Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host, Jeff Lane, Bin Hamin, & Stevie Richards.
Russo opens today’s show by being very critical of RAW and Smackdown this week, calling them “house shows”. Richards points out that it’s actually hard work to not get anyone over, yet WWE managed to do that this week. Lane specifically felt the 9PM hour of Smackdown was particularly poor, calling it a waste of an hour of television.
Russo says WWE needs to bring this show into 2018. He’d be okay if this show was airing on Saturday morning for children who were changing the channel back and forth between wrestling and cartoons, but as a late-night show that is apparently meant for adults to enjoy as well, this is unacceptable. He notes that it was embarrassing when the announcers kept acting shocked every time a new performer changed brands.
Russo was annoyed by the fact that WWE took a Title off of Jinder Mahal for no apparent reason for the second time now. At this point he assumes it’s all just a joke on Mahal because this didn’t make any sense creatively. He also points out that Jeff Hardy is the last person on WWE’s roster who needs a Title belt because they’re never going to get him over any more than the last 20 years of his career has.
