Guest BoboBrazil Report post Posted February 13, 2003 D. Lo Brown has been told by WWE that he will be let go next month. Brown had been making an estimated $350,000 a year. He had recently been given a small push in the "Down with the Brown" storyline, but the company apparently didn't like where it was going enough to continue with it, and decided to let him go. 1wrestling.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the pinjockey Report post Posted February 13, 2003 How the hell was he making 350 grand a year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Poor Teddy Long. OMG RAYCISM!~ He wasn't getting over so why waste the money on him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BoboBrazil Report post Posted February 13, 2003 You know what is pathetic? They fired D'lo, but they still keep people like Demott and Albert. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Insane Bump Machine Report post Posted February 13, 2003 They gave him plenty of TV time for his "down with the brown" crap, and now they release him. Meanwhile, a guy like Shane Helms isn't doing anything of note. Gotta love WWE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lord of The Curry Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Eh, he's better off in NWA-TNA. They can make a tag team with him and The Truth called The Cracka Killaz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Hurricane is currently injured BTW. D-Lo probably makes more then DeMott and Albert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Insane Bump Machine Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Hurricane is currently injured BTW. oh, ok. Didn't know that. When's he coming back? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted February 13, 2003 I think in a couple weeks. Ironically he was injured against D-Lo Brown Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 thats such bullshit..... They bring Dlo back to some visability and even gave him da Masta Manager of Doom and the Skyscrapers Teddy Theodore Long.. Buttttt NOOOOO I guess HHH wanted to buy a Pony for Stephanie or maybe a whole range and they cut him to pay for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted February 13, 2003 What's the difference. The WWE wasn't using him, there was no point in keeping him around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted February 13, 2003 thats such bullshit..... They bring Dlo back to some visability and even gave him da Masta Manager of Doom and the Skyscrapers Teddy Theodore Long.. Buttttt NOOOOO I guess HHH wanted to buy a Pony for Stephanie or maybe a whole range and they cut him to pay for it. They gave him a mini-push. He wasn't over at all. Nobody cared about him. And oh let's just blame Triple H for no reason cause HHHating is sooo cool. The guy was dead weight and eating up a large chunk of payroll. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 That's just it - he WAS getting over. When Raw was in DC about a week ago, there were plenty of pro-D-Lo fans. And plus, the gimmick had just begun - can't expect miracles overnight. I'm not a big D-Lo fan by any means but at least he was making Raw a little more interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted February 13, 2003 He was making RAW interesting with his boring matches?? The gimmick wasn't entertaining but it wasn't going anywhere and the guy makes too much money to be kept around Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CanadianChris Report post Posted February 13, 2003 That's the problem with the business today...everyone expects people to get gimmicks over almost overnight, given how ratings-driven the business has become. What happened to letting a guy grow into a gimmick? Hell, they left guys like Skinner, the Berzerker, and Sparkplug Holly out there for months, even years, even after knowing the gimmick wasn't getting over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 He just wasn't Over to Bob Barron and Bob Barron made the Call..... And Dlo Was outta there! j/k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted February 13, 2003 I think this was more of a salary issue then anything. D-Lo was making way too much money and it's a smart move to cut him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the pinjockey Report post Posted February 13, 2003 I really don't care about D-Lo, never got into him, but I would have tried to renegotiate as opposed to just release. Just let him know he would need to take a MASSIVE pay cut. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BionicRedneck Report post Posted February 13, 2003 No, it wasn't a smart move to cut him. A smart move would have been to, A: Cut him a while back when he wasn't on TV. or B: Ask him to take a pay cut. Whats smart about cutting a guy who has recently come back to TV with a new angle/manager without giving it a chance to get over? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Dlo Was a Smark Darling so maybe they thought the run would be successful. and when it wasn't helping in practice they swatted him, for the very money issues others here say. Because its a chunk of change for a Nonpopular Wrestler to be making when he isn't even on TV most of the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mole Report post Posted February 13, 2003 That makes me sad, I love D'Lo. He's better off in NWA though, so whatever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AndrewTS Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Goody. More airtime for a certain somebody. Once again, a wrestler is going to get punished because the creative team sucks. That's a shame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bling-Bling Buchanan Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Why can't the just resign him to a smaller contract? It would still be more than any other wrestling company could pay him. They did the same thing with Saturn. If they want to cut dead weight who make way too much money, then they should look at Mark Henry and Big Daddy Quadtear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chunk 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Honestly, that just seems stupid to me. Axe him, fair enough, but dont push him when you know you are going to cut him because he costs too much. Why put an angle out there that you know has little chance of success, when you know you arnt going to make it long term anyway. They did a similar thing with Raven. Build him up. Bring him back to prime time TV and the sack him. WTF? If you want to test an angle out, isnt that what Velocity and Heat are for? ChUnK! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the pinjockey Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Isn't there something in Mark Henry's contract where he is guaranteed his whole deal or something even if they do fire him. If that is the case you might as well keep him on file just in case a miracle happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bling-Bling Buchanan Report post Posted February 13, 2003 WHY did they think Mark Henry would be such a sure thing? I mean, I know this is Vince, we're talking about, but... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 It was the same as the Raven angle...he had this great Masterpiece thing...and what was it??? He got Canned! Woohoo thats entertainment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted February 13, 2003 Maybe the WWE did ask D-Lo to take a pay cut. Probably not, but you never no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rob Van Dam Report post Posted February 13, 2003 D-Lo's wwf/e career has been finished since october of 1999 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jester Report post Posted February 13, 2003 I personally thought the gimmick they gave D'lo was crap, and his wrestling wasn't particularly entertaining, but there are plenty of other guys doing less and are far more worthless still on the payroll. In the case of Mark Henry, I think it would be almost worthwhile to deliberately breach the contract and hire Johnny Cochran to go to court with the Chewbacca defense, and hope to get off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
