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April Wrasslin |OT| D.Brine collects his P45

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I missed the last 15 minutes of that match....kinda wanted to see that as it combined 2 matches I wanted to see, but I can go back and watch it.
 
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This match has been so brutal....mostly on Finlay's part but still some good back and forth here.

2 Celtic Crosses? Damn Finlay....and Callahan kicks out!
 
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Reneledarker said:
MotN, I love legend vs cocky young guy, now I wish I could see Regal vs Moxley on the indies.
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FCW practically is the indies at this point. They've got 4 of the best from recent years....we're lucky that the indie wrestling roster is so strong that guys can step up to fill their rolls almost immediately.
 
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Sunflower said:
Pimp cat. Not sure what to say about the neon green Croc or the Wiimote!
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about the crocs :) i bought them in japan when my feet got some horrible infection that made wearing anything else unbearable. i bought the most hideous colour so that when i came back to America i would never be tempted to wear them outside.

and there is nothing wrong with the Wii. well, other than the games completely dried up. i'm holding onto my wiimotes for the wii u, upon which i will be playing manly games like Aliens: Colonial Marines and mario and shit.
 
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plagiarize said:
about the crocs :) i bought them in japan when my feet got some horrible infection that made wearing anything else unbearable. i bought the most hideous colour so that when i came back to America i would never be tempted to wear them outside.

and there is nothing wrong with the Wii. well, other than the games completely dried up. i'm holding onto my wiimotes for the wii u, upon which i will be playing manly games like Aliens: Colonial Marines and mario and shit.
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Wait, that's the same cat in your avatar and in that pic?
 
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TNA's Matt Morgan, who wrestles Crimson on Sunday's TNA Lockdown PPV event, said on today's PWTorch Livecast that his contract with TNA is up later this year. He says he is loyal to TNA, but WWE has expressed interest in him and he could see circumstances that would lead to his going back to WWE.

"I have another year left on my contract with TNA," he said. "My fifth of five years. I signed a five year deal with them four years ago. I believe in October it will be up. The way it works is I'm a businessman first and foremost, right? And you try to keep your options open as much as humanly possible. I did start with WWE. They gave me a lot of tools and a lot of knowledge and I was trained by some of the best big men this business has ever had and learned a lot of things from those people over there in WWE. So I was very very lucky."

He said it was a mistake for WWE to release him five years ago, but he understands in retrospect the circumstances that led to his being part of massive layoffs in 2005.

"Unfortunately, unluckily I came there during a time when there was a revolving door. The day I got released I believe we lost 22 other guys in a two days span on a Thursday as well as Black Friday in 2005. I believe it was one of those wrong places, wrong time. Timing is everything in this sport."

As far as a possible WWE return goes, he is not ruling it out. "To say I wouldn't go back would be dumb on my part and it would be a lie," he said. "But at the same time, I really am - I know people don't like this answer who are pro-WWE and not so pro-TNA - but that's the truth, I am loyal to those who are loyal to me. The minute, the day TNA stops being as loyal to me as I feel I am being to them, that's a different discussion all to itself and I definitely would weigh my options a lot differently if and when that day ever came. But speaking right now, I'm happy for the most part with how TNA has been treating me and they've done a really good job with me the last four years."

He believes WWE would look back at releasing him as a mistake, yet at the same time WWE had so much talent around the same age, he understands their decision. "I think I've proven it was a mistake, but not a mistake because of the timing," he said. "Timing really is everything. If they have a roster, which they did at the time, full of guys in my age group - they were throwing so much crap against the wall to see what would stick, a lot of us weren't given a lot of time to stick against the wall, first and foremost, to see if something would come out of these characters they were trying to present so quickly. I mean, if you watch back those old Smackdowns and Raws from '03 to '05 or '06, you'd see a lot of guys I could easily see now becoming huge."

He said one thing that could influence his return is the recent re-signing of Brock Lesnar. He worked with Lesnar during his previous run with the company and at times traveled with him.

"Brock Lesnar coming back to WWE, that guy helped me a lot when I was first up there," Morgan said. "He is someone who helped me a lot work as a bigger guy, the psychology involved in working as a big guy. So did Undertaker, so did Kane, so did Big Show. And there's still some other dream matches out there that I want to happen before my career is up. So I guess I would weigh my options a hell of a lot more when that day comes. I'm a businessman first and foremost, to answer your question honestly. But at the same time, that's what my agent is for. I know there has been interest from that company. But at the same time I am loyal to TNA for now."

