re: Covid-19 is forcing mass WWE roster layoffs

Rusev released

ETA: UPDATED LIST

WRESTLERS:
* Zack Ryder
* No Way Jose
* Mike Kanellis
* Maria Kanellis
* Primo
* Epico
* Rowan
* Sarah Logan
* Karl Anderson
* Luke Gallows
* EC3
* Drake Maverick
* Curt Hawkins
* Heath Slater
* Eric Young
* Lio Rush
* Rusev


PRODUCERS (Furloughed or released):
* WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle (Released)
* Billy Kidman
* Mike Rotunda
* Pat Buck
* Fit Finlay
* Shawn Daivari
* Scott Armstrong
* Sarah Stock
* Shane Helms
* Lance Storm

ANNOUNCERS:
* Aiden English

REFEREES:
* Mike Chioda

CREATIVE:
* Andrea Listenberger (Writer of Otis/Mandy storyline)

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Eric Young? He was a damned blast to watch back in the TNA days with his "Don't Fire Eric" stuff. And he and ODB were a fricking riot together!

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When WWE called up Sanity from NXT then basically shite canned them in short order....Eric Young got the worst shake of all out of that deal...and now he is the first one of them released from the company....and Nikki Cross is the only one still left on the main roster although she wasn't in Sanity on the main roster just in NXT.

I am surprised by them having Nikki and Bliss together, but I surprising like it.

Rusev is legit funny as hell, has a great look and a hot wife. Its their own fault they couldn't find a way to make money with that guy.

You take this stuff a little to serious......

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you mean the current IWGP US Champion?

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When is the last time he wrestled in Japan or for NJPW? When is his next scheduled title defense...hell when is the last time we saw that belt???

I'm guessing if NJPW didn't still want some type of relationship with AEW (which it will probably never get) Gedo would have already stripped Moxley of that title.

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I love Jericho but he never really fit in to NJPW that well as he just can't hang on the level of an Osaka, Naito, or Tanahashi.

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....that's a different narrative that everyone threw out there when he was actually wrestling those guys you mentioned....hell they said Jericho gave Naito the best matches of his career and it wasn't because of Naito. I tend to think that Naito v Jericho and Tanahashi v Jericho were pretty stale programs because all those guys are in the twilight of their careers. I also didn't notice you mention Okada...the only NJPW player that can legit be in the best in the world conversation. He did bring back Jericho's career from the dead with their program.

It is what it is.

I don't really watch as much as I used to.

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Rusev threatened to quit before WM34 and the only reason they put him in that US Title match was because of his merch sales. He's easily the biggest name out of this bunch and will be a huge pickup for someone.

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No doubt....(given no COVID-19) he could literally be a plug and play from day 1 with Jericho's stable just like Hager was. He could be in that title picture with a nice babyface in short order...same as Hager.

He threatened to quit because he was by far the most over guy on Smackdown and all they had for him was the Andre Battle Royale. He forced them to throw him a bone.

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When is the last time he wrestled in Japan or for NJPW?

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In February

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hell when is the last time we saw that belt???

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at the last big NJPW event

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When is his next scheduled title defense

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I mean we're in the middle of a pandemic so...

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that's a different narrative that everyone threw out there when he was actually wrestling those guys you mentioned

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I saw them as nice side attractions but not really all that great compared to other matches that were at the top of the cards you talked about.

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I also didn't notice you mention Okada

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I did my phone just autocorrected it and i didnt notice at first.

Interesting you're not bothering to deny that WWE is creatively bankrupt. Both the creative and the wrestling itself is much much much much better in NJPW than it is in WWE.