Guest webmasterofwrestlegame Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Dave Scherer said that there is nothing to this story.
Guest Jay Z. Hollywood Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Jay Bower mentioned this story in his last 411 column, he said it came from the Torch. I haven't heard anything from anywhere else though, so I'd also assume there's nothing to the story.
Youth N Asia Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Hope it's not true. OVW has turned out some good product that last couple years.
Fökai Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 I'm assuming that the WWE wanted to go "national" with their proposed developmental territory - pull a few strings to get them a television deal. Since everyone under the OVW roster is contractually obligated to the WWE, it's just a "pick-up and go" attitude (unless they go the HWA route and release talent).
Detective Comics Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Good, I live the New Englad area, and I would like to go see a WWE developmental territory. That way I can see how bad they suck, and how they will bring them up before they are ready.
Guest mickberna Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 A friend of mine, whose wrestling name is Livewyre, is in OVW now, and is getting a couple dark matches in WWE very soon. So as far as I can tell, the working relationship is still there, and probably always will be. WWE would be insane to give up on a developmental fed.
teke184 Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 The WWE already gave up on several of them over the past two years so Vince could buy an extra ivory backscratcher. It wouldn't surprise me if they really DID screw everything up by trying to open their own territory in the Northeast then cut Davis and Cornette out of the loop.
teke184 Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 I'm assuming that the WWE wanted to go "national" with their proposed developmental territory - pull a few strings to get them a television deal. Since everyone under the OVW roster is contractually obligated to the WWE, it's just a "pick-up and go" attitude (unless they go the HWA route and release talent). Not everyone on the OVW roster is under WWE developmental contract. A lot of people come out and train on their own dime in order to compete for one of those contracts while others, such as BJ Payne, stay in the territory despite losing their contracts due to the WWE's cost-cutting.
AndrewTS Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Is HWA out of business completely since WWE cut it from being a farm league for them?
LaParkaYourCar Posted August 13, 2003 Report Posted August 13, 2003 This rumor is false. I can't remember where I heard it, but I heard it was false.
teke184 Posted August 13, 2003 Report Posted August 13, 2003 Is HWA out of business completely since WWE cut it from being a farm league for them? Les Thatcher's HWA is still open but has dropped off the radar for most fans. Even before it was dropped as a territory, it had stopped running the Brian Pillman Memorial Show, which was one of its biggest cards of the year, due to the problems in scheduling such a card while being a developmental territory.
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