Alvarez and Meltzer discussed NJPW’s recent United States show on one of this past week’s audio shows. Meltzer pointed out that the crowd saw Okada as the biggest star, but they were hottest for the Iishi/Suzuki interaction. Alvarez pointed out that they’re two tough guys “beating the shit out of each other and trying not to sell”.
Russo has no idea what that even means. He suspects that Alvarez looks at this stuff as if it’s real, so that’s why he said that the performers were “trying not to sell” how hurt they are. He points out that this is a completely backwards take on the business.
Also this week, Keller wondered what would happen if Roman Reigns were to get hurt prior to WrestleMania. He wonders if WWE would put Daniel Bryan in Reigns’ spot so that when Reigns finally come back he could be a bitter heel. He added that Reigns must have a lot of legitimate pent up anger given how fans react to him every week compared to Bryan.
