WWE FireFest '05

Puder comments on release: http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_14761.shtml

After refusing WWE.com's request to comment on record about his being released from the final three years of his Tough Enough 4 prize contract, Puder issued a statement on his own at his website. He wrote:

Yes, the rumors are true. I have been offered a release from my Million Dollar contract by World Wrestling Entertainment. The fine print in the contract that I won on Smackdown's Tough Enough was that only the first of the four years (at $250,000 per year) was guaranteed. This is their right, so no *****ing. I'm proud of winning the very first ever Million Dollar Tough Enough.

I'm proud that I adapted from MMA to WWE. I'm proud of my work in the ring with my pro wrestling trainers Lance Storm and more recently Al Snow, who was my Tough Enough trainer, too. I am proud of my association with a man like Danny Davis. I am proud to have worked with Tommy Dreamer. I am proud and have enjoyed working with and learning from Paul Heyman, and all the opportunities this experience has presented. And I know I will use this experience to my advantage when I make my next long term career move.

For the time being, I am headed back to Louisville, because Paul scheduled me in an OVW Title match against Johnny Jeter tomorrow night at the Davis Arena, 4400 Sheperdsville Road in Louisville. I hope it's my best pro wrestling match to date. I live up to my obligations and committments. That's the kind of man I am. And I'm going to show the world that at 23 years old, WWE thought short term and not long term with me. But I won't brag about it in advance. I'll prove it to everyone. Full Article Link.

We will have more on the Puder situation in this week's new Torch Newsletter scheduled to be published online in a matter of hours.

Can anybody put up the updated list?KevyR

It's already been updated. :P

-- WWE referee Brian Hebner has been fired by WWE. No details have been revealed as to why he was let go. John Laurinaitis gave him the releaser this past week.

It should be noted that Brian has had some behavior issues in the past. Earl and Dave Hebner coming under hot water from WWE management back in the summer and then being subsequently fired probably didn't help matters.

WWE is now Hebner-less for the first time since the 80's.

Source: The Wrestling Observer

-- WWE referee Brian Hebner has been fired by WWE. No details have been revealed as to why he was let go. John Laurinaitis gave him the releaser this past week.

It should be noted that Brian has had some behavior issues in the past. Earl and Dave Hebner coming under hot water from WWE management back in the summer and then being subsequently fired probably didn't help matters.

WWE is now Hebner-less for the first time since the 80's.

Source: The Wrestling Observer

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Wow what will we ever do without a Hebner in the WWE. It's actually kinda sad.:cry:

Source: PWInsider.com

It’s said that the firing of Torrie Wilson has been planned for quite some time. Specifically, almost ever since the release of her husband, Billy Kidman.

There were reports a while back that Torrie had gotten a big head after the playboy photo shoots, which certainly could have lead to some WWE high-ups being put off by her behind the scenes.

Wow, I just realized that we never updated this thread when all of us got fired by Vince a few weeks back.  :P

So, I am assuming Christian does not count, seeing how he left on his own account, rather than being fired from the WWE.

Updated the list 'cause it NEEDED it.  And I reposted Matt Hardy's name on there, but with another special character after his name.  He WAS fired, but he was rehired later this year, but he's STILL part of the FireFest list!

I haven't seen either of The Bashams on TV these past few months so I am pretty much expecting them to be released soon.

Added the crazy red-head, Christy Hemme, to the FireFest list.

It's kinda sad though, as she had a monumentous match against Trish Stratus at WM21. :roll:

As noted earlier today, Christy Hemme was released by World Wrestling Entertainment today. WWE's website noted that the company and Hemme had "come to terms on her release." The decision was the company's, not Hemme's, as she had been trying to come up with new ideas for when she returned to the main roster as late as this past weekend.

Hemme had just relocated to Kentucky to begin full-time with WWE developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. She was originally scheduled to start upon returning from a promotional appearance in New Zealand this week with Batista. Hemme arrived early and was booked in a debut OVW angle and match, with her match being taped to air on this week's TV show while she would be overseas. According to sources, Hemme's appearance overseas was canceled late last week and she received a call from management informing her she was being let go this morning.

The announcement caught a number of people within WWE by surprise as Hemme had a reputation for wanting to learn and improve inside the ring and had been heavily promoted by the company during her tenure there as one of the top Divas in the company. There had been no talk of her release last night at the Smackdown taping in South Carolina among the wrestlers, some of whom were surprised when contacted today.

Hemme won the initial WWE Diva Search contest last year, earning a one year $250,000 contract. She later posed for Playboy as part of the Wrestlemania 21 synergy. She had been moved from Raw to Smackdown several months back and was working under the terms of a new deal at the time of her release.

Hemme's official website at ChristyHemme.com has yet to reflect her release, noting that she would be departing her Smackdown touring schedule to train in OVW. There is no word as to whether she (like Daniel Puder when released) would finish up her OVW storyline.

Hemme likely has a 90 day cycle where she is unable to appear for any other wrestling company.

And so ends the year of 2005.  All the names in the first post is the complete list of WWE/OVW wrestlers who were fired last year.  Thank you for enjoying my up-to-date coverage on WWE FireFest '05.  Let's hope that 2006 doesn't see as many firings as last year.

WWE FireFest '06 comin' soon.....but hopefully not real soon!