Rosie Lottalove Released from TNA

[It's Damn Real!]

As is confirmed by her official twitter account having posted this earlier this morning:

“Ok guys. TNA days are done for now,” she wrote. “Not a bad thing, so don’t speculate. Thank you 2 the guys and girls, & agents. It was a blast!”

It was speculated she had left the company when her profile was pulled from the roster page, but all is confirmed now.

Any departing opinions on Rosie?

I'd do an SBI thread on her, but this is a 100% bust – no need to waste the time.

 

[Ferbian]

Yeah, no SBI thread my friend. Did she even do anything other than her debut episode? You know I don't follow TNA that often, only on occasions. But the fact that I believe her debut, as well as this thread is about all we've ever heard of her on this forum, well it states the case about her. The fact of the matter is that we should pretty much all be shrugging "Who gives a shit".

Because that's what it's all about, who gives a damn that she's released? She did zero for the company, and was barely ever featured. I know Awesome Kong was praised for being a bigger girl with talent in a division filled with tits and asses (and lovely ones at that). But Rosie Lottalove did nothing for the division as opposed to Awesome Kong, and that's a fact.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Yeah, no SBI thread my friend. Did she even do anything other than her debut episode? You know I don't follow TNA that often, only on occasions. But the fact that I believe her debut, as well as this thread is about all we've ever heard of her on this forum, well it states the case about her. The fact of the matter is that we should pretty much all be shrugging "Who gives a shit".

Because that's what it's all about, who gives a damn that she's released? She did zero for the company, and was barely ever featured. I know Awesome Kong was praised for being a bigger girl with talent in a division filled with tits and asses (and lovely ones at that). But Rosie Lottalove did nothing for the division as opposed to Awesome Kong, and that's a fact.

She wrestled her debut match against Roxxi, losing in the process, and planted the seeds for a feud with TBP, who interfered in the match originally trying to help her win, then wrestled a non-televised match months later and another singles bout on Xplosion before she was let go.

She came into the company green, from what the dirt sheets report, and a lot of the locker room took notice of it and were sure to complain about it. Hell, the first match she wrestled was against Daffney, and she injured her in the process. Hard to understand why they really pushed her so soon.

 

[Ferbian]

She wrestled her debut match against Roxxi, losing in the process, and planted the seeds for a feud with TBP, who interfered in the match originally trying to help her win, then wrestled a non-televised match months later and another singles bout on Xplosion before she was let go.

So basically I'm right? She did jack shit for the company, much less the division, which obviously is better off with what we're seeing now, than her. She wouldn't have been able to work the feud with The Beautiful People properly if you ask me. She wouldn't even have been worth the time, she seemed bland and "urgh" on her debut if you ask me.

She came into the company green, from what the dirt sheets report, and a lot of the locker room took notice of it and were sure to complain about it. Hell, the first match she wrestled was against Daffney, and she injured her in the process. Hard to understand why they really pushed her so soon.

Well that's not too nice. Others have debuted in a green fashion, I mean not all of The Nexus guys are perfect, nor are some of the current RAW and Smackdown roster members. Everybody needs to improve in some way. But I couldn't blame them for not wanting to work with her if that's the case, instead of throwing her to a developmental station, which sadly TNA doesn't have.

But others have made it before as debuting green, Miz is a great example to that. I know you might not like him, however he has improved greatly over the years, considering he started green as grass.

The push was most likely to make up for the loss of Awesome Kong I would imagine, didn't she leave like a few weeks, or months prior to Rosie's debut? Would certainly explain the situation though.

 

[hatehabsforever]

No big surprise here actually. Whether you like it or not (and I have no problem with this whatsoever), the Divas and the Knockouts are really nothing more than a combination of eye candy and a piss break, as has been stated many times on here by many different posters. With all due respect to Ms. Lottalove or any other larger ladies, she hardly constitutes eye candy. If she had any actual wrestling ability, they could justify her being there, much like when Awesome Kong was there, but Rosie Lottalove really brought nothing to the company and therefore her release really means nothing. If you hadn't posted the news on here, I doubt very many viewers or posters would even notice that she was gone.

