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[Gio Takahashi]

why the frig would they release Umaga, he was one of the more interesting heel for WWE?

Edited June 9, 2009 by Gio Takahashi

[Rappy Veteran]

why the frig would they release Umaga, he was one of the more interesting heel for WWE?

They clearly had no plans other then making him a bulldozer which grew tiresome after about 3 weeks...plus the fact he's only ever against jobbers 90% of the time didn't help.

[Gio Takahashi]

Wow. The ending to Raw was just.. Wow. Glad that something's finally changed!

Edited June 9, 2009 by Gio Takahashi

[Rappy Veteran]

yay HHH is back.

[aggrophobik]

that was a decent return too, imo.

[Gio Takahashi]

Haha Oh man I can't decide which is better, HHH returning and finally punishing Orton or Vickie quitting.

I am SO glad that Vickie is finally gone. Apparently she gave her notice for extended leave of absence too, to spend time with her daughters!

Bottomline, I'm glad to see things changing in Raw, it's getting so boring recently.

[Rappy Veteran]

Yeah Vikki going has pretty much made Raw watchable :p

[AgentGray]

Vikki quitting scene ALMOST turned Edge face in my mind... i always knew it was just for the power... i was hoping they'd do a slow dawning on her so she'd have a more believable mental break and leaving, but now the attention on the hog match is explained... no divas/womens match at Extreme but THAT crap? Didn't make any sense even if it was entertaining...now it does... she made one hell of a heel for a long time until they couldn't figure out what to do with her and she had to rely on her obviously lacking promoing skills and being the same harpy caricature of a wicked witch and it was a grinding wheel.

Next week is a WWE Title match, guessing HHH is taking it from Orton and holding onto it for a nice long time... hopefully they'll let him do a slow face vs face for a bit, there are a few upper-card people who deserve and Orton could use some time to build new heat when they put him up there next. Legacy had a nice standalone tag match with little influence from Orton, so I could see them lasting outside of his influence as a team.

[LOC Veteran]

Say what you will about Vickie, she was an awesome heel that WWE will be losing now.

I think she did an amazing job over the years now. Considering she'd never been involved in wrestling except as a "Wrestlers wife" up until when Eddie died. With her shrill voice and that funny as hell (to me anyway) EXCUSE ME line, she was just made to be a heel. It's not her fault they put her with Edge for so long, but then again, it did make for some really interesting situations over the years as well.

I kinda knew she was going to quit or leave WWE after that hog pen match at the PPV. It seems whenever a woman leaves WWE, the WWE likes to totally embarrass them or make them look horrible. Like Lita especially, or even Victoria recently. Only Trish had a good send off that I can remember. I guess because Lita and Vickie were heels, WWE feels they don't need a nice send off. But it would have been nice to see Vickie go face and get a good crowd reaction when she leaves.

Me thinks she'll be back eventually though. So, who wants to start guessing who makes RAW GM now? My guess is it goes to a McMahon again :D

[Wannes]

I'm glad to see HHH back and finally hitting some sense in Randy. Most of the "I'm going to take you down" matches lead to nothing while this "attack" was severe and well placed. However, I thought he'd return when they were attacking Batista in order to regroup a part of evolution. Then again, Orton was once part of it as well.

[AgentGray]

Wannes, Batista is out, probably for several months if not indefinite, he tore up his arm BAD soon after coming back and wrestled injured and made it worse at extreme rules...looking at surgery this week and an unknown recovery time... so at least a few months... HHH being brought back so soon was probably only decided on after Extreme, it felt like he was going to get a good solid break when he left so it's surprising to see him back so quickly.

[Rappy Veteran]

I think Batista is done and I wouldn't want to see HHH get the title back give it to someone like Miz or someone shock us all!

[LOC Veteran]

MVP is more likely to get the title before the Miz even comes close to it yet. If anyone on the RAW roster deserves a title shot/run it's William Regal. But, the WWE doesn't trust him I guess. They trusted Jeff Hardy to put him in the main event and it's worked out well for them.

But, as we all know, if anyone is going to get the title on RAW, its' going to be one of three people. HHH, John Cena or Randy Orton. At this point, those 3 give Vinnie Mac the biggest erections still. So, they will continue to get pushed and get titles. Personally, now that Vickie is off TV for the forseeable future. I'd love to see Edge move over to RAW and turn face (or, remain heel and join up with Legacy somehow) and fued with HHH, Shawn Michaels (when he returns) and John Cena or Randy Orton.

But, RAW is already stacked with talent as it is. I doubt very much Edge will be moved over to the RAW roster anytime soon. But he may still turn face. He got a nice little pop last night on RAW. Even though the way he got it was just the normal heel losing heat way (by making another heel look bad etc).

BTW, if anyone doesn't know. Tommy Dreamer apparently signed a 3-5 year extension on his WWE contract. So his ECW championship won't be a 2 day affair like most suspected (unless he loses it tonight on ECW anyway lol)

[Rappy Veteran]

It's about time they give an original a run with the ECW title...the title mean **** now but still always a good thing to see.

[LOC Veteran]

Yeah, even though this ECW is nothing like the original. Dreamer deserved it more than anyone else on the WWE roster. The man has been through hell and back over the years for one. And he's been jobber extreme for ECW for a long time now. He does what he's told, never argues with others. And he's a long time veteran that others look up to for advice. He's down to Earth, very nice to everyone, and the other boys just like him.

I'm glad he won the title, and you could see it in his face when he won how happy he was.

[Rappy Veteran]

Batista has suffered a completely torn left bicep requiring surgery that will keep him out of action for at least four months. (WWE.Com)

[RageOfFury]

So I'm guessing that next week's WWE Championship match will be a match to determine a new WWE Champion. Probably HHH vs Orton vs MVP, with HHH coming out on top.

[Unrealistic]

Ric Flair = New GM

[RageOfFury]

WWE announced during tuesday's edition of ECW on Sci-Fi that next week's special three-hour edition of Raw will feature a Fatal 4-Way Match to determine who will fill the vacated WWE Championship. The participants will be John Cena, Triple H, The Big Show, and Randy Orton.

Superman...err...I mean John Cena better not win. I can't stand him as champion. I'm going with HHH on this one.

[Rappy Veteran]

"As of right now, sources within TNA claim that the company is interested in both Mr. Kennedy and Umaga. One member of upper management sees dollar signs in a program with Umaga and Samoa Joe. Kennedy and Umaga's 90-day no-compete clauses with WWE will be expiring just a couple weeks apart from each other late in the summer."

[RageOfFury]

Umaga was released because he failed the WWE Wellness Policy for a 3rd time. 3 strikes and your out.

[LOC Veteran]

Credit: F4WOnline.com

As we reported this past Monday night, former RAW General Manager Vickie Guerrero legitimately gave her notice to the company, claiming she wanted to wrap up business so she could return to her normal home-life with her children.

Apparently Vickie gave her notice about a month ago, the same time the storylines started centering around her and pig noises. The hog-pen match and the verbal send-off from Edge on RAW this past Monday night were Vickie's parting gifts from WWE.

Screw WWE and the way they write out female characters. It's disgusting.

[Rappy Veteran]

Yeah it's a shame how she's been treated but she won't be missed on the screen :p

[Victor Rambo]

Kane is coming to India. :o :p

[AgentGray]

So TNA's interested in a character incapable of promoting and someone known to be a threat to their other athletes, awesome... Nothing against Umaga, TNA might be able to use him better, but Kenedy might seriously need some seriously considering