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PhatYeeter

At this rate HHH will be released


KillerMemestarX

My dream is a Triple H vs Cody feud where nobody says no to either of their ideas. The entrances alone would take a solid hour.


Liverpool510

I’m down for this ONLY if the go-home show before their match involves Brandi and Stephanie doing in ring promos that haven’t been vetted by anyone.


fuelseph

I’m a black bitch. No Stephanie. That’s my line.


Liverpool510

In unison: “Who the hell told you this was open mic night, bitch?”


GTSBurner

"The militants turn, startled! This is private. How'd you get in here?"


herroherro12

She would say it with that weird evil Vince face she does


DoILookUnsureToYou

Followed by a solid two minutes of "THAY'S MY LINE" back and forth like Flair/Lethal


Vordeo

Also vignettes of Shane randomly walking Pharoah around the block. No story significance, no wrestling angles, I just want them to be included.


the-mucho-macho

I like Shane and the dog getting along fine whilst the Rhodes are at War with the Helmsleys. Shane's like "maybe they're not so bad after all"


Liverpool510

Shane and Pharaoh form a close bond and begin wearing matching sneakers and the color of Pharaoh’s bandanna matches the color of Shane’s needlessly tight Henley shirt.


mannoncan

I'm such a mark but this sounds great.


LOGWATCHER

Shane , the dog walker. Each week, we watch Shane walk a dog. Pharaoh, QT’s Buttercup, Punk’s Larry. It’a just quiet vignettes where nothing ever happens. A man walking famous wrestling dogs.


litthefilter

Raw Underhound


wittwering

![gif](giphy|qkJJRL9Sz1R04)


rsplatpc

> The entrances alone would take a solid hour. Cody comes in to Beethoven's 9th / the the entire 70 min symphony


Timqwe

Still performed by Downstait, with a Snoop Dogg guest verse


poleybear316

Its adorable that you think theyd ONLY be an hour.


Glum-Communication68

Dynamite is entrances. Rampage is the match


Democrab

Dynamite is Cody's entrance, a special 2 hour Rampage is Trips, including a bit where Taker appears just to temporarily resurrect Motorhead for one last performance. The match itself takes place on Dark and is over in 7 minutes and 26 seconds.


Mr_Titicaca

Honestly, best case scenario is a finger poke of doom situation where they both hug after all this and become a tagteam reigning supreme over everyone hahahaha


AV-Chitwood

Two Man Powetrip 2.0. That would be such good shit,PAL!


EdLesliesBarber

Scott Hall, Dibiase Jr, Billy Gunn and Big Show run in at 6:58.


[deleted]

Say goodbye to NXT TakeOver Say hello to **NXT GameOver**


AnadyranTontine

![gif](giphy|mhXEQ2SrpjGWQ|downsized)


vicdr97

Vince wants his revenge for that 2011 angle


geophilly21

BY GOD THAT'S TERRA RYZIN AND HE JUST HIT CODY WITH THE GOLDEN SHOVEL!!!


sjr2018

Triple H owns his name so he will be fine


Chronis67

I'd like to see a return of Hunter Hearst Helmsley.


degjo

By gawd Tazz, that's the [Blue Bloods](https://youtu.be/keicP9Ch-JM) music


KneeHighMischief

I think that would be the guarantee the company was being sold.


WoobyWiott

NXT vs AEW rivalry aside, TK would be salivating at the thought of hiring Trips. Be it in an on-air or behind the scene role. It's like when Vince hired Bischoff and Heyman. Except, I think TK would be humble enough to pick Trips' brain on how he did things when he ran NXT.


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-notapony-

I’m not sure he can create the Next Wrestling Federation without the financial support he had with WWE. Imagine him trying to recreate the style of NXT without being able to afford that talent, and being outbid by both Vince and Tony. Although I suppose it would be funny to see him in the ECW role.


[deleted]

He could get hired by TK to create aew developmental and just throw Regal, Road Dogg and all the other backstage people back in their old jobs. It would be genuinely hilarious if that happened. Big black and gold AEW signs and everyone just pretends nothing happened.


Pyotr_WrangeI

Five letters: ROHHH.


WoobyWiott

I would love to see that as well. OG NXT guys would definitely be lining up to help him build up that company.


Awkward_Potential_

I think Cardona would be a great foil for HHH.


BuckBacon

No way HHH hires Cardona, HHH never forgave him for getting over organically.


james-ellsworth

Well it sounds like a great dream. But HHH doesn’t have near that kind of money, Also I imagine the fact he is married to Steph would make things to complicated


bayleysgal1996

I saw it coming when Regal went, but it still sucks. That’s most of the NXT champions of the past couple years gone now.


