WWE “All Talent” Meeting Before Raw, Jim Ross Talks DeMott

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Source: wrestlezone.com


According to WWE sources, company officials have called an “all talent” meeting at 3:30pm EST tomorrow at Raw in Pittsburgh. WZ will have more details following the meeting tomorrow afternoon.



Jim Ross has posted a new blog over at JRsBarBQ.com, regarding the Bill DeMott NXT situation, and the following is an excerpt:

“Some people who have never been that involved in organized sports often times take stereotypical locker room talk or hard coaching in a negative way when that technique of motivating athletes to become their best was the norm in the past. I vividly remember some ‘lectures’ that I received from my late father after arriving home on a Friday night after high school football games in which I played. This whole matter of the allegations against DeMott somewhat reminds me of how Adrian Peterson disciplined his child by using a switch on the child that got AD in major trouble. Obviously, times have changed because my Mom & Dad would both have gotten in big time trouble if spanking or using a switch on their only child was treated as it is today. I’m not condoning child abuse in any form whatsoever but one has to wonder just what is the proper method to discipline children in today’s society? One thing I know is that most parents who want to be their children’s best pal often times regret that philosophy later in life. But I digress.

Let me make this clear, I do not condone abusing any one in any ‘arena’ of life whatsoever but in challenging endeavors such as WWE, NFL, etc where mental and physical toughness are required, it seems to continue to be increasingly challenging to train potential talents in a manner that today’ s society accepts similar to the Adrian Peterson situation which I can identify with wholeheartedly. I even had to go pick my own switch to be disciplined with back in the day. I’m a huge Adrian Peterson fan but AD, not AP, please, has to learn to discipline his children when they need it in another more acceptable manner that’s seen as OK in today’s world.

If the goal was for some of the disgruntled ‘whistle blowers’ or “victims” was to get DeMott replaced, then they succeeded and now let’s see where else it goes as the next shoe to drop may indicate the true motive of the accusers. This I do know, Bill DeMott was a hard working, die hard wrestling guy whose track record of developing talents is hard to ignore. Was he tough and demanding? Absolutely he was but that doesn’t necessarily make him the person that some are attempting to make him out to be. He was in a role that brings with it naturally a level of angst and controversy at times especially from talents who do not get “live their dream” when all is said and done.”

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Also found this article about that WWE meeting, it was funny.

Big news from THE SHEETZ today as WWE is wrangling its talent for a big meeting ahead of tonight’s show.

According to WWE sources, company officials have called an “all talent” meeting at 3:30pm EST tomorrow at Raw in Pittsburgh.

We aren’t insiders and have no idea what’s going on, so here are our ten best theories. If you have a better one, let us know in our comments section below.

1. Brock Lesnar has officially planned to no-show WrestleMania, meaning BACKUP PLAN ALPHA (or whatever they’re calling it) must go into effect. This could be as simple as Seth Rollins opening the show with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on his shoulder, or as complex as Damien Sandow in Jimmy John’s shorts.

2. Vince McMahon finally got around to watching the past 8 months of Roman Reigns promos and did one of those exaggerated, big-eyed gulps. New WrestleMania 31 main-event: John Cena vs. Randy Orton. No explanation.

3. Vince believes Curtis Axel has a “really good point” about his Royal Rumble elimination.

4. They need to figure out which WrestleMania match will be cut to make time for Rob Gronkowski vs. MTV RiFF RaFF. Spoiler alert: a lot of deep sighing from the Bella Twins.

5. Vince feels very strongly that a member of the Dungeon of Doom should be head coach at the Performance Center. Jason Albert’s out, but who’s in? A show of hands will decide if newbies like Samoa Joe will be trained by The Zodiac, The Yet-tay or the corpse of The Shark.

6. They want to make sure everyone’s aware that the Divas hats with the ponytails attached are on sale at WWE Shop.

7. Nothing major, Vince just wants to go over the script for tonight’s Raw because he’s got some fresh new ideas, including “Divas match ends with distraction roll-up,” “The Usos fight the same team they’ve been fighting for three weeks,” and “Michael Cole speaks extensively about Lord Of The Rings.”

8. This is the annual meeting in which they hang Dolph Ziggler from the ceiling and beat him with sticks. Like a piñata, but sadder.

9. Everyone’s worried that Survivor Series 2014 won’t get any buys if they don’t build it properly. The next six months will be dedicated to making sure people pay to see Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan vs. The Authority from four months ago.

