Ryan Satin from Pro Wrestling Sheet tweeted out this past week that WWE didn’t wish Enzo Amore all the best with his future endeavours after releasing him. Russo says that’s because this was a serious situation, and WWE wanted to release a short statement and rid themselves of the controversy.
During one of his audio shows this past week, Wade Keller from PWTorch spoke about the Mixed Match Challenge. He was dissapointed and angry about people interacting on Facebook while the match was going on, as he felt people should be more focused on watching the match.
Russo points out that the Mixed Match Challenge is a great idea that’s clearly marketed towards kids. WWE wants to promote fan interaction during these matches, and he thinks it’s hilarious that Keller is angry about a 12-year-old fan commenting that they love Sasha Banks while she’s competing in a match.
Keller was also very critical of Jinder Mahal’s work, specifically his work in the United States Title tournament match against Xavier Woods. Russo points out that Keller has no experiencing wrestling, and has no grounds to critique a former WWE Champion’s work. If Mahal is seriously that bad, Russo wonders how he made it through WWE’s training and developmental territory years ago, going on to have a lengthy, successful career.
At another point last week, Meltzer spoke about Booker T’s commentary on RAW, saying that it”sucks”. He went on to say that we all know why Booker T’s in that role, implying that WWE employs Booker T because he’s black. Meltzer said that this is the same game WWE played with David Otunga before, but he was boring so he had to be replaced. According to Meltzer, this was also their motivation for hiring Percy Watson to work commentary in NXT.
