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Post by Danny Busch on Feb 7, 2016 1:44:40 GMT -6
Ya...they have plenty of talent and options. There is absolutely no need for the brutal 3 on 3 or 4 on 4 shit they give us on RAW.
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Post by Optimisn on Feb 8, 2016 10:57:39 GMT -6
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Post by Optimisn on Feb 10, 2016 8:08:59 GMT -6
This can't be real.
WWE STAR SUSPENDED
By Mike Johnson on 2016-02-10 08:26:18 WWE star Titus O'Neil was sent home from last night's Smackdown taping in Portland, Oregon shortly after he arrived. The word we are getting is that O'Neil has been suspended for "unprofessional conduct."
During the ending of last night's Raw taping in Seattle, Washington, a number of WWE personalities and staff were assembled on the stage in honor of the retiring Bryan Danielson. At the end of that segment, which aired on Raw before going live on the WWE Network, Danielson returned to the locker room after passing through the center of the assembled WWE personnel.
As WWE talents returned to the back, O'Neill grabbed WWE owner Vince McMahon in what was described to us as in a "playful, physical way." McMahon responded by shoving O'Neil away. McMahon's shove of O'Neill actually made it onto the final seconds of the broadcast. We are told that McMahon was angry at being grabbed and that led to the suspension.
When O'Neil arrived at Smackdown, he was informed he was going sent home. The word making the rounds is that the suspension could be for upwards of 90 days. That would put O'Neil out of action through May, which means he would be missing Wrestlemania 32.
O'Neil, 39, signed with WWE in 2009 and is best known as one half of the Prime Time Players, although he's been used most recently in a singles role. He's been very active in local community outreach where he lives in Tampa. O'Neil had lost to Adam Rose earlier during the Raw broadcast.
Last night, the WWE Network exclusive video of Bryan Danielson's farewell was removed from Youtube and WWE.com as well as the WWE Network. It is likely that WWE is going to edit the snippet at the end out before restoring the videos.
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Post by randomone on Feb 10, 2016 8:30:04 GMT -6
I saw Titus grab him, but you can tell Steph & Trips had smirks on their faces, while Titus was laughing as well.
Couldn't have happened at a worse month too.
It's ridiculous. Did you know up until his loss to Adam Rose this past week, Titus had won 11 television matches in a row? Commentary never pointed it out & it meant nothing. That's pretty damn impressive.
Vince is legit insane. Sad no one spoke up either, like Trips.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Feb 10, 2016 9:51:20 GMT -6
Good Lord.
There's no way that can be the reason. There has to be something else.
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 11:35:57 GMT -6
WWE hates my contest picks. Bryan retires. Titus suspended (and lost to Adam Rose). And Sin Cara is back which you know will screw up Kalisto somehow. I hate you, Vince.
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Post by randomone on Feb 10, 2016 11:53:01 GMT -6
My guess is someone either brought it up to Vince yesterday before the SD taping or Vince saw the clip himself. It's cold blooded for him to have Titus drive to the SD taping, only to be sent home after he got there. If he was so furious about it, he would've done something immediately after it happened at Raw.
They have had Titus winning matches constantly, putting over each week how good he is with the community, whether it be children at schools or the homeless.
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 12:15:41 GMT -6
Probably won't be up for long but here's the "incident".
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 13:47:31 GMT -6
Here's a thought. Maybe the E has started to implement the 9 months on/3 months off strategy. See how easy it is to come up with storylines for the time off?  |
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Post by randomone on Feb 10, 2016 13:57:49 GMT -6
Look at RuRu, making sure Lana isn't in the way. Good lookin' out RuRu, she doesn't need anymore heat.
I'm surprised they didn't just blame it on Lana to be honest.
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 15:07:03 GMT -6
No idea what any of this means but apparently this is Titus's first comments since the suspension:
Titus O'Neil has issued his first public comments since being suspended by WWE for 90 days for what appeared to be playful, albeit awkward, exchange at the end of Monday's WWE Raw broadcast.
