WWE News: Final European Tour Numbers, Orton to Take Time Off, One Night Stand Format and More
Posted by Larry Csonka on 05.05.2008
Some WWE news to kick off the week!
- The final numbers from the recent European Tour saw the company make $14.5 million dollars, which is the biggest money making tour in company history.
- Randy Orton has asked for some time off, specifically for house shows. Orton has said that he is feeling burnt out, but would work all TV and PPV, since is he penciled in at the top for the next few months. Orton and his wife are also expecting their first child soon. It is not known is he has had the request granted, but the company has pulled him from the tour of Mexico.
- The tentative plans for the One Night Stand PPV on June 1st is for all matches to be fought under Extreme Rules.
- Jonathan Coachman's current contract ends in the next few months. Many feel he could end up with a full time job with the MSG network, where he is very popular.
- With MyNetwork TV keeping Smackdown on Friday nights, they stand to diminish possible ad revenues. WWE's new deal does not share ad revenue with MyNetwork TV.
You know instead of marking "HUGE SPOILERS" as things like Rowdy Piper standing backstage and doing a 10 second promo, things like the Randy Orton asking for time off really should be a spoiler since that pretty much means he is going to be HHH's bitch for the next 2 months
Posted By: natedoggcata (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Heres hoping Orton matures a bit when his wife gives birth (not throwing food at the kid when it wakes him up by crying)
Posted By: Guest#6012 (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Heres hoping Orton matures a bit when his wife gives birth (not throwing food at
the kid when it wakes him up by crying)
LOL agree
they gave him a lot of breaks after prior incidents it seems
as for Rowdy too bad they didnt make him GM. It might give some comedy like when Mick was GM
Posted By: M (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 01:11 AM
Just fire Orton already. He's done a thousand things that would have sent any other superstar back to OVW. He's completelly untalented, can't cut a promo, constantly F's up moves... etc etc
Posted By: Anthony (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 01:22 AM
Explains the title loss..
Posted By: DumDum (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 01:50 AM
Orton > all the commenters above me
Posted By: Rob (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 03:44 AM
I call BS on Coachman being popular anywhere
Posted By: KX (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 03:48 AM
If I were Vince I'd say "Sure, you can have some time off. Just don't expect me to push you as hard as the wrestlers who actually WANT to come to work." and bump his ass back down the card.
Posted By: JTX (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 05:29 AM
Glad to see that a request for time off is being granted. Obviously Benoit asked the same not so long ago (lets hope this doesnt end like that) and i'm glad to hear that if somebody feels they need a break, the E will let them have it.
Posted By: Pure dynamite (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 05:56 AM
You have to love the douche bags who are like "OMG!!! HE WANTS A BREAK!!! DE-PUSH HIM IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!" Morons
Posted By: M:-X (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 09:05 AM
i imagine in the delivery room,randy will stay in character and give the doctor an rko for the hell of it.
Posted By: jpegs (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 09:07 AM
HHH gets all he wants(I wonder why?)yet nobody says a thing yet Orton asks for some well desrved time off and he gets bashed by you idiots.Too bad Benoit wasn't smart enough to do this.
Posted By: Gary (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Wait, he throws a hissy fit over being woken up too early and flings food and then has the balls to ask for some time off? I mean, I'd grant it to him; I'd just call it a suspension.
Posted By: His Bubbliness (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 09:33 AM
I remember when Ricky Steamboat asked for time off in 1987.
He was depushed, and 20 years later the (censored) divorced him. So was it really worth taking the break, Richard?
Posted By: fg76 (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 09:44 AM
1.I wonder if Randy's "Time Off" might have anything to do with the stricter drug policies the WWE is now enforcing.
2. I got 10 bucks riding on Orton throwing food at the kid before the kid throws food at Orton.
3. Coachman can take the MSG job, where far less people will have to watch his goofy ass.
Posted By: Essa Rios (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Not a bit surprising about coach. He is actually a much better sports announcer than wrestler.
Posted By: Jake (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 11:14 AM
He'll give his wife an RKO for having a baby better looking than him
Posted By: William (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 11:40 AM
I think they're ripping on Orton's general uselessness and assiness, not his asking for time off.
And I'm with KX, I call shenanigans on Coachman being popular anywhere, for anything.
Posted By: MP (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 12:39 PM
I call BS on all the people who don't think Coach could be popular calling legit sports, the job he's trained to do and actually pretty good at. Calling wrestling is a whole 'nother beast and he just never got the hang of it. Hell, half the guys calling it on TV don't know how to do it.
Posted By: Huh (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 12:59 PM
I'm suprised at the lack of people calling a PPV with all extreme rules matches a bad idea. Or the TNA hardcores pointing out how if TNA did it, everyone would shit on the idea.
I guess Randy Orton being burned out is big news after all.
Posted By: G-Walla (Guest) on May 05, 2008 at 01:41 PM
Orton said he would work all the TV and PPV since he's penciled in at the top. Doesn't he know that HHH owns the world's largest cock eraser and that shit could be cleared up in an instant.
Posted By: Scrotum Pole (Registered) on May 05, 2008 at 06:35 PM