 

[Joe's Gonna Kill You]

Rosie should've never been hired in the first place she was way to inexperienced in the ring and they should've seen that from her tryout match when she injured Daffeny. She never did anything of importance and was useless. So Tna cut more dead weight and they are stating to release wrestlers they have no use for

 

[DirtyJosé]

So Tna cut more dead weight and they are stating to release wrestlers they have no use for

If only. There are plenty of other wastes of money on the screen each show. So Rosie wasn't great yet. Not surprising considering she only started wrestling 3 years ago. Is Rosie an example of the kinds of wastes of money TNA seems to be addicted to? No, it's example of why TNA is shit. Why push your women's division, which at one point was a proven draw, when you can give us Nash and Jarrett? Why develop new stars when you can give us EV2.0.1? Rosie is still a green performer, but she had a look that made her stick out as well as many many years in front of her to improve. But again, why spend time improving your younger talent when all you need to set "record high ratings" is RVD and Jeff Hardy? Oh, that's right...

 

[Captain Jive]

What will TNA be without her? Its a sad day. Oh nevermind, I thought they let go of someone that mattered at one point in time.

Seriously though, I'm sure not even 5 people in the world even give a shit. Hopefully with her and Homicide gone, its the start of them eliminating the dead weight, which in turn will free up money for them to use wisely. But I still stand behind the idea that Homicide wouldnt have been dead weight if they used him.

 

[TheFatManFromYoutube]

not that much of a lost. i only seen her wrestle 2 times and the one time she injured daffney. but she was better then nothing. think about it. only 8 knockouts. Well When the motorcycle chick finally gets unmasked 9 but as of right now only 8 that wrestle.

 

[InuJoshua]

She probably got pushed so hard to replace Kong AND because she was trained by Team 3D...

It's no real loss. She damn near broke Daffney's neck in her tryout and STILL remained employed and worked a few matches.

Even though she worked for the company for such a small amount of time, it was still a long time coming...

 

[Ruthless-RKO]

hahaha....She gone??

I only ever saw he debut and try to attack BP, after that seirously, I never saw her, and yeh, 100% bust, wasn't she like the big Awesome Kong replacement? I guess it kinda shows TNA sign a lot of people on short term, if they don' make an 'impact' within a day, they're gone!

 

[Kenny Powers]

Really not surprising at all. Along with her and Homicide, I think Tomko's name has been removed from the roster page as well. I'm not 100% sure Tomoko is gone, but it certainly seems that way. As far as Rosie goes, she was too green to begin with. Whether it was her fault or not, she put Daffney on the shelf for a few weeks. The fans really had no idea what to feel about her, and she had one match on Impact months ago. She was a poor man's replacement for Awesome Kong.

I still don't understand how Alyssa Flash and Awesome Kong were released and she was hired. A sad state of affairs for the Knockouts division. Hopefully the new Knockout being hired won't be useless. Rosie came out of the Team 3D academy so that tells you something right there. TNA needs to trim the fat more and take out even more people that they don't need or use.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

I hope TNA never tries anything like this again. I also hope I am never forced to watch some morbidly obese woman wearing way too much makeup, not to mention fishnet stockings crawl up the fucking entrance ramp. Although I'm kind of intrigued as to how it would look on the new traditional ramp; since it's not elevated anymore, gravity would probably force her to fall on her fucking face.

For those of you who aren't as fanatical about TNA, or iMPACT! for that matter, Rosie was brought in through Team 3D's wrestling school (As was Rob Terry and Jesse Neal.) I'm guessing 3D might have some pull in TNA to be bringing in talent like this. Like the two of them, she came in rather green, but... Well, I didn't see any improvement over time at all. She's been featured on Xplosion a couple of times, and even there I haven't been too impressed by her outings. It's funny, because she herself said she shouldn't be compared to Kong just because they're both "Big women." Ironically, that's the only logical comparison that can be made about the two.

Kong is utterly vicious, and one of the few women that I'd actually want to see wrestle men, as it's very hard to see a credible women's match between her and anyone not named ODB, at least without suspending disbelief. I think she'd be a more legitimate threat than Chyna was in a men's division; she has power, speed, a good moveset, and needed a handler at first because she was batshit crazy. Rosie's gimmick was a very overweight woman claiming that she's just as beautiful as The Beautiful People, wearing similar types of skimpy outfits and doing things to mimic them (Such as their ring entrance straddling the ropes). While I'm aware that some people might have enjoyed that; judging by the opinion of this forum as a whole, I'm pretty confident in saying that her gimmick was rather esoteric. With TNA trying to pull in higher ratings, shouldn't they be looking for things that will be appreciated by as many of their viewers as possible?

I only saw a few decently performed moves done by her, and TNA doesn't have a Knockout of Jericho's caliber to make her not look as green. She is one of the few, if not the only in-ring competitor that I have never liked a single thing that they've done, and it's kind of disappointing that I can actually say that.

