WWE News: Taker’s Streak, Cena’s Surgery, Heat on MVP and More
Posted by Larry Csonka on 09.09.2008
Lots of WWE news to kick off the day!
- There has been talk again of the Undertaker ending his WrestleMania streak. Many feel that it would never happen, but Vince McMahon is not opposed to it. But with the Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley situations, they feel that it would have to be a "sure thing" that defeats Taker, not a "maybe" guy. Talk right now centers around Ted DiBiase Jr. Nothing would be in the works for this year's WrestleMania, but there could be a long term angle bringing up that Ted's father in storyline introduced Undertaker to WWF.
- The reason that John Cena was able to have such minimally invasive surgery is because he noticed the symptoms of strength loss very early and got examined by the doctor. Steve Austin, Edge and others that ended up with the fusion surgery ignored symptoms and tried to "work through" the injury.
- MVP has some heat on him as of late due to an issue with a drug testing monitor. The monitors have to watch the performers urinate, and the wrestlers have to be naked from "the nipples down" to avoid people trying to get past the test. MVP apparently asked the monitor if he graduated from college, he answered yes and MVP said something to the effect of, "you went to school for four years to watch people's dicks." The monitor complained to John Laurinaitis and Bruce Prichard, who then had a talk with the wrestlers to tell them not to harass the monitors doing their job. It was after this that management started to come down on MVP and started to claim that he couldn't work. This came after he got a very good match out of Festus.
- The shows in Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh were far more organized and less stressful than the shows in Chicago and Moline the week before, and Vince McMahon was in a much better mood because of that.
- Joey Matthews is not taking any Independent bookings after December, so he either has a deal to come in with Christian York or at the very least thinks he does.
Pretty stupid reason to get down on MVP. I'm not a big MVP fan, but a funny comment to a thin-skinned piss monitor should get no more than a 'don't do that again, thx,' not ideas that he can't wrestle.
Posted By: Soy (Registered) on September 09, 2008 at 12:22 AM
FUCK THAT SHIT!!! AIN'T NO WAY THE UNDERTAKER WILL LOSE IN A WRESTLEMANIA MATCH!!!
Posted By: Creature Of The Knight (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:26 AM
"MVP released today, we wish him the best in his future endeavors"
Posted By: Michael Cole (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Piss Watcher = EPIC GIMMICK !!!
-He'll watch you piss but He won't take your shit.
Posted By: Guest#9602 (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:42 AM
"There has been talk again of the Undertaker ending his WrestleMania streak"
YES!!!!!!!!!
Posted By: scott (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:44 AM
"It was after this that management started to come down on MVP and started to claim that he couldn't work."
That's even funnier since Orton, Jeff, Batista and JBL are all in main events and MVP's worlds ahead of those guys.
Posted By: scott (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:47 AM
"He'll watch you piss but He won't take your shit."
Book this shit, Vince!
Posted By: Volourn (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:00 AM
Didn't Jim Ross already call BS on that MVP story and wasn't it posted on here?
As much as some hate it, looks like Cena's smarter than a lot of guys in the business who screwed up their necks.
Posted By: PHOENIXZERO (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:06 AM
If the piss monitor is unhappy with his job I'm sure Pat Patterson would be happy to volunteer
Posted By: jasonel (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:10 AM
I'd prefer "talk" of Undertaker pissing off for good, he's basically moving in slo-mo at this point.
Posted By: scott (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:12 AM
MVP is in no way a better worker than Orton or Hardy.
Posted By: Guest#1018 (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:14 AM
to the guy who's comment, said " No way Undertaker will lose in a WM match!!" you still think anything is sacred in pro wrestling? to Vince McMahon? ahahaha
Posted By: Justin (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:19 AM
Joey Matthews sucks , thats why hes not taking any bookings after December
Posted By: Dr. Mengela (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:19 AM
"That's even funnier since Orton, Jeff, Batista and JBL are all in main events and MVP's worlds ahead of those guys."
Oh, get off it. MVP cuts a decent promo, I'll give him that. Great on the stick. But sorry to soften your hard-on pal, but MVP's in-ring work is passable.
But at that level, in the WWE, you shouldn't have passable matches. And I'm being nice. Because personally I think he sucks. But I'm trying to be fair and not show any bias. Promo skills, good. In-ring, not so good. He's "worlds" ahead of nobody.
