The Feed for 08/29/10 by Feedback
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Luna Vachon and Tony Bourne pass away
I don’t know much about Tony Bourne, I never saw him wrestle, but I did read this great article highlighting his career. Its a good read so check it out. Luna Vachon was found dead Friday morning at the age of 48. I don’t think she died of steroids or anything like that, but 48 years old is still too young to die. Its only been two days so not much information has been revealed to the public, but I really want to know how this happened. Although Luna never won any titles or main-evented any show, she was a hell of a performer. In fact, rumor has it that WWE was so interested in signing her that they hired a Private Investigator to find her because she was M.I.A. Eventually, they found her waiting tables at a restaurant and immediately took her on the road. Throughout her career, she managed wrestlers like Bam Bam Bigelow (whose contract she sold to Ted DiBiase) and Goldust who she repackaged as “The Artist formerly known as Goldust”. She also contended for the Women’s title in feuds with both Alundra Blayze and Sable. The latter eventually resulted in her release because of some backstage attitude. Although Luna wasn’t a top draw or anything like that, I think she is an important part of women’s wrestling in the WWE. I think it isn’t farfetched to say she should be a prime candidate for an induction in the 2011 Hall of Fame.
Skip Sheffield is going to miss 4-6 months
You better believe it folks, one of the top Nexus members injured his left ankle at a House Show in Hawaii and will be out for a maximum of 6 months. I reported the injury on The Feed last week, but now the seriousness of the injury is much clearer. WWE officials have stumbled across the idea of ending the Nexus faction sooner rather than later, but I think that is a bad idea. All WWE has to do is get the 2nd NXT class to join in on the fun and have them join The Nexus. Or at least have Husky, Hennig and Riley join. Just please, no Lucky Cannon, I beg of you.
Team 3D have been released. Kinda.
Similar to happened earlier in the year with Christopher Daniels, Team 3D’s contracts have expired without TNA renegotiating the contracts. If I were in Bubba or D-Von’s positions, I would look for jobs elsewhere because its obvious that TNA doesn’t give a crap if they can’t take their time to renegotiate our contract. Anyway, apparently a Dudley Boyz return has been pitched in the WWE, but we all know thats never going to happen. I personally am fond of the idea. Former stars like The Dudleys coming back actually sounds like something WWE’s tag team division needs at least for credibility’s sake. The only problem is that the Dudleys usually work hardcore matches and WWE is obviously against that. Still, although neither of them are technical masters, they can still work a decent tag team match and that’s all WWE’s tag division needs. Lets cross our fingers for a Dudleyz return.
Chris Jericho’s contract is set to expire
It seems as though Chris Jericho’s contract is also going to expire soon, but WWE is actually diligently trying to come to terms on a new one. Seeing as he was signed around October 2007, I imagine his contract is set to expire around that time this year. I’ve read multiple Jericho interviews throughout the past three years and they all stressed the fact that Jericho wants to stay in WWE for a long time albeit not too long. He wants to help the new crop of younger superstars, but doesn’t want to become a Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair who overstays his welcome. Anyway, I’m sure Jericho is going to stay for at least three more years. But hey, here’s your question of the week:
If you were Chris Jericho, would you leave or stay? and Why?
Kurt Angle endorses Linda McMahon
This is a rather interesting newsbit, because I would mostly think WWE and Kurt Angle still have some bad blood going on because of his 2006 release. If you don’t remember, Angle said he needed time off to spend with his family so WWE could grant him a release. After that, Angle immediately jumped ship to TNA like the nefarious backstabber that he was. It was obvious that Angle had the TNA plan going on all along, but I don’t think he should’ve used his family as an excuse. He was such a big star anyway, that WWE would have easily granted him a reduced schedule a la Shawn Michaels. Now though, he seems to want to repair those bridges after endorsing Linda McMahon’s Connecticut senate campaign through Twitter. Take a look at his comments:
“To all Connecticut residents, as u know linda mcmahon is running for office. I worked with linda on many projects in wwe. Linda was a professional that got things done. I worked with her on “smackdown ur vote” among many other projects. She is smart, bright and a true leader. I am now in tna and it doesn’t benefit me to talk about linda or what a great woman she is. I saw with my own eyes. She’s honest, sincere and always looked out for what was best to her employees. Linda was the positiveness in wwe. She has the qualities that I would want in a politician. She listens to you, and always does the right thing. If I were living in Connecticut, I would vote for her with pride and an eagerness to get the economy, real estate and health reform back on track. Remember, I’m in tna and I don’t plan on leaving, but I want what is best for this country and linda mcmahon has that “IT” factor you rarely see in today’s leaders. Good luck linda. GOD bless, kurt angle 1996 olympic gold medalist and proud AMERICAN.”
