what a retard lol

>>17375263 (OP)
Is he just too shit now to re-sign with TNA? He's not too old, that's for sure.

>>17375263 (OP)
You'd have to be a complete retard mark to have any sort of loyalty to TNA ran by Dixie Carter when she screwed AJ Styles over who was their most loyal guy from day one, or what she did with Jesse Sorensen

You mean to tell me Roode can’t get his buddy a job in some capacity within the company?

>>17375381
You just know WWE is petty and wouldn't hire a guy that snubbed them years ago because he thought he was too good for them

>>17375373
He's come back for appearances and sporadic matches now and then but they seem to not want to hire him back, same with they NWA who hires everyone. I'm guessing it's the fact that he has attitude problems, back in the day it was a rumor that the reason Storm never really got pushed as a main eventer is because he threw temper tantrums every time he got booked to lose

To his credit, no one could've realized just how fucking low TNA could fall in 2017. It's one of the worst years any company has had ever and it's amazing they even survived.

>>17375263 (OP)
>Storm tells HHH that TNA offered him a big money contract
>HHH says to take the deal and contact him down the line
>HHH ghosts him when he’s done in TNA
Pretty obvious that this was a test and Storm failed.

>>17375381
Why would roode have any pull in wwe? Only cody and phil does

>>17375614
Even if that was true, his TNA run would've ruined any name value he had, because he was involved in two absolutely horrible cult storylines and then he got a humiliation ritual send off

>>17375263 (OP)
Roode was going to have basically no shelf life because of his injury so I don’t blame him for taking the money.

still fared better than Chris Harris

>>17375656
Yeah the least you can say for James Storm is that he didn't embarass himself in the WWE like Chris Harris did to the point where it overshadows the fact that people thought he was a future star at one point

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>>17375263 (OP)
and one of this indie appearances was for JCW's weekly show Lunacy

>>17375673
Do you think that when a young James Storm started his wrestling journey 25 years ago or so he thought that when he would be nearly 50 he'd be wrestling at juggalo events for money? That must be pretty demoralizing for a wrestler she you end your career where you started

>>17375695
Nigga that's just the cycle of wrestling, you start your career on the indies and end it there. There's former WWE champions thats died shitting it up in high school gymnasiums and bingo parlors for a quick nostalgia buci

>>17375732
or small concert venues and night clubs as well since that's what JCW is doing most of the time.

>>17375695
only time early in his career he was wrestling for JCW was at the Gathering in 2005 at a collab show with TNA. But his time in JCW in modern day was last year. This year he's doing shows in Europe.

>>17375634
It’s true it was from his own mouth.

>>17375263 (OP)
He had momentum in NXT too, he could've been Hangman 5 years earlier

>>17375732
If a signing will pay as much or more without taking a single bump, they will take the signing. I don't even know what kind of cope this is.

>>17375381
There’s only so many jobs. What the fuck do they need him for? Once you start hiring friends for mostly non-wrestling roles, you’re opening the door to having to hire literally everyone, especially if you start hiring friends for people as lowdown on the totem pole as Roode. It’s one thing to hire like Hulk Hogan’s friend, It’s another to hire Bobby’s.

>>17376347
I don't think Xpac has an official role, does he? He just shows up sometimes. It's not a charity, it's a business. If you're looking for charity, I believe she works down on the corner of 121st and Jefferson, bring at least $20.

>>17376964
Bro, they literally give charity they’re called legends deals.

>>17377280
I think WWE profit from those in merch.

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>>17375263 (OP)
>James Storm is almost 50 and still works the indies to make a living

Bruh, if I remember correctly, he owns a successful bar and hasn't needed the wrestling money in a long time. He does it because he enjoys it. Also, he didn't give much of a shit about the NXT mark contract because of his business and TNA let him stay close to his home and family.

>>17375373
He was having a hard time getting his leg up high enough for his finisher several years ago.

>>17377407
>Owns a successful bar

Lol, he works there like 10 hours a week, probably at least 90% of his time is in a ring

>AJ Styles theme was originally supposed to be for him
KWAB

>>17377407
>he didn't give much of a shit about the NXT mark contract
Dunno man, I remember him getting emotional when you got a "you belong here" or some shit chant when he debuted in NXT.

