Something tells me she was only a step above Jack Tunney and Gorilla Monsoon in terms of authority.

Ann: "So, Randy Orton didn't pass his third Wellness evaluation. And Sheamus has yet to submit to an evaluation. I am doing the paperwork to suspend and fine Sheamus, processing the release of Orton."
WWE: "No."
Ann: "What do you mean 'no'? Well, according to guidelines, they should—"
WWE: "Mary— Can we call you 'Mary'?"
Ann: "My name is Ann."
WWE: "Mary, you are to not speak of this to anyone. Do you understand?"
Ann: "I am simply doing my job."
WWE: "Mary, this leaks out, and we will expose your affair with Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly, and release the sex tape."
Ann: "What affair? What sex tape? What the hell are you talking about!"
WWE: "There will be a tape if this leaks out. Understand? Also: Resign."
Ann: "..."


*Few days later*

Originally Posted by Genocidal Also, from the dirt sheets . . .

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Linda's losing ground. Keep your fingers crossed; the future of humanity quality of archival WWF footage is at stake.

Seems like they are still adding guests but the wrestling related lineup for New York Comic Con so far is Kelly Kelly, Bella Twins, Beautiful People, Vader, Jim Duggan, Kevin Nash and Booker T.

Unfortunately I won't get the chance for Maryse and her agent to try to sell me porn.

Prefer to spend most of my money in the artist alley at NYCC but might pick up Booker's book to get signed if it isn't too expensive. Saving my autograph money for Christopher Lloyd

I wonder if Kelly Kelly's agent charged them $10,000 for the appearance.

Rob Feinstein of RF Video, who coordinates wrestler appearances at trade shows, posted a lengthy blog on his Facebook page detailing his recent negotiations for the former Kelly Kelly, Barbie Blank, to appear at next month's "Legends of the Ring" convention in Monroe, New Jersey. The former Diva's agent verbally agreed to a deal six weeks ago, but it fell through Friday after Feinstein was informed that her asking price to appear at independent events had increased to $10,000.

Feinstein writes, "I make it a rule to NEVER bury anyone in the wrestling business publicly if a deal goes wrong. Well in this case I want to inform anybody who might be a fan of Barbie Banks (FKA Kelly Kelly) on how her manager conducts business. To say I am pissed is a understatement. This is no way reflect Barbie Banks FKA Kelly Kelly.

"About 6 weeks ago we struck a verbal deal to bring her into Legends of the Ring. We were told by her manger that she was going to be able to do outside projects while she was still under WWE contract. It really made no sense but she told me that she was in the progress of getting her a new deal that would allow this. She told me that we had a done deal and we agreed on terms. We just never signed a deal because she wanted to wait until she got a new contract which I was told would be a week.

"A week went by and than I was told that because of the holiday labor day I would have to wait another week. When that week passed I was told that Barbie had to do something personal and we would have to wait another week to see if she was medically cleared to make it to our show. To me that is when things got fishy. I informed her manager that two weeks ago you told me we had a deal and we were just waiting for the paper work to go thru. Now things seemed fishy. Well later that week I was informed that she was not going to be able to make it because WWE at the time was not giving her another contract. Honestly none of this made sense to me but I thought that maybe it was true because I have heard she was trying to get a new deal to do outside projects.

"So after 3 weeks or so of being put on hold finally her agent told me the deal was dead and we would have to wait until March to book her. We left everything on great terms even though I was pissed for being put thru the windmill for 3 weeks.

"I went out and booked Shane Helms instead which is great.

"On Friday I get a call from her agent again out of the blue asking me if its to late to book Kelly for Legends of the Ring and now she was able to do it. I told her I only had two weeks now to promote this and I wanted a better rate. I also had to talk to the promoter of Legends of the Ring and get his approval since I once already told him I had her and than had to tell him I lost her. I called up James who is always professional and told him that I could get her again and that I would feel more comfortable if he talked to her agent with me to confirm everything.

"We had a three way call and we came to terms on money, the times and everything. All we needed to do was sign off on the deal. She than asked me for the address of the venue and the times and everything you would put into a contract. I told her I would sign it as soon as I looked it over and we agreed on the phone I would be able to announce this today.

"A hour after we talked I was informed by the agent that someone called with in the hour that we struck our deal and offered Kelly more money that weekend for another event. She than basically tried to hold me up for more money asking well cant I match the deal and I told her no way we already verbally comitted to a deal.

"The professional thing to do here was to tell the other party you already stuck a deal for that date and you would work with them in the future. That is how you conduct proper business in wrestling. A deal is a deal and especially in this business you stick to your word.

