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Post by goblue168 on Aug 11, 2012 15:00:09 GMT -5
wowzers...i guess vince can get away with it cuz he owns the place..i think it would be awesome if linda won a senate seat. powerfull successfull women could make a big impact in the gop..but she got clobbered last time.
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Post by LWPD on Aug 11, 2012 19:01:44 GMT -5
Likely already on the bubble? Unless there's something I'm unaware of, that's a lot of assuming. I can only go on what I know and connect the dots. I've seen Brian Josie wrestle in FCW, and while its open to interpretation 'why', he was guided away from being focused on being an active wrestler. He was then repackaged as Abraham Washington, and used in a series of mouthpiece roles. He got his first big break when he was brought to ECW to do a talk show segment. The ratings for his segments bombed and his performance was a critical failure (ie. being inducted into Wrestlecrap). When ECW was canceled, he was DEMOTED back to FCW developmental. He languished there for two years before being called up for his latest gig. This is what I call being 'on the bubble' in that he was expendable. Here's a guy who's been repeatedly put on TV dating back to his talk show. He's been on every RAW and SD going back several weeks now, receiving a big a push as anybody. He's part of the feature program in the tag team division, and you want us to think they just up and fired him because he wasn't working out? As big a push as anyone? He was in bit roles acting as a mouth piece in tag programs with guys a step above FCW level. He was recently given a shot at more camera time with a modern day Jimmy Hart 'live PBP' gimmick, and it met with low quarter hours and an incident which brought negative publicity to the company. If that wasn't enough, after the incident, he projected what WWE has called a poor attitude. The only one who should have a poor attitude is VKM, who wasted his money for years giving this guy a check. I don't buy it. Whether or not his segments were "horrible" or not is subjective. Judgments on talent are subjective. That both his runs in WWE consistently scored low quarter hours, that he was demoted to FCW after ECW was canceled, and that he was left off the main WWE roster for two years stands in the realm of fact. This can and probably should be factored into making those types of judgments. Somebody in WWE was behind him up until a couple of Monday's ago. This to me is the real issue. For two years, it was obvious to at least 'some people' in WWE that Abraham Washington wasn't a good fit for the company. Agree or disagree with that interpretation, over that course of time, why wasn't the trigger pulled on terminating him and giving his spot to another prospect? How did this guy ever get called back up (only for this disaster to happen)? This speaks to a lack of quality control, and whoever 'got behind' his call up needs to be dealt with. If it had anything to do with anything other than the obvious, he would have been taken off TV, and sat out his contract like anyone else, not immediately fired just like DB was when he choked that announcer. Basically, deja vu. I don't buy that. Daniel Bryan (who in terms of talent and professionalism is in a different league from AW) was a sponsor issue, and that takes precedence. Apart from the Kobe comments, WWE mentioned that AW was continuing to be a problem. This was just as likely to be a nip it in the bud/it was a mistake having you here issue.
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Post by swarm on Aug 11, 2012 19:54:31 GMT -5
They already said it was because of his comments and nothing else. If it wasn't, they'd just say he wasn't working out as a talent.
An unnamed WWE spokesperson issued the following explanation to TMZ.com regarding the release of A.W:
"Unfortunately, Brian Jossie, playing the character of A.W. was terminated because he continued to exhibit poor judgment by making offensive and inappropriate comments on live television and on social media."
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Post by Vegas on Aug 11, 2012 20:16:03 GMT -5
more reaction from AW:
Fired A.W. Rails WWE For Celebrating Mike Tyson, Mocking Jim Ross' Bell's Palsy
A.W. has continued to lambast WWE via Twitter after his contract was terminated Friday for what a company spokesman says was due to his continued use of offensive and inappropriate comments on live television and on social media after making a rape joke on the July 30 episode of Raw.
The boisterous personality strongly feels his firing is unfair and that he is being subject to double standards by WWE, pointing out other offensive events where an employee was suspended at most. He wrote, "If I smoked crack or did steroids I'd get suspended but I made a joke and tweeted support Linda and I get fired. #Doesn'tAddUp #Hmmmmm."
A.W. posted several fan remarks noting WWE's double standards towards offensive and inappropriate comments, including Tensai making stereotypical remarks about Japanese people last week on Tout, John Cena cracking homophobic insults on WWE programming, Randy Orton suggesting during a radio interview that Kelly Kelly had sexual relations with upwards of ten WWE Superstars, and Cena and Jerry "The King" Lawler hurling weight-related barbs toward Vickie Guerrero.
"They didn't do shit to Randy Orton when he called Kelly Kelly a slut, you see the double standard? f politics. #AWForLife."
"Im a HUGE Cena fan, but Cena made fat jokes w/ King, genitalia jokes n homo jokes. Orton bashes K2, Vince mocks JR! #FuckUWWE"
"so stealing a car, having a yng girl trying to f 3 guys at once and not to mntion the Tensai thing is ok, but no jokes? #BS"
A.W. continued to point out the hypocrisy in Vince McMahon mocking Jim Ross' affliction with Bell's palsy while simultaneously promoting the 'be a STAR' anti-bullying campaign; on the June 11 episode of Raw, the WWE Chairman donned a J.R.-style hat, mimicked Ross' facial paralysis and yelled, "Stone Cold! Stone Cold! Stone Cold!" He re-tweeted, "So Vince can continually bash @jrsbbq by teasing his ball palsy but yet your comments where deemed worse? Be a star my ass." He then posted a photo of McMahon distorting his face to ridicule Ross, with the caption reading "MOCKING JR: QUALITY PG ENTERTAINMENT."