 

[Carpathian Florist]

My first thought when I saw her debut on iMPACT was "she's gonna eat Velvet".

I think the idea of her was a good one, but it would have only worked if she could back it up in the ring, which obviously she couldn't. I don't see anything wrong with TNA trying out the idea of a larger woman who is strong and confident in herself, that could be a draw after all for a lot of female fans not blessed with a super model figure, it could have been a real "feel-good character" in that sense, but again she didn't have the abilities in the ring to back that up and that's why it was doomed to fail.

I still think it is a good concept though, perhaps they could try it out again later on. She's had (minimal) TV exposure now but that might be just enough to get her signed to an independent somewhere that she can hone her craft in, ready to jump back to TNA once she can wrestle properly and pull off the gimmick.

By the way, did anyone else watch the shoot interview with Team 3D from RF video (not sure if there is more than one actually...) but D-Von mentioned back in his ECW days he was really into fat women, perhaps this might have something to do with why they trained her ; )

 

[a0161613]

TNA have a problem with deciding who to hire and who to fire; this is one example of that. She didn't deserve to be on Impact, she was far too inexperienced and 3d have to take a huge amount of blame for putting talent like her and Rob Terry out there.

I didn't object to her look but it's too different for most wrestling fans. She was always going to struggle.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

This really doesn't surprise me at all. Lottalove would've just been a comedy act in TNA, because nobody would've taken her seriously. If I can remember correctly, she was only on TV once, and it seemed like she might be on her way to feuding with The Beautiful People(I'm glad that never happened) but she vanished pretty quickly. TNA might be losing Knockouts left and right, but Lottalove's departure won't hurt TNA in any kind of way.

 

[Tums]

This really doesn't surprise me at all. Lottalove would've just been a comedy act in TNA, because nobody would've taken her seriously. If I can remember correctly, she was only on TV once, and it seemed like she might be on her way to feuding with The Beautiful People(I'm glad that never happened) but she vanished pretty quickly. TNA might be losing Knockouts left and right, but Lottalove's departure won't hurt TNA in any kind of way.

Yeah I agree I don't think she would have been taken seriously and just the fact that she didn't get much tv exposure after her debut prolly shows that people at TNA didn't have any plans for her or couldnt think of anyways to fit her into the current mold of the Knockout division.

Not a big loss for TNA they can wlays find someone better and for fit their plans and hey its not even that big of a loss for Rosie, I mean she was on tv and as previously stated im sure the independent circuit will come looking for her...maybe.

 

[closet_fan]

I was the one who started the thread initially about her. It sucks, but she had too many things going against her. It's a shame, but I'm not surprised. After not seeing her for months, I figured her release was inevitable. I wish her good luck and hopefully she ends up working for someone who can help her hone her skills.

And to the person who called her "morbidly obese", I think your definition of what that is is a hell of a lot different than mine. She was chubby, but far from morbidly obese. Although in your world, anyone 10 pounds overweight is probably a fat disgusting pig.

 

[mrbrownstone]

No real loss here, she was featured on TV twice I think and she lookedd pretty shit in the ring both of those times, infact she was dangerous in the ring, she injured Daffeny in her tryout match which makes me wonder how she got a job in the first place.

 

[DirtyJosé]

I see lots of comments about her first match in which Daffney was injured. First of all, she's hardly the greenest Knockout they've ever brought in (does anyone remember Victory Road '09 at all?). Second of all, yeah it was her first TV match, but are you going to act like one injury is a death mark on her career?

Oh noes, she broke Daffney! She's sloppy! She's reckless! You know why she's gone? You know why she wasn't on TV for months? Because TNA doesn't know how to promote shit. Why develop them when you can drop them off TV and fire them later.

To all of you who have written her off already because Daffney got injured against her, I ask you this: What about Ken Anderson?

 

[Deexter Jorgan]

Posted by PWPIX on 08/20/2010
Regarding Rosie Lottalove's departure from TNA Wrestling, it is said that her lack of wrestling ability was the company's reason for releasing her. The feeling is she is terrible in the ring, even by today's women's wrestling standards.

Lottalove's wrestling ability - or lack thereof - was a source of contention amongst some in the locker room as they felt she and fellow Team 3D Wrestling Academy students Rob Terry and Jesse Neal were not ready to be featured on national television and should still be training.

As Betsy Ruth, Lottalove worked a tryout match on April 20, during which she accidentally injured her opponent, Daffney. The "Scream Queen" was taken to a hospital, where she was diagnosed with a deeply bruised sternum, a severe stinger, and a concussion. Her final match with the organization, a bout taped for Xplosion last month against Taylor Wilde, was not favorably reviewed amongst management.