Posted By: "How 'bout, no Scott?" (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:20 AM
No. Just no. Ted DiBiase is not the guy to go over Taker. He's not the next Orton. He's not a sure thing when it comes to making money, etc. and even in Taker's old age, I wouldn't buy DiBiase going over him. I could car less if Taker loses, but freakin' make it to someone who matters.
If WWE really wanted to do it, they probably should've done Edge or Orton.
And for the amount of heat, I'd get... if I had to pick a guy, it would be Cena. One of the first guys Cena wrestled was Taker and the program hasn't been done. Cena is an out and out company man, has the "overcoming the odds" gimmick which would work well with a feud with Taker... and people would actually pay to see him vs. Taker... and the heat he'd get over a win in Houston would be insane.
Posted By: Jimmy (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:22 AM
"Piss Watcher = EPIC GIMMICK !!!
-He'll watch you piss but He won't take your shit. "
Posted By: Guest#9602 (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:42 AM
That was hilarious
Ain't no way in hell I will ever watch WWE again if Taker ends his streak. I don't care if its to Carlos Mencia, Dave Chappelle, Tommy Lee Jones, Batman, a deceased Heath Ledger(Awesome Joker), or to Vince McMahon himself and especially not some stuck up nipple sucker like Dibiase Jr. No one wants to wear a shirt that says Undertaker 18-1 @ WM.
Speaking of nipples imagine being the piss monitor for Mickie James or someone!
Posted By: NO!!! (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:32 AM
it makes perfect sense to have dibiase jr to beat taker. it is very unlikely that he'll quit to go to the nfl or mma.
Posted By: rey (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:36 AM
MVP can't work?? Bullshit, like Scott said he's miles ahead of alot of so-called Main Eventers, hell If I was booking Unforgiven I'd have had MVP fluke a win then have Trip's chase him 'til Survivor Series. Smackdown is in dire need of top guy's (especially heels) Show's tied up w/ Taker for the forseeable future and who knows when Edge is gonna be back and if he's gonna join Big Show or chase the belt.
As far as The Deadman's Mania streak goes I think it should stay intact. He's been a company guy for almost 18 years, could have easily jumped to WcW in the mid 90's for a big money deal or demanded more title runs but he's stayed loyal and helped elevate/solidify alot of top guys (HBK, Austin, Rock, Foley, Angle & Brock to name just a few). The streak is a major part of his legecy in the business and should stay intact IMO
Posted By: PJ (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:40 AM
I don't get this company. You'd have to be BLIND not to see that Cody Rhodes is better in every aspect of the business. Cody can talk circles around almost everybody on the roster right now. Dibiase is just another bland schmuck like Kenny Dykstra and Lance Cade.
Posted By: Guest-0 (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:43 AM
It sounds like MVP was just kidding with with the guy, and Mr. Piss Monitor didn't get the joke.
Posted By: Cosmo (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:45 AM
"He'll watch you piss but He won't take your shit."
Book this shit, Vince!
Posted By: Volourn (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:00 AM
Brilliant!
Posted By: for real (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:47 AM
how many times do we need to have that MVP story, for F*** SAKE! and as "news"? look up the definition of that word or better yet, READ THIS SITE,IT HAS BEEN COVERED!
...that said, the monitor is doing the job he is paid by the WWE wellness program to do, and has the right to expect a safe working environment, and it is the responsibility of the WWE to provide. What MVP (and the locker room) may have thought funny at the moment, has all the potential for a lawsuit, if allowed to go on. So the WWE nipping it in the bud is right. The burying of MVP as "not delivering" is another thing.
Posted By: casual_monday_mayhem (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 02:20 AM
Whats with the Festus diss? He has had good solo matches with MVP, Undertaker, and Koslov. You people are prejudice against 'tards..
Posted By: D. (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 03:32 AM
In all honesty MVP is shit, but Taker now is shit too, hmm no point!
Posted By: The Truth (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 03:32 AM
Please don't end Taker's streak. It's one of those few things from better older times that still seem actually significant.
Posted By: Guest#4719 (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 03:43 AM
"MVP is in no way a better worker than Orton or Hardy."
