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They really need to get rid of Coach. He just fucks everything up out there. I remember Styles and Lawler at Taboo Tuesday were incredible. They made the Flair vs. HHH cage match look about 20x better than it was. It was probably Lawler's best color performance in years and made Styles' WWE career look very promising. But Jonathan Coachman is seriously a cancer behind that desk.

When Shawn Michaels was on "Off The Record" in either 2003 or 2004, he said that he would love to have a one-on-one discussion-like setting with Bret Hart on a future episode of the show. When Bret Hart was on a few weeks later, he responded by saying: "Shawn claims that he's this new guy and isn't the same guy he used to be, but I know he's full of shit. Leopards never change their spots. I know he's the same guy because he'd rather apologize to me on a public forum, on a nationally televised show like the gloryhog, spotlight whore he's always been. He doesn't want to be a real man and apologize to me in private where he can't make a big show out of it. Shawn's made no attempt to contact me whatsoever at any point after I left the WWF, so until he does, he's full of shit if he says he's sorry about what happened. That's one Christian that should be fed to the lions."

Great, that must mean UseTheSledgehammerUh should be invading soon. And he's got some work to do. That Kenzo thread is still up.

In an interview with the Calgary Sun, Bret Hart definitively states that he will not be at the Wrestlemania 22 event itself in Chicago. "I'm not trying to be difficult. I just wouldn't want anyone to think I have finally got in bed with them enough that I can accept what they did to me. At this point, I'm set to fly out of Chicago early in the morning (on Sunday), before Wrestlemania." He also makes a pretty big statement, saying that he will instantly walk out of the Hall of Fame ceremony if he sees Shawn Michaels anywhere. "I've basically told them that if I see Shawn, I'll get back in a cab and go straight to the airport. They'll have to get him to do my induction speech. I just feel that there's too much anger for me. Too combustible."

[useTheSledgehammerUh]OMG GUYZ DO WE REALLY NEED A THREAD ON THIZZZZZZZZZ?[/useTheSledgehammerUh]

"Yeah, WWE pretty much fucked us on the rights to the song. But it doesn't really bother us. We thought the song sucked and it only took us 2 days to make. The music on the album will be much better than that song, so don't worry." -- Mercy Drive lead singer on their website from October 2004.

Edge was buried 2 months ago, not right now.

Big Show debuted in the WWF in February 1999, but by November 1998, it was well known that he was not going to re-sign with WCW and was jumping to the WWF when his no-compete expired. Contracts in the Monday Night War era were written/modified so that even if your contract expired, you couldn't appear on opposition television (ECW didn't count) for at least 30 days. So they had Diamond Dallas Page pretty much squash him at Starrcade 1998 and a week or two later on his final Nitro, they had the nWo turn on him and tear him apart and Eric Bischoff cut a burying promo on him while holding his unconscious head up to the camera.

OMG do we really needz a topic on thizzz??!!? Seriously though, I'm glad he went back to his old "Burn In My Light" music. He used this really generic heavy metal music for 2-3 weeks that was just awful and didn't fit him at all. I do believe the heavy metal version is still up on his WWE.Com titantron, so you can go check it out before it gets replaced. EDIT: Replaced already.

I'm not being sour, fuckface. I just think it's fucking dumb to have to wade through all this shit when I want to talk about one specific thing, because then you start having colliding responses when people start talking about different things. The next time you think about mindlessly flinging accusations at people (especially people like me who gleefully provided the complete, word-for-word WWE and TNA sections of the Observer for at least 45 weeks), just shut the hell up instead.

Why don't we just put every fucking thread in that one thread? Jeez.

"So they gave Ashley Massaro a 3-year extension and just let Christy Hemme go, who was obviously the better of the two?" This was my original response.

WWE.Com broke the expected news today that former Intercontinental and Tag Champion Andrew "Test" Martin has officially returned to the company. Martin was originally fired from WWE in August 2004. The firing was conspicuous because Martin was only 4 months into a 12-month rehabilitation for spinal fusion surgery performed by Dr. Lloyd Youngblood. Since his firing, Martin legally changed his middle name to "Test" and was working independents as "Andrew Test Martin". He had been very critical of WWE overall on his website and after the death of Eddie Guerrero, he specifically lashed out at their lack of control over the perscription drug scene in WWE saying, "I didn't even know what a soma was before I started in WWE." There has been speculation recently that WWE wanted to hire back "natural" big men in the wake of the stringent drug testing that started this week in WWE. With this in mind, Chuck Palumbo was previously rehired and Mark Jindrak's return is expected to be announced soon. This will be Test's second run with WWE. His first run started in December 1998 as the "hired gun" of Vince McMahon's Corporation in their war against DX after he was a bodyguard for Motley Crue during an October 1998 performance on RAW is WAR.

Today on her Myspace website, 2005 DivaSearch winner Ashley Massaro announced publicly that she had just signed a 3-year extension that will keep her in WWE until fall 2009. This is her post: What's up!! Thanks for all the messages guys! It was awesome to get back to work, unfortunately interfered by that insane skank Mickie! She's crazy! I just had surgery and that little stunt she pulled could have increased my time before I get back in the ring! Thankfully, I'm ok, the leg is feeling ok, was killing me yesterday but much better now, and hopefully I'll be getting this cast off just a few more weeks. I can not wait. So I can beat that girls a$$. Ok, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, and you guys are the first to know anywhere, I wanted to make sure my myspace buds would be the first to hear. I just signed my 3 year contract extension with WWE. So as of the expiration of my first contract, you guys got me for another 3 years! YAYYYYYY! I'm so stoked. Big celebration time! Anyway, thanks again for all the love, you guys are awesome. And for the funny quotes! You guys crack me up. K song of the post is Headfirst for Halos by My Chemical Romance....killer. Talk to you guys soon! Oh! And don't forget about my signing at Toys R US in Times Square this Thursday,hmmmm that would be tomorrow, sweet. My friends band has a show at Avalon in NYC that night and the night after, Aiden & 30 Seconds to Mars. I think the first is sold out but if there are still tix available for the second, you guys don't want to miss it. It's going to be INSANE!!!! k byeeee xoxoxoxox ash "Ever take it off some sweet jumps?"

