Beer Money deemed "expendable" by Russo

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Posted by: Wrestling-Radio.com

- Beer Money, Inc. — James Storm and Robert Roode — have been expressing their frustration to people backstage after they received word that TNA creative director Vince Russo said he didn't see them as top stars. Actually, Russo said that they were expendable, but the Pro Wrestling Torch notes that he may have been trying to send the outspoken Storm a message.

Storm was said to be very upset with Beer Money, Inc.'s limited role on the live Monday Night iMPACT! on Jan. 4. In one scene, they were shown shaking hands with Ric Flair upon his arrival to the Impact! Zone. Later that night, they were shown selling a beat down from an unidentified assailant.

It should be noted that there is no noticeable friction between the duo and Russo as observers say they get along fine backstage

Hmmm, I wonder if James Storm would have a better go in the WWE, then Brandon Walker did?

He wont go to WWE. He is a tag team wrestler at heart without a doubt, WWE really does not have a solid tag team division.

This upsets me (Russo calling them expendable). Beer Money is one of my favorite parts of TNA. Now I don't really watch TNA, but I never had a problem watching one of their matches and Roode is still in my top five favorite wrestlers in TNA today.

Sykesy wrote:

He wont go to WWE. He is a tag team wrestler at heart without a doubt, WWE really does not have a solid tag team division.

Ok, so he will go to some Indy thing and start at the very bottom?

Concrete Jesus wrote:

Sykesy wrote:

He wont go to WWE. He is a tag team wrestler at heart without a doubt, WWE really does not have a solid tag team division.

Ok, so he will go to some Indy thing and start at the very bottom?

No, He won't leave TNA.

Also, At the present time with Hogan running things. They would take Storme over Russo

I would hope that they would take a talented performer over that hack, but they gave Bubba the Love Spounge and job, so I would not be surprised to see them cut Storme loose.

This is why I no longer trust anything going on with TNA. I was genuinely optimistic that with Bischoff's arrival in the promotion, that things would go up (even if it meant bringing some of Hogan's friends; obviously I should've known better with Bubba the Love Sponge). But now, I'm sadly convinced that thoughts like Russo about Beer Money being expendable when Beer Money not only is the best tag team on your roster but arguably the most popular in TNA at the moment, only mean that things are headed south like they did with WCW. Vince Russo should've been shown the door the minute Hogan & Bischoff entered TNA headquarters.

As I said on other boards, the fact that Russo still is employed by TNA despite Hogan's mistrust of Russo prove to me that both Hogan & Bischoff are absolutely full of shit and unless Dixie Carter wakes up, she's gonna lose everything she built for the past couple of years.

I said this would happen long before Hogan and Bischoff showed up on Impact. Everyone thought I was just bashing TNA, but I was not just bashing TNA. This kind of thing is exactly what I thought would happen. TNA looks more like WCW every week.

And you were right after all. I really don't like judging by what I've seen recently where it's going...

It starts with small changes like putting annouce table in the WCW position, putting an elavated ramp to the ring, bringing in has beens like the Nasty Boys and the next thing you know, Joe is left off of a PPV card, TNA orginals are getting canned in favor of WCW orginals. As soon as Hogan started mouthing off about beating Vince, I knew this would happen. McMahon turned down Hogan's offer to come back to WWE, so Hogan decides to "take him on" in the ratings. This whole deal was all about Hogan to begin with, but people bought into him saying it was for TNA.