Some of the younger, less educated members of the IWC equate mic skills with work rate.
that is why so many people jizz their pants over Kennedy.
Posted By: Darth Mortis (Registered) on September 09, 2008 at 03:57 AM
I don't care how long it takes or how good he gets, Ted DiBiase Jr. will NEVER be worthy of taking Undertaker's WrestleMania streak
Posted By: David (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 04:44 AM
Joey Matthews and Christian York together signals that the Fed is going to go out of business soon. They tagged in ECW right before it went under and also the same in WCW. Weird isnt it?
Posted By: gutter (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 05:10 AM
Book this shit, Vince!
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Better be careful which Vince you say that to...
Posted By: sa+an (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 05:54 AM
when are we going to see HBK Vs Undertaker like we should have seen two years ago?
Posted By: humsyr (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 06:06 AM
The piss watcher was actually Tommy Dreamer...
Posted By: Berman's lack of shame (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 06:57 AM
If somebody ends the Undertaker's gimmick it should be someone like Cena, Batista or Edge, I think they have become the new age Michaels, HHH, Jericho (you catch the drift, of the WWE
MVP lol that was funny, but yeah make comments like that and people will get all suspicious about you! so funny but dumb!!
Posted By: wtf guy (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 07:14 AM
helped elevate/solidify alot of top guys (HBK, Austin, Rock, Foley, Angle & Brock
didnt he squash kurt after kotr win and the others were all huge before he put them over? i wouldnt say hes ever elevated anyone with the possible exception of khali
Posted By: Guest#0975 (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 07:21 AM
Going over Taker at Mania? It's got to be Orton. The run is legendary. He's the Legend Killer. End of debate surely?
Or Candice Michelle. I'd mark for her ending his streak.
Posted By: Bored Weegie (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 07:36 AM
If Orton the legend Killer didn't get the nod to end the streak, Diabase will not cut the mustard.
Posted By: T-Mac (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 08:16 AM
Some of the younger, less educated members of the IWC equate mic skills with work rate.
that is why so many people jizz their pants over Kennedy.
Posted By: Darth Mortis (Registered) on September 09, 2008 at 03:57 AM
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Yeah, some do, but Kennedy is actually a good worker when he works as a heel. He usually picks a part of the body and works it over the entire match and stays within the concept of the match.
MVP has his own style. I think he is a great worker on and off the mic and IS better than most. I know he doesn't do a lot of "flippy moves" like you guys like or he didn't have the benefit of wrestling back in the day so that people can say that he was actually better than he actually was (Flair, Race, Rock n Roll Express..these guys weren't THAT good)....so fuck the IWC with that said...MVP for WWE Champ in 09. Its a fuckin' shame that if you WATCH a HHH match against ANY of those guys, that its obvious that HHH is getting old and can't hang anymore in the ring with the Sheltons, Kendricks, Hardys...thats why he came in 5th..
Posted By: Industry (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 08:36 AM
Hardy,JBL and Orton are all good performers but Batista is terribly overrated. MVP is gold and earned his pops based on his talent and not a rub from Flair and HHH.
Its obvious they don't have faith in him because he can't seem to win a championship match anymore.Booo to Batista and his bad dress code.
The best thing about a Batista match is his entrance
Posted By: Squirts McGee (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 08:56 AM
"Some of the younger, less educated members of the IWC equate mic skills with work rate."
This isn't amateur wrestling. You have to make people care about the match. Chris Jericho is sloppy as hell in the ring. He misses either the lionsault or the slingshot dropkick in every match he does, but he makes you care by his promos. The IWC went ga ga over him winning the title. You want to see him get his ass kicked or kick someone elses ass. So all you cool guys on here that talk about "workrate" can continue to worship at the alter of Dean Malenko and keep posting about Ring Of Honor being superior to WWE. Vince will continue to push the guys that can work a crowd and count his money.
Posted By: Ghost of Marlon Brando (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Naked from the nipples down? So you could wear a scarf?
Posted By: nick (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 09:32 AM
"No one wants to wear a shirt that says Undertaker 18-1 @ WM."
Posted By: NO!!! (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:32 AM
People from New England don't want those numbers on their shirts either.....lol
Posted By: cj (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 09:44 AM
Cena's a smart man.... (now if more wrestlers would do what he did when they're injured...)
