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Post by mrassbillygunn on Jul 28, 2014 18:37:46 GMT -5
Just checking Honky Tonk Mans twitter page and he has announced that he has bought himself out of WWE's legend contract due to WWEs financial difficulties.
Interesting. I guess this means no more HTM figures.
TNA losing their tv deal, WWE cut backs, hard times for wrestling at the moment.
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on Jul 28, 2014 18:40:36 GMT -5
Ha doesn't matter still got a figure
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Post by legendsguy on Jul 28, 2014 18:40:43 GMT -5
looks like no "belt" with that jumpsuit..
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Post by Colter on Jul 28, 2014 18:42:34 GMT -5
@monoxide23, guess I won't get that Elvis (impersonator) figure now huh
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 18:43:02 GMT -5
are WWE really that hard up? That they are offering guys to "buy out" of their legends deals?
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Post by Mongo Bears on Jul 28, 2014 18:49:07 GMT -5
I don't like it!  Honky tonk man is one of my favorites. His figure was my first. I could not pass it up. Now I am hungry for more figs like his....., and flair's |
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Post by Yambag Jones on Jul 28, 2014 18:54:47 GMT -5
At least we got one figure.
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Post by Hendrix83 on Jul 28, 2014 18:55:16 GMT -5
are WWE really that hard up? That they are offering guys to "buy out" of their legends deals? WWE finally feeling the financial heat from years of horrible creative decisions? Always taking the easy road, putting the title on Cena 152 times instead of building new talent. Jobbing prospective stars like Cesaro, Sandow, Ziggler, Wyatt. Paying Brock Lesnar exuberant and undeserved amounts of cash for limited dates. Can't say I feel the least bit sorry for them. Unfortunately the financial difficulties probably mean they'll lean MORE on the status quo and dig themselves further into a hole. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 19:00:07 GMT -5
Just checking Honky Tonk Mans twitter page and he has announced that he has bought himself out of WWE's legend contract due to WWEs financial difficulties. Interesting. I guess this means no more HTM figures. TNA losing their tv deal, WWE cut backs, hard times for wrestling at the moment. I don't want to be a noob or anything but, since when was TNA losing their tv deal? |
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Post by mankind on Jul 28, 2014 19:00:15 GMT -5
are WWE really that hard up? That they are offering guys to "buy out" of their legends deals? WWE finally feeling the financial heat from years of horrible creative decisions? Always taking the easy road, putting the title on Cena 152 times instead of building new talent. Jobbing prospective stars like Cesaro, Sandow, Ziggler, Wyatt. Paying Brock Lesnar exuberant and undeserved amounts of cash for limited dates. Can't say I feel the least bit sorry for them. Unfortunately the financial difficulties probably mean they'll lean MORE on the status quo and dig themselves further into a hole. this all the way |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 19:11:17 GMT -5
There's the official Tweet. He hasn't yet bought out, he phrases it as an upcoming act.
Also, he recently tweeted about TNA & WWE's financial problems as of late, so maybe he's just making a comment about that.
Lastly, he refers to himself in third person in his tweets uses commas as spaces, and well he just seems like he doesn't have a grip on reality. So I'd take it all with a grain of salt.
There's 1 Elite out there of him, is there more that's needed? It seems like he'd be hurting himself more than him hurting us.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 28, 2014 19:19:23 GMT -5
Just checking Honky Tonk Mans twitter page and he has announced that he has bought himself out of WWE's legend contract due to WWEs financial difficulties. Interesting. I guess this means no more HTM figures. TNA losing their tv deal, WWE cut backs, hard times for wrestling at the moment. I don't want to be a noob or anything but, since when was TNA losing their tv deal? Since yesterday when Spike said they weren't renewing TNA's deal in October. I don't really think we were getting another HTM. So regardless if HTM still has his deal or not, seemingly makes no difference. |
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Post by qdogg on Jul 28, 2014 19:20:10 GMT -5
I dont think we were getting a 2nd Honky figure and I think we were pretty lucky to get the one we got and its fantastic!
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Post by 👑🇵🇭⭐️ on Jul 28, 2014 19:21:30 GMT -5
I'm lost. People are saying he bought himself out of the Legends contract, meaning he gave money back to WWE?? Does this mean HTM has money??
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 28, 2014 19:22:01 GMT -5
Lets be honest, HTM wasnt ever a marketable guy. He wasnt going to have Tshirts, wrestling buddies or Documentary DVDs. The only thing he was really going to get was a Mattel figure and Mattel has made it very apparent that they have no desire to release mid card guys from the 80s more then once if at all. Honky probably got a decent payoff by just letting WWE buy him out and probably got more then what he would have from floundering around month after month without selling any merchandise.
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Post by mankind on Jul 28, 2014 19:26:41 GMT -5
Lets be honest, HTM wasnt ever a marketable guy. He wasnt going to have Tshirts, wrestling buddies or Documentary DVDs. The only thing he was really going to get was a Mattel figure and Mattel has made it very apparent that they have no desire to release mid card guys from the 80s more then once if at all. Honky probably got a decent payoff by just letting WWE buy him out and probably got more then what he would have from floundering around month after month without selling any merchandise. yes this because the figure won't sell to a lot of the new generation anyway |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 20:55:36 GMT -5
I don't want to be a noob or anything but, since when was TNA losing their tv deal? Since yesterday when Spike said they weren't renewing TNA's deal in October. I don't really think we were getting another HTM. So regardless if HTM still has his deal or not, seemingly makes no difference. Oh wow, that sucks. I was just getting into it too |
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Post by Boy Wonder on Jul 28, 2014 20:59:15 GMT -5
I'm lost. People are saying he bought himself out of the Legends contract, meaning he gave money back to WWE?? Does this mean HTM has money?? No, it means that instead of paying him whatever his contract guaranteed him over the next few years, WWE just gave him a big lump sum now |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 21:02:48 GMT -5
 him. He's an bunghole |
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Post by 👑🇵🇭⭐️ on Jul 28, 2014 21:10:58 GMT -5
Oh!! Got it. Thanks.
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