Sanders believes Politics kept him out

[Guest oldschoolwrestling]

Mike Sanders, who was recently released from his WWE developmental contract, blames WWE politics on his dismissal. Sanders believes he was caught in the middle of a power struggle between Kevin Nash and Paul Heyman.

 

Sanders, who has become real life friends with Nash, was apparently not liked by Heyman. Sanders was trying out to be Raw commentator when Heyman was doing that job, and he believes that Heyman worked against him.

 

Sanders has a 90 day non-compete clause, after which he is expected to sign with NWA:TNA.

 

Credit: Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter

[Guest BigTim2002]

Great

So Mike Sanders, the best talker WCW had before they folded, can't even ANNOUNCE because of Heyman?

 

Hmmmm...

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

What would Heyman have against Sanders? Oh, maybe because he's associated with Nash and such. I can see why Heyman wouldn't like Sanders, but to keep him away is madness.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

I guess that's another reason to dislike Heyman. To go with.. his massive ego, his role in fucking up Brock.. his inability to put the ECW title on RVD.. and all that

[Guest CanadianChick]

.. his inability to put the ECW title on RVD..

Hate Heyman all you want, but don't blame RVD not having the title, blame Vince.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

well something kept sanders out

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

.. his inability to put the ECW title on RVD..

Hate Heyman all you want, but don't blame RVD not having the title, blame Vince.

Uh... I'm talking about ECW not the WWE

[Guest CanadianChick]

.. his inability to put the ECW title on RVD..

Hate Heyman all you want, but don't blame RVD not having the title, blame Vince.

Uh... I'm talking about ECW not the WWE

oops, my mistake...sorry

[Guest Anglesault]

What the hell did Heyman do to Brock?

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Heyman isn't really helping too much to get Brock over. It couldn't hurt for Heyman, the writer of SD, to let Brock go over somebody cleanly before Summerslam.

[Guest BionicRedneck]

Heyman might be the SD writer, but he is not in complete control, as we all know.

 

can't blame Heyman for Brock not being as over as he should be.

[Guest HollywoodSpikeJenkins]

Who cares about Brock?

 

 

 

 

WHAT ABOUT SANDERS???????????

[Guest bob_barron]

Can't you just accept that Brock isn't over cause he's not very good?

[Guest BionicRedneck]

I would say Brock isn't over to the level he should be because he was booked poorly to begin with. He has been booked fairly strong lately, IMO.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Can't you just accept that Brock isn't over cause he's not very good?

no.. because that's not the case.

 

Brock repeatedly needed Heyman to win matches and that's just poor booking for a monster heel.

[Guest RicFlairGlory]

I would say Brock isn't over to the level he should be because he was booked poorly to begin with. He has been booked fairly strong lately, IMO.

And he STILL isnt over

 

And he isnt over to the level he should be because he DOESNT DESERVE THE PUSH.

 

He's a ROOKIE for christs sake, and nobody should win the title after FIVE MONTHS, PERIOD.

 

Of course he isnt over, nobody knows who he is, and nobody cares about him.

 

Book him as strong as you want, nobody cares about him.

[Guest BionicRedneck]

I agree

 

I wasn't saying he was over enough, i was just saying you can't blame the booking at the minute.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

anyway, about Sanders

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

and in 90 - however many days since hes been released, NWA:TNA will have folded so I guess he can look forward to doing the indy circuit..

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

I have nothing against Heyman either, but now I guess the NWA just scored half a point in star power.

 

I don't think they even got half a point.

 

.. his inability to put the ECW title on RVD.. and all that

 

RVD never needed the belt. Guys like Justin Credible needed the title.

 

One more thing, Heyman has been trying to steal Brock's heat if you ask me. Lesnar's first feud in the WWF was based on Heyman ordering Lesnar to destroy the Hardys because Lita was offended by his advances. Heyman's supposed to work for Lesnar, but Heyman orders Lesnar around.

[Guest Austin3164life]

I have heard of Mike Sanders many times, however I either don't remember his mic work, or just haven't heard it. Is he that good on the schtick?

[Guest BionicRedneck]

RVD never needed the belt. Guys like Justin Credible needed the title.

 

RVD might not have needed it, but ECW did.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

pinnacle:

 

good point with the Brock/Heyman thing

[Guest BionicRedneck]

I have heard of Mike Sanders many times, however I either don't remember his mic work, or just haven't heard it. Is he that good on the schtick?

He was good on the mic, particularly for someone with such little experience.

[Guest Army Eye]

Sanders was very good on the stick, especially for how green he was. Comparable to how good Angle's interview skills when he started out IMO. (but of course he was nowhere near Angle in wrestling skill)

 

On the bright side of this, I doubt WWE would've used Sanders correctly. He'd probably be feuding with Just Joe if he was on TV at all. Sanders can be a big star in NWA-TNA.

[Guest Dangerous A]

I've got two other reasons Sanders isn't with the company any longer.

 

1) He's small. As in not a muscle freak.

 

2) He's not tall.

 

If Sanders was even 6'2 or 6'3 and weighed in around 220-230, he'd still at least be in OVW, or better.

 

Since Mike Sanders has "below average" height and weight, he isn't considered "above average" to the WWE higher ups. If he was bigger, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. It would just be Heyman or Nash having to deal with him.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

I'm not going to say this again:

 

TNA is not folding anytime soon.

 

1. They have a contract to produce their show for 1 full year.

 

2. They have just expanded their viewership into Canada, which will only bring them more money.

 

3. Dave Meltver reported on his radio show last week that TNA appears to be turning a profit due to steady buyrates and their budget cuts.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

Looks like you did say it again.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

LOL!

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

Blah...

 

I fixed it.

 

My first double post on this board...and it had to happen there.

 

OH CRUEL IRONY!!!!!!