The Purge

[OIL]

Big, big mistake in my opinion. While she wasn't great in the ring, she played the babyface role well. Furthermore, she had a good fan base on SD! and could have easily stayed on. If they wanted to release a Diva why didn't they release Lena Yada? She's done nothing since she came and we haven't even seen her in a while.

Thoughts?

 

[Syxx-Pac]

Here is what I have to say about the releases.

Stevie Richards: I knew he'd be gone soon. He was converted to a jobber ever since he returned. I had a feeling in my mind that he was next.

Cherry: I never liked Cherry, and thought of her as a waste of show-time. But she was WAAY over with the fans. I mean, she got so much of a pop it wasn't even funny. Almost as much as Maria.

Highlanders: I knew ever since raw, they were to be gone soon. Vince is stupid. Robbie or Rory, I don't know the difference, was in Orlando for Wrestlemania, and his little boy liked TNA iMPACT! Also, so Robbie or Rory went to iMPACT, also so he could visit his good friend Johnny Devine. Johnny told the camera men that Robbie or Rory was in attendance and NOT to show him on camera. But guess what they did? Showed him on camera. And he had to leave immediately, and was sent home. I was mad. Vince and the cameramen were being total assholes.

The refarree guy: I never even heard his name before, so I don't care. lol.

Last but not least...
Colin Delaney: Colin was a solid worker, and WWE had him over as the most over jobber in ECW/WWE History. So, I was quite mad and confuzed that he was let go. I liked making fun of how small he is, and seeing him get squashed. My Dad is also into wrestling, and we always rag on Colin. We can't anymore.

I'm done here.

 

[Canadian Knight]

They had they're time? They just came back didn't they? They should have waited a few weeks before doing this because I don't think it is fair that they cut them after a hiatus. Yeah I know that guy screwed up in going to the TNA card, but they should have given them some time together rather cutting them as he came back from recovery. Of course I am not saying that they deserved to be cut or not.

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

Jeez. WWE isn't going to have anybody left by the end of August at the rate they're going. 6 or 7 one day, a few developmental talent, now 6 more today lol.

Stevie Richards - Saw it coming. Still though, they could've kept him around as a jobber for ECW. He wasn't THAT bad.

Referee Wes Adams - Don't know who it is. He's just a ref. They can easily replace referees.

Cherry - I don't see why they did this. She was improving...not the best wrestler...she was cute...not the most attractive...and she was getting a pretty decent reaction for what she was offering. The women's division is suffering as it is, why cut it even closer?

The Highlanders - Saw it coming. These guys were useless and have been useless for a while. Their big stint was when they turned heel recently and won like, 2 matches against Kendrick/London, and it didn't go anywhere lol.

Colin Delaney - Not quite sure why they fired him either. I mean, sure, he wasn't being built up as anybody credible on the roster, but you might as well have kept him as a jobber to replace Nunzio. It was fun watching Delaney get tossed around like a ragdoll. He sold like no other lol.


Now I can eliminate some of the names from my "On the Lookout" list.

ON THE LOOKOUT (REVISED): Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Charlie Haas, Paul London, Chuck Palumbo, Snitsky, Deuce, Bob Holly, Val Venis, Carlito, Kenny Dykstra, Super Crazy, D.H. Smith, Elijah Burke, Bam Neely, Ricky Ortiz, and The Boogeyman

 

[My$terio_Fan]

I have to say that I was somewhat surprised about 3 of these releases and thoes were Cherry, Delaney, and Richards. The Highlanders never were able to get over and nobody to them seriously. The only thing about these release is that the WWE just released one of Raws only tag teams left. They could have stayed at tag team jobbers to help get the others over. Now Raw has like 2 teams(Priceless & Cryme Time)How can a division go on with only 2 tag teams?

Delaney seemed pointless to begin with. You couldn't take the guy seriously and he wasnt very good in the ring but was still used pretty much every week and thats why I was surprised.

Cherry wasn't a very good wrestler and she wasn't "pretty"(WWE Pretty). The only reason why I was surprised was becuase she seemed over with the fans. She sometimes outpopped McCool/Maria/Kelly and the fans seemed to like how she wasn't the conventional diva and she was easily rooted as the underdog. Cherry also began to get alot of airtime but since Maria is now the #2 face they felt they didnt need Cherry.

Stevie Richards: It was obvious that the WWE would never really take him serious anymore. There was no way he would ever become "big" but he was a good jobber. Just like Funaki & Val, I thought he would just be a good jobber. He also wasn;t that bad in the ring and fans still seemed to like him

It seems like Vince/WWE countinues to showcase their talents right before they get the cut. I think its Vince's way of trying to burrying them and not look like a good competitor just in case TNA calls. Domino was on TV, jobbed then fired, same with Richards, Delaney, Cherry, ect. Even the Highlanders who havent had a match in months were on tv this week before they were released.