King Edge the Movie Star
I’m not going to write the whole synopsis or report of the movie, so you can check that out here. Still, I think its freaking awesome that Edge is going to be in a movie, because I honestly think he can work as an actor. Guys like Shawn Michaels, Edge, Chris Jericho and CM Punk seem to have the talent to work in Hollywood movies unlike a certain someone who can’t act even if his life depended on it. Still, I’m a little skeptical on the premise of the movie, but hey, its a good start for Edge’s movie career.
What’s going on with Rob Van Dam?
Rob Van Dam has a limited amount of dates in which TNA can use him in the year. Because of this, you would obviously imagine TNA would be very conscientious with how they use him. Well, they weren’t. A little over two weeks ago, someone noticed and they went crazy and rewrote their whole plans for the months ahead so they could vacate the TNA title and let RVD take a vacation. If I were a TNA official, I would have never let anyone put the World Championship on RVD if he can only work “certain dates”. Also, I know the wrestler’s schedule is hard, but RVD is the TNA World Champion. Couldn’t he just work 5-6 extra dates in the year just to show that he’s a company man? I’m sure if TNA asked AJ or Kaz to throw in a few dates into their contract, they’d be happy to do it. The WWE schedule was too hard on RVD and now the TNA schedule is hard on him too, I think RVD should look into other careers, because he’s obviously not happy with wrestling.
Serena wished luck on her future endeavors
This has been the main topic of conversation over the past week. Serena was released, but WWE didn’t confirm it until last Friday’s Smackdown finished airing. Per The Wrestling Observer, it seems that Serena was released for “behavioral issues” stressing that she wasn’t living the Straight Edge lifestyle in public. A lot of people have been condemning the WWE for the stupid reason, but I’m sure this has to be similar to Joey Mercury’s release back in 2007 where he would show up either dazed, hung over and/or unable to perform at live events. You see, I doubt they would fire her because of a few beers, but they definitely would if the few beers are affecting her work. Anyway, relatively no information has been released regarding her release, so we’ll have a better picture of what happened in the upcoming weeks. I’ll keep you posted.
Divisiveness in the TNA locker room
Backstage in TNA, all the TNA Originals are reportedly fed up with the focus on all the newcomers on TNA television. This direction is obvious with on-air comments from Hulk Hogan who said Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson and Elijah Burke were the backbone of TNA while also saying that the loss of Rob Van Dam was like someone killing the president. Rob Van Dam has just added fuel to the fire with his recent comments:
TNA brought in two rock stars, and look at the company now! Dixie often points out how hiring Jeff Hardy and RVD started a whole new era, why do some of the wrestlers not see it? Too young, too green, too selfish to have the correct perspective. Whereas some of the TNA `stars’ are lucky to get recognized walking around the studios, Jeff and myself live like actual celebrities, signing autographs and taking pictures EVERYWHERE we go. Without experiencing this, it’s probably hard to imagine. In fact, very few wrestlers stick out in people’s minds the way that Jeff and I do.
After reading comments like those, I would be pretty damn pissed if I were a TNA Original myself. I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but TNA has to use their homegrown guys! Just like WWE should use theirs! They should reward people for being with TNA for such a long time and push the guys without any WWE past because those guys are the ones that are “TNA-made!” If they want to sign a lot of talent from another company, they should go raid Ring of Honor’s locker room. If they sign Roderick Strong, Davey Richards, Necro Butcher, Kevin Steen and Austin Aries, because of ROH’s lack of a mainstream identity, they can market them as if they were completely TNA Originals. That would make sense instead of signing guys who the fans know were released/rejected by the WWE.
Superstars!