He posted:
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled (ranked below others who are honored or rewarded), and he who humbles himself (keeps a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly) will be exalted (elevated in rank).” Luke 14:11 #Blessed #ContentOfCharacter #Faith #Family #Community"
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Post by Optimisn on Feb 10, 2016 17:21:08 GMT -6
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. As Speeps said, I can't wait to hear the real stories and fallout from this deal. Did Titus losing for the first time in eleven weeks have something to do with this suspension? There had to be some reasonable minds trying to keep this from happening. This guy, for this reason makes so little sense. Morale killer.
- As PWMania.com reported, Titus O’Neil was suspended for 90 days due to unprofessional conduct this week. The suspension happened because Titus grabbed Vince McMahon at the end of the Daniel Bryan retirement celebration on the WWE Network after Monday’s RAW went off the air.
Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Live today that Vince suspended Titus to send a message to the locker room, that they need to stop “messing around” and be professionals. Word is that there have been several talents who have “been riding the line” in terms of following the company rules lately.
Vince wants WWE to be a professional organization and it was explained to Alvarez by a source that while Titus was just messing around with Vince, it was “one messing around too many” and Titus was used to make an example, and was the fall-guy.
WWE officials do like Titus and with John Cena out, he is their number one guy for work in the community. They broke The Prime Time Players up so Titus could be pushed as a singles star. While it wasn’t acknowledged on TV, Titus went undefeated for almost three months until the loss to Adam Rose on Monday. No word yet on how the suspension will hurt any future push.
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Feb 10, 2016 18:46:14 GMT -6
Making the black guy the fall guy in February.
Is that being a Star?
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Post by Danny Busch on Feb 10, 2016 19:04:15 GMT -6
Titus should have appologized via Tout.
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Post by Vincent Kennedy McMahon on Feb 10, 2016 19:08:55 GMT -6
MESSAGE SENT.
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 20:24:04 GMT -6
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Feb 10, 2016 20:28:57 GMT -6
Just coming to post that.
Good for Dave.
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 20:34:01 GMT -6
I'm guessing Bautista is out for Wrestlemania™ then?
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Post by Optimisn on Feb 10, 2016 20:36:48 GMT -6
I'm guessing Bautista is out for Wrestlemania™ then? He already told them he wouldn't be the guest ref for Hunter v Reigns. |
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 20:39:18 GMT -6
So what actually did Titus do and/or intend to do. I've watched the clip, I've read the stories but I don't think I've ever really gotten what in the frick was going on there. Did Titus want to shake Vince's hand? Hug him? Rough house with him?
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Post by Optimisn on Feb 10, 2016 20:40:35 GMT -6
So what actually did Titus do and/or intend to do. I've watched the clip, I've read the stories but I don't think I've ever really gotten what in the frick was going on there. Did Titus want to shake Vince's hand? Hug him? Rough house with him? We haven't found out yet. |
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Post by Positivity Peeps on Feb 10, 2016 20:56:08 GMT -6
According to The Wrestling Observer, since the rumored Braun Strowman vs The Undertaker match is likely not happening at WrestleMania, Kevin Owens has reportedly pitched hard to be The Undertaker’s opponent in Dallas. Word is, however, that the idea was shot down by WWE, and there remains no word as to who The Undertaker will face at ‘Mania.
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Post by Danny Busch on Feb 10, 2016 21:12:34 GMT -6
Give AJ The Deadman for mania. That would be a hell of a first match. They could play the angle of him going after the biggest bad ass on the block to send a message to the WWE universe.
Vince will probably just double book Reigns to beat him in a casket match and then win the title later vs HHH.
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Post by randomone on Feb 10, 2016 21:13:40 GMT -6
Yeah he won 11 matches in a row on TV, but they never amounted to nothing. The loss to Rose just showed he's nothing more than just another guy. I bet writers had no clue had won 11 in a row.
It looked like playful rough housing. Which, some say because of what just happened with Bryan, it wasn't the time or place, which that might be true, but then why didn't Vince do anything about it behind the scenes that night?