>>17377423
and Matt Hardy is several years older, not a draw and moves like he has arthritis

>>17375381
Catering is full my friend

2 things.. That NXT deal was probably worth 100k a year max and him and Roode were never close so it was nothing to do with loyalty. TNA just gave him more money.

>>17375263 (OP)
>>17375263 (OP)
He used to own a bar. He probably wrestles for shits and gigs.

>>17378075
>I remember him getting emotional when you got a "you belong here" or some shit chant when he debuted in NXT
I remember him nearly tearing the leg off of a one legged wrestler who was a wounded warrior veteran and smashing a beer bottle over another veteran's dad's head.

It's called acting, James Storm is a good one, and a pro wrestler isn't going to make it very far without acting skills.

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>>17378109
Still had a based Twitter presence.

James Storm thread?
James Storm thread.

When James Storm was once asked, "What’s the best rib you’ve played on someone or that you’ve had played on you?" he responded with a brilliant story. It went as follows:

"I can tell you one we did on Rhyno. We were doing some shows in Tennessee, and he was staying at my house with Billy Gunn.

"Billy and I went out drinking the night before the show, so we made Rhyno drive the next day. We were going to Jackson, Tennessee, and my brother is a police officer there – and he looks nothing like me. So I had my brother pull us over and mess with him.


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"He did the whole windows down, hands on the steering wheel business.

"Meanwhile, I’m throwing fries, and they’re hitting Rhyno on the head, and he’s cussing at me. My brother asks for his license and registration, and he gives him the license but says he doesn’t know where the registration is because it’s my (Storm’s) car.

"My brother asks, ‘What’s his name?’ And Rhyno said, ‘I don’t know,’ which didn’t go down well with my brother.

"He explained that he didn’t know my real name because we’re all professional wrestlers, but my brother said he didn’t watch wrestling.

"He then asked him if he’d been drinking. He told him no, at which point I shouted out that he was actually on steroids!

"Billy, who wasn’t in on the joke, was completely shocked by this point. My brother then pulled Rhyno out of the car and gave him the drinking test.

"Meanwhile, I have some bullets in the back of my truck because I often target shoot. I held up a bullet from the window and shouted, ‘Officer, he’s got a gun on him!’

"Rhyno, in complete shock, looked at me, then turned around and saw that my brother had his taser aimed at him and was screaming at him to put his hands on his head.

"Rhyno reached up, but my brother kept telling him to reach higher. At that point, my brother told him he was taking him to jail. He takes him to the car and puts one hand behind his back and cuffs him.

cont.

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>>17378826
"I get out of the car, come running over, and hit my brother from behind. He goes down as if he’s been knocked out. Rhyno turns around, one hand still cuffed and says, ‘What did you just do, Storm!’

"I shouted, ‘Dude, let’s get out of here. We’ll rip the camera out of his car, and they’ll never know it was us.’

"He simply said, ‘FU, I’m leaving.’

"He goes to take off, running into the woods.

"At that point, we let him know what was happening. He told me he was convinced I’d gone completely crazy. He was going to run into the nearest house and call the cops!"

>>17378837
Didn't Edge tell that same story in his autobiography?

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>>17378866
>Didn't Edge tell that same story in his autobiography?

I haven't read it and we don't use wrestlers' slave names here.

That story about James Storm has been around forever, however I wouldn't put it past Christian Cage to pull some shit like that.

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>>17378866
Ok, just spent 5 hours in Google.
Unless Adam Copeland has a brother in American law enforcement, James Storm's story tracks.

>>17375263 (OP)
>>Roode has a pretty decent WWE run
Lol?

>>17378966
Not OP but didn't Roode basically have a cup of coffee with a NXT title and a entrance theme that went viral? Glorious or something?

To be fair, Roode had a criminally underrated TNA World Title run that people sleep on.

>>17375263 (OP)
All I can say is . . . SORRY ABOUT YOUR DAMN LUCK

>>17378902
nah, cope is an only child