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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 12:11:04 GMT -5
I gotta think this is something on brays end. He's been off tv forever, both times he's been absent a while he gets spotted in noticeably better shape than when he's wrestling. (Yeah I know the lifestyle can make it tough to stay in the same shape diet wise). Multiple kids, etc. I don't think we'll see him wrestle again, at least not anytime soon. If he does maybe somewhere like impact where he can tape once a month. Moving to aew would be a pretty lateral move work load wise, and I don't think he's getting his release for that given how much merch he moves here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 12:11:12 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 12:12:20 GMT -5
Alexa Bliss took the character that Bray was doing and has done it 100 times better than Bray. Ah…. no. Ah... yes
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 31, 2021 12:12:43 GMT -5
Don't they usually use their real names when somebody is released? I think they do. I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, and I think it’s in very bad taste to do this, but it seems plausible this is just a character thing. I say that as someone who absolutely would prefer Bray in AEW leading the Dark Order for Brodie.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 12:13:58 GMT -5
Don't they usually use their real names when somebody is released? I think they do. I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, and I think it’s in very bad taste to do this, but it seems plausible this is just a character thing. I say that as someone who absolutely would prefer Bray in AEW leading the Dark Order for Brodie. They have not used real names foe a while
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Jul 31, 2021 12:15:35 GMT -5
Wait….WHAT!!??
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 12:17:26 GMT -5
When Bliss moves the merch and gets the reaction Wyatt did, then there might be an argument. Until then, the facts are pretty evident.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 31, 2021 12:17:35 GMT -5
I think they do. I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, and I think it’s in very bad taste to do this, but it seems plausible this is just a character thing. I say that as someone who absolutely would prefer Bray in AEW leading the Dark Order for Brodie. They have not used real names foe a while Got ya. Yeah I do recall now that wasn’t the case on the last set of releases.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jul 31, 2021 12:19:27 GMT -5
It’s insane that both guys in the Summerslam main event last year no longer work for the company. Crazy!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 12:20:55 GMT -5
When Bliss moves the merch and gets the reaction Wyatt did, then there might be an argument. Until then, the facts are pretty evident. The Fiend character has been done for a long time. Fact is, they obviously value Alexa more as shw still has her job.
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Jul 31, 2021 12:21:55 GMT -5
If this isn’t a work, I mean, is WWE deliberately killing itself? I understand Bray hasn’t lit the world on fire but that’s WWE’s fault, not Wyatts. He got over time and time and time again, and WWE just refused to book him correctly. He will be a tremendous talent elsewhere, I don’t understand any of these releases
I also understand people prefer Alexa over Bray all of a sudden (last week everybody hated her but whatever). They aren’t in the same division, so why can’t we have 2 characters that are nothing alike? They are just characters, we have Undertaker & Kane…what’s the difference here. There’s 35 people on the program that look exactly the same, we can’t handle Alexa & Bray?
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Post by rkmo: A Lack of Fortitude on Jul 31, 2021 12:23:08 GMT -5
I wasn't planning to get Firefly Funhouse exclusive this week, but sure. Why not?
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Post by shanieomaniac on Jul 31, 2021 12:29:27 GMT -5
I've seen this coming for some time. Not at all surprised.
In fact, I expected as much when they retconned the Fiend out of Alexa's character.
I wish him the best but I'd be shocked if he comes back to wrestling at all.
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Jul 31, 2021 12:33:30 GMT -5
I've seen this coming for some time. Not at all surprised. In fact, I expected as much when they retconned the Fiend out of Alexa's character. I wish him the best but I'd be shocked if he comes back to wrestling at all. Alexas tweet makes me think this wasn’t expected though. Unless she didn’t know what was going on, but the WTF nature of her tweet throws me off.
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Post by CM Tusk on Jul 31, 2021 12:35:46 GMT -5
What a ing waste of talent
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Post by cordless2016 on Jul 31, 2021 12:45:26 GMT -5
If this was more on Wyatt’s end, I wish all the luck to him.
If this was the WWE’s decision, damn. It gets thrown around a lot that the WWE wastes talent (because it’s true), but Wyatt seems like he had the most potential. Time and time again, he’d manage to get over, just to see his push f’ed over by WWE booking. I mean, how do you take The Fiend, and book him to get destroyed inside HIAC by Seth Rollins of all people…or have Oldberg beat the guy like he’s nothing in seconds.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jul 31, 2021 12:53:30 GMT -5
Damn...no matter what gimmick he was wrapped up in at the time, Bray has been been one of my favorite performers in the WWE since I started getting back into wrestling. In fact, around 2013 (which was kinda my most recent re-entry period), when he was just in the midst of getting the call-up from NXT, I went to a (really poorly attended) house show with a friend who was moving, and they played his "wanna see something really scary?" vignettes before he came out and squashed Zack Ryder. It was easily the most memorable part of that show.
If this is just business, I hope he's able to land on his feet somewhere, because he is such a talented performer. If there's something more (such as the previously referenced mental issues), I hope he's able to get whatever help he may need.
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Post by rkmo: A Lack of Fortitude on Jul 31, 2021 12:56:50 GMT -5
If this was more on Wyatt’s end, I wish all the luck to him. If this was the WWE’s decision, damn. It gets thrown around a lot that the WWE wastes talent (because it’s true), but Wyatt seems like he had the most potential. Time and time again, he’d manage to get over, just to see his push f’ed over by WWE booking. I mean, how do you take The Fiend, and book him to get destroyed inside HIAC by Seth Rollins of all people…or have Oldberg beat the guy like he’s nothing in seconds. Because they didn't see enough in him. Bray brought in merch money but in their minds, that was the best value he brought to the company. Not his ideas nor his vision. Not his ability to draw people into his characters. Not his in-ring work (which wasn't great most of the time). Just some guy that could get others over, whether it was Cena or Rollins or Goldberg or Taker or Roman.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 12:57:37 GMT -5
Being reported it was budget cuts.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jul 31, 2021 13:00:49 GMT -5
Lol you dont just get rid of a guy like that for “budget cuts”. That guy is a one of a kind performer with a brilliant creative mind that has proven time and time again that he can play any role he is put into.
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