Well I guess AW can now have undeserved hero worship like Muhammad Hassan. He'll be far more remembered for his release than for anything he would have achieved while in WWE. Years from now people will discuss how great he could have been if he wasn't treated so unfairly. In reality he probably would have quietly disappeared after a couple years and nobody would have given a shit. At least now you'll be remembered AW and you have things like Twitter where you can be a whiny little bitch in an attempt to keep your name somewhat relevant.
AW Seemingly Done With WWE; Ranting on Twitter
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AW finds himself in the unusual circumstance of being fired for being a liability to a company, without providing any noticeable benefits. And when I say "unusual circumstance", what I really mean is "regular occurrence".
Moon Knight
Original Prince of Darkness
AW is having a public meltdown. How long before TNA signs him and he takes his childish rantings there?
Everybody should also have a look at his rants against people who don't support him. Real classy stuff...Real classy.
Everybody should also have a look at his rants against people who don't support him. Real classy stuff...Real classy.
Max Headroom
The Master of Disaster
He didn't deserve to be released, and he was the best thing going in the tag division. Half of you people don't know how sponsors work, and the other half are WAY too sensitive. All of you, like the WWE, need to find a happy medium and stick too it. Also, all of A.W's tweets are fully, 100% justifiable. If you think not, you're a lot dumber than you think.
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doesn't know REAL wrestling...
AW needs to learn a few lessons in humility from DBD, who was fired something equally if not more innocuous, said very little about it, got on with his career and was quickly welcomed back with open arms.
Hollywood Naitch
The current reigning and defending
He'll be welcomed back into the WWE in the near future...not
Way to go all Shane Douglas on your release AW, get yourself in Vinny Mac's black book
Way to go all Shane Douglas on your release AW, get yourself in Vinny Mac's black book
I think you are wrong. It has nothing to do with oversensitivity, nor how sponsorship works. Finding a happy medium and sticking to it, that's sounds pretty good. But it is definitely incorrect to suggest that all of AW's tweets are fully 100% justifiable. The reality is, the comments have to be taken in context. You have to consider who made the comment, where it was made, when it was said, and the nature of the comment itself.
Don't forget, we don't know the full picture either. The Kobe joke may have been the last straw in a series of other problems that we may know nothing about; we have no way of knowing he was fired only because of the joke. I'm not saying there was more, I'm just saying we don't know the full story necessarily.
And AW was not the best thing going in the tag team division. He was a pain in the ass who for me, detracted from the match he was blabbering over. I think the PTP will be just fine without him, if not better.
Mr. Artistic guy
Better Off This Way
As I see it, this is not an issue of whether he was good at what he did, how much potential he had or anything related to his talent. I found him annoying, but unlike someone like John Laurenitis who was booed because they were actually shit, AW seemed to be disliked for being as bad as he intended to be (if you can decipher that).
The issue is whether you think what he said merits his release. Personally, I don't think it does. Given the list of things they have let fly in this same PG era, including their flagship entertainer proclaiming that he would put his nuts in The Rock's mouth, AW's comment is not deserving of the punishment it received. But he doesn't have the one thing that the other men who've blurred the line of their age rating have; leverage. The WWE doesn't NEED AW at all, not like they need The Rock (who swore as much as he damn well pleased when he returned, knowing the WWE wouldn't do a thing about it) or Cena (who is about as bad a role model as you could imagine). For that reason, knowing other people have gotten away with just as much and only being separated by their standing in the company, I think it was hypocritical and wrong.
So I don't really care whether or not he was great at what he did, he didn't deserve to be fired.
The issue is whether you think what he said merits his release. Personally, I don't think it does. Given the list of things they have let fly in this same PG era, including their flagship entertainer proclaiming that he would put his nuts in The Rock's mouth, AW's comment is not deserving of the punishment it received. But he doesn't have the one thing that the other men who've blurred the line of their age rating have; leverage. The WWE doesn't NEED AW at all, not like they need The Rock (who swore as much as he damn well pleased when he returned, knowing the WWE wouldn't do a thing about it) or Cena (who is about as bad a role model as you could imagine). For that reason, knowing other people have gotten away with just as much and only being separated by their standing in the company, I think it was hypocritical and wrong.
So I don't really care whether or not he was great at what he did, he didn't deserve to be fired.