He said the way TNA brought him along from a bodyguard at the beginning to a PPV headliner has worked out well. "I went from, you know, a body guard to being Cornette's lackey to making these awful matches on Impact and getting in trouble and having him scream at me on national television. But I was in a suit and was first brought on to speak, so these fans right away got to understand Matt can hold his own on the mic, this kid can talk, he's not relying on his physicality, not relying on flexing every ten seconds, not relying on being 6-11, 328 pounds of muscle like every other meathead in this business relies on. So that was a good lesson for me because I got introduced for my verbal skills for the most part. And when it was time to transition me to a wrestler, it was easier from that point moving forward. The fans had something to sink their teeth into somewhat because they understood me as a character first and foremost as opposed to another big guy who's really in good shape, let's say, like so many other big guys. We added a few good layers to my character over the years, and as long as they keep doing that, I have no reason to leave TNA, so to say."


Keller's Analysis: I have said in recent months, including a recent VIP Keller Blog, that I think Morgan - at age 35 - with both the in-ring and mic skills he has shown in TNA, not to mention his maturity and reliability, makes him very attractive to WWE. He might even be a better fit for WWE with their style of promoting and mix of current talent than he is with TNA. He towers over so many TNA wrestlers that not promoting him as a top tier singles World Title contender is difficult. In WWE, he'd fit right in and be a potential top level fresh, credible opponent for Lesnar, John Cena, Randy Orton, Sheamus, C.M. Punk, and potentially even Undertaker (if Morgan caught fire as a main event act and if Taker wrestles at a few more WrestleManias). That said, Morgan could still be a top tier player in TNA, although I think he's better as a heel against smaller TNA babyfaces. TNA just doesn't have enough bigger heels for him to work with.
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http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_News_1/article_60360.shtml
 
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bean breath said:
Wait, that's the same cat in your avatar and in that pic?
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different cat. same rug. the cat in the avatar was called Max, he died of lymphoma sadly (which we fought as long as possible). he was diagnosed right around the same time as Piper was, so the next cat we got was called Rowdy and that's who you see in that pic with me today.

this story was related to Roddy himself the weekend we got to hang out with him when my wife was working his table at a horror convention. i'm very glad that Roddy did what little Max couldn't and beat his cancer.
 
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Matt Morgan sucks. I think Crimson could be something with more training and time in the gym. His mic skills are great. Crimson should be signed whenever his deal is up. Beer Money should be signed. Gunner might have something with some time in WWE developmental and a gimmick change. Otherwise I don't see many guys they have going to WWE.
 
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BoboBrazil said:
Matt Morgan sucks. I think Crimson could be something with more training and time in the gym. His mic skills are great. Crimson should be signed whenever his deal is up. Beer Money should be signed. Gunner might have something with some time in WWE developmental and a gimmick change. Otherwise I don't see many guys they have going to WWE.
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Zema Ion.
 
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BoboBrazil said:
I assume joke post, but if not, there is no way he is getting hired at 5ft8. If they were hiring people that height, they need Austin Aries first off. Seeing as they turned him down for Tough Enough, I don't see that happening though.
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Someone needs to fill in for Hornswoggle when he's off filming Leprechaun.
 
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WWE's website has a new storyline article up looking at how Lord Tensai has won his RAW matches by referee stoppage. WWE doctor Chris Amann talked to the website about referees stopping the matches:

"The referees have been instructed by the physicians and athletic trainers on how to recognize signs and symptoms of being no longer able to compete, such as head trauma or other injuries. So if any Superstar shows those signs and symptoms, the match is stopped immediately per protocol and then the Superstar is examined by our physicians and athletic trainers."

Referee Charles Robinson spoke about how Tensai is "a beast cut from a different cloth" and said during the RAW squash over Yoshi Tatsu, Tatsu was showing signs of head trauma so he stopped the match.
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Hulk Hogan's theme song getting zero reaction from the crowd during the Three Stooges segment made me legit LOL.
 
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plagiarize said:
different cat. same rug. the cat in the avatar was called Max, he died of lymphoma sadly (which we fought as long as possible). he was diagnosed right around the same time as Piper was, so the next cat we got was called Rowdy and that's who you see in that pic with me today.

this story was related to Roddy himself the weekend we got to hang out with him when my wife was working his table at a horror convention. i'm very glad that Roddy did what little Max couldn't and beat his cancer.
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BoboBrazil said:
I assume joke post, but if not, there is no way he is getting hired at 5ft8. If they were hiring people that height, they need Austin Aries first off. Seeing as they turned him down for Tough Enough, I don't see that happening though.
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You're telling me the WWE would turn down an opportunity to sign Zema and miss out on tapping into the lucrative wherever-the-fuck-Zema-Ion-is-from-Market?
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Get a load of this guy. Man you've got to be a serious mark to believe that the strength to strength ratio of Undertaker/HHH is even close to being comparable to Lord Tensai/Yoshi Tatsu or Alex Riley. Undertaker and HHH are too evenly matched to do that type of damage to each other.
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