10. Vince is shutting down NXT and replacing it with Ring Of Honor. All NXT superstars will report to Smackdown except the women, who will be refitted for skirts and taught to stand at ringside looking unhappy until somebody hits or kisses them.


source: http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/03/ ... -theories/

[Big Red Machine]

I'm going to guess that JR is talking out of his ass and doesn't know the specifics because sh*t like racial/sexual slurs and making contact with INJURED people in a way that will only hurt them is NOT something a good parent or coach does.
My father never hit us, but my mother and my grandparents never had a problem doing so if it was warranted... but there is no way they ever would have rapped me on my knuckles if I had a broken hand.

[Big Red Machine]

Also found this article about that WWE meeting, it was funny.

Big news from THE SHEETZ today as WWE is wrangling its talent for a big meeting ahead of tonight’s show.

According to WWE sources, company officials have called an “all talent” meeting at 3:30pm EST tomorrow at Raw in Pittsburgh.

We aren’t insiders and have no idea what’s going on, so here are our ten best theories. If you have a better one, let us know in our comments section below.

1. Brock Lesnar has officially planned to no-show WrestleMania, meaning BACKUP PLAN ALPHA (or whatever they’re calling it) must go into effect. This could be as simple as Seth Rollins opening the show with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on his shoulder, or as complex as Damien Sandow in Jimmy John’s shorts.

2. Vince McMahon finally got around to watching the past 8 months of Roman Reigns promos and did one of those exaggerated, big-eyed gulps. New WrestleMania 31 main-event: John Cena vs. Randy Orton. No explanation.

3. Vince believes Curtis Axel has a “really good point” about his Royal Rumble elimination.

4. They need to figure out which WrestleMania match will be cut to make time for Rob Gronkowski vs. MTV RiFF RaFF. Spoiler alert: a lot of deep sighing from the Bella Twins.

5. Vince feels very strongly that a member of the Dungeon of Doom should be head coach at the Performance Center. Jason Albert’s out, but who’s in? A show of hands will decide if newbies like Samoa Joe will be trained by The Zodiac, The Yet-tay or the corpse of The Shark.

6. They want to make sure everyone’s aware that the Divas hats with the ponytails attached are on sale at WWE Shop.

7. Nothing major, Vince just wants to go over the script for tonight’s Raw because he’s got some fresh new ideas, including “Divas match ends with distraction roll-up,” “The Usos fight the same team they’ve been fighting for three weeks,” and “Michael Cole speaks extensively about Lord Of The Rings.”

8. This is the annual meeting in which they hang Dolph Ziggler from the ceiling and beat him with sticks. Like a piñata, but sadder.

9. Everyone’s worried that Survivor Series 2014 won’t get any buys if they don’t build it properly. The next six months will be dedicated to making sure people pay to see Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan vs. The Authority from four months ago.

10. Vince is shutting down NXT and replacing it with Ring Of Honor. All NXT superstars will report to Smackdown except the women, who will be refitted for skirts and taught to stand at ringside looking unhappy until somebody hits or kisses them.


source: http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/03/ ... -theories/

1. A DEFINITE YES to Sandow as Lesnar at some point. That would actually be an awesome way to bring Brock back.
Also, I'd love to see how they portray an off-screen MITB cash-in. "Seth went to Brock's house and challenged him to a one-on-one match and beat him clean!"

10. I really shouldn't have laughed at this, but the sad part is that that is exactly how Vince views women in wrestling.

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I'm going to guess that JR is talking out of his ass and doesn't know the specifics because sh*t like racial/sexual slurs and making contact with INJURED people in a way that will only hurt them is NOT something a good parent or coach does.
My father never hit us, but my mother and my grandparents never had a problem doing so if it was warranted... but there is no way they ever would have rapped me on my knuckles if I had a broken hand.

yeap, exactly what i'm thinking. same with Jericho's comments last week. You can tell they think that the hard training is normal since they grew up with that, but they may not know any of the strong allegations to sexual harassment and kicking little ziggler with a broken leg

[Big Red Machine]

I'm going to guess that JR is talking out of his ass and doesn't know the specifics because sh*t like racial/sexual slurs and making contact with INJURED people in a way that will only hurt them is NOT something a good parent or coach does.
My father never hit us, but my mother and my grandparents never had a problem doing so if it was warranted... but there is no way they ever would have rapped me on my knuckles if I had a broken hand.

yeap, exactly what i'm thinking. same with Jericho's comments last week. You can tell they think that the hard training is normal since they grew up with that, but they may not know any of the strong allegations to sexual harassment and kicking little ziggler with a broken leg

Lance Storm has seemed to be the most reason able on this (as usual). He defended the "kicking the ropes into people's lip" thing because that is a lesson to pay attention to our surroundings, then noting that whenever they did a segment where someone dropped a mic in the ring and then there was a brawl and people were taking bumps in the ring, he made sure that they knew where the mic was and made sure to stay away from that area of the ring. Other stuff, like hitting injured people in their injuries, he called out for being the bad thing that it is.