Austin Aries (Starr) Suspended
Apr 18, 2007 23:08:24 GMT -5
Post by Hegemony on Apr 18, 2007 23:08:24 GMT -5
Originally posted by PWInsider
Austin Starr was sent home from television on Monday and (at this point) is slated for a 90 day suspension. The reason bouncing around this afternoon among those in the company was that management was unhappy with his attitude. I was told there was no one incident that caused the decision but just a series of events. The feeling among some wrestlers that were sympathetic to Starr was that he's a pretty blunt and brutally honest person, which probably hurt him politically in the locker room. One certainly can't discount his work as he had one of the best matches on the entire Lockdown PPV against Senshi. Starr had been given something of a suspension last year after he and Roderick Strong remained and worked a Ring of Honor show during a blizzard scare after being instructed to leave New York and head to Florida. They made the show but their push as a tag team was shelved and Strong opted not to sign a new deal with the company. Starr re-debuted with the Starr moniker at Bound for Glory last October. Starr was scheduled to continue his storyline with Bob Backlund after Lockdown. Backlund was at TNA's Impact taping Monday but wasn't used. He'll be remaining with the company.
From many reports (Alvarez, Meltzer) there are numerous talents very unhappy with the current situation in TNA (and rightfully so in many fans' opinions), so it will be very curious it this is an isolated incident or if it is symptomatic of a much larger problem with the company's current direction.
This is very curious in relation to VKM's recent public interview where apparently there will be no punishment for their critical comments and apparent desire to leave TNA if a better opportunity presented itself. It is a shame because Aries (Starr) is tremendously talented and can offer the TNA brand a lot if they allow him to go out and wrestle, while VKM seems to offer very little in 2007. But hey, at least he will be available for more ROH dates in the coming months (Aries, not VKM, although it would be funny to see them get booed out of a ROH ring).
Austin Starr was sent home from television on Monday and (at this point) is slated for a 90 day suspension. The reason bouncing around this afternoon among those in the company was that management was unhappy with his attitude. I was told there was no one incident that caused the decision but just a series of events. The feeling among some wrestlers that were sympathetic to Starr was that he's a pretty blunt and brutally honest person, which probably hurt him politically in the locker room. One certainly can't discount his work as he had one of the best matches on the entire Lockdown PPV against Senshi. Starr had been given something of a suspension last year after he and Roderick Strong remained and worked a Ring of Honor show during a blizzard scare after being instructed to leave New York and head to Florida. They made the show but their push as a tag team was shelved and Strong opted not to sign a new deal with the company. Starr re-debuted with the Starr moniker at Bound for Glory last October. Starr was scheduled to continue his storyline with Bob Backlund after Lockdown. Backlund was at TNA's Impact taping Monday but wasn't used. He'll be remaining with the company.
From many reports (Alvarez, Meltzer) there are numerous talents very unhappy with the current situation in TNA (and rightfully so in many fans' opinions), so it will be very curious it this is an isolated incident or if it is symptomatic of a much larger problem with the company's current direction.
This is very curious in relation to VKM's recent public interview where apparently there will be no punishment for their critical comments and apparent desire to leave TNA if a better opportunity presented itself. It is a shame because Aries (Starr) is tremendously talented and can offer the TNA brand a lot if they allow him to go out and wrestle, while VKM seems to offer very little in 2007. But hey, at least he will be available for more ROH dates in the coming months (Aries, not VKM, although it would be funny to see them get booed out of a ROH ring).
