WWE Raw & Smackdown Weekly Thread

[Superfly]

After Juventud Guerrera's termination a few weeks ago, Vito has now been dubbed "the most likely WWE wrestler to be fired." Vito has heat backstage because of his attitude.



Undertaker 's most likely opponent for Wrestlemania is Mark Henry.

Taker will never face him at the granddaddy! No. Just no!

Speaking of Taker i hope this very disturbing story is not true

Taken from Chris Hyatte's monday blog)
SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY

Ohhhh, something BIG is brewing.

How big? SO big that the "heavyweight" reporters (Meltzer, Scherer, Keller) are quietly checking and re-checking the facts before reporting on this.

HOW BIG? Well, IF it's true it might cause a mainstream uproar that SHOULD be on the level of Eddie's death and the subsequent Drug Testing announcement

HOW BIG?? Big enough that the Undertaker could potentially have a MAJOR lawsuit against the WWE...

I'm sure you know the story, but let me recap it a bit...

Rumor has it... that "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr has Hepatitus. A pretty nasty, permenant disease that lives in his blood. In varying degrees, it could be fatal. It's also easily transmitted through mixing of body fluids. It just wipes out your liver.

Rumor has it... that Orton has had this for a while.

Rumor has it... Orton only told John Laurenitius. Probably the McMahons too.

Rumor has it... Laurenitus didn't bother to tell anyone else other than, (and this isn't for sure, just possible/probable) the McMahons and.or anyone higher on the management chain

Rumor has it... Orton got to work with this disease that IS EASILY PASSED ON THROUGH MIXING BLOOD in an environment where he sometimes is called to get physical with others and bleed.

Rumor has it... FACT... Orton bled like a stuck pig during his son's Armageddon "Hell in the Cell" match against the Undertaker

Rumor has it... FACT... Orton bled all over the Undertaker

Rumor has it... FACT Undertaker was bleeding too

Rumor has it... FACT Randy Orton was bleeding as well. All three ended up covered in each other's blood.

Rumor has it... Laurenitius saw this and said, "Uh oh".

Rumor has it... Laurentitius waited until it was too late, and until he had a load of muscle behind him, to break the news to the Undertaker

Rumor has it... The Undertaker is infuriated.

FACT Neither Cowboy Bob or the Undertaker have been seen since

And there you have it.

Do you understand what the ramifications are if any of this is true?

First of all, to ignorantly expose the Undertaker, the most loyal dog the WWE has ever had, to this is... is just mind blowing. Years... over a decade of service... of money generating fan appeal, to just callously let him work with a guy WITH A LIVER DESTROYING DISEASE IN HIS BLOOD and allow them to bleed all over each other. Without a warning... without a single heads up.

And the LEGAL ramifications. Mark Calloway, if any of this is true, could possible destroy the WWE. I mean, the irresponsible behavior here is just... it's worse than their ongoing drug problem. At least with drugs and 'roids, the WWE can say, "Hey, we didn't know!" In this situation, management (Laurenitius at least... and he WILL be the fall guy if this is as bad as it looks) DID know... and willfully withheld the information.

If this is true, the reign of John Laurenitius is over. You can't hide this. You can't sweep this under the rug. You can't throw a ton of money at the Undertaker and tell him to shut up.


I won't believe it untill I see some sort of reliable source

 

[member20672]

Hmmm....I have read the stories of Orton having hepatitus, and this may be very well true. Also, there has been little info or talks going on about Taker lately.

But at the same token, this is the first of my hearing this story or anything like it, including all the wrestling sites I frequent.

Good find though Superfly.

 

[Superfly]

Hmmm....I have read the stories of Orton having hepatitus, and this may be very well true. Also, there has been little info or talks going on about Taker lately.

But at the same token, this is the first of my hearing this story or anything like it, including all the wrestling sites I frequent.

Good find though Superfly.

Its hard to believe how WWe or its performers could be so incompetent :dunno:

 

[member20672]

I'm hoping that, if this in fact, has a matter of truth to it, that the rest of the info surfaces. Cause this makes a lot of sense, but at the same time, is also very circumstantial.

 

[jumbo_jim]

On the wrestling sites I sometimes visit, they have said that Bob Orton was taking time off for hepititis.

No mention of the Undertaker or Randy Orton though.

Was Bob involved in the Hell in a Cell match were Taker and Orton bled badly?

 

[member20672]

For those who think that the wrestling travel is terrible and uncomfortable, check out what Mr. and Mrs. Levesque have been doing their, non-plane traveling in.
http://www.ringsidemayhem.com/specials/exclusive/hhhtourbus/slideshow.pl

Also a special mention to Steph's developing, son. I don't think I could see a female HHH. Of course, she'd be pedigreeing everyone that hit on her, but thats another pregnancy. Anyway, congrats to the happy couple and their future boy.

 

[jumbo_jim]

The travel is alrigth if you are the boss's daughter and son-in-law, but I wouldn't be surprised if they let nobody else near it. It would be hell for some of the wrestlers who travel.

 

[member20672]

UPN and World Wrestling Entertainment recently worked out a quiet deal to keep WWE SmackDown! on the air for two more seasons, reports Variety.