The last WWE Superstars got a glamorous 0.59 rating which is a ridiculously low number (although not as low as Masked Warriors USA). With a main event like Chris Masters vs. Drew McIntyre and other matches like and the umpteenth Dudebusters/Hawkins & Archer match, its not a mystery why people aren’t tuning in to see Superstars. What happened to the promise that Superstars wasn’t going to be another Heat? What happened to main eventers constantly going to appear on Superstars? I remember in the beginning weeks, guys like Edge, Big Show, Morrison, Jericho, Shane McMahon, Kofi Kingston among others were prominent on Superstars. Now, all we get is a glorified jobber show. WWE needs to head in a new direction with Superstars, because its just sad to see the show losing ratings week in and week out. Why not have more of the interbrand matches Superstars promised us in its beginning? Why not have Big Show vs. Miz, Morrison vs. Cody Rhodes, and Bourne vs. Punk. And how about inter-brand tag team matches where we can see Sheamus and Drew McIntyre team up to take on Randy Orton and Christian. Matches like those are what’s going to glue people to their TV sets, not Primo vs. Yoshi Tatsu. But if WWE really wants to help these low-carders get exposure, all they have to do is book Primo vs. Christian, and Yoshi Tatsu vs. Edge matches. You know, matches against people the fans actually want to see wrestle. And if we get multiple Yoshi upsets over Edge, Jericho and Swagger, Yoshi can eventually be booked as a top mid-carder. My point is, that Superstars in its current shape and form is not working and WWE needs to notice that fans in general don’t want to see another Heat. I can’t speak for everyone, but I don’t like the fact WWE has a “jobber division” in the first place. Everyone should be given a shot at the midcard. Guys like Yoshi and Primo should be given a chance to entertain the audiences on the main shows instead of being condemned to work Superstars every week. Its just not right; if WWE doesn’t want to use them, they should be released, and we all know TNA will welcome them with open arms. Hey, maybe they should just get rid of Superstars altogether. With Smackdown moving to SyFy, they can just move NXT to WGN and quietly take Superstars off TV. Less of a headache for the production team and less of a headache for guys like me who just want to see all wrestlers given a chance on the main shows.
QWEAF Quick Week End Awards Feed
Moment of the Week: Hulk Hogan admits TNA is built around the former WWE wrestlers.
I already talked about that earlier in The Feed, but Hulk Hogan mentioned on Impact that Angle, Jeff, Burke and Anderson were the true backbone of TNA which is basically just admitting that TNA isn’t anything without the former WWE wrestlers. I find that a sad truth, but it is the truth until someone with some sanity takes control of TNA.
Match of the Week: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship
It was hard to choose match of the week, because Kofi/Ziggler and Cena/Miz were both very good matches. The big problem is that they both ended in either a DQ or a Count-Out which immediately leaves a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to the quality of matches. Sometimes, they make sense though like Cena/Miz, but other times they’re just cheap ways to extend angles like Kofi/Ziggler’s. Still though, I’m going to have to choose Kofi/Ziggler as the match of the week because they definitely put on a better performance, but if Miz would have gone over with a pinfall instead of a DQ, it would have definitely been my match of the week.
Promo of the Week: The Miz’s short backstage interview
No great promo this week unlike last week’s two career-defining promos from both Kane and the Miz. The only two good promos this week were Miz’s short backstage interview and Sheamus’ opening segment on Raw. Both of these guys have proven they are the most consistent and solid performers on Raw, which means we’ll be seeing a lot more from them in the upcoming years. Miz’s won this QWEAF, but Sheamus was pretty close. On a trivial note, this is The Miz’s 7th overall QWEAF which means he’s the guy whose QWEAFed the most since The Feed’s inception. Go MIz.
Face of the Week: Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston wins Face of the Week with hardly any competition after a heel-dominated week of TV, but he deserves credit for his great match on Smackdown although I’m already sick of the storyline. Even if I want to see the pay-off already, but Kofi Kingston’s performance has been consistently great every week. By the way, there’s only been two singles matches to get Match of the Week and Kofi has been in both of them so that just proves Kofi’s one of the better guys in the WWE right now. Lets hope WWE doesn’t drop the ball with him. By the way, John Cena is the runner-up this week, because he actually put on a great match with Miz… yet he couldn’t let Miz go over cleanly. *Sigh*
Heel of the Week: Alberto Del Río
It is only his second week on TV and he already is QWEAfing. Del Río has really impressed me especially with the beatdown he gave Rey. His intensity really shows that he’s ready for primetime. I don’t want him to be shoved down our throats though, he should be given a slow, but proper push up the ladder before becoming the regular main event of Smackdown. Still though, I’m looking forward to that day, because its obvious Del Río can put on great matches with other guys like Jericho and Christian. I’m unimpressed with his mic skills though, but I’m sure he’ll get better with time. If I had to choose a runner-up, I’d go with The Miz. Good match and a good promo. That’s it for the Feed boys and girls. I’ll leave you with this picture that Shaman’s Harvest recommended I place on The Feed. By the way, if you stumbled upon any news report, picture or anything to be placed on the Feed, just give send it to me at “feedbacktjr@gmail.com” and I’ll be sure to post it up.
