Cody Rhodes Diva
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Post by Cody Rhodes Diva on Apr 22, 2017 16:41:50 GMT -5
Unlike Mauro Ranallo, Tom Phillips has huge support from Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn due to the fact that Phillips was a lot like Michael Cole as well as being not much of a wrestling fan that Ranallo was. Thoughts?
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Post by McBlake on Apr 22, 2017 19:19:39 GMT -5
#firejbl
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Post by TurboEddie on Apr 22, 2017 22:59:39 GMT -5
That sucks. I like Mauro Ranallo. He brought a lot of excitement to SmackDown Live, and it doesn't feel as exciting without him.
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killerkapowski
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Switched from Motorola to a PrimeCo phone...
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Post by killerkapowski on Apr 22, 2017 23:07:05 GMT -5
Be a STAR. Lololololololol
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Apr 23, 2017 16:15:30 GMT -5
JBL and anyone like him
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havoc7179
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What is this?
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Post by havoc7179 on Apr 24, 2017 8:20:56 GMT -5
I just read a "report" that said the bullying was by more than JBL and that people were referring to Mauro as MR which has been assumed to mean "Mental Ret..."
OR IT COULD BE A NICKNAME AS HIS FREAKING INITIALS ARE "M" "R"
I think the Internet be grasping.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Apr 24, 2017 8:35:40 GMT -5
He's a great announcer....but he NEVER should have been in the WWE. Guys like him don't make it in WWE. He's a sports announcer. He calls WRESTLING MATCHES and WRESTLING MOVES. The same exact thing happened to Joey Styles. Guys like Mauro and Joey, they call what's happening in the ring, not ignoring the match and telling the audience how big Roman Reigns' dick is and why he's the most powerful entity to ever exist on this planet.
I've said it before and I'll say it again....WWE should just start all of their announcers from scratch in NXT. That way they are developed with the WWE style.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 8:45:01 GMT -5
I'm gonna miss Tope Suicida JBL.
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Post by Angel Beast on Apr 24, 2017 13:51:26 GMT -5
I just read a "report" that said the bullying was by more than JBL and that people were referring to Mauro as MR which has been assumed to mean "Mental Ret..." OR IT COULD BE A NICKNAME AS HIS FREAKING INITIALS ARE "M" "R" I think the Internet be grasping. From what I heard it was Lawler who called him MR, and was meant in the same way as he calls Jim Ross, JR. but like you said the internet loves to reach.
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havoc7179
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What is this?
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Post by havoc7179 on Apr 24, 2017 14:52:07 GMT -5
I just read a "report" that said the bullying was by more than JBL and that people were referring to Mauro as MR which has been assumed to mean "Mental Ret..." OR IT COULD BE A NICKNAME AS HIS FREAKING INITIALS ARE "M" "R" I think the Internet be grasping. From what I heard it was Lawler who called him MR, and was meant in the same way as he calls Jim Ross, JR. but like you said the internet loves to reach. ' Honestly, when I first saw that "report" (and I won't cite to it because it's utter garbage), I thought it was leading up to some praise since Lawler was calling Mauro "M.R.". I assumed it was like "J.R." and a comparison. But, then the report swerves to the right and says its his backstage nickname for "Mental Re..." I'm no saint. I've called people all sorts of names over my life. HOWEVER, in all my life of giving out nicknames, I never ever came up with something like that. It would have to be the dumbest nickname ever. It is highly unlikely that M.R. meant anything other than Mauro Ranallo
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Apr 24, 2017 15:02:47 GMT -5
Well i guess its official then. Sad to see as i enjoyed him on commentary. Hopefully he can get through what he's going through BTW, lets not assume it has anything to do with JBL just cause Meltzer or dirt sheets said so. Only person who knows is Mauro, and we won't know until he does a shoot interview Maybe he made sure to check out Batista's dick, so his shoot can really be $$$
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 16:55:43 GMT -5
I just read that Vince was behind JBL bullying Mauro because Vince didn't like Mauro's way of commentating. Vince is a closet homosexual, who gets off on muscular guys, and having the power over other men. Vince really would be a shrink's dream! If it's on the internet it has to be true
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 19:34:35 GMT -5
Mama Mia!
