Russo says that Mickie James versus Alexa Bliss simply isn’t a main event match, but WWE constantly promoted this match as the show’s main event all throughout the episode. He has no issue with those women working in the last match of the evening but if it’s not a main event caliber match, there’s no need to call it the ‘main event’. They can just promote the match as a regular bout and that will prevent viewers from turning the channel to Monday Night Football.
Russo mentions that WWE continues to give talent nicknames, but they don’t explain where those nicknames came from. Alexa Bliss is ‘The Goddess’ and Asuka is ‘The Empress of Tomorrow’, but fans have no idea what any of that even means. If Bliss is ‘The Goddess’ she should be acting like one by making crazy demands backstage and having her own locker room.
Russo says he has no idea how Kurt Angle continues to act like a scared child on WWE programming week after week. He adds that if he was in the ring with Stephanie McMahon to open the show he would have cut a shoot promo on Stephanie and buried her on live television. He swears that he’s not joking; he would have shot on her on live television and buried her once and for all.
Russo rips Corey Graves, saying he’s horrible and he ‘sucks’. He points out that WWE counts on Graves to explain their storylines and to make their scripts believable but he’s a terrible actor, and nothing that comes out of his mouth is believable. Bolin agrees and says that he didn’t even know what Graves’ name was, and he has no idea how Graves got that spot when guys like Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross are sitting home.
