In his latest podcast, Bruce Pritchard talks about pay issues that went down when he was head of talent relations in TNA.
Bruce said he got made aware by 5 different wrestlers that hadnt been paid for 3 to 4 weeks.
Bruce does payroll, turns it every week. So he calls accounting in Dallas, and is told checks with this check number was sent out on this day. He gets emails showing this information. So Bruce goes to the talent and tells them this. By insist they haven't got it
the excuse from Dallas was that it must have been their (the talents) post office. But the problem was there was a guy in tampa, l.a., sf, and they are not getting their checks...it isnt the post office.
so 3 to 4 weeks turns into 5 to 6 weeks, and guys are saying they cant afford to go to tv. Accounting insists they were sent out. Bruce advises that those checks be stopped, since they haven't been sent yet, and send it overnight to Orlando. Accounting says they cant do overnight...has to be 2 day air.
Bruce shows up at TV and everyone got overnights. When he arrives, he has 3 guys waiting on him holding fedex envelopes saying "look at this shit." Inside were checks in envelopes, with a postmarks on them that matched the ones Accounting sent to Bruce...meaning TNA didnt stop payment and reissue checks, the fedexed the original checks to them, in the envelopes that were ran through for postage, but never mailed.
Bruce doesnt name who these 3 guys are, but says they no longer work in TNA.
Also says that Hulk Hogan had pay issues while he was there.
Bruce concluded saying he brought the check issue to Dixie THAT DAY, and her reaction was "well they got paid."
I really, really liked Almas' explanation for his heel turn on NXT.
"I worked all my life to get here, I took off my mask, my fucking mask, and did everything that was asked of me and still you assholes booed me and didn't give a shit about my legacy, meanwhile Cedric Alexander is here for 2 minutes and gets cheered out the building" is a pretty fucking great motivation
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This lawsuit is for $207,612.29 and it was filed against TNA Entertainment, LLC on 9/29. BankDirect paid TNA $400,146.00 so that TNA could pay insurance premiums. An agreement was made for TNA to give money back to BankDirect, but they are still $207,612.29 behind on paying them back. TNA was supposed to make ten monthly payments of $41,032.45.
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Bruce said he got made aware by 5 different wrestlers that hadnt been paid for 3 to 4 weeks.
Bruce does payroll, turns it every week. So he calls accounting in Dallas, and is told checks with this check number was sent out on this day. He gets emails showing this information. So Bruce goes to the talent and tells them this. By insist they haven't got it
the excuse from Dallas was that it must have been their (the talents) post office. But the problem was there was a guy in tampa, l.a., sf, and they are not getting their checks...it isnt the post office.
so 3 to 4 weeks turns into 5 to 6 weeks, and guys are saying they cant afford to go to tv. Accounting insists they were sent out. Bruce advises that those checks be stopped, since they haven't been sent yet, and send it overnight to Orlando. Accounting says they cant do overnight...has to be 2 day air.
Bruce shows up at TV and everyone got overnights. When he arrives, he has 3 guys waiting on him holding fedex envelopes saying "look at this shit." Inside were checks in envelopes, with a postmarks on them that matched the ones Accounting sent to Bruce...meaning TNA didnt stop payment and reissue checks, the fedexed the original checks to them, in the envelopes that were ran through for postage, but never mailed.
Bruce doesnt name who these 3 guys are, but says they no longer work in TNA.
Also says that Hulk Hogan had pay issues while he was there.
Bruce concluded saying he brought the check issue to Dixie THAT DAY, and her reaction was "well they got paid."
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Well if he ends up in NXT they only need Sydal to come back and Shelley to join for an entire Generation Next reunion.
Wonder how blackballed Matt Sydal is from WWE, I actually would like to see him and Jack Evans join up with Strong and Aries to form Generation NXT.
Becky Lynch's alter ego
If they were even considering it, they'd probably want to see how his legal issues and possibility of being banned from an entire country turn out.
Y'all might wanna double check your recent transactions.
you know Becky was in creative fighting for that to be her name.
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Much smarter than TNA who let Jeff Hardy be their champ when he couldn't go to England.
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Investing in a performer who can't travel when you're a traveling performance company is just a dumb business decision.
So...yeah, that makes sense.
"I worked all my life to get here, I took off my mask, my fucking mask, and did everything that was asked of me and still you assholes booed me and didn't give a shit about my legacy, meanwhile Cedric Alexander is here for 2 minutes and gets cheered out the building" is a pretty fucking great motivation
Definitely a monk who is half Black Dragon
Then you get a sweet breath weapon to pair with your flurry of blows
I was never very good at that dnd stuff though.
That Patchface stuff is pretty cool too. Go Ember Moon!
ideally to play Dungeons and Dragons: Shadows over Mystara!
Finally
Also, Kofi Kingston's trash talk is A+.
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It is BankDirect vs. TNA
hit ya with the 1-2 like Becky Lynch with a gutkick and pumphandle suplex on a lass
Geth, forgive @Xehalus
just kidding, nothing is crazier than the ongoing TNA drama
One theory on that is the WWE Network announcing a bunch of indy feds will now be streamed on the platform.