Russo thought there were more dangerous spots in the various women’s matches this week. He warns them to start working safer, because WWE is not going to take care of them when they’re 35 and can no longer work. He also points out that as soon as these women leave WWE, the company is going to take their name and they’ll have to start all over.
Russo points out that WWE really appears to be falling in love with the “Top 10” list on Smackdown. He thought the segment with Jinder Mahal, Randy Orton and Bobby Roode was absolutely terrible, in spite of the talents’ best efforts to make the scripts work. He adds that RAW and Smackdown have basically turned into live house shows, and there’s no need to employ writers for these shows at all anymore.
Hamin points out that the basics of wrestling and storytelling are being ignored by WWE right now. He mentions that Elias had his ribs taped from his beatdown at the hands of Braun Strowman the week prior, and yet nobody targeted his ribs in the Gauntlet match this week. That’s just poor storytelling in his opinion.
That sums up today’s episode of Vince Russo’s The Brand. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya later this week for another recap!
