Comments on: Abraham Washington Blames WWE Release On Linda McMahon Senate Campaign

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:40:19 +0000

The WWE creates its characters with but one objective in mind: to rally the fans to his or her side. If said character is to be a face, then that talent's job is to make that character likeable enough that fans will pay money to watch him or her perform. If, instead, that character is to be a heel, then it is the talent's responsibility to make that character so hated by the fans that they will pay money to watch him or her get his or her backsides kicked. Brian, aka A.W., was simply doing his job, and doing it well. Did he make an off-color remark? Certainly. Did it draw heat from the fans? Absolutely! So he did the job he was assigned to do in the way he was trained to do it, and he got fired. This sends a strong message to the rest of the talent: do not be TOO good at your job, or you, too, will be on the unemployment line.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:27:16 +0000

Vince's balls are in Linda's purse, and she's not releasing them anytime soon. Let's face it: Linda runs the WWE. And she's running it into the ground! TNA really doesn't have to do anything to compete with the WWE; at this rate, the WWE will destroy itself long before TNA has a chance to. Look at the facts: they went PG, dumping the Attitude Era and losing quite a few fans in the process; the Diva Division is, essentially, AJ; the Tagteam Division is all but none existant; their talent is constantly disappointed and losing moral. It's falling apart from the inside, and soon won't be able to stand on its own. All because Linda just HAD to be a politician. I guess they didn't know what else to do with all that money.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:21:44 +0000

The problem is that the WWE created A.W. They want people to be larger than life. They train these guys to go out and say things that will bring heat from the fans. They want fans riled up so they'll pay money to see these guys get their a**es kicked. Then the first time they say something like A.W. said, they get fired. That's ridiculous.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:32:13 +0000

As much as I see people comment on how annoyed they get with the product and how they’re “done watching WWE”, lets be real. CM Punk said it best himself in his 2011 pipebomb: Vince will make money despite himself and the spoke on the wheel will keep on turning. Money will continue to be mad and shows will continue to be watched. Like pop culture’s constant change over the years, wrestling just isn’t the same thing it used to be…did I say “wrestling”? I meant entertainment.

By: WNW FAN

WNW FAN — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:26:37 +0000

Ok…maybe its true about the whole only fired because of Linda's campaign. I can see the argument. But be the bigger man and show professionalism. A perfect example…Finlay. He made a mistake, admitted it, and was rehired by the company a year later. Also A.W. probably only endorsed her because he was being politically correct. Being politically incorrect got him fired.

A little note to everyone who hates on Linda and Romney…they'd be a heck of a lot better than who we have in office now. Ok, so Romney may not be the perfect choice but he's the only choice we have right now. And lets say the WWE were to give the IWC what they wanted. TV14 instead of PG. You people would still complain and then you'd also blame Vince and Linda when the company went bankrupt and was no more. "Oh they should do this and not do that". Bet all of you who complain have never ran a multimillion dollar corporation before. You may not please everybody but you have to do whats best for business. The McMahon's may not be Saints but their by no means dumb either.

By: TNA

TNA — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:43:58 +0000

TNA vs ROH beta then wwe

By: TNA

TNA — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:43:30 +0000

TNA vs ROH

By: BlazeKing

BlazeKing — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:02:58 +0000

AW actually is a wrestker. He’s huge under that suit. His arms are waiting to burst out of his blazer.

By: BlazeKing

BlazeKing — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:04:39 +0000

*consensually

This is why i dont usually like commentating with a mobile. Big thumbs = cringe inducing typos

By: BlazeKing

BlazeKing — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:59:45 +0000

Ps. like i said in another article…

The joke mention “unstoppable sex in a colorado hotel”. It never mentioned forceful sex. Unstoppable could also mean the man has enough stamina to have sex about 5 times with different women; consensqlly

By: BlazeKing

BlazeKing — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:56:10 +0000

Well see “who cares”, that’s proper sentence structure. Why would I include a punctuation mark in quotations when it was not originally there. Now add the fact that I was typing a question.

Now to Thebops:

You see he didnt answer the question. I basically called him out for doing that because AW is a black guy and he assumes he must talk like that because he’s black. There was no reason for it at all. Do you ever think Richard would write something like that? No.