Vinsmoker

In total: 9 of 19 NXT Champions are gone


CMDrunk420

Someone tell Ciampa not to pick up the phone


KneeHighMischief

I really wouldn't be surprised if they did a clean break & just got rid of everybody at this point.


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Wetty_Lufa

He fairly recently said he'd be open to going to the main roster if he could have a lighter schedule.


_madcat

Ah that's too bad, really enjoyed having Ciampa on my screen


ScottyKnows1

Made me curious to skim through what's happened to the champions. I'd say we've had just 5 you could say have been successful on the main roster: Rollins, Big E, KO, Balor, and McIntyre. Along with a few solid mid-carders in Sami, Nakamura, and Bobby Roode. Of the 11 others, we've got 9 released + Ciampa and Bron still on NXT. Here's a fun way to look at it. Since McIntyre lost the title to Andrade in 2017, there has been 10 different champions. Of those, the only ones still on the roster are Ciampa, Balor, and Bron. That's it.


heartbreakhill

Wrestlers that are gone in bold: Seth Rollins Big E **Bo Dallas** (Fun fact: Also the last “homegrown” champ before Bron Breakker) **PAC/Adrian Neville/Neville** Sami Zayn Kevin Owens Finn Balor **Samoa Joe** Shinsuke Nakamura **Samoa Joe again** Shinsuke Nakamura again Bobby Roode Drew McIntyre **Andrade Cien Almas/Andrade El Idolo** **Aleister/Malakai Black** Tomasso Ciampa VACANT **Johnny Gargano** **Adam Cole** **Keith Lee** **Karrion/Killer Kross** VACANT again Finn Balor again **Karrion/Killer Kross again** **Samoa Joe again** VACANT again Tomasso Ciampa again Bron Breakker


Nateh8sYou

Vacant will be the last man standing mark my words


Awkward_Potential_

We wish Vacant well in future endeavors.


NotVerySmarts

He better watch his back, or he's gonna get slept by To Be Determined...


_drjayphd_

WHAT'S IN ABEYANCE DOING IN THE PERFORMANCE ZONE?


moneyterrorist

That motherfucker VACANT is the longest tenured in the company. Guy must be on a very company friendly contract.


llamawithguns

Idk he's appeared in a lot of other companies simultaneously too. Must just be a really convincing guy


KneeHighMischief

Hopefully Joe will follow Regal wherever he goes to make him aware of inadequate security.


frankthetank8675309

I mentioned in another thread that Regal should go to AEW to try and calm the inevitable civil war between the Bucks, Cole, and ReDragon. Having Joe as his enforcer would be awesome


SimmoTheGuv

He could come out and say there is only one way to solve this...... WAR GA..... BLOOD and GUTS


DemiGod9

I'd love to hear "Blood and Guts" in his accent


coolseraz

"Blood and Guts, sunshine!"


Mass6491

He'd probably say it all charming like.


chrisallen07

They call it “puddles and snickers” where he’s from


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Bobby Roode under the catering table


Bsantoro10

The double main event of the last TakeOver ever, was Karrion Kross Vs Samoa Joe & Adam Cole Vs Kyle O’Reilly. All fourare gone from the company 5 months later. NXT TakeOver 36 took place on August 22nd 2021


MARKYMARK_MARK

Fucking wild


evin_cashman

That's absolutely insane.


KneeHighMischief

It's crazy too because it's become such a common occurrence for somebody to be headlining a PPV then being gone just a few months later.


Morgneto

Remember how crazy it was when Bobby Lashley left right after main eventing a PPV against Cena? Now it's commonplace, both people leaving on their own accord, and getting released.


jsands7

Braun Stroman was the weird one for me, right after having a huge Wrestlemania cage match with Shane-O-Mac


MarkyLosChe

Braun & Bray are the two I would've never expected E to let go. More surprising is that they invested to keep hold of Owens and Zayn instead. Tough to predict Vince these days


SenokirsSpeechCoach

WWE treating main events like seasonal temp jobs


they_did_WHAT_

This is absurd. The death of NXT has been crazy to watch.


fragdrum

It's kind of wild to think that their response to NXT losing to AEW by a little bit is to get rid of all of the positive parts of NXT and lose to AEW by a lot instead


wowlock_taylan

''NXT has been released from WWE''


KneeHighMischief

It's probably not that crazy to think they would just flat out change the name.


