# Any WWE fans in the audience? (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124 "2014-06-05T15:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 211
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4203 "2016-05-06T18:49:16Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Also where is everyone seeing Sandow was released? All I’m seeing are people being angry about it, but nowhere that it actually happened. [Here ya go.](http://www.wwe.com/article/damien-sandow-king-barrett-other-superstars-released) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4204 "2016-05-06T18:54:21Z")
> **[Top Story - Damien Sandow headlines WWE roster cuts - Pro Wrestling Torch](https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/05/06/sandowcut/)** > > WWE announced Friday (May 6) several roster cuts. – On Friday afternoon, WWE announced Damien Sandow has been released. Sandow was brought back to TV last week to be fed to Baron Corbin on the \[...\] ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4205 "2016-05-06T19:42:03Z")
[Sandow on the official “future endeavored” list](http://www.wwe.com/article/damien-sandow-king-barrett-other-superstars-released) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4206 "2016-05-06T20:47:52Z")
Colin Cassady stepped up again. Hope Vince is paying attention. The guy just arrived, his partner is injured, and he came out ready to go and stole the show. This guy has huge potential, big, strong, and even though he’s not perfectly natural on the microphone he’s getting the job done that way to. He’s over with the crowd already. What I expect is another waste of talent, he’ll be worked until he’s seriously injured, or ruins his career with a stupid story line. If the Usos could step it up a little WWE would finally have a gimmick for Reigns with the Usos as his enforcers. They could even pull in Teh Rock once in a while and any other Samoan wrestlers out there. AJ Styles has been good for him, AJ can carry him through a match. They’ll need that kind of talent for challengers. I think they know Sandow has the potential, but they have too much brand new talent, and too much should have been gone by now talent, and that leaves no room in the middle. He shouldn’t leave town, the next injury may be an opening for him. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4207 "2016-05-06T21:07:12Z")
Damien Sandow should have won last year’s Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal; it was a logical conclusion (or continuing point) to his feud with The Miz. Giving it to The Big Show was a complete waste. Anyway, I’m sure Sandow, Barrett, and Ryback will all land on their feet. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4208 "2016-05-06T21:10:00Z")
Eh, Big Show probably used his pull to get it, since he was always billed as the sort of heir to Andre. They did kinda have to give it to him at some point. Where they fucked up with Sandow was having him come out mocking people when he was this hugely over babyface, having that fall completely flat, then taking him off TV. They had a hot babyface, organically over from a program they developed and executed to perfection. Then they had NO FUCKING PLAN for what comes next. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4209 "2016-05-09T14:33:02Z")
WWE: The Releasening. Place your bets for Week 2. I’m going to list the following people on the chopping block; Adam Rose Curtis Axel The Ascension Bo Dallas Fandango Diego&Fernando, aka the Puerto Rico guys Jack Swagger Naomi Rosa Mendez Titus O’Niell Darren Young Eden David Otunga That’s 15. I wouldn’t expect all of them to be released, but I won’t be shocked by any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4210 "2016-05-09T15:35:39Z")
Adam Rose…Probably Curtis Axel…Probably The Ascension…Not enough Tag Teams otherwise, so I’d doubt this Bo Dallas…To early in his career, he stays Fandango…Probably Diego&Fernando, aka the Puerto Rico guys…Not if they’re doing a new campaign for them Jack Swagger…He’s still used, so I doubt it Naomi…Hell no, then there would be no women left Rosa Mendez- Probably Titus O’Niell- He’s a BIG part of their PR machine, I highly doubt this Darren Young- Doubt this because it leaves a PTP reunion Eden- What? Why? Also no because of Cody David Otunga- Lol don’t we say this every year? Keep in mind, the WWE can’t lay EVERYONE who’s not in a title picture off because they still need a B team after all. They need jobbers/Superstarts/Main Event/random-ass-show-in-Topeka people. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4211 "2016-05-09T17:09:07Z")