"She than told me she had to talk to Barbie and she would call me back. Well with in 4 minutes I got a text no call…..just a text saying that she talked to Barbie and that Barbie decided to go with the other guy. It was obvious she never talked to her as many people in that circle told me that it was so wrong to do. I also want to point out that I had given her at least 10 other dates at the time. For the record her asking price is 10k a shot…you do the match….We had alot of money on the table over the next 7 months with her.

"I informed James of the situation and to say he was not happy was a understatement. James texted her and tried to get her to call him but she refused saying that we never had a deal which was a total lie.

"We had a deal, we agreed and everything was set. Like I said in wrestling when you verbally committ and tell someone your drawing up a contract its a deal. I told her agent that I have worked with everyone from the Rock which I had at my store before, to every big name in the business and that this was a first. Of course she did not reply and I just wanted to let everyone know that because of this the fans of her will not be getting to meet her at the upcoming legends convention.

"I will never work with her agent again unless she gives us the proper apology and does business the right way.

"I never like to work with agents in wrestling for this reason. They do not understand the wrestling business and usually end up costing their clients money, in this case ALOT of money.

"I was not going to pay her full price because we had a deal set because of all the dates but now that is all off the table. So if you book her beware of what your getting yourself into.

"Again this does not reflect on Barbie just the person taking her bookings."

This week's WWE RAW drew a 2.5 cable rating, with an average of 3,502,000 viewers. The first hour drew 3,436,000 viewers, the second hour had 3,598,000 viewers and the third and final hour drew 3,472,000 viewers. This was the lowest non-holiday RAW rating in 15 years.

Heh, wow.

Originally Posted by diddy310 Unfortunately I won't get the chance for Maryse and her agent to try to sell me porn.

Never forget.

I still can't believe K2's real name is Barbie Blank. It's like she's a comic book character that got ironic powers based around her name.

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Originally Posted by HydroX I wonder if Kelly Kelly's agent charged them $10,000 for the appearance. Rob Feinstein of RF Video, who coordinates wrestler appearances at trade shows, posted a lengthy blog on his Facebook page detailing his recent negotiations for the former Kelly Kelly, Barbie Blank, to appear at next month's "Legends of the Ring" convention in Monroe, New Jersey. The former Diva's agent verbally agreed to a deal six weeks ago, but it fell through Friday after Feinstein was informed that her asking price to appear at independent events had increased to $10,000. Feinstein writes, "I make it a rule to NEVER bury anyone in the wrestling business publicly if a deal goes wrong. Well in this case I want to inform anybody who might be a fan of Barbie Banks (FKA Kelly Kelly) on how her manager conducts business. To say I am pissed is a understatement. This is no way reflect Barbie Banks FKA Kelly Kelly. "About 6 weeks ago we struck a verbal deal to bring her into Legends of the Ring. We were told by her manger that she was going to be able to do outside projects while she was still under WWE contract. It really made no sense but she told me that she was in the progress of getting her a new deal that would allow this. She told me that we had a done deal and we agreed on terms. We just never signed a deal because she wanted to wait until she got a new contract which I was told would be a week. "A week went by and than I was told that because of the holiday labor day I would have to wait another week. When that week passed I was told that Barbie had to do something personal and we would have to wait another week to see if she was medically cleared to make it to our show. To me that is when things got fishy. I informed her manager that two weeks ago you told me we had a deal and we were just waiting for the paper work to go thru. Now things seemed fishy. Well later that week I was informed that she was not going to be able to make it because WWE at the time was not giving her another contract. Honestly none of this made sense to me but I thought that maybe it was true because I have heard she was trying to get a new deal to do outside projects. "So after 3 weeks or so of being put on hold finally her agent told me the deal was dead and we would have to wait until March to book her. We left everything on great terms even though I was pissed for being put thru the windmill for 3 weeks. "I went out and booked Shane Helms instead which is great. "On Friday I get a call from her agent again out of the blue asking me if its to late to book Kelly for Legends of the Ring and now she was able to do it. I told her I only had two weeks now to promote this and I wanted a better rate. I also had to talk to the promoter of Legends of the Ring and get his approval since I once already told him I had her and than had to tell him I lost her. I called up James who is always professional and told him that I could get her again and that I would feel more comfortable if he talked to her agent with me to confirm everything. "We had a three way call and we came to terms on money, the times and everything. All we needed to do was sign off on the deal. She than asked me for the address of the venue and the times and everything you would put into a contract. I told her I would sign it as soon as I looked it over and we agreed on the phone I would be able to announce this today. "A hour after we talked I was informed by the agent that someone called with in the hour that we struck our deal and offered Kelly more money that weekend for another event. She than basically tried to hold me up for more money asking well cant I match the deal and I told her no way we already verbally comitted to a deal. "The professional thing to do here was to tell the other party you already stuck a deal for that date and you would work with them in the future. That is how you conduct proper business in wrestling. A deal is a deal and especially in this business you stick to your word. "She than told me she had to talk to Barbie and she would call me back. Well with in 4 minutes I got a text no call…..just a text saying that she talked to Barbie and that Barbie decided to go with the other guy. It was obvious she never talked to her as many people in that circle told me that it was so wrong to do. I also want to point out that I had given her at least 10 other dates at the time. For the record her asking price is 10k a shot…you do the match….We had alot of money on the table over the next 7 months with her. "I informed James of the situation and to say he was not happy was a understatement. James texted her and tried to get her to call him but she refused saying that we never had a deal which was a total lie. "We had a deal, we agreed and everything was set. Like I said in wrestling when you verbally committ and tell someone your drawing up a contract its a deal. I told her agent that I have worked with everyone from the Rock which I had at my store before, to every big name in the business and that this was a first. Of course she did not reply and I just wanted to let everyone know that because of this the fans of her will not be getting to meet her at the upcoming legends convention. "I will never work with her agent again unless she gives us the proper apology and does business the right way. "I never like to work with agents in wrestling for this reason. They do not understand the wrestling business and usually end up costing their clients money, in this case ALOT of money. "I was not going to pay her full price because we had a deal set because of all the dates but now that is all off the table. So if you book her beware of what your getting yourself into. "Again this does not reflect on Barbie just the person taking her bookings."

