Russo was confused by the Bray Wyatt/Matt Hardy match. He points out that Wyatt and Hardy are at least equal on the card right now, and Wyatt needed to get over somewhat here as well. He wonders why WWE couldn’t introduce some supernatural elements here – perhaps by debuting a Sister Abigail character which Hardy could have countered with a debuting Reby Hardy. This would have been just one way that WWE could have made this more interesting. He adds that Wyatt’s character is just “useless” right now, and that’s a shame.
Russo thought the Ronda Rousey promo segment was awkward. He’s not necessarily saying that a scripted promo would have been better, but he wanted to see more of the badass Rousey. He also wonders why Rousey was so emotional given that she lost her last 2 UFC fights and then transitioned into fake fighting.
Russo says he would have booked this segment differently. He would have booked Triple H and Angle to get into a physical dispute which would have led to a pull apart. This would have distracted Rousey, allowing Stephanie to attack her from behind with a chair. Nonetheless, he thought Rousey should have chased McMahon out of the ring after being slapped.
Russo also wonders why Rousey signed the contract if Angle just told her that Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were out to screw here. Lane is just happy that WWE finally gave Angle some balls and had him stand up to the authority figures here.