Max Headroom
The Master of Disaster
Okay, saying they are 100% was a bit of a stretch, but to say he's fully wrong is just as much of a stretch in the opposite direction. The way he is acting makes it seem like it was only because of the joke, but then again this is the guy who's pissed & just got fired so maybe he's only playing to his side of the story.
Also, yes he was only a new fella, so he does have to watch himself, but couldn't that be taken the other way around? Hey, he's new, cut him slack and if he does it again then boom, gone. They over-reacted if it was just about the joke, if there was more too it backstage [there was nothing else bad he done on television] then my apologies, not that anyone cares whether I am or not. I just found him damn hilarious, maybe because I like to have a joint before RAW on Monday night, but maybe not, as there seem to be a good few others whom enjoyed his heel work.
Also my statement on saying he's the "best thing" the tag division has going on is a bit of a sweeping statement, because it's all opinionated, really. But personally I found him/PTP the best in the division, and the three of them meshed together so well. Hearing his voice chant stupid shit from the outside was something fresh to me & he may be easily replaceable, but he done a damn good job at doing his job, and I think him getting the boot is going to hurt the PTP's as of now. Maybe not in the long run, but next time they make their entrance, it's going to feel odd not hearing him talking about Slayer.
It's Damn Real!
The undisputed, undefeated TNA &
I literally had to google everything about this guy. I've never seen him before in my life.
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doesn't know REAL wrestling...
We get it, IDR. You don't watch WWE.
For what it is worth I could not pick Crimson, Garret Bischoff or Jesse Sorensen out of a line up
For what it is worth I could not pick Crimson, Garret Bischoff or Jesse Sorensen out of a line up
Shadowmancer
I am The Last Baron
I think the WWE may have gone a tad too far, public censuring and punishment seem to make more sense if he was fired only for the "joke". There is probably more there than we all know. He wasn't great but he had potential as a heel manager.
It's Damn Real!
The undisputed, undefeated TNA &
Based on what I've seen from YouTube highlights, which granted isn't the greatest source for knowing about the potential of a performer, I haven't a clue. I don't see the value in this guy at all. He seems like a pretty generic manager to me.
shattered dreams
Hexagonal Hedonist
I am not saying they told him to make a rape joke, I am saying at some point if you tell the guy to go out and play an unscripted loudmouth character and possibly something like push the envelope then fire him when he does it is a little bit of a stretch. Just like you correctly don't believe they told him to make a Kobe joke, I don't believe the type of comments he was making were entirely his own idea. I can't help but wonder if Austin would get fired for blaspheming the bible in this era. Yes WWE can drop this nobody and it doesn't matter, I don't think anyone with some sense is arguing that, however, the question of if that makes their reported reasoning justifiable is another issue.
Nate DaMac
Fuck erbody but me
I thought you used to watch WWECW? Abraham Washington? He used to do these dumb ass interview segments. I think Shelton Benjamin sang Hootie and the Blowfish at one point.
It's Damn Real!
The undisputed, undefeated TNA &
I watched WWECW for like a week. Same with NXT before I realized they were both monstrous bombs.
I really don't ever remember seeing this AW guy before.
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
Well if you don't watch WWE then I don't see why you would have ever heard of him. It's not as if he was ever a big deal anywhere, including WWE.
It's Damn Real!
The undisputed, undefeated TNA &
I had to dig through the WWE thread about it to figure out what "AW" actually stood for. LOL.
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
It's short for AWful
shattered dreams
Hexagonal Hedonist
I had no idea what he looked like until I saw this.
I just read something listing his various arguments and I think the one that is hard to argue against is why do the people that fail drug tests just get suspended? Can anyone shed light on the repeatedly aspect of the WWE statement?
I just read something listing his various arguments and I think the one that is hard to argue against is why do the people that fail drug tests just get suspended? Can anyone shed light on the repeatedly aspect of the WWE statement?
Mr Mikey Mike
Occasional Pre-Show
A.W. has gone mad on Twittah.
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Moon Knight
Original Prince of Darkness
I guess him growing up is out of the question. He is trying to pass it off as he is just being a comedian, but a comedian is actually funny.
With each dumbass Twitter post he makes, all he does is validate the WWE's decision to release him more and more.