Ok well there you have it, I believe this goes against Team 3d's wrestling academy which is rushing people out in order to make themselves seem like a credible training establishment.

It's a shame but it's more or less TNA's fault, you can't hire someone who is green as hell and who has previously injured a fellow Knockout in a darkmatch, even in her debut there wasn't much to see, the gimmick was fun for about ten seconds but as a worker she shouldn't have been rushed to television just because TNA needed another Awesome Kong.

TNA needs credible talent, and the fact that workers like Neil, Terry and Rosie where taking up spots that should have been used for far more better talent is ridiculous.

Neil will improve hopefully as part of Ink Inc, but Terry needs to either be released or sent back to developmental with credible trainers.

The Dudleys have alot to answer for on this one and I hope TNA has learned a valuable lesson in regards to their hiring process.

 

[InuJoshua]

I see lots of comments about her first match in which Daffney was injured. First of all, she's hardly the greenest Knockout they've ever brought in (does anyone remember Victory Road '09 at all?). Second of all, yeah it was her first TV match, but are you going to act like one injury is a death mark on her career?

Oh noes, she broke Daffney! She's sloppy! She's reckless! You know why she's gone? You know why she wasn't on TV for months? Because TNA doesn't know how to promote shit. Why develop them when you can drop them off TV and fire them later.

To all of you who have written her off already because Daffney got injured against her, I ask you this: What about Ken Anderson?

I would have written her off no matter who it was she hurt. And I understand that the wrestling business is physical and injuries are bound to happen, but if you hurt someone in your tryout, to me, that's an obvious sign that the person should go back to training.

It's like any job. If someone fails within a tryout period, they're generally let go. Now with wrestling, where protecting your opponent is a huge part of the job, I don't see why Rosie should have stuck around as long as she did.

As far as Anderson, I don't recall him hurting anyone during his tryout or debut, but if he did then excuse my ignorance. For a better example though, I remember Edge hurt someone during his debut with the WWF and it took me a long time to accept him as credible after that, and this was before I was as much as a smark as I am today.

 

[DirtyJosé]

I would have written her off no matter who it was she hurt. And I understand that the wrestling business is physical and injuries are bound to happen, but if you hurt someone in your tryout, to me, that's an obvious sign that the person should go back to training.

And perhaps that's what they should have done. Instead they forget about her and drop her later. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say she could have been anything. But why didn't TNA take more hands on approach to their new talent, instead of taking Team 3D's word for it? I'm just bothered that in the end she's out of a job and taking some serious damage to her potential future career all because TNA and Team 3D Academy totally dropped the ball. It's not just her; they've had issue with other students of that school, so who should that reflect worse on? The poor workers just trying to improve their craft, or the poor teachers just trying to make a buck?

As far as Anderson, I don't recall him hurting anyone during his tryout or debut, but if he did then excuse my ignorance. For a better example though, I remember Edge hurt someone during his debut with the WWF and it took me a long time to accept him as credible after that, and this was before I was as much as a smark as I am today.

My point with Anderson was that he developed a reputation as a dangerous and sloppy worker with the WWE. He's one of the few bright spots in TNA (minus that whole "Asshole" thing...I don't appreciate ripping off Denis Leary, who in turn ripped it off from Bill Hicks). Either he wasn't the danger they claimed him to be, and he was just victim of the kind of accidents and such that happen in an industry like this, or he received the support he needed from TNA management to become a better worker.

 

[prowrestlingking]

she did nothing for tna. it was a good move on there part to eleminate her and free up some money.no sence in paying talent that has not been or will not be used in weeks or months, now they should look at some of the other contracts they are currently paying on and get rid of them to(those who are not being used)

 

[Geeker]

She came into the company green, ].

What exactly does that mean? Like inexperienced or something?

And to the person who called her "morbidly obese", I think your definition of what that is is a hell of a lot different than mine. She was chubby, but far from morbidly obese. Although in your world, anyone 10 pounds overweight is probably a fat disgusting pig.

Most thin people find just a few pounds of extra fat disgusting. I am a big guy myself, so I have plenty of experiences with ridicule. She was big. I wouldn't say chubby- she was big; but morbid? No. Hey she had some (I guess) skill, and she was able to get to the ring and back. That's something.

As far as the initial post is concerned: She didn't do much. I would of liked to see what her role with TBP was, but until I read this thread I forgot about her. So she wasn't important enough to really matter that she is gone.