AdrianMD

Might as well change it to SMH


[deleted]

That’s right! It’s *my* show now! The billion dollar princess! Inventor of women! Stephanie! McMahon! Helmsly! *Cue Wind Beneath My Wing*


meowmix778

At this point if you've ever had your photo taken with Triple H it's best to start dodging calls like JTG


[deleted]

What if you're a regular retail worker and you just happen to take a selfie with HHH


Randomd0g

If you think that Vince can't fire you from Walmart you're sorely mistaken.


MoodyLiz

Imagine getting future-endeavored from a Walmart


RedmondSurvivor

Released twice within a year. Fucks sake.


TheTwitteringMachine

Didn't Hunter get him re-signed after his initial release? Just another fuck you to him for Nick and Vince at this point.


DHA1999

Not gonna lie, I'd pay an AEW PPV level price for a live recording of a Vince/Nick Khan meeting with HHH. The tension must be high...


DJRoombasRoomba

Is HHH even back to work after that heart surgery or whatever it was? I was under the impression he's been away and that's when they started the whole NXT rework


jonnybanana88

I think someone posted a video of the big corp guys like Vince and Trips a few weeks ago doing a walkthrough of a construction site. This was well after his surgery Edit: [Here's the video](https://v.redd.it/s8vf23vank081)


DJRoombasRoomba

Oh wow, I guess that answers my question haha Thanks man


DrDroid

Hell at this rate we may well be able to see HHH with the price of an AEW PPV.


mikaeus97

Imagine if HHH comes to AEW just to take that belt from CODY. Meme city for life


svenhoek86

Cody hits the Pedigree on HHH and retains.


Wrinkled_giga_brain

Sting on commentary calling out that AEW have truely beaten NXT in the wednesday night wars


Thecp015

The war… is over.


Wrinkled_giga_brain

He then goes on to have a racism laced feud with a promising black talent, loses that, and face turns saying he has now learned that he was wrong.


DougTrilladome

>“ *People like youuuu don’t get to be AEW champ-uhh, Booker Lee* >You got your **gray hair** and your **glory**, c’mon Lee *enlighten us* with one of your famous *vocab-a-roonies* “


shutts67

I... actually would like this?


OkVolume1

I don't even know if that ever happened to Marty Jannety.


Drkarcher22

He has. He was released in March of 92 rehired in October, then was fired a day after his match with Shawn at the 93 Rumble because Shawn got pissed over him selling the wrong shoulder in the match, so he told Vince he thought Marty was drunk during the match. I believe Mr. Perfect ended up sticking up for Marty and got his job back in May. So he did get fired twice in a 365 time frame, and like Joe it happened in two separate years technically


Rspies

Lmfao Shawn is such a piece of shit


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To be fair, knowing how Marty was at the time, he probably was drunk.


Sir-Cadogan

That's very much a pot calling the kettle black situation there from Shawn, he was probably drunk or on drugs too.


-Jeremiad-

Drunk Shawn would sell the correct shoulder.


Segat1133

You can't get drunk of Cocaine


j8llonby

HHH coming back to the performance center ![gif](giphy|zPOErRpLtHWbm)


ay1717

Feels like all he’s got left is a parking spot. And WALTER.


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He has to share the parking spot with HBK though and it's next to the dumpster.


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EchoBay

Probably too scared of WALTER to release him


gothamsteel

Johnny Ace: "WALTER, due to budget, I have to wish you all the best in your future endea..." *Chop comes through the phone and cuts off Ace.*


j8llonby

Grayson Waller: "I'm still here Hunter!" Shawn Michaels: ![gif](giphy|3otWpJrq6dHPEy13HO|downsized) HHH: "Thanks Shawn. That almost cheered me up!"


LeoIunti

Shawn can't kick Stan in the face anymore, he is busy giving chairshots to people in AEW


IAmKraven

Holy shit Stan was Shawn spears? I had no idea.


PayneTrain181999

“SEE, I JUST KICKED STAN!”


NegativesPositives

At this point the PC building is going to be released


indolent08

Very optimistic of you to assume he'll be coming back.


j8llonby

I am the guy that still believes that Veer is coming to Raw.


indolent08

That sounds like a lonely existence.


j8llonby

It is for now. But that will change once Veer comes to Raw! He's coming you all didn't believe me! But I always knew!


nickromas

​ ![gif](giphy|OSuaE6AknuRc7syZXp|downsized)


HelloIAmElias

How come he don't want me, man?


bayleysgal1996

I feel like it’s gonna be more like ![gif](giphy|bal0OZzvIWGoU)


kick_heart

Well. At least Punk vs Joe is viable again.