This is Feedback and you’ve just been Fed.
Chris Jericho should stay. It’s obvious to anyone with eyes that he is one of the only vets who is sincere in pushing younger talent. He is also still excellent to watch in the ring and i know with him i can look forward to at the very least a passable match.
You know i have supported TNA for such a long time now vs the masses at TJR cutting into it but i think the time has to come for even i to go WTF TNA! They are ruining their company over and over. I agree put the homegrown talent over and push what advantages you have over WWE… Tag teams, Knockouts, and the now mostly dead X-Division.
For the Jericho question: If he still enjoys preforming, he should stay. If he doesn’t have fun with it anymore, he should leave. As far as I know he still loves it and knows he’s doing the best work of his career, so he should stay.
Oh, and RVD sounded like a total jackass in that comment. Him and Hardy are celeberties? Yeah right, maybe for getting high. And they still got nothing on JCITY in that department.
Thanks for the pic and shoutout Feedback.
Feel so bad for AJ & Joe. They were two of the reasons I stuck with TNA even after Hogan came aboard, but now they don’t seem to even matter any longer. At least Beer Money and the MCMG are still getting a decent amount of the spotlight.
in that michael cole puzzle, they forgot his smart and sexy line about the divas…when do they ever look smart? they are booked like retards be-otches all the time…
he should stay…there are guys who need him, fresh matches and old classics I personally wouldnt mind on a raw…serena deserved better…RIP Luna but she was a beast…TNA is dead…Angle vs Anderson or Pope is nothing im gona pay for on the biggst ppv they got especially if Angle is just gona win…im all for angle winning but none of those guys have been in TNA a year…at least angle vs rvd woulda been interesting but Pope is not believable and matter of fact…he beat pope and anderson this yr on ppv already…shoot the booker…Bound for Glory? F that, Bound for Failure…Bound for Bankruptcy…I hate Superstars but i will watch that sht before TNA these days….Stevie Richards? Raven? Dreamer? i need a toilet for all that bullsht
excuse my language guys
its really sad seeing the road TNA has taken…
what made WWE awful and horrible the last year… TNA took it, and with unprecedented speed, made it even worse! seriously!
the storylines, the way the show is booked, hell everything in TNA smells like russo, hogan, bischoff and tommy dreamer (i read somewhere that he has creative control of the so called EV 2.0)
Jericho better not leave. WWE needs him. Pro Wrestling needs him. And ill be super pissed if he goes to TNA. Altho there’s good match-ups for him there. Jericho vs Angle, Jericho vs Styles, Jericho vs Joe… But after those matches, then what. TNA will misuse him. He’s bad-mouthed them too many times anyway. He hates TNA’s direction.
@Shaman’s Harvest (A.O.)
BabyGoose, Shaman’s Harvest, Kip Smithers, Rooney Medema & JCITYHUSTLA617 are still a faction, but im done w/puttin the (A.O.) after my name. Everybody is copying it now. You cant do anything fun on TJR w/out the same fuckin douchebag ruining it. TacoBellFan33, Dave & thereal_speedy have all started adding it to their names. Dave is cool but we all know that tacobellfan is the same as Kelly Kelly or whoever that dipshit posts as. I’m also jus gonna ignore em when they make their stupid pervert comments. If we ignore him/her, he or she will get bored. Whaddya think?
If anyone wants to ask me any question about pro wrestling, mma or any topic you can think of… You can do so by clicking my name. I willing to share my opinions on anything. Thanks and sorry about the cheap plug.
@BabyGoose
If you want. That’s not really Dave, i’ve never heard of this Taco Bell guy before, and the other one is just a penis, aka they are all Itami. I think the (A.O.) is safe.
@BabyGoose
I dont copy no ones name thereal_speedy im on here to talk wrestling thats it dont assume im chilish like some other fools on here
@BabyGoose
What? I’ve never put the “AO” in my name on chatbox. WTF?
