Gilbertti has no idea why WWE flipped the Title from Jinder Mahal to A.J. Styles last week. He says that Mahal’s story still had several layers to pull back and he was dissapointed to see the Title change hands. Both Russo and Gilbertti shoot down rumours that Mahal failed a drug test, because if he failed a test he’d be suspended by now. They both trust Mahal when he says that he’s not on steroids.
Gilbertti says he was surprised to hear that the Chris Jericho/Kenny Omega Twitter feud was a work all along. Jericho worked everyone, including his personal friends such as Gilbertti but Gilbertti didn’t have an issue with it at all. He says that Jericho is doing NJPW a huge favour here because he’s drawing a lot of North American eyes to NJPW’s product.
Russo says that people are talking about this match as if Jericho is still in the prime of his career. Jericho is still in tremendous shape but he’s 47 years old, and that’s going to limit this match’s potential. Gilbertti says it doesn’t matter how good the match is because they’re going to have people’s money before the event even starts. Jericho can sell this show in the United States unlike any other NJPW talent.
Lane points out that Impact Wrestling appears to be closing shop in Nashville and are moving their production to Toronto, Canada. Russo says he worked in those offices for some time, and he’s currently thinking about some of those full time employees who were stationed in Nashville, who now need to decide whether to follow the company to Canada.