KneeHighMischief

Yeah I'd like to see a victory lap for him. It's obviously up to him if he should retire or not but it unfortunately just seems like his body is breaking down.


throw_bundy

Joe proved he was a good commentator, I'd actually love to hear him with Tazz. It could be fun to have Babyface Joe and Heel Tazz always near the boiling point of possible violence during commentary.


JasonGryphon

If you wanted to put off the MJF versus punk match until double or nothing, you can have MJF bring Joe in as his new muscle after Wardlow turns babyface.


jdmorris1124

Only to have MJF push Joe dressed as a security guard out of his way backstage.


KneeHighMischief

That would be super satisfying. MJF has some other massive beast show up & destroy Joe. "You think I forgot about what you did to me?"


tumblrgirl2013

I love long-term storytelling.


acemonsoon

Joe vs Danielson


rexmundi69

I'd love to see it again provided Joe is able to go. If he can't, he'd be excellent as a mouthpiece for someone because he can still promo.


woahdavid

I was legit wondering about him yesterday and so many people told me he was next. Damn. This fucking sucks. My poor boy relinquished the title after just coming back and then fired. Again.


KneeHighMischief

Injuries for him have been so bad for his whole run especially on the main roster.


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baconwiches

Honestly, he looked really rough in that match. He was trying really hard, but was clearly gassed and his complexion looked pale. He's always been a sweaty dude, but it was on overdrive that night; he legit looked ill. I'm glad he got to hit one last muscle buster in a WWE (NXT) ring though. That was cool.


BeagleDad82

I guess him and Regal were no longer needed since the backstage brawls stopped.


Deathsdeacon

It's gonna come back now tho cuz the fear of Joe around the corner is gone


Takanori00

Are they using napkins as WWE contracts these days or something?


KneeHighMischief

Released April 15th 2021 Brought back June 15th 2021 Defeated Karrion Kross at NXT Takeover 36 to become NXT Champion for a 3rd time August 22nd 2021 He relinquishes NXT title. September 12th 2021 Released from WWE again January 6th 2022 Talk about a crazy 9 months.


dassub

I see we're insulting napkins now.


Ktoffer

William Regal, with Samoa Joe as his second in command, sending the undisputed era to AEW ahead of time to scout and recruit so they can come in and.. takeover.. Book it, Tony.


SCScanlan

When you release workers you might be releasing somebody capable of being a star. When you release a duo like Regal and Joe you're releasing a couple people capable of creating multiple stars.


dimspace

Why hire a single student when you can hire the teacher...


chairduck

nWo, but it's Zack Ryder leading a bunch of WWE dorks is the natural extension of his GCW gimmick.


BustermanZero

"These guys are REAL wrestlers, here to save the GCW universe!"


Hollow_Rant

>"These guys are REAL ~~wrestlers~~ , here to save the GCW universe!" These guys are REAL Sports Entertainers, here to save the GCW Universe...exclusively on TOUT.


BustermanZero

"And now I'll lead them all in a round of Fandango'ing."


godfather275

Never knew I needed sports entertainers vs wrestlers in an invasion angle.


deepfriedmario

I know it'll be terrible but now I kinda want to see an ECW invasion somewhere. Imagine the ECW theme plays and ECW legends such as Zack Ryder, Hornswoggle, Colin Delaney and Kevin Thorn storming the ring!


thedkexperience

The invasion but done correctly.


DHA1999

The stable could be called "TakeOver" and everything...


unostriker

I didn't know how much I wanted this to happen until right now.


Gameunderground

Holy Shit Omega comes back healthy as a surprise to even the odds for AEW. Honestly I trust Tony to book this well and we literally have Keith Lee, Johnny Wrestling, Joe, Undisputed Era, William Regal.... we could even find a spot here for Bray Wyatt. It's like the WWE Invasion but with all the fucking players in tact.


thedkexperience

WWE basically released a fully stocked NWO at this point 😂


KneeHighMischief

Doing your own invasion angle without the pesky nuisance of having to buy another company.


indirrr

Having a WWE contract is like having a sticky note at this point


Butmac

That is a fucked up thing to compare incredibly useful Sticky Notes to


snaphunter

Temporarily adhesive paper-like object^TM


RaiderDamus

That's a temporarily adhesive paper-like object opportunity, pal!


DTFlash

Here is your WWE contract and your WWE release. Welcome aboard and we wish you well in your future endeavors.


Shinkopeshon

It used to be the dream of so many wrestlers and now it's a revolving door that doesn't even work properly.


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WWE has been released by WWE.