RIP LUNA VACHON…I REMEMBER HOW CREEPY SHE LOOKED WHEN SHE USED 2 COME OUT WITH BAMBAM BIGELOE…BUT SHE WAS A GOOD ENTERTAINER AND ON OF THE ALL-TIME HEELS WHEN IT COMES 2DA WOMEN
I THOUGHT SKIP SHEFFIELD WOULD B THE NEXUS’S BREAKOUT STAR BUT I GUESS THAT HAS 2WAIT…..I THINK THIS CAN B GOOD SO WHEN HE COMES BACK HE CAN JUST BYPASS THE NEXUS GUYS AND JUST TRY FOR A SECONDARY TITLE PUSH……….AND I AGREE NXT2 GUYS NEED 2B USED IN NEXUS AND LUCKY CANNON SHOULDNT B ONE OF THEM(NEXUS DOES NEED SOME PRESENCE ON SMACKDOWN THOUGH)
TEAM 3D IN WWE MIGHT JUST GIVE THE TAGTEAM DIVISION THE SPARK IT NEEDS 2 SURVIVE……..I REMEMBER A WHILE BACK THE RETURN OF THE LEGION OF DOOM HAD A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE REST OF THE TAG DIVISION SO IM ALL FOR IT(I AM HOWEVER KINDA IFFY ABOUT WHAT A PG TEAM 3D MIGHT BRING 2 DA “TABLE”)
JERICHO CAN B USED A BIT BETTER BUT HE HAS HELD GOLD A FEW TIMES SINCE RETURNING AND HE IS REALLY ONE OF THE BEST……EVER…..I HOPE HE DOES NOT GO BUT IF HE DOES “THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GIVING TO PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, I APPRECIATE YOUR TALENT” NUFF SAID……
I THINK KURT ANGLE MIGHT WANNA GO BACK 2 WWE ON A REDUCED SHEDULE(LIKE HBK HAD) WHEN HIS TNA CONTRACT EXPIRES IN A YEAR, I JUST DONT SEE HIM PASSING THE WELLNESS TEST IF HE DOES SINCE ANGLE LOVES HIM THE PILLS
EDGE IN A MOVIE SOUNDS INTERESTING SINCE IM A BIG EDGE FAN, BUT IF THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STRAIGHT TO DVD WWE FILM THEN HE SHOULD NOT DO IT, EDGE DESERVES A FUCKIN OSCAR NOT A DAMN SLAMMY
RVD WAS THE BEST OF THE CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS, 2BAD HE NEEDS A BREAK AFTER TAKING A 2YEAR HIATUS BUT WHATEVA, I WOULD SMOKE UP WITH RVD ANYDAY
I UNDERSTAND WWE’S DESICION 2LET GO OF SERENA SINCE YOU CANT B “STRAIGHT-EDGE” AND B ON TMZ PARTYIN AT A BAR……..ITS 2BAD SHE HAD POTENTIAL 2B A BIGFISH IN THE LIL POND THAT IS THE DIVA’S DIVISION
THE DIVISION IN TNA IS WHAT MAKES FORTUNE SO MUCH MORE INTRIGUING 2WATCH, IF YOU WATCH REACTION ALL THEY DO IS TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WILL GET RID OF EX-WWE-EV2 GUYS……OH YEA PLEASE NO NECRO BUTCHER IN TNA EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT HAVE SOME GREAT BLOODY BRAWLS WITH ABYSS SO I TAKE THAT BACK
I LIKE SUPERSTARS, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE BIGGEST STARS ON IT, BUT WHEN IT COMES 2WW,E THIS SHOW IS THE BEST WHEN IT COMES 2 ACTUAL WRESTING WITHOUT ALL THE FILLER USED ON RAW AND SMACKDOWN
I WOULD GIVE MATCH OF THE WEEK 2 DAVEY RICHARDS VS RODRICK STRONG
Ok, it’s obiously the same person who impersonates everyone, so need to start an arugemenf about it here. Someone just put random names and added the AO to be annoying.
@JCITYHUSTLA617
Hey, Jcitys back.
@SPEEDYJAMES
@Dave
Thats what i figured. Its the same person who goes in and impersonates everyone and talks super perversely. We need to email John and tell him about this person. He’ll watch for it and he can tell who it is. If it is Itami he’ll block their IP address so they cant post on here anymore. I’m tired of their shit.
Dude , I dissagred with u on so much of this
U assumed wayyyy to much shit .
