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Going In Raw: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

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Wrestling, News, Sports News, Sports

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🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Time Stamps: 00:00 Show Starts 00:16 WWE Announces Releases 10:42 AEW Dynamite Posts Huge Ratings 12:54 Wrestlemania Considered Huge Success 14:27 NXT UK Recap 22:06 Impact Preview Sources: https://www.wwe.com/article/billie-kay-mickie-james-samoa-joe-superstars-released https://twitter.com/seanrosssapp/status/1382765899690733570?s=21 https://twitter.com/tuckerwwe/status/1382758096800337920?s=21 http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-14-2021.html https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/wrestlemania-37-wwe-1234951343/ https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1382687467032223745?s=20 Be sure to 🚨CLICK SUBSCRIBE🚨 and hit the NOTIFY BELL so you never miss Going In Raw! 🚨 FRIENDO CLUB TV BONUS CONTENT 🚨 Available By: Becoming a $5+ Patron at http://www.patreon.com/steveandlarson Clicking JOIN at http://www.youtube.com/steveandlarson Throwing us a Twitch sub at http://www.twitch.tv/steveandlarson Get THREE WEEKLY LIVE bonus episodes via Friendo Club TV -Power Rank LIVE WITH FRIENDOS Tuesdays 2pm PT 5pm ET -Ask Steve and Larson Wednesdays 2pm PT 5pm ET -GTA Online With FRIENDOS Fridays 3pm PT 6pm ET NEW FRIENDO CLUB MASKS AND TEN FTW SHIRTS! http://www.friendomerch.com FRIENDO CLUB SHIRT X STICKER PACKS http://www.friendomarket.com Contribute to the Going In Raw Set! PO Box 1814 Orangevale, CA 95662 Subscribe and leave us a rating, review or comment! Going in Raw on ITunes http://apple.co/1LpIsZa Larson on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/joyofbearding Steve on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mfstevehere Going In Raw on Twitter: https://twitter.com/realgoinginraw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, friend, those Steve here.
0:09.0	Hey, Lars.
0:10.0	And welcome back to going in Ron News brief.
0:12.7	We're going to try to keep it brief today, Larsen.
0:15.0	What's in the news?
0:16.0	So one year ago today, April 15th, WWE released more than 20 in-ring talents, plus several
0:22.0	more riders, backstage producers, people who worked in front office, releases across
0:27.4	the board, fast forward one year later, and WWE has announced another round of cuts this
0:34.2	time, including Mickey James, Calisto, Tucker, Wesley Blake, Baudalis, Chelsea Green,
0:42.3	Peyton Royce, Billy Kaye, and Samoa Joe.
0:47.1	This after making record profits in the year 2020.
0:52.8	Sean Ross Sapp is reporting that quote, John Lorde Nidis has been making the calls to talent
0:57.3	citing budget cuts as the reason for the WWE releases.
1:07.3	I mean, I mean, I know where to start with this.
1:14.3	I mean, first of all, we should be surprised by the tone deafness of WWE to do this one
1:19.0	year to the day of release of a bunch of people in the midst of a global pandemic.
1:25.7	And then now, doing the same thing exactly a year later, not too long after reports of
1:33.1	record profits.
1:35.4	And then, if John Lorde Nidis is calling up talent, telling them they've been cut, citing
1:42.3	budget cuts.
1:43.3	It's like it's, you know, we all know that WWE is swimming in a vast pool of money.
1:48.5	I don't know.
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