athletes. Triple H has done a miserable job spotlighting really anybody of color. I'm not going down the road of calling him a racist, but he's clearly not prioritizing representation. The Bloodline and Jey Uso have entered the chat. And Damage Ctrl and Nia Jax and Damian Priest and R Truth should we keep going?
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Post by J-MANN on Jul 22, 2024 5:28:43 GMT -5
Some online accounts are saying Bobby Lashley has been removed from the internal roster along with MVP and Tamina. Bobby Lashley should have had 10x the run that he did this last time imo brother It’s insane brother tbh
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jul 22, 2024 5:32:35 GMT -5
I like Lashley, but if he had his heart set on hurt business and triple h didn’t want to do it for some reason. Then I hope AEW gives him the resources to do it the way he wants to. I don’t think AEW has the strongest roster of African American talent there outside of Hobbs who is hurt and Swerve who you aren’t gonna put with them.
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Jul 22, 2024 5:52:30 GMT -5
The Bloodline and Jey Uso have entered the chat. And Damage Ctrl and Nia Jax and Damian Priest and R Truth should we keep going? Wrong shade I guess.
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Post by Rocky Balboa on Jul 22, 2024 7:01:23 GMT -5
Lashley is on the wrong side of 40. There's no younger talent that's main roster ready that he could believable put over other than Steiner. He's had a solid 2nd run capturing 2 world titles and likely cementing him for the HOF but Lashley was never a star like Cena or Lesnar, guys also in his age range. Unless he wants to just be a part time guy though there's nothing they can't get outta a guy like Oba Femi that they could get from Lashley...only Femi will give it to them for 10-15 years. Lashley is still in phenomenal shape, and was one of the main roster's few world championship caliber black athletes. Triple H has done a miserable job spotlighting really anybody of color. I'm not going down the road of calling him a racist, but he's clearly not prioritizing representation. Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, Bloodline, etc etc etc.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jul 22, 2024 8:58:16 GMT -5
I do think there were positive motivations in trying to reclaim the momentum of the hurt business by putting the profits with Lashley as a heel group, but it just wasn’t the right combo. People didn’t want to boo the profits and the chemistry wasn’t there.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jul 22, 2024 10:11:03 GMT -5
Fightful report, they did actually make Lashley a contract offer, it was for more than he makes now, but he feels like he can get more from AEW. They are working with some budget restraints now and have a sort of budget to work with. MVP is gone mid August though, they had no discussions with him at all about resigning.
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Post by HeelPiper on Jul 22, 2024 10:32:59 GMT -5
The Bloodline and Jey Uso have entered the chat. And Damage Ctrl and Nia Jax and Damian Priest and R Truth should we keep going? R Truth LOL? He's a one note joke character, that had a bad tag title reign. Stop. He has to continue to push the Bloodline as they are the companies biggest draw. The Samoan wrestling dynasty is untouchable. It's black wrestlers specifically that he seems to not invest in. Strange because over on NXT Shawn Michaels is doing an amazing job with guys like Obi and Trick. Meanwhile on the main roster Bianca is no longer the dominant force she was, Jade's hype is now ice cold, Hurt Profits done and they never even got a shot.
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Post by bWo on Jul 22, 2024 11:05:19 GMT -5
More wrestlers for Tony Khan to not know what to do with.
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Post by OTC Waxbender on Jul 22, 2024 11:05:45 GMT -5
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jul 22, 2024 12:26:36 GMT -5
And Damage Ctrl and Nia Jax and Damian Priest and R Truth should we keep going? R Truth LOL? He's a one note joke character, that had a bad tag title reign. Stop. He has to continue to push the Bloodline as they are the companies biggest draw. The Samoan wrestling dynasty is untouchable. It's black wrestlers specifically that he seems to not invest in. Strange because over on NXT Shawn Michaels is doing an amazing job with guys like Obi and Trick. Meanwhile on the main roster Bianca is no longer the dominant force she was, Jade's hype is now ice cold, Hurt Profits done and they never even got a shot. I knew someone was gonna bring up Bianca and literally every wrestling fan was saying they had to get her away from the title picture and main event women’s picture. She is still on tv, heavily featured in promotions for the company and they make her a ton of merch and have her doing PR for the company. She is still very much pushed as the top face of the company. What else you got?
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Post by HeelPiper on Jul 22, 2024 12:57:28 GMT -5
R Truth LOL? He's a one note joke character, that had a bad tag title reign. Stop. He has to continue to push the Bloodline as they are the companies biggest draw. The Samoan wrestling dynasty is untouchable. It's black wrestlers specifically that he seems to not invest in. Strange because over on NXT Shawn Michaels is doing an amazing job with guys like Obi and Trick. Meanwhile on the main roster Bianca is no longer the dominant force she was, Jade's hype is now ice cold, Hurt Profits done and they never even got a shot. I knew someone was gonna bring up Bianca and literally every wrestling fan was saying they had to get her away from the title picture and main event women’s picture. She is still on tv, heavily featured in promotions for the company and they make her a ton of merch and have her doing PR for the company. She is still very much pushed as the top face of the company. What else you got? I don't "got" anything. This isn't a competition. Black wrestlers are not in feature roles in WWE and haven't been since nose man took over. Not only that, the roles they are in, aren't anything special. I can turn on Dynamite and see Swerve feasting. Hell at one point AEW's protected wrestler was a black woman. They aren't perfect over there, but there's a ton of opportunity. Triple H has minimized the Street Profits, when it looked like Montez was a break out star. Signed Jade and cooled her off the way people yell at Tony Khan for doing, and now has lost virtually the entire Hurt Business. WWE is just held to a MUCH lower standard than AEW, which is so backwards. All from the guy who thought blackface was funny in the 1990s, buried Booker T whilst also burying his race, and has made countless of gross remarks on television about race and ethnicity. To keep it positive though, Shawn Michaels is awful.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Jul 22, 2024 13:18:17 GMT -5
Lol I have seen this same regurgitated post going around so either this guy was the OP of it or is legit taking this seriously.
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Post by switchbladeera on Jul 22, 2024 13:38:47 GMT -5
Lol I have seen this same regurgitated post going around so either this guy was the OP of it or is legit taking this seriously. I was gonna say I feel like I've seen this almost verbatim on multiple different sites/places now.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jul 22, 2024 16:31:45 GMT -5
Hoping Lashley signs a new deal. It's looking like he's done.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Jul 22, 2024 22:46:23 GMT -5
Just gonna ignore that the Hurt Business break up and fallout was a Vince call?
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Post by CM Tusk on Jul 23, 2024 15:55:20 GMT -5
Just gonna ignore that the Hurt Business break up and fallout was a Vince call? Yup, apparently.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jul 23, 2024 21:37:29 GMT -5
Sucks to see MVP go
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Post by bWo on Jul 23, 2024 22:01:07 GMT -5
Just gonna ignore that the Hurt Business break up and fallout was a Vince call? There's no reason why HHH couldn't have brought it back.
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Jul 24, 2024 11:29:49 GMT -5
I'm happy Tamina left. How they pay a person for so long for doing nothing. Triple H made the right choice on that.
With MVP leaving where does that leave Omos. MVP did more for that character than Omos did for himself.
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