Granted Titus wasn't going to be in any major storyline for Mania, but he loses a paycheck, probably a bigger one than usual. Not to mention you're suspending your biggest African American contributor to the community. Every week it's something new he does to help. Suspending him 90 days in February. Yeesh.
It's not like he went Nailz on him & choked him until he nearly passed out. It looked playful, try to mess around with the boss.
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Post by Optimisn on Feb 10, 2016 21:16:45 GMT -6
I'm heavy on the other side, but what the fuck was Titus doing?
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 21:18:09 GMT -6
I'm heavy on the other side, but what the fuck was Titus doing? We haven't found out yet. |
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Post by randomone on Feb 10, 2016 21:18:41 GMT -6
They could go a route that no one expects....
Ambrose vs Trips for the title
Reigns vs Taker (which you should make the main event, fuck the rule of title goes on last, when it's Taker in his hometown, make this be his swan song & main event)
Ambrose & Reigns win their matches. Crowd hates Reigns for ending Taker. Next night on Raw, both are celebrating in the ring, then Reigns turns on Ambrose. Saying he took everything from him at Fastlane & he was supposed to face Trips for the title & win it all. Rollins took it from him last year & Ambrose took it from him this year. He's tired of being there for others when this is what he gets in return.
Then you have face Ambrose vs heel Reigns for 3-4 months (yes, go all in on this). Have a few throwaway finishes (double DQ for one, typical no contest Last Man Standing for another). Then you have Reigns beat Ambrose for the title, right in time........for Seth Rollins to return as a face. And now you have Reigns vs Rollins vs Ambrose. With Reigns as your heel champion. |
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Post by November KS on Feb 10, 2016 21:22:29 GMT -6
Wait, it's getting better. Only 2 months now!!
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Post by Danny Busch on Feb 10, 2016 21:33:39 GMT -6
They could go a route that no one expects....
Ambrose vs Trips for the title
Reigns vs Taker (which you should make the main event, fuck the rule of title goes on last, when it's Taker in his hometown, make this be his swan song & main event)
Ambrose & Reigns win their matches. Crowd hates Reigns for ending Taker. Next night on Raw, both are celebrating in the ring, then Reigns turns on Ambrose. Saying he took everything from him at Fastlane & he was supposed to face Trips for the title & win it all. Rollins took it from him last year & Ambrose took it from him this year. He's tired of being there for others when this is what he gets in return.
Then you have face Ambrose vs heel Reigns for 3-4 months (yes, go all in on this). Have a few throwaway finishes (double DQ for one, typical no contest Last Man Standing for another). Then you have Reigns beat Ambrose for the title, right in time........for Seth Rollins to return as a face. And now you have Reigns vs Rollins vs Ambrose. With Reigns as your heel champion. Brilliant. That was kind of the rough framework I had when I was trying to figure out any way for Reigns to not win the title. |
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Post by randomone on Feb 10, 2016 22:17:27 GMT -6
The more I think about it, the more it absolutely makes sense to do. You have 6 weeks (2 shows each week) to build Dean vs Trips. Ambrose, the fans will get behind to fight The Authority for the title. The crowd would NOT get behind Roman. Have the Wyatts take out Brock like planned at Fastlane, set up that match for Mania. I'm fine with it. Everyone expects Reigns to beat Ambrose, but flip it.
She loves being the center of attention, have Stephanie poke fun at Reigns, saying "everyone has their ticket punched for WrestleMania......but you Roman, how on earth do you plan on having a WrestleMania moment, when you don't even have a match? How do you expect to be a legend?"
Roman questions this, if you want him to take a week or two to ponder it, even better. Then you have him come out & say he sat back & thought about how exactly could he have a WrestleMania moment. Then HE challenges the Undertaker to a match. Crowd would cheer that.
They'll boo the fuck out of him no matter what he does at Mania. So if they're going to boo, you give them a fucking reason to boo & have him beat Undertaker.
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