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Post by marino13 on Apr 26, 2017 6:30:33 GMT -5
I wasn't there and didn't witness it myself, so I'm not about to start a witch hunt.
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Apr 26, 2017 8:08:56 GMT -5
The way Mauro said that him leaving had nothing to do with JBL has me convinced that JBL was the reason he left. Reason why is if JBL had nothing to do with it, why would Mauro let the story go on for so long until he got a settlement with WWE and agreed not to reveal anything as part of the settlement? If JBL really had nothing to do with it, when he came back on social media, he should have went like "Hey guys, ive heard the rumors, and im here to confirm that JBL had nothing to do with my absence, i had just had an episode ". Not let the story go on with even his MMA friends threatening to kick JBLs ass. Mauro to me now looks like a sell out. Now, him leaving, i think it has half to do with JBL and half of that job being too stressful for him considering his condition, and IMO WWE should have considered his condition before hiring him. I get he's a great commentator, i loved his work in NJPW on AXS, i liked hus work in WWE where he tried making everything sound important, but I don't think it was a great idea for WWE to hire Mauro because this job is stressful, I've heard people like Matt Striker say that its stressful because Vince wants things to sound a certain way. At least Mauro has MMA commentary to fall back on. I seriously would not be surprised if we see Mauro go to UFC. Also if he goes back to wrestling, i would not be surprised seeing him commentate for the World Wrestling Network promotions, or joins Kevin Kelly to do the English commentary for NJPW
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Apr 26, 2017 8:10:08 GMT -5
Well i guess its official then. Sad to see as i enjoyed him on commentary. Hopefully he can get through what he's going through BTW, lets not assume it has anything to do with JBL just cause Meltzer or dirt sheets said so. Only person who knows is Mauro, and we won't know until he does a shoot interview Maybe he made sure to check out Batista's dick, so his shoot can really be $$$ If he ever does a shoot interview, i dont see him doing one with Kayfabe Commentaries. Most likely he'd do one with RF Video
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Post by JC Motors on Apr 26, 2017 10:14:48 GMT -5
He's a great announcer....but he NEVER should have been in the WWE. Guys like him don't make it in WWE. He's a sports announcer. He calls WRESTLING MATCHES and WRESTLING MOVES. The same exact thing happened to Joey Styles. Guys like Mauro and Joey, they call what's happening in the ring, not ignoring the match and telling the audience how big Roman Reigns' dick is and why he's the most powerful entity to ever exist on this planet. I've said it before and I'll say it again....WWE should just start all of their announcers from scratch in NXT. That way they are developed with the WWE style. I believe Jim Ross was training announcers for WWE before they fired him a few years ago
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Post by theMOESIAH on Apr 26, 2017 22:47:25 GMT -5
*UPDATE 04.26* He's returning to AXS/New Japan in August after his WWE contract expires. There was no word on if they will use a three men team from here on out or if either Josh Barnett or JR will be leaving.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Apr 27, 2017 7:51:30 GMT -5
*UPDATE 04.26* He's returning to AXS/New Japan in August after his WWE contract expires. There was no word on if they will use a three men team from here on out or if either Josh Barnett or JR will be leaving. Didn't JR just sign a 2 year contract with WWE? My bet is they go back to the original team of Mauro/Barnett, which honestly was great. JR has been great on NJPW too, but I'm assuming his WWE contract is going to force him to stop calling NJPW just like what happened to Mauro when he unfortunately came to WWE.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Apr 27, 2017 10:44:35 GMT -5
*UPDATE 04.26* He's returning to AXS/New Japan in August after his WWE contract expires. There was no word on if they will use a three men team from here on out or if either Josh Barnett or JR will be leaving. Didn't JR just sign a 2 year contract with WWE? My bet is they go back to the original team of Mauro/Barnett, which honestly was great. JR has been great on NJPW too, but I'm assuming his WWE contract is going to force him to stop calling NJPW just like what happened to Mauro when he unfortunately came to WWE. No sir, JR has already confirmed that he will be staying with New Japan.
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