Delaney’s tag team partner in this match let out a scream as he was being lifted high in the air by the Bludgeon Brother and this was a prime example of over-selling in Taz’s opinion. As a performer, you have to be careful about doing this type of stuff because it can come off as hokey and corny.
Taz points out that WWE is premiering a new show on Facebook Watch soon entitled “Mixed Match Challenge”. Taz knows that Facebook’s been wanting to do something with wrestling for a while, so reaching an agreement with the biggest wrestling promotion in the world is a win for them. He thinks that this is the way the world is moving, transitioning to short-form programming instead of 3-hour broadcasts like RAW.
Taz thinks that WWE needs to be careful not the flood the market with their programming, if they haven’t done that already. If WWE continues to spoil the wrestling fans with hours upon hours of programming each week they’ll begin to take it for granted and they’ll start tuning out.
Wrestling fans are cyclical and everyone in the business knows this, so WWE just need to be careful with how they schedule their programming moving forward. Taz points out that more programming means more money for the talent, and in the end that’s what’s important to him.
He informs that there are a lot of things required of talent in WWE that they mightn’t necessarily receive additional income for. Talents have gone on record in the past saying the don’t get extra money to film shows like ‘Ride Along’ for example, so anytime they can generate more money Taz thinks that’s a good thing.
