Official Monday Night Raw & Smackdown Thread

[ajcorleone]

LOve him or hate him he was a respected ring worker among his peers.Good at getting dopes over.

[Zeppelin1985]

It is a great deal but non wrestling fans wouldn't care if it was 99 cents a month. Plus you have a whole generation of fans who don't even know what those other federations are. I mean WCW went out of business in like 2001 or something and that was sadly 13 years ago and that's the newest of those.

Damn...I'm getting old. Never realized how much a factor that is now.

[Zeppelin1985]

Which brings us to Del Rio’s latest incident. He has been fired for what f4wonline is reporting as a slapping incident. The rumour is that a social media manager made a joke about dirty plates. Apparently someone wanted a catering plate cleaning, so the manager said that was Del Rio’s job. The wrestler heard about this and was offended. He went to the manager and asked for an apology. Instead he got a smile and a refusal to apologise. So Del Rio slapped him.
Clearly that was a wrong thing to do. However, you do have to wonder about the connotations around the dirty plates joke. Was this some sort of dig about Mexicans in the United States providing cheap labor? If that was the case, then surely Del Rio might end up having a complaint of his own. There could be legal implications here.
Regardless of right or wrong, Del Rio’s temper snapped. It gave WWE the reason that they were perhaps looking for in offloading the little used and expensive talent. He now seems destined to sign with TNA or AAA, although a 90 day no-compete clause could scupper any immediate plans. It depends on clauses around his severance. We’ll have to wait and see. Another appealing prospect could be retirement. Aged 37 and a multi millionaire, Alberto Del Rio might just be happy to embrace his real life as Alberto Rodriguez.

A knee-jerk reaction to this easily is, well why did ADR get fired..he shouldn't have been. Looking at the E's side I assume they quickly wanted to diffuse the situation by firing the "attacker" (ADR) to avoid a lawsuit from the "victim" (Social Media Manger). Now looking at Del Rio's side, all he wanted was a simple apology from the Social Media Manager for his racist joke about him. Implying that it's ADR's job to wash dishes because of his Mexican heritage. Implying that most Mexican immigrants wash dishes at a restaurant for a living. At the end of the day ADR is a man and we all have our tipping points. He didn't get an apology but instead rather a smirk or laugh from the Social Media Manager...... What did the five fingers say to the face?



































SLAP!





I think ADR showed great restraint to do nothing more sinister to this social media racist fool. I know ADR slapping another employee is wrong but to be fired over it? I think that's a stretch. A suspension seems more viable. I think racism is a step higher than violence. I was racially profiled once (in a hospital nonetheless) and when you realize you're being singled out because of the color of your skin it's pretty messed up. The Social Media Manger scum should've been fired and should be fired. "And that's all I got to say about that."

[patriotsguy]

My understanding was that the slap was rather hard enough to knock the E over. Regardless it was wrong for the E to say what he did, it was wrong for ADR to assault him, in the end, if you fire one of them they should have fired both of them.

[pwaldo]

Damn...I'm getting old. Never realized how much a factor that is now.

Nope we aren't old just more experienced and knowledgeable than others

[Zeppelin1985]

Nope we aren't old just more experienced and knowledgeable than others

I like that

[frizzzlecake]

If it was an open-handed slap, it's exactly what that social media idiot deserved. I hope ADR the best, never liked him as a wrestler but anyone who lives after a Cro-Cop kick is cool in my book.

[Greengoblin782]

It appears that Alberto Del Rio can't wrestle for 1 year in the US. There goes the plans of having him win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship rumors I heard about.

[pwaldo]

It appears that Alberto Del Rio can't wrestle for 1 year in the US. There goes the plans of having him win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship rumors I heard about.

I doubt they even have the money to sign ADR right now anyway

[Greengoblin782]

Triple H accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.