RV F'N D
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Post by RV F'N D on Aug 8, 2014 6:59:26 GMT -5
This sucks. I was a big fan of his work. I never like it when anybody gets pushed so hard so fast, but he won me over. Not his fault that creative is clueless. I'm not sure if I would rather it be a work or for the Kevin Dunn bitch slap to be true, because that guy had it coming.
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Post by T R W on Aug 8, 2014 7:19:04 GMT -5
The guy is a multiple time world champion, royal rumble winner, money in the bank winner, etc. etc. and yet the guy could never REALLY get over with the fans at all. He was a solid worker, but it's hard to miss him when he never really made his character interesting or memorable at all. I always felt like he was going through the motions and half-assing it.
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Post by marino13 on Aug 8, 2014 7:41:07 GMT -5
People keep acting like WWE should have fired someone else and kept Del Rio. The thing is as much as I liked Del Rio & HATE Cameron, she didn't slap anyone across the face. Was he justified? Perhaps. But in ANY company around the world, if you physically hurt another employee YOU WILL BE FIRED. Simple as that.
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Post by Kanenite on Aug 8, 2014 7:42:07 GMT -5
Are they sure he didn't just slap his leg?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 7:47:27 GMT -5
Wow if this is true, it's pretty messed up. That's racism. Sheesh. WWE screwed up BIG. I don't believe that's the true story, but if it was.... no shocker that WWE would rather fire someone for standing up for themselves than have to punish an employee for being racially insensitive
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Post by Jack on Aug 8, 2014 7:47:41 GMT -5
Damn.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 7:50:09 GMT -5
People keep acting like WWE should have fired someone else and kept Del Rio. The thing is as much as I liked Del Rio & HATE Cameron, she didn't slap anyone across the face. Was he justified? Perhaps. But in ANY company around the world, if you physically hurt another employee YOU WILL BE FIRED. Simple as that. except for all the times we've heard stories of verbal abuse or racial/sexist comments toward other employees that in any other company would condone HR firing someone....not the rumors but actual moments discussed in interviews not to mention the physical altercations that go undisciplined between wrestlers backstage -- I'm not saying that you don't fire Del Rio for this, but it is hypocritical (what isn't though, even beyond WWE)
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Post by honchos1982 on Aug 8, 2014 7:59:14 GMT -5
My name is alberrrrrrrto deeeeeeeel rrrrrrrrrioooooooo and I'm calling rrrrrrrrricardo rrrrrrroooooooooooodrigues and we both just got firrrrrrrred from wwe and now my lawyers are suing the w w e for racisms and now we are tna'a newest mid carders why because my name is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalberrrrrrrrrrrrto del rrrrrrriooooooooooo and I just got fired ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 8:02:31 GMT -5
So not only does he not do his job, he also slaps someone. See this is what I'm talking about, unprofessional. On a more serious note, let us not forget HE TRIED TO KILL SANTA. (The tree falling is the icing on the cake).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 8:07:15 GMT -5
what a strange thread......jam packed with nonsense.
1) we have people saying Mendes etc should have been let go instead of Del Rio.....but Del Rio was fired outright for something......so its a totally different situation.
2)some people actually managed to turn this into a Sheamus hate thread......amazing.
3)people are celebrating because one of the better workers WWE had is gone.....very confusing to me.
Here's my two cents
I always enjoyed Del Rio and the quality of his matches as usually A1. The guy had great in ring/crowd awareness and usually sold like hell as a heel.
Honestly I think its a blow to lose him but if he is acting the muppet backstage I suppose he has to go.
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Post by hbchris on Aug 8, 2014 8:18:18 GMT -5
Admittedly, the way it's presented on WWE.com DOES Make it seem like a storyline. Not saying that it is, but with WWE, it's hard to take what they say at face value most of the time. Wfigs must be delighted... some dirtsheets claiming it may be part of a storyline since they didn't use his real name or wished him well on his future endeavours...
