Vince McMahon Pulled Zack Ryder From RAW

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The Wrestling Observer is reporting that "Internet Champion" Zack Ryder was not used on RAW because “Vince hates the internet” and thus he was pulled from the card. Original plans did have Ryder scheduled for a promo to turn him face and then allow him to promote his internet show "Z! True Long Island Story." The decision not to use him was seen as a rib by McMahon who doesn't like how Ryder takes shots at WWE for not using him.

Idiot, he could make so much money from Ryder as he's hot right now! New t-shirts, replica headbands and Internet Championship belt, Vince's ego is getting in the way of making profit!

Anyway, here's Meltzer's report, he was texted about it from someone backstage...

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Evidently, it was indeed a rib/joke being played on Zack. Zack had spent his prior show talking up how he was in his hometown, how excited he was, how this could be his chance to finally shine and move up on the card. Zack was told a few days ago he would have a promo and a match on RAW and would turn face on RAW, even being able to acknowledge his youtube show and Internet Champion gimmick. This is why Zack was so excited the past few days.

The rib went so far as there was even a fake script and timeline alloted for Zack to come out and wrestle, besides Superstars, with his RAW promo and on air face turn. When the time came close for this to happen, Zack was informed plans changed and he would not be on air. This was literally during the broadcast. The entire rib was Vince's idea and was because Vince is not a fan of the "bashing" Zack does about WWE and sees it as "giving in" to someone who is visibly bashing the company with "dropping ball" clips, etc.

Meltzer comments that the real joke is on the fans, as the reaction to him not being on air is not pretty and as the rib is being revealed, even less people are happy. Multiple wrestlers have stated their public displeasure with the rib and John Cena was said to directly confront Vince over the situation and what he felt was a poor joke.
Source: F4WOnline (Meltzer)

what an absolute cunt

That sounds like a prank that belongs in a high school movie. Thats absolutely pathetic. He could make money off Zack.

The whole Zack "bashing" WWE thing, to me, is a load of bullshit as he is simply trying to get over and get himself back on tv. Surely him using some initiative and trying to get back on tv and make the company money is better than him just sitting resting on his luarels, picking up a pay check every month.

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- The fact that Zack Ryder would have some vocal fans at Monday's RAW in Long Island, New York was no secret going into the show. This was talked about internally and the decision was made to have him perform on Superstars only. People within WWE were upset that Ryder wasn't used with the feeling that he's got himself over with fans using social media and without a normal WWE push, and he wasn't even put on RAW because the company knew he would get a bigger reaction than some of the stars they push on TV.

Someone pointed out on another site that this could just be part of the plan for Ryder. I'm not fully buying the whole "Vince is angry with the WWE potshots" thing. If he was that pissed off, why would he let Ryder be seen with the WWE Champion backstage?

If WWE assumed that "pulling" him from the show would annoy the IWC, they were correct. Ryder could use this incident when he finally makes his face turn speech.

Also consider that next week's RAW is Power To The People. They could fake a special Internet vote which the Internet Champion obviously wins.