Undertaker streak ended by Ted Jr?
Um... No. There are better talent who could use THAT rub (Orton, Edge, Jericho), or deserve it (Cena, HBK). Out of the young'uns, Shelton, the Hardys, CM Punk, cody, Kendrick, etc, NOT Ted Jr.
Posted By: BKeeper (Registered) on September 09, 2008 at 09:59 AM
It was a minor incident. THe heat on MVP will blow over. Nothing to get worked up about.
Posted By: MDK (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Maybe he doesn't like to piss in front of a monitor because MVP really stands for Minor Visible Penis.
Posted By: Rachel (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 10:15 AM
LMAO at the Pat Patterson remark!
If he's not available there's always Steve "The Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi.
Posted By: greggagnesucks (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Why Ted Dibasie, the guy hasn't wrestled a Singles match on TV it would take a lot of build up to make him seem like a one on one threat to anybody let alone Taker.
if any of the new breed deserves that win, how bout Cody. He's the workhorse of the group.
Posted By: Davis (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 10:44 AM
It seems hom vinnie should watch all the cocks to see which cock will kiss his ass!
Posted By: Dr bob onit (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 11:49 AM
mvp is right the piss watcher is a faggot why else would he take that job
Posted By: Dan (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 11:55 AM
What MVP sais to the monitor, I would've said the exact same thing. He wasn't harassing the monitor. If the monitor can't handle the truth, then that's his own hang up. Then the monitor went and tattle telled on MVP. Laurinaitis and Pritchard having a talk with MVP about him speaking the truth is basically shooting the messenger. What kind of a guy would volunteer to watch guys pee anyway? Freak.
Posted By: Chico (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Cena couldn't man up like Austin and Edge.
Cena = Epic Pussy
Posted By: NickNitro (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:34 PM
NOOOOOOOO MVP!
Now he's gonna be MVJ!!
Most Valuable Jobber!!!
Posted By: NickNitro (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 12:36 PM
I really don't know what the "IWC" is anymore. A lot more Internet wrestling fans claim to hate it and act like it's the Taliban than actually associate themselves with that term. I think maybe you're only in the IWC if you have the audacity to disagree with the person using that term.
And yes, I'm going to keep bringing up this argument until people around here realize how stupidly they are using the word "IWC."
Posted By: The REAL MP (Registered) on September 09, 2008 at 12:37 PM
"You people are prejudice against 'tards"
Not true. TNA marks post here all the time.
Posted By: FEPIC AIL! (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:32 PM
I'd love to see AJ Styles come to wwe, beat the old hippie at wrestlemania for one of their 123131345446 world titles, then quit the company, dump the belt in the toilet, and bring it up in EVERY one of his promos, and laugh. and the interviewers would be laughing too! that would be the coolest.
Posted By: tully (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 01:56 PM
Matthews and York are being brought in to feud with the Dirt Sheet Boys.
Posted By: Fly (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 04:32 PM
"What MVP sais to the monitor, I would've said the exact same thing. He wasn't harassing the monitor. If the monitor can't handle the truth, then that's his own hang up. Then the monitor went and tattle telled on MVP. Laurinaitis and Pritchard having a talk with MVP about him speaking the truth is basically shooting the messenger. What kind of a guy would volunteer to watch guys pee anyway? Freak."
Making unnecessary, crude remarks to someone who is just doing their job without doing anything wrong IS harassing them. And don't doctors usually do jobs like this? It's not like it's some random guy off the street.
Posted By: His Bubbliness (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 04:58 PM
"Cena couldn't man up like Austin and Edge.
Cena = Epic Pussy"
Yeah, just look at that awesome continued career of Austin's that we get to see on a weekly basis.
Posted By: His Bubbliness (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 05:00 PM
"you went to school for four years to watch people's dicks."
LOL Thats a good one
Posted By: Guest#0095 (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 05:17 PM
In all honesty MVP is shit, but Taker now is shit too, hmm no point!
Posted By: The Truth (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 03:32 AM
Troll
Posted By: Carl Amari (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 07:17 PM
IWC>The REAL MP
Get a life pissboy MP, your comments have reached Duggan type level. Just go away.
Posted By: Dante Hicks (Guest) on September 09, 2008 at 10:14 PM