I think Jericho will stay with WWE, wrestling is easily his best financial option. Not long after he left WWE last time I went to one of his concerts here in Liverpool. He’s got talent and it wasn;t the worst gig I’ve ever been too but I don’t think he’ll ever be able to achieve anywhere near the success with Fozzy as he’s achieved with wrestling. He should do another couple of years with WWE, bank his money and then look at the “Fozzy” route. Also WWE need him, though I would much prefer him on Smackdown than Raw (though there are too few faces there at the moment). He’s most definitely a team player, I can’t imagine many other main-eventers being pinned by Evan Bourne or Yoshi Tatsu.
As for Angle, it’s an interesting situation. I think if he was lot healthier and a little younger he’d be seriously looking at UFC/MMA however after a few years of a lighter schedule and looking at the way TNA is being ground down financially I think he might be hankering after a return to WWE on a lighter schedule. Like Jericho, he probably only has 2 – 3 years left as a regular wrestler. Therefore I’d imagine he’d want to maximise his earning potential, secure a place in the HOF (no big shakes, admittedly) and earn himself decent WWE legend contract for the future along with WWE merchandising, DVD/Video game royalties.
After watching Jake The Snake’s retirement speech for 2CW (check Youtube) and seeing Scot Hall back in rehab, not too mention the recent deaths, I’d imagine/hope many wrestlers are taking stock and thinking about the future.
Superstars could easily be used as an experiment show for angles/pushes/feuds. What works moves onto the bigger shows and what doesn’t gets scrapped.
Can someone please post a link to the Miz’s promo from SummerSlam? I’ve looked on youtube and the web and can’t find anything legit. Thanks.
Someone should do a video about TNA’s funeral and put it up. The news seems to get worse with each go round which is a shame considering the talent down there.
As for Jericho, if he enjoys what he does then come back. Either way, the dude’s an all-time great and that won’t change.
Jericho better not leave, he goes, I go!!!…I think WWE will lock him down for 3-4 more years…He needs the WWE title around him soon…
Jericho is one of the very few reasons I watch WWE anymore. I can barely make it through a show right now. If he retired, I don’t kow if I’d even watch anymore.
@CJ Harp
every week it seems miz comes out with a better promo lol
Non wrestling question? I know what All-American means, but what for example, does the two-time meant to signify in Jack Swagger moniker?
Under the impression he excelled at two amateur sports.
* meant = mean
I am thrilled with the “de-push” of Jack Swagger. I was embarassed to be watching a program with that loser as a champion of any kind. Keep him on Superstars and let him rot there. Or better yet, just release him.
@Widow maker
It means you achieved all-american status in two of the years you played a sport. You can technically be a 4 time all american in wrestling/baseball/basketball/football etc. One for every year you are eligible.
From what I’ve heard about RVD, he signed a contract that guaranteed him the TNA title, which had so many dates in .
it, and TNA could use these dates with x amount of notice or whatever.
They used almost all on his title run and want to keep some for special PPV’s and things. They asked him, as champion, if he’d consider adding more to his contract and continue his title run and he apparently turned them down
As Ken Anderson said on ReAction, “if someone is here and doesn’t want to be world champion, it’s time to pack up”. As you said, if someone told Kazarian, your the world champion, will you at least work another 8 dates, he’d most likely do it for minimum wage, just to go out and be world champion. As would Anderson, even Angle who’s been world champion millions of times.
It’s just disrespectful to the business if it’s true and he should be considering doing American Gladiators or something, not championship wrestling.
Also you said : By the way, John Cena is the runner-up this week, because he actually put on a great match with Miz… yet he couldn’t let Miz go over cleanly. *Sigh*
You realise this is entirely the decision of the creative/writing staff and not a decision of John Cena the man, who while earlier in his career as the number 1 up and coming heel like the Miz is now lost cleanly to HHH, HBK, Angle and Undertaker.
Cena hate is undeserved. He doesn’t make these decisions.
@Google Me
If that’s true, then that’s the problem with TNA. RVD has a great reputation in pro wrestling and he has a large fanbase plus he puts on great matches, but you don’t guarantee him a World Title reign….make him come to your organization and earn the top spot in your company!! I know that pro wrestling is fake, but no one should be guaranteed a championship reign as a contract stipulation for them to consider joining your group.
Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, and all those other guys that have been there working their way up the “ladder” and giving TNA all they got should be the ones pushed. TNA is pimping themselves out and in the end they will suffer the consequences. ROH will pass them up soon enough.