Rob Feinstein is a pedophile. I have no sympathy for him or respect for anyone who does business with him.

Originally Posted by Chase Rob Feinstein is a pedophile. I have no sympathy for him or respect for anyone who does business with him.

I was just going to query about this. Glad you cleared it up.

Yeah, the RF thing baffles me. I know ROH cut ties with him immediately, but he must pay really well, because a lot of supposedly upstanding people are more than willing to do business with that piece of shit child predator.

Heck, it's even a shame beyond that because he ing sucks as an interviewer as well. The Kayfabe Commentary guys put out stuff that is always significantly more well produced.

Hopefully the Raw rating keeps dropping, I tuned in at 7 and had to sit and watch that horrible promo with Punk/AJ/Bryan/Ziggler that lasted OVER 30 minutes. Then I changed it to the Bears/Cowboys game. If it keeps dropping maybe they will try something new and get an edge back. The whole thing at the end where Bryan was saying I'm the tag team champion, then Punk is going I'm the world champion and Ziggler going I'm the money in the bank and then AJ starting to scream was soooo bad. It was like a scene from some live action kids show my son would watch on Nick. Then again WWE is basically G rated for kids now, not sure why adults even watch anymore.

I'm sure Vince will blame the low rating on no Cena, so we'll get extra Cena next week.

The list of things edited from Raw on Hulu this week is a long one


* The first half of Sin Cara & Rey Mysterio vs. Epico & Primo

* Brodus Clay vs. Antonio Cesaro

* Big Show and Sheamus debate

* Tensai vs. Ryback

* Backstage segment with Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes

* Eve Torres vs. Beth Phoenix

* Backstage segment with AJ Lee, her coach and Wade Barrett

* Michael Cole and Jim Ross talking about JBL's Mt. Kilimanjaro climb

* Santino Marella vs. Heath Slater

* Alberto Del Rio's entrance for his match

In fairness, though, the ratings generally tend to hit their lowest non-holiday levels when Cena isn't there. We can hate him all we want, but let's not forget there's a reason he's the focal point.

The real issue is that, yes, WWE will gives us extra Cena and not see the bigger picture problem of them still not having a Cena successor. Orton's a lost cause, Sheamus is mediocre, Punk doesn't appeal to the Cena crowd in the same way, and they've basically buried everyone else. I hope it's a wake-up call, but I know it won't be. Cena is down for less than a month... god forbid, but what happens if he gets grievously injured? What does WWE do then? That's the scary part, knowing there's no contingency plan.

They've got the talent to carry a company, but they've all been booked so poorly that they struggle to do so. Plus, in the interest of pleasing Cena fans, the three guys that could step up (Punk, Bryan, Ziggler) are hamstrung by the fact that the fans that would boost them to the company-carrying level simply aren't watching anymore.

It's a problem without a solution right now. Which is, frankly, why I've stopped watching entirely. WWE '13 is really going to be my only real WWE exposure this year. If WWE changes, I'll be back... but I'm not holding my breath on that being anytime soon.

Cena in 2012 is pretty much Hogan in '93, nearing the end of his run with no real successor. Hope everyone is ready for the return of Knuckleball Schwartz.

We Want Ryder!

We Juant Juan!

As someone who wants to see WWE sweat (if not fail), I welcome the day when an injury forces John Cena to retire and WWE shits themselves for realizing that they have put all of their eggs in one basket. (Ya gotta diversify your methods of income, yo.)

However, The Miz could be WWE's next big face if they let him. How funny it is to type out those words, huh? The way wrasslin works is weird.