 

[Darkshot77]

For some reason i am attached to the wrestler in the tag team that the wwe is not, I liked shannon moore over yang, London over Kendrick, and domino over deuce. I knew deuce was favored one of the tag team when he pulled off their tag team move the Crack 'em in da mouth by himself. Domino at that point was useless. Domino never had a finisher. This is beacuse the wwe stifles their wrestlers when they get out of the feeders. But thats a different thread. Now my two favorite members of one of the tag teams i liked are gont and the one i didnt like is still with the company. Domino had a gimick ready of a thug (which he already was) with a "hit list" but it was too edgy so he leavs town. Cherry I liked cause she was the girl next door not some model. You could take Cherry home to your parents. But the wwe was trying to bury her but it didnt work. No matter how many times she tapped to the shapshooter or jobbed to Vicky she still got more pop then McCool and sometimes Maria. So how could they push their "top faces" while the jobber is the most popular. They couldn't so she had to go. Not that I like the dicision

 

[Shocky]

And so it continues.

Stevie Richards. Kind of surprising. It's much like the Scott Taylor release last year, what's the point. You've kept the guy around this long, he's used to develop younger guys, if you didn't fire him before, why now? Oh well, I'm sure poor Stevie is going to get dragged into the Raven lawsuit now.

Wes Adams: Meh

Cherry: Well there goes a nice rack, and that's about all. I would imagine with her, TNA is going to pick her up in a heart beat. I could care a less, but those flotation devices were something to behold.

The Highlanders. One of the worst tag teams in a while. Seriously, this gimmick had mid 90's written all over it and was destined to fail from the get go.

Colin Delaney. The real question is, how does a 150 pound pipsqueak get on the roster to begin with? Seriously, this guy wasn't going to amount to anything in the E. We all know Vinces love and respect for the cruiserweights, so why was this guy even around at all?

None of these shock me at all. My biggest aggravation at this point, where the hell is Sparky Plugg?

 

[Dead Kennedy]

A few more surprises than the last round of "The Purge."

Cherry was the only one I really cared about. Cherry was one of my favourite Divas, and although she wasn't fantastic in the ring, she was improving every week. But it's the WWE's decision, I guess. I hope she does well.

Colin Delaney was pretty cool, but it was only a matter of time before he outlived his usefulness. He was a guy who was at the right place at the right time, and got a WWE contract. As a jobber, he was pretty good at it. He sold realistically and actually had a small modicum of skills. However, he could never become anything other than that, so no surprise that he got released.

Stevie Richards was a slight surprise. I remember when he returned earlier this year, (or was it late last year?) that I thought they were gonna build him up again for an ECW Championship feud. He was beating jobbers left and right, but his momentum was killed by Shelton Benjamin. Again, a pretty good singles guy. No particular reason not to release him, but then again, no particular reason TO release him.

The Highlanders...while they weren't ever entertaining (besides from their humoristic vignettes...which was BEFORE they stepped into a ring) they at least were a tag team with the tag team gimmick. I was surprised they actually appeared again before they were released. Didn't one of them also appear on a TNA show as a spectator? Absolutely no surprise.

Who the heck is Wes Adams? Can't possibly care about a guy I don't know who is, so... good luck with your future endeavours or something.
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Lots more guys should have been handed their walking papers before Stevie and Cherry. Snitsky, Boogeyman, Palumbo, Deuce...the list goes on. Not a particularly big blow to the roster, but I'm still pissed about them releasing Cherry. She was better than having to watch Scarecrow Maurice botch knees to the face, at least.

 

[Tastycles]

All of the releases had been coming I think. Domino was much worse than Deuce, and Wang Yang was so much more over than Moore, that it was obviously coming. Big Daddy V is a liability to the company - would you employ someone that is as unhealthy as that?

I had a hiatus from wrestling for a while, and have been watching again since January, and Monday night was the first time I have ever seen the highlander that isn't Robbie, so no surprise there either.

Nunzio, James Curtis and Stevie Richards were the resident ECW jobbers, and I think the reason for their departure can be answered with that of Braden "Chris 'Wildcat' Harris" Walker. With the Talent Initiative, they can pretend that some wrestlers might not make it, and then they will only job for one week and disappear. Kind of a more original way of using local talent.

Once they turned Delaney heel had all of the heels desert him and have Tommy Dreamer squash him, there was nowhere else for him to go except the dole office.

I don't think Cherry really fits the image of a WWE Diva, and I think it was a matter of time with her. If the rumours that the backstage hierarchy is high on Deuce are true, then I wouldn't be surprised if he returns with a different gimmick, maybe a different name even, and shedding Cherry and Domino makes that particular move easier.

I don't care about the referees, but I was most surprised to see Patrick go out of everyone.

I agree that the purge is not over yet. Someone noticed that the wrestlers were on tv getting buried before ther releases, and I think this is right. In which case, Kenny Dykstra better be looking over his shoulder. I think Super Crazy may also be on thin ice, which is sad because I really like him, and enjoyed watching his annual win on heat.