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Dante, The Voc
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Post by Dante, The Voc on Aug 8, 2014 8:21:04 GMT -5
If he did slap someone from WWE.com and subsequently WWE.com puts this story on their homepage, isn't that a tad immature on WWE.com's part?
And the whole racist joke thing, assuming it is true, should be on the joker's part, not Del Rio's. Budget cuts my ass, equality and tolerance in the workplace is much more important for a positive image in today's society. I can't see WWE getting much positive attention over this.
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Post by CMPUNKISGOOD on Aug 8, 2014 8:22:10 GMT -5
I don't like him at all, he got himself fired it is all good
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Aug 8, 2014 8:28:15 GMT -5
now I'm kinda eh on him getting fired.. If some douche said something racist then it was deserved. of course the racists that the wwe is won't discipline the person who made the comment. just like randy orton calling that "stalker" lady a latina miss piggy. really irks me how that company doesn't do jack about racism there. Because we all know that 'piggy' is a racist term... /blatantly obvious sarcasm
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 8, 2014 8:29:09 GMT -5
It's the fact that with all of the budget cuts, you can't do something like that. Yes, Cameron got a DUI or whatever and didn't get fired but the WWE was more lenient at that time. You have to walk on egg shells at this point although he seemed pretty unhappy with his place in the company so I don't think he minded much.
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Post by jcjdotcom on Aug 8, 2014 8:35:13 GMT -5
Unlike most people (apparently), I've always enjoyed del Rio. He's great in the ring and I really respect his lucha libre and MMA background. Honestly, I think he's pretty good on the mic as well.
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Post by marino13 on Aug 8, 2014 8:41:32 GMT -5
People keep acting like WWE should have fired someone else and kept Del Rio. The thing is as much as I liked Del Rio & HATE Cameron, she didn't slap anyone across the face. Was he justified? Perhaps. But in ANY company around the world, if you physically hurt another employee YOU WILL BE FIRED. Simple as that. except for all the times we've heard stories of verbal abuse or racial/sexist comments toward other employees that in any other company would condone HR firing someone....not the rumors but actual moments discussed in interviews not to mention the physical altercations that go undisciplined between wrestlers backstage -- I'm not saying that you don't fire Del Rio for this, but it is hypocritical (what isn't though, even beyond WWE) Maybe in all those cases there were no witnesses? Maybe Del Rio did this in front of others? Maybe if Del Rio had slapped a wrestler maybe it wouldn't have gotten to this level? We don't know the details yet.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Aug 8, 2014 8:53:32 GMT -5
It was his destiny... to be FIRED.
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Post by Chip on Aug 8, 2014 8:54:08 GMT -5
It took 5 months for Brock Lesnar to win the World Title. It took 6 months for Sheamus to win the WWE Title. It took 1 year for Alberto Del Rio to win the WWE Title. I dont think Brock was shoved down our throats though. Brock as the size, look and ability to be arguably the best pro wrestler around. The guy just had "it"....Sheamus was shoved down our throats, and how many people really like him? I cant imagine there's too many people that go to a wrestling event and as they're going through the gate say, "God I hope I get to see Sheamus tonight" I can remember when Lesnar debuted, it was awesome and I was like "yeah this guy will be good" Fast forward, I was soooooo pissed off he won the title at Summerslam that same year. That was way before I got into the "IWC" and "armchair booking" (as the haters like to call it) but even back then I knew it was stupid that a guy debuting and getting the top spot/all the marbles was STUPID. I hated when Sheamus won the WWE title so quick. I didn't mind Del Rio's win, because yeah he had at least put some time in. But it just makes me annoyed to see all these guys getting hot-shot spots in the top of the card while other, more talented, guys sit and do nothing....because the WWE absolutely HAS the power to create stars. We've seen them do it time and time again, but making a guy win 100 matches in a row then get the WWE title is NOT the way to do it.
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Post by Chip on Aug 8, 2014 8:56:11 GMT -5
this deserves its own post... so the WWE is on a "cost cutting" rampage and they have a Social Media Manager employed off.
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