Edge’s movie actually sounds cool, which is weird.
I’m not in the mood to do a big comment, so will just answer to the question of the week.
I want Chris Jericho to stay, but if I was him, I would consider leaving. He’s not being used to his full potential. If he knew that he would get a title reign soon, he should stay, or even if they gave him a really interesting storyline. You guys can say that he is in this Nexus thing, but the focus on this is more on Cena than anyone else. Jericho deserves better. Jericho is a veteran, but unlike others he is still great at what he does.
Love reading the Feed every week, keep up the good work mate. Y2J will stay I would imagine, aside from the fact that a face turn looks on the cards, he always looks like hs enjoying himself
And he’s got another book coming out soon. Can’t wait to get his DVD
I don’t think Jericho is all about the title reigns. I think he’s happy with what he’s had. I see him more as a Shawn Michaels who wants to help out the up and coming stars and be the company man, which is why he’s jobbed to Slater, Barrett and Bourne as of late.
I think saying “yeah you’ll be the champion 2 years” would probably be less interesting to him than “you’ll make 4 big stars, have a match of the year and feud of the year”, because where as HHH and Orton etc seem to equate legacy with title reigns, he seems to equate legacy with in-ring work.
@Google Me
You’re right, its safe to say creative decides who goes over, but Triple H, Randy Orton, Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan and many others have proved that they all have input on who they let go over. John Cena isn’t an exemption, he obviously has enough pull to decide who gets to beat him and how. I’m not saying that he’s picky about these issues (like Austin and Triple H), but its not something to ignore.
I doubt the Creative team went up to Jericho and told him he HAS to job to JTG. No, I’m sure that Jericho went to management and said he had no problem jobbing to anyone and then went on to job to Jeff Hardy, CM Punk (both whom were in mid-card at the time), JTG, Christian, John Morrison, Heath Slater, R-Truth and Evan Bourne among others.
Have you seen Cena job to any of those? No, he’s never even lost to Jericho at least. Have you seen him job to ANY midcarder in the past 3 years? I don’t think so either.
If he wanted to job cleanly to the Miz, he would. He has that power.
TBH Feedback, while you may be right, I’m not 100% sure you are. I don’t believe Cena uses political power in the way HHH, Hogan etc did.
I’m sure he has it, in the way that he’s stood up for Bryan Danielson and Evan Bourne and things have happened.
But I don’t think he uses it. Any interviews you see, he kinda puts down that political side. I pretty much think he just does what creative tell him.
Could he go up to creative and say “I want to job cleanly to the Miz, I think he deserves it?” yes, he probably could. But does he say “no guys, I don’t want to job to the Miz, protect my legacy”, I don’t think so.
I think he just tends to stay out of it, does what he’s told and only speaks up when he really feels it is important to do so.
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that is a company man right there. He is does what he is told.
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Like I said, you’re right, I’m not gonna pretend I know everything that goes on around there. We’ll never know for sure.
We both can agree though that stars can be made by having them go over Cena and we can also agree that Cena hasn’t requested that to happen.
Even if the idea was never brought up to him, the notion of not requesting it when it is the logical thing to do seems kinda selfish.
Still, we’ll never know what REALLY goes on over there…
or do we!!!!!!!!!!!!! no. no we dont lol
with this whole cena argument, the fact that he rarely lets people go over cleanly, the same can be said for a lot of the other guys, but with cena even a shonky win helps you out, edge and cena helped each others careers beyond all belief, Sheamus going over sloppy was more a case of wrong match wrong time, we all knew cena would loose the title to nexus because of the long build up, although cena never lost to the miz, that string of matches moved miz up the card and now it wouldn’t suprise me if miz takes the title from cena using mitb and then retains reasonably cleanly (Don’t forget, heels don’t win by pinfall anymore)
The feed is a great read, so glad i started reading this site
btw where does Kofi go from here, with the changeover to SyFi does that mean he returns to the midcard and stay in midcard hell or does he finally get a push, odds on midcard hell
Jericho has consistently shown that he can put over anyone without tarnishing his legacy…..whereas I’ve noticed that any midcarder or rising star who works with Randy Orton ends up depushed or put back into midcard hell.
That’s the difference between Jericho and all the other top guys in WWE.
Ya no kiddin. Orton is a crybaby bitch. Jericho FTW!!!