As far as I know, the word is still Taker/Edge, streak vs. streak. Who knows, though.

The bizarrity with CM Punk continued this week. He gets the shot on Chavo Tuesday and then gets in the pin to end a decent tag match tonight. And Cole was slobbering all over him early on, building him up as a guy good enough to headline not just ECW, but Smackdown, and pointing to his Rumble appearance as justification (?). All this within a couple weeks of losing clean to Edge, losing his title to Chavo and then getting eliminated by Chavo at the Rumble.

I have no idea where they're heading with him. And I'm not sure they do, either.

They're not going to bury Punk, I think his jobs were just a way to show "look cut it out" like a quick punishment but also not to take away his entire push.

If you type her name into google you can get way better pics than that my man.

I think the problem with their lack of ideas is that he wasn't meant to be pushed heavily. He is very Jericho-like in the way that he doesn't have the build that vinny mac likes but just has so much charisma that it is impossible for him to not get a reaction

They've always pretty much planned to push Punk he just tends to rub people the wrong way...

Oh, sure. But those are just teaser pics for the video. Which, if the trailer is accurate, features things like Jewel licking Shelly's big ol' pancake nipples.

And I think Shelly's boobs are quite a bit bigger now than when she did her pre-WWE topless stuff.

Well she has fake boobs now where as she didn't before...

I enjoy how she was very much denying that the vid she was was porn...it's pretty close I'd say...

Seriously, how stupid are some people?

If you are Lagana, and you're tech savvy, and you are leaking info, wouldn't you know that disinformation is the easiest way to catch a rat?

Secondly, wouldn't you find it a little odd that all of a sudden you all get new laptops and phones after you've been accused of leaking shit? Besides, if he was that savvy, he'd just wipe the HD with a program like WipeDrive, and then reinstall XP Pro (most likely) back onto it.

So anyhow, who's everyones favorite indy worker?

Can we consider TNA indy? If not probably Bryan Danielson, Chris Hero and the Briscoes

Bryan Danielson.

And heck yeah TNA is Indy.

I like most of those guys..

I like Human Tornado but that's mostly because of his gimmick.

Bobby Lashley hasn't yet agreed to the terms of the release WWE sent him. He had been medically cleared to return, but asked to be let go after talking to Johnny Ace. There's some heat on Ace for all the people who've left under his tenure with bad things to say about him.

Lashley was upset about the size of his Mania payoff which was 250,000 dollars because the match brought in big money and he'd heard stories about other wrestlers getting over a million for Mania ME payoffs. A lot of workers felt he was just lucky to be on that spot on the card to begin with at that point of his career though. It also says he was mad that the company supported Michael Hayes, who had issues with Kristal.

The stories about Kristal being upset about potential "racial overtones" in the Edge storyline was likely blown out of proportions, and whether there would have been racial elements to a Edge-Kristal pairing is unknown.

Also, company souces said Lashley had become a PR problem for the company in the sense that local promoters were claiming he was difficult to work with when asked to do PR stuff and promote shows.

His contract is a long term one, so WWE is in a position of power when it comes to Lashley's immediate future. Since he's the one who asked to be released and he had a long term contract, he'll probably have to sit at home and do nothing athletically for a while once he gets his release, which is why some think he may have to consider returning to the company.

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It's great how a new guy who worked 15 minutes actually complained about getting 250 grand.

Seriously. And does he really think that he had much to do with the draw of that match?

Someone forgot to tell him that he isn't Hogan, or Rock or Austin or Cena and really has no place bitching about money at this point in his career..

Ah well good riddance he was just another overpushed undertalented roid head.

Have you guys seen the new pics of him? He seriously looks 100lbs lighter and he also bitched about the wellness policy..I wonder if that plays into him not coming back.