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11-14-2008, 01:52 PM | #2371 |
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Linda McMahon was on the FOX Business channel this afternoon to discuss WWE's financial strategy moving forward. McMahon said the future of WWE will be expanding their international touring, which will come at the expense of $20 million in budget cuts. "We are reviewing all of our business lines, going through all of our operational structure, and we will take out $20 million in our operational cost structure next year," McMahon said. "We are looking at at least $20 million operational cost structure cut." When asked whether the soft economy is a factor in their recent drop in earnings, McMahon said WWE tries to keep ticket prices down and tries to vary which markets they tour in. "We are looking across all of our revenue lines and we're going to keep costs down to manage that bottom line," McMahon said. In the past week, WWE has released Super Crazy, Chuck Palumbo, Paul London, Kenny Dykstra, Elijah Burke and Lena Yada. Linda McMahon's statement that WWE is looking to cut upto $20 million in ooperational costs ties into several reports out there that more cuts are on the way. That sounds like alot of people are going to be released... |
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11-14-2008, 02:00 PM | #2372 |
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The views of Meltzer...
Dykstra: Acted like a dick backstage, especially after Mickie dumped him, jobbed a lot on RAW, and Michael Hayes didn't want to push him - Vince also thought Dykstra had a "swimmer's body". Burke: Lost in the shuffle, Brian Gewirtz didn't want him on RAW when Shelton Benjamin went to ECW, was a victim of cost cutting. Yada: Didn't seem to be motivated enough to learn how to wrestle, was stiff when conducting interviews. Wrestling Observer Newsletter -- It's interesting to note that Elijah Burke was originally slated to be moved to the Raw brand when Shelton Benjamin moved to ECW late last year, but head Raw writer Brian Gewirtz had no interest in using him and the plan was nixed. Around the same time, WWE had plans for Kofi Kingston to be called up to the main roster, but Gewirtz had no interest in him as well. Also, SmackDown head writer Michael Hayes didn't want him either, hence his move to ECW upon his debut. In another interesting trivia note, Elijah Burke was originally tapped to be part of the Spirit Squad, but turned the spot down. He believed the gimmick would kill his career, so he decided to wait longer to be called up to WWE. As it turned out, considering what happened with pretty much everyone on the team, he lasted longer than everyone sans Nic Nemeth (a.k.a. Dolph Ziggler) and Kenny Dykstra, who was ironically cut the same day. Burke was called up to the SmackDown roster in a pairing with Sylvester Terkay in the summer of 2006 and with the exception of Kenny Dykstra, the Spirit Squad members were sent back down to developmental by the end of the year. Around the same time, Burke really started to get noticed in WWE and he soon became the leader of the "New Breed." Some believed Burke had small attitude issues, but several people felt he was great with promos, and as a result, had potential to be a money star in the future. Hence, he became the lead heel of the "New Breed." However, the angle eventually ran its course and the company apparently gave up on him. Even though he was considered to be a success in his role with the "New Breed," nobody could give a good reason as to why he wasn't being used anymore, even those directly involved in the creative process. All of the recent cuts were part of WWE's decision to release talent not being used as a result of the company's cost cutting directive. Burke had not been used since May and there were obviously no plans to use him anytime soon, hence his dismissal from the company |
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11-14-2008, 06:49 PM | #2373 |
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11-14-2008, 07:30 PM | #2375 | |
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MVPs getting a biblical burial, Miz and Morrison are getting the 'pushed this week, punked the next' treatment, Bourne was getting pushed, Kendrick got repeatedly jobbed by Hun-Tor in his one main event. We'll see what they do with Killings, he's been around about to the point where they decide to stop pushing a guy and bury him. Kozlov is awful. But he's big, so they're pushing him. Go figure. Most or all of the guys you mention are going to be career midcarders, at the best. Who are they pushing as main-eventers? |
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11-14-2008, 07:37 PM | #2376 |
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I personally enjoy how the WWE fires guys like Burke while I'm subjected to shit like Kozlov.
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I mean, just recently Miz-N-Morrison had DX at their mercy and lost due to arrogance rather than lack of ability. Just because these promising midcarders aren't all being booked like main eventers now doesn't mean they aren't being groomed for it. And again, Randy Orton is 28. John Cena is 31. Edge is 35. It's not like the main event scene is going to be wiped clean in the next couple of years.
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Dolph Ziggler vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan at Survivor Series! Book it!
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