From WWE.Com WWE has come to terms on the release of Matt Anoai (Rosey) as of today, March 21, 2006. We wish Rosey the best in all future endeavors.

Probably split it with some friends.

Lashley wins.

That was awesome when Test absolutely squashed Kevin Nash within like 3 minutes.

They might have something in there for former WWE/World champions. That's the only reason I can think of that Kane, Big Show, and Randy Orton have first class tickets paid for.

$48 grand a year is good money. I don't know where the fuck you live. I don't know where YOU live, but $48k a year is hardly good money if you plan to not live an apartment on microwave dinners and frozen pizza for the rest of your life. It's certainly liveable money, but you're going to eventually want a little bit more. Especially for poor ol' Maria, who has to pay for her own travel, hotel, rental car, all the stuff that she has to do to keep herself pretty for national television every week, and then take taxes out of it because Vince doesn't.

Trish making more than double the other women is some sort of cosmic justice or maybe she just has a really good agent. I remember her getting a SWEET deal back in 2000 Well, when Trish signed with the WWF in early-2000, WCW and WWF were in a huge bidding war over her. I remember she was backstage at the WCW Mayhem PPV in November 1999 as a personally invited guest of WCW since the PPV was in Toronto. So the fact she got a huge deal back then isn't really shocking, but the numbers do make your eyes open more in 2006 than they did in 2000.

Meltzer said Hogan's WM19 payoff was like $425,000, insanely low for Hogan at WM.

To whoever asked about Bret Hart's WCW contract, Bret signed a 3-year, $7.5 million contract in October 1997 with WCW which paid him $2.5 million annually.

PWTorch is reporting that Shannon Moore has NOT re-signed with WWE. -Shannon Moore has not signed with WWE as of this evening according to sources with TNA and WWE. He is considering offers from both companies - neither of which are said to qualify as a "bidding war" - and expects to make a decision soon. Moore was offered a contract by TNA months ago, but never signed it. A revised contract was being drafted at the time he received word that WWE was interested in bringing him in. A WWE source says Moore will not be sent to the developmental system if signed but could be immediately re-teamed with Matt Hardy on Smackdown.

This was found at the DVD boards, but the poster said he found it on another, unnamed board. Should be interesting for discussion purposes. Below is the World Wrestling Entertainment talent roster payroll that was taken from October of 2004 until February of 2006. The shown dollar amount beside each wrestler is the grand total that they earned from World Wrestling Entertainment in a one year period (downside guarantees, bonuses, and merchandise shares). Some wrestler's were given special privileges and bonuses in their contracts which can also be seen beside their total pay. All wrestler's contracts begin and end at different months of the year, there for each shown amount is what that particular wrestler earned in a 365 day time period between October 2004 and February 2006 (or however long they have been with the company). All dollar amounts were rounded up/down (Example: $244,766 would be $245,000) - Ashley Massaro: $131,000 - Batista: $813,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Big Show: $1,000,000 (Base salary) - Bob Holly: $217,000 - Booker T: $375,000 - Candice Michelle: $64,000 - Carlito: $319,000 - Chavo Guerrero: $206,000 - Chris Benoit: $488,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Chris Masters: $253,000 - Christian - $396,000 - Danny Basham: $130,000 - Doug Basham: $126,000 - Eddie Guerrero: $372,000 - Edge: $704,000 - Eugene: $189,000 - Funaki: $124,000 - Gene Snitsky: $292,000 - Gregory Helms: $277,000 - John Cena: $1,743,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - John Bradshaw Layfield: $786,000 (Five star hotel accommodations paid for every week) - Jerry Lawler: $204,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - Jillian Hall: $52,000 - Joey Mercury: $134,000 - Johnny Nitro: $143,000 - Jonathan Coachman: $175,000 - Kane: $ 851,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Ken Kennedy: $133,000 - Kid Kash: $62,000 - Kurt Angle: $1,023,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Lance Cade: $118,000 - Lilian Garcia: $90,000 - Lita: $286,000 (Mostly downside paid due to lack of wrestling) - Maria: $41,000 - Mark Henry: $300,000 (Base pay) - Matt Hardy: $322,000 (Missed over $70,000 of pay due to firing) - Matt Striker: $43,000 - Melina: $155,000 - Mickie James: $72,000 - Nunzio: $186,000 - Orlando Jordan: $145,000 - Paul London: $177,000 - Psicosis: $122,000 - Randy Orton: $711,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Rene Dupree: $289,000 - Rey Mysterio: $414,000 - Ric Flair: $508,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Rob Conway: $186,000 - Rob Van Dam: $220,000 (Only received downside and royalties due to injury) - Rosey: $105,000 - Shawn Michaels: $1,045,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - Shelton Benjamin: $366,000 - Simon Dean: $132,000 - Stacy Keibler: $178,000 (Only downside paid during absence) - Steven Richards: $94,000 - Torrie Wilson: $260,000 - Trevor Murdoch: $48,000 - Triple H: $2,013,000 (Allowed the personal use of company jet (10) times per year. First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - Trish Stratus: $618,000 (Receives 20% of all Trish Stratus merchandise sold) - Tyson Tomko: $127,000 - Undertaker: $1,811,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - Val Venis: $210,000 - Victoria: $275,000 - Viscera: $130,000 - William Regal: $225,000