To your other point: I never like to type out long comments while im on a mobile phone. I dont like using touchscreens for that. But besides that, that question was never answered so im not going to type more questions that wont get answered.

By: thebops

thebops — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:46:34 +0000

A completely well thought out and articulated argument and your issue is the fact he said ‘thunk’? *rolling my eyes*

By: thebops

thebops — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:37:58 +0000

No it doesn’t.

By: thebops

thebops — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:37:02 +0000

Copy that.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:36:48 +0000

He is a complete idiot, he wasn’t even a wrestler cutting a promo, he was just a prat with a mic talking through a match. Good riddance to a pain in the ass.

By: Who Cares?!

Who Cares?! — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:41:16 +0000

Why did you feel it was necessary to put the question mark outside the quotation marks? I'll assume for entertainment like myself.

By: AW still fired!

AW still fired! — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:38:08 +0000

Wrong!!! The business actually refers to him as unemployed at this time.

By: Adam W.

Adam W. — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:32:11 +0000

While looking at his past tweets, he was endorsing Linda's campaign only a few days prior to his release. Although I agree that losing your jobs sucks, he is just being unprofessional, inappropriate and eating sour grapes. AW is calling out people on Twitter, mocking them with vulgar language and inappropriate comments, which is the same reason why he was released to begin with.

By: BlazeKing

BlazeKing — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:00:24 +0000

Um… yeah. Why did you feel it was neccessary to type “thunk”?

By: James M>>>

James M>>> — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:37:48 +0000

AW is an idiot .

By: Synyster

Synyster — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:31:41 +0000

Ok first Linda is a terrible senate choice, as is Romney for president. Second AW was a terrible character anyway and he should have been fired long ago.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:34:42 +0000

What ever to conterversy creates cash? Oh wait? Oh yeah.!

By: Wwefan4ever

Wwefan4ever — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:01:22 +0000

Yeah he does. He told me while we were riding our dinosaurs together… On the sun

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:35:51 +0000

Linda did nothing wrong, wwe pg was to attract a younger audience & AW needs to realize u can’t live in the past

By: Jim P

Jim P — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:57:58 +0000

I think AW is right, but I don't have much sympathy for him at all. Has the business (or at least the WWE) changed? Yes, of course. But he knows that. Everyone knows it. He knew that Linda was running for senate and that WWE was becoming an uptight environment and he failed to adapt. Every other superstar, with the exceptions of Attitude Era Legends like The Rock and Stone Cold when they make appearances, has had to walk that new line and most have managed to do it successfully. There's also the fact that AW was a manager. Talking is a manager's primary job and so when they slip-up on the mic, it calls for harsher judgement. In fairness, I may be biased anyway. I didn't like AW's work. I don't think he elevated the Prime Time Players. I think he stole the spotlight from them and not because he was better than them, but because he was louder, literally, with the mic at ringside. I just hope that none of the splashback lands on the PTP. Like them or not, they're helping to re-establish something that's almost starting to look like a tag team division in WWE.

By: CptCrunchy

CptCrunchy — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:27:57 +0000

Yeah I don't even think TNA will want him at this point. He lacks any maturity whatsoever. Tommy Dreamer needs to just spam "Lego Hair" on his Twitter.

By: ghopkins13

ghopkins13 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:00:24 +0000

People have been fired for less, you get a limited amount of chances to get over. He messed up on live tv and he’s paying the price. The tantrum that’s he’s having now isn’t going to help his future endeavors.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:54:16 +0000

By: Whammaster

Whammaster — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:49:01 +0000

A.W was what the business calls " A Bad Person ", a Heel if you will.

Now it can be hard to understand, but as " A Bad Person " you make jokes and comments that other people may just find irritating, or out of taste, to the the point that you may actually not like seeing the person come out.

Very interesting right?

By: _JIM_

_JIM_ — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:44:45 +0000

Well of course he was fired because of her Senate run. All he had to do was fly straight and he just couldn’t do it. Its only been like 10 days since his last mess over the Kobe joke, and that almost got him canned, so what did he think was going to happen when he used that vote or die for Linda McMahon hashtag. Common sense isn’t one of A.W.’s stronger attributes. Either that or somebody needs to inform him the Attitude Era has been over for quite some time. Especially when the bosses wife is running for Senate and is already taking a beating for her involvement with WWE. #AWBlewIt