This essentially clears up the talk that the UPN-WB merger put SmackDown! in jeopardy; between this news and the press release, UPN is clearly committed to bringing WWE SmackDown! to the new network.

When SmackDown! was first moved to Friday, a number of wrestling analysts suggested that the move was a sign of UPN planning to rid itself of the wrestling program. At the time, it was explained that said conclusion was without merit - it made more sense to put the established SmackDown! on Friday so that the new "Everybody Hates Chris" could be given the Thursday slot - and recent comments from UPN management have further indicated that wrestling will continue to be a part of the network's schedule.

 

[Superfly]

UPN and World Wrestling Entertainment recently worked out a quiet deal to keep WWE SmackDown! on the air for two more seasons, reports Variety.

This essentially clears up the talk that the UPN-WB merger put SmackDown! in jeopardy; between this news and the press release, UPN is clearly committed to bringing WWE SmackDown! to the new network.

When SmackDown! was first moved to Friday, a number of wrestling analysts suggested that the move was a sign of UPN planning to rid itself of the wrestling program. At the time, it was explained that said conclusion was without merit - it made more sense to put the established SmackDown! on Friday so that the new "Everybody Hates Chris" could be given the Thursday slot - and recent comments from UPN management have further indicated that wrestling will continue to be a part of the network's schedule.

Shame..i cant see them ending the brand split unless TNA gets more popular unfortunately. Then again the Smackdown show excisted a couple of years prior to the split happening.

 

[stek1983]

EDIT: nevermind

 

[Buddah05]

idk what it is but it feels to me that Raw and Smackdown just lost it's "sparkle". It just seems to me like it's the same thing over and over. Like whatever happend to Goldberg, where did he go. I see him on a t.v show for cars but what happend? But I did take a liking to the debut of Finely. They don't have anyone like that anymore. The only person that comes to mind is Hardcore Holly with that beat the hell out of you attitude and fighting style. I personally hope Finely makes a good run. And out of curosity (sorry for the spelling) whatever happend to the Ultimo Dragon?

 

[member20672]

idk what it is but it feels to me that Raw and Smackdown just lost it's "sparkle". It just seems to me like it's the same thing over and over. Like whatever happend to Goldberg, where did he go. I see him on a t.v show for cars but what happend? But I did take a liking to the debut of Finely. They don't have anyone like that anymore. The only person that comes to mind is Hardcore Holly with that beat the hell out of you attitude and fighting style. I personally hope Finely makes a good run. And out of curosity (sorry for the spelling) whatever happend to the Ultimo Dragon?

Goldberg and Ultimo were both fired quite some time ago. I believe Wrestlemania, vs Brock, was Goldberg's last WWE match.

 

[Chrism86354]

i always liked goldberg, then he came to the wwe and basically did nothing, too bad

 

[Superfly]

Goldberg and Ultimo were both fired quite some time ago. I believe Wrestlemania, vs Brock, was Goldberg's last WWE match.

Letting Ultimo go was a damn shame..its more an issue with the writers not being able to find a role for these stars..

Im not fan of Goldturd but he was good for business

 

[member20672]

Ultimo was great and added something to the cruiserweight/light heavyweight division, which is now, non-existent. Take me back to the old WCW days with the 2 dozen luchadors flying crazily around the ring and taking career threatening injuries anyday. Good stuff, that has left the main shows.

 

[Superfly]

Ultimo was great and added something to the cruiserweight/light heavyweight division, which is now, non-existent. Take me back to the old WCW days with the 2 dozen luchadors flying crazily around the ring and taking career threatening injuries anyday. Good stuff, that has left the main shows.

lol those were the days, WWe they say WCW never pushed any new stars but their wrong

 

[member20672]

Not to confuse anyone with numbers, but this is good news for the WWE:

-- Following two weeks of very strong 4.3 ratings, WWE RAW did even better this past Monday with a 4.5, off hours of 4.5 and 4.5. That is the highest number since the WWE RAW Homecoming special and shows that the current storylines on RAW are getting over with the crowd.

 

[poggy]

Goldberg and Ultimo were both fired quite some time ago. I believe Wrestlemania, vs Brock, was Goldberg's last WWE match.

Sorry to go back to this but I think Goldberg had come to the end of his contract not fired.If I remember right he wanted a huge amount of money for a part time wrestling contract more than double everyone else in WWE.Ultimo also had one problem from day one,his arm.He's had very little strength in it for some years and although I never had problem with it myself.As I think he still had more in ring abilty than most of the other wrestlers even with this problem.

 

[member20672]

Sorry to go back to this but I think Goldberg had come to the end of his contract not fired.

I associate every WWE loss as a firing, unless I'm interested in the story, but I never was interested in Goldberg, and that match was a huge waste time, so I didn't care to look back.

 

[stek1983]

yeah, Goldbergs contract just expired.
i remember the Goldberg/Lesnar match an 'Mania XX

to me, it was a great match, but for all the wrong reasons.
the match itself was crap, it was the audience that made that match a classic... just shows that the audience know almost everything