David Otunga hosts the RAW Pre-show on the Network. I didn’t realize there was one. I have absolutely no interest in watching it anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4212 "2016-05-10T14:27:56Z")
Nothing really breaking or hard-hitting. But a movie about Andre The Giant is [supposedly in the works](http://www.thewrap.com/andre-the-giant-biopic-in-the-works-about-pro-wrestler-princess-bride-star/). Could be neat. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4213 "2016-05-10T15:23:36Z")
That seems to be a tall (pun intended) order. They have to find a big guy who can act and maybe enhance him with prosthetics and/or CGI to match Andre’s bulk, and they’d have to wear caveman teeth. Big Show or Robert Maillet (who used to be Kurrgan in WWE and speaks French) maybe. Bobby Heenan had some hilarious stories about Andre. Andre would prick up cars and carry them down the street for pranks. A 12-ounce beer was like a shot glass to him, and he drank constantly to deal with back pain. Heenan said at WM 3, both Andre and Hulk made their entrances riding rigs similar to what telephone line repairmen use. Andre told Heenan “I’m gonna go tip over his rig.” Heenan replied, “With him in it?” Andre said “Yeah.” Heenan told Vince over their feed, and everybody was in a panic over what to do, because there was no way to stop Andre short of biplanes if he decided he was going to go all King Kong, so they had Hogan leave his rig ASAP. Baron Von Raschke said Andre wasn’t happy when there weren’t enough villagers to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4214 "2016-05-10T15:37:45Z")
CGI Danny Devito. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4215 "2016-05-10T15:54:56Z")
Meanwhile, on Twitter, [Summer Rae apparently wants to take a ride on Space Mountain.](https://twitter.com/RealSummerWWE/status/729840711508623360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4216 "2016-05-10T17:24:54Z")
Great Og, she really is a ho bag. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4217 "2016-05-11T01:37:29Z")
**horrrrrkkkk** ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4218 "2016-05-11T08:10:23Z")
In less disgusting news, there’s going to be a Network special emanating from Hawaii next month that will feature; - Charlotte vs. Asuka (!) - Brock Lesnar vs. Kevin Owens (!!) - John Cena vs. Shinsuke Nakamura ( **!!!1!eleventy** ) All of those have potential to be great matches and I’m definitely looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4219 "2016-05-11T11:33:31Z")
Oh, Jesus, they’re even gonna feed _Nakamura_ to fucking John Cena, the push-killer. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4220 "2016-05-11T12:33:13Z")
Actually, there’s rumors that Cena’s going to be putting over new talent when he gets back. The Hawaii card definitely sounds like a winner. I was a little surprised to see that Dana Brooke got called up. She hasn’t wrestled since her match with Asuka as far as I can remember, but she’s definitely got the personality and the cockiness for a bitch Diva. Maybe being Dolph’s current bedmate had something to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4221 "2016-05-11T13:15:38Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Actually, there’s rumors that Cena’s going to be putting over new talent when he gets back. The Hawaii card definitely sounds like a winner. > > I was a little surprised to see that Dana Brooke got called up. She hasn’t wrestled since her match with Asuka as far as I can remember, **but she’s definitely got the personality and the cockiness** for a bitch Diva. Maybe being Dolph’s current bedmate had something to do with it. (Bolding mine) I very much believe this is the case. I think they need a good, healthy heel diva on the roster other than Charlotte, and The Cleveland Steamer is the best they got. Might have her feud against Sasha for a bit, or could be fodder to turn Naomi face (as if anyone cares if shes heel or not…) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/4222 "2016-05-11T13:54:23Z")
Well, in all honesty, I hope Emma and Dana get to work both ends, like how they’ve been using Tyler Breeze with NXT. I mean, why not? If creative doesn’t have a full time angle for them, it makes sense. Appear on RAW or Smackdown, not used for 2-3 weeks - spend that time working NXT shows. Wouldn’t worry too much about Naomi. She’ll likely be cut later this week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=210) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=212)