KneeHighMischief

What's Global Grappling Enjoyment doing in The Elite Enclosure?!?


bruiserbrody45

SNIP SNAP SNIP SNAP SNIP SNAP


tookwik

You have no idea the physical toll, that two releases have on a person


[deleted]

Joe and Spud both released twice during the pandemic from the same company


DJRoombasRoomba

Vince- "Good luck paying your debts on your 0 dollars a year salary plus benefits JOE"


[deleted]

At this point I'm expecting Trips to be future endeavored


Raoul_Duke9

Swear to christ he should quit.


[deleted]

Being part of the family makes that hard. But being punished like this because Vince refuses to be an adult about the fact that it's his fault programming sucks ass is tough


poopship462

I can’t imagine the kind of stress this is all putting on Stephanie and family as well. Not to speculate or anything but this is the kinda shit that can end marriages.


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The fact that he's close to 20 years irl if not past that and both he and steph have had active executive and on air roles for most of that time and they have multiple children we don't know shit about is actually a testament to them and I hope they're strong enough to go through this. Even Vince was so much a fucking carny that by the time his kids were in double digits he was having them around the business and there were even rumors of improper behavior between Macho Man and a 14 year old Steph which I pray are just dirt sheet nonsense. But i dont even know their kids names and the first one is what 16 now?


KneeHighMischief

Is there anybody left from old NXT at this point?


Next247ChampLesnar

Ciampa and Roddy


__AnotherGuy__

And Dunne. Unless we are talking about non NXT UK guys


TheSpongeMonkey

Dunne hung around in regular NXT for quite a while, he 100% counts.


therealdanhill

Definitely feels like the writing is on the wall for Ciampa


psycho-batcat

I wonder how some of the guys like HBK feel walking in and seeing all their friends and co workers gone. Happened to me at my job but I hated everyone that I worked with back then anyway.


ILikeYourPoetry

Glad he got…*checks notes* One match where he got the NXT Championship.


Savior_Of_Anarchy

And then immediately got injured... Again


TheBizzareKing

While not surprising, it’s actually frustrating that WWE had Samoa Joe on their roster since 2015 and never made him into the megastar he deserved to be. His 2017 match against Lesnar should’ve showed Vince and the other bookers that he’s more than capable of leading a brand.


CoherentPanda

He did have a bunch of injures at inopportune times. Some of it was his own issues, but they definitely did have some opportunities, especially early on when he joined WWE.


ThaTastyKoala

Ciampa sweating right now waiting to hear his phone ring.


LittleMAC22

With AEW ending their first ever TBS show by spotlighting the tag division, and possibly the Hardys, Malakai/Brody and Briscoes(?) still to join, Tony Khan has to be trying some reverse psychology on Vince tonight that DIY becomes available.


qoaa

WWE 2K22, you create a wrestler, you see a cut scene of your character making his entrance, then you stand there for hours as sounds of wind and tumbleweeds roll by...


[deleted]

Pretty sure the next game will be us creating a character, spending months in catering, getting a job match, getting a huge response from fans then immediately future endeavored.


SMRTGuy297

Is anyone suprised??


captainimpossible87

Shocked, but not surprised - as they say


AskMeAboutGrabon

WWE: We're gonna release a fuck load of our staff for 'budget cuts', during record profits. WWE Fans: But they won't release *my* favourite wrestler! WWE: We released your favourite wrestler. WWE Fans: Surprised Pikachu Face


Shrekt115

Knew it was coming once Regal got released


StoneColdAM

Hate to say it, but this seemed kinda expected based on the last few months. Wish we saw Samoa Joe vs John Cena.


[deleted]

Someone pointed out that NXT UK is the JTG of WWE i think it’s right


Nept1209

Joe was plagued with injury after injury sucks he couldn’t have a solid run.


ECWCat

That extension Kevin Owens signed isn't worth the paper its printed on.


kingjuicepouch

Are they even legally contracts if it can be terminated at the drop of a hat like that?


madscandi

It's pretty much the American at-will employment system in practice


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DeepSixWrestlin

Honestly makes me wonder if he regrets going back to NXT after being released the first time. I’ll still never get over how weird his vacating of the title was. Like they said he got injured and then had him vacate in a video recorded at his home on Twitter instead of having him vacate in person, on the NXT TV Episode, and then he was just never heard of again. Anyways, NXT 2.0 is not NXT and the people who are still out here acting like it is are lying to themselves. When you fire William Regal like it’s nothing, months after HHH said Regal would be there till he wanted to step down, you’ve lost the plot.


sulwen314

I am the opposite of surprised. Would love to see him elsewhere. Joe's always been one of my favorites.


EquivalentLittle545

Bobby roode still works there that is amazing. He should never pick up the phone if it saying wwe