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

The more I think about it, the less I think we'll be seeing any more releases. They've released jobbers, essentially, and they're running out. But we're seeing more developmental people come in to fill in those gaps as well as some of the guys that haven't shown up in a while, like Dykstra.

I had a list of people that were in danger: Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Charlie Haas, Paul London, Chuck Palumbo, Snitsky, Deuce, Bob Holly, Val Venis, Carlito, Kenny Dykstra, Super Crazy, D.H. Smith, Elijah Burke, Bam Neely, Ricky Ortiz, and The Boogeyman

Right now, I still think they're all the most likely people to be released. However, out of all of them, I don't think we'll see any be fired. If anybody is released, it'd be Holly, Smith, or Boogeyman. Ortiz, they seem hell-bent on keeping. Neely's been wrestling more often lately. Super Crazy will fill in Nunzio's job spot. Burke might start being used again with that gimmick he wants to try out. Duggan is probably kept around for a reason outside of "we have nothing for him/he's a jobber", so they'll probably keep him. Venis is a seasoned vet who is ok with jobbing and can help train the younger guys. Then, Vince loves his big guys, so Palumbo and Snitsky are probably safe. Carlito may be pissing people off, he may not. London may be doing the same, but probably not enough to be fired as they could job him out like they've been doing lately.

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

I'm sure Stevie Richards will emerge for a month on wwe programming again. How many times has he left WWE now? like 3 times? Went from hanging with the blue meanie, to mimicking his opponents, to forming RTC (his WWE highlight) to managing Kronik for their 'illustrious' WWE run, and then became Victoria's on screen valet, to reforming the BWO for like, a fortnight, and never did anything of merit afterward. He had that ECW angle where someone attacked him outside recently didn't they? And i guess i'm right in assuming that was never resolved?

I always wanted to see him succeed personally.

Cherry? She really did serve as an extra paycheck to write every week right? Aren't valet's supposed to get involved and help promote the talent? I don't think i've ever heard her speak once. The only words i can remember out of that trio was Domino(?) always shouting their team name.

Highlanders? What a surprise. Had a 2 week run alongside Roddy Piper. Turned heel stating they wouldn't wrestle unless they got a tag title shot, and then continued to wrestle without ever getting that title shot. had several singles matches where Snitsky squashed them and then the TNA appearance seeled their collective doom.

What annoys me is when these guys get put on TV all of a sudden, as if to make us think 'holy crap, maybe they've finally come up with something to do with these guys!?!?' and then they get fired the following week. What is the point of putting the Highlanders on tv once after 5 or so months having heard nothing about them if you're going to fire them? The same thing applies to the previous releases. Unless there's a clause in the standard WWE contract stating 'i must have a televised match the day b4 i'm fired', i don't understand the logic behind that decision.

It's not like firing Warrior after Summerslam because he started threatening to no show, and get more money outta Vince. It's firing guys out of the blue after massive dry spells. W-T-F? is all i can say

 

[Kane666]

All WWE is doing is helping TNA build their roster.Yeah,yeah i know they're all "rejects".But i would think Christian was also considered a WWE reject as well when he first got in TNA.And he's now a 3 time heavyweight champion.I can see Carlito being the next to go.But that might be the best thing for him.

 

[scsu01]

I was most surprised with Cherry..she was outpopping Michelle McCool big time, which to me personally mightve been part of why she got dropped..to bad we didnt get to see her in those bikini pics on WWE.COM..from what I knew of her she was, in actuality, a really good indie wrestler and i think she and that amazing natural rack of hers will really shine on TNA..she definitely has it in her to be an ODB like character..I have no doubt in 3 months she'll be on there...its funny, nearly everyone the WWE got rid of that went to TNA is doing so good, especially the women

 

[OIL]

I was most surprised with Cherry..she was outpopping Michelle McCool big time, which to me personally mightve been part of why she got dropped..

Why would she have got released if she was outpopping Michelle? Surely they would have pushed her more as a better in-ring wrestler because there wouldn't be any other good option, if she's over with the fans then she must be doing something right. Give her a push, it wouldn't do any harm. Michelle can't even wrestle, she's average in the ring and botches a lot. She was over but not nearly as much as Cherry. It's just stupid.

 

[Showtime]

Maybe it was just her character/gimmick, but i thought Cherry couldn't wrestle worth shit. True, there are alot of Diva's who can't wrestle either, but she also really wasn't doing anything or had anyreally purpose since she left Dumb and Dumber, I mean Duece and Domino, sorry, sorry everybody, lol. So i wasn't really surprised with her release. Now I clicked on this to talk Highlanders. I'm saddened but not surprised that they were released. They haven't had much reaction in a long while, which is sad because I really liked them when they first came in, but then they didn't win the tag titles and then cryme tyme came in and were way more over than they were. Next on the chopping block Carlito probably, maybe DH smith too, poor guy was set up to be punished wasn't he, oh well it was his fault anyway.