Guest Ronnie755 Report post Posted August 6, 2004 What's the deal with these constant departures? It seems like every few weeks WWE is firing somebody. I don't think there has been one single month this year without somebody quitting or being fired. Not only that, they rarely hire any new talent. You would think that they would be hiring people left and right because they need new talent to prepare for the future. Instead, they never hire anybody and they just go around releasing people every week. People always talk about how bad the writers are. I think the talent relations department are just as bad, if not worse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2004 Maybe they're cutting their roster down enough so they can go back to a single brand? ...probably not, but still. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TigerDriver91 Report post Posted August 7, 2004 Why would WWE bother hiring a bunch of wrestlers when they don't even use most of the roster that they already have? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Staravenger Report post Posted August 7, 2004 I think because of either of the following... 1. They hadn't developed like they were expected. (See Vince's love for Ultimo and sudden dislike after 1 MATCH!) 2. Have nothing to do because of an over-sized roster. (Velocity regularly has some good matches, and the WORLD CHAMP was on it recently) 3. Got on the bad side of someone For Sakoda, I'd say it was a mix of both 1 & 2. He was nowhere near as talented as Akio, and their only purpose was being Tajiri's back-up. I'm surprised Akio is still employed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted August 9, 2004 PWTorch.com is reporting that Ryan Sakoda's recent WWE firing was due to officials souring on his ring-work to the point where they gave up on him. He had been in OVW training, but WWE just decided to part ways with the wrestler. There was also internal feeling that Sakoda would never properly recover from his back injury. Many wrestlers were upset with this move and came to the released wrestler's defense, since Sakoda had noticeably put a lot of effort into working through his injury. so here you go, if substance wrestling was a valid reason in the WWE there would be alot of open spots in the WWE for others to slip in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2004 They released the wrong "japanese" wrestler. Shoulda been Kenzo. Hes pretty worthless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BottleRocket Report post Posted August 10, 2004 I find it ironic that Yang and Ultimo Dragon were both not-pushed for the same reason...and both happen to be Japanese, while slugs like Heidenreich who couldn't drag a decent match out of their asses "have fire" and get pushed. I believe Jimmy Yang is actually Korean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2004 Yang is American, of Korean descent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fro 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2004 Yang is American, of Korean descent. Sakoda's a Asian-American as well. Yang/Akio you can often hear calling his spots in a southern accent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest fanofcoils Report post Posted August 11, 2004 WWE just loves to hire random Asian wrestlers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thatdude21601 Report post Posted August 11, 2004 Yang is American, of Korean descent. Sakoda's a Asian-American as well. Yang/Akio you can often hear calling his spots in a southern accent. "Come on ref!"...I really hope Akio gets to stay around a bit. Best Sakoda moment? The Heat before No Way Out, had a cute finish. Otherwise ....meh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2004 Not to sound racist or anything but that's gotta be the most fucked up thing. Seeing and hearing an asian guy talking in a southern drawl. I used to know this Cantonese dude from Ireland. It was surreal.. PS: Does anyone know if this story is even true? I mean, normally, WWE announces on their site when they've let someone go, and then they remove the person from the roster page. It happened with Sable. Immediately. But there's no mention of Sakoda being fired on the site, and he's still on the Smackdown roster page. http://smackdown.wwe.com/superstars.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest M. Harry Smilac Report post Posted August 11, 2004 Not to sound racist or anything but that's gotta be the most fucked up thing. Seeing and hearing an asian guy talking in a southern drawl. I used to know this Cantonese dude from Ireland. It was surreal.. PS: Does anyone know if this story is even true? I mean, normally, WWE announces on their site when they've let someone go, and then they remove the person from the roster page. It happened with Sable. Immediately. But there's no mention of Sakoda being fired on the site, and he's still on the Smackdown roster page. http://smackdown.wwe.com/superstars.html Yea I know a guy who's called "Korean Ian" and he's one of the biggest hicks i've ever met. Should have heard him say "I don't know nuttin bout dem dere computers" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