A.W. also pointed out McMahon using a racial slur on WWE programming in 2006, and enclosed a link to footage of the segment. He noted via re-tweet, "VINCE MCMAHON CAN SAY THE "N" WORD ON NATIONAL T.V. BUT @awpromotions CAN'T TELL A JOKE.............whats wrong with this picture???"
A.W. also feels it's hypocritical that WWE would celebrate boxer Mike Tyson, who was convicted of rape in 1992 and sentenced to six years in prison. He re-tweeted, "You said one Kobe Bryant rape joke and you got fired. Isn't Mike Tyson a convicted rapist? Yet he is in the HoF. Hypocrisy." He then posted side-by-side images of himself and Tyson, with the caption over his photo reading "FIRED FROM WWE OVER RAPE JOKE" and a caption over the Tyson photo reading "CONVICTED RAPIST - WWE HALL OF FAMER."
A.W. plans to continue to "shoot" as he has set up a second Twitter account under his real name, Brian Jossie, at BJRatedR. He noted on the account, "Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to my fing non PG world!!! Where all bets are off and I tell it like it is. f the Bull Shit, I'm legit!"
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Post by Bazzy on Aug 12, 2012 9:35:16 GMT -5
Swam asked - Why wasnt CM Punk fired over faggott comments and gay marriage ? . Probably one of WWE hottest things . Fire him , he could go to TNA or other indie . Vince aint gonna do that . AW is what 2% of what CM Punk is ? .
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Post by Vegas on Aug 12, 2012 22:32:30 GMT -5
some more news:
WWE Has A.W.'s Twitter Account Suspended; Continues To Ridicule Linda McMahon & WWE
As A.W. predicted, his original Twitter account was suspended after the terminated WWE Superstar posted a multitude of messages disparaging his former employer and Vince McMahon's wife Linda McMahon. A.W., however, set up another account under his real name, Brian Jossie, at BJRatedR and has continued to sound off on the sports-entertainment organization as well as Linda.
Jossie believes WWE had his original account shut down, writing, "Yeah the #WWE shut down my old account. It's all good. It was fun while it lasted." When asked whether the account was his property, he responded, "Not really sure. Although when it comes to the #WWE they own everything like Satan, including your soul,lol!"
Jossie, who blames Linda and her ongoing U.S. Senate campaign for his termination from WWE, subsequently posted three images ridiculing the political hopeful. In the first pic, he posted a joke poster of McMahon reading "UNSTOPPABLE"-a takeoff of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster. He then posted an unflattering photo of McMahon, noting, "Is it me or does Linda McMahon make Hilary Clinton look like Angelina fing Jolie!!" Jossie was also sent a side-by-side image of Linda and the Cryptkeeper and asked if he sees a resemblance. "Yep! CryptKeeper might have her beat," he wrote.
Jossie had also tweeted, "@linda_McMahon has cost more negroes jobs than hurricane Katrina!!" However, he stated minutes later that he doesn't hate Linda and that he's merely joking around.
"I don't hate Linda, I'm doing what a comedian would do. Making light of a serious situation inorder to make people think!" Jossie wrote.
He then continued the Linda jokes, writing, "David Duke would hire my black ass before @linda_McMahon!" He then added, "Sorry I won't be HANGING out at any #WWE shows. There's enough pro wrestling lynching as it is...."
In response to a fan comment stating, "It's pretty damn funny that @wwe actually thinks @linda_McMahon has a chance at winning," Jossie responded, "Agreed, Them muthafuckas are as high as Jeff Hardy!!!"
Jossie was also asked whether one needs to "play the game" in order to survive the political minefield of WWE. He responded, "Politics is a must. Everyone plays the GAME!! Some (Divas) more than others....#WinkWink #HHH."
A Twitter user sent Jossie a mock graphic proposing a Street Fight between himself and Vince McMahon at WrestleMania XXIX, to which he responded, "Ha! Yeah I'd whoop that old man's ass! I'd only do it if Shane and Steph joined in. #McMahonSmackdown!" He also noted "as soon as I see Vince on TV this Nike is gonna f my plasma up!!"
Jossie was also asked how WWE would have acted had he made a Mike Tyson rape joke rather than a Kobe Bryant one. "Nope I would have probably got a raise! #WhatTheFuck?" he responded.
Finally, Jossie was asked whether he's calling out WWE for exposure, to be controversial, or out of bitterness. "I'm just saying my peace. I wish more people would be like JTG and not be afraid to speak up. #Courage," he says.
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Post by Pete on Aug 12, 2012 22:57:31 GMT -5
AW has gone from making good points to getting almost obsessively over the top.
That said, the David Duke line was legitimately LOL-worthy.
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