He says that all the cruiserweights must spend their entire day together, planning how their match is going to unfold and scripting out every move right down to the finest detail. He adds that maybe we should just start grading cruiserweight matches like judges grade gymnastics in the Olympics.
Russo says his biggest issue with RAW this week was Elias being utilized as cannon fodder for Braun Strowman just one week after having a terrific, competitive match with Roman Reigns. This is why WWE continues to struggle with getting new stars over, and he has no idea why they booked Elias this way.
The best thing on this show in Russo’s opinion was the Bray Wyatt/Matt Hardy segment. He gives a lot of credit to whoever produced that and put it together, saying that it was terrific entertainment. Vito agrees, calling it one of the best segments in RAW history, and Bolin says that while he wasn’t initially a fan of the entire ‘Broken’ Hardy character, he submits to the fans who obviously love this gimmick.
Russo wasn’t happy with how the main event of the Raw ended and he clearly wasn’t alone since RAW dropped over 700,000 viewers as it went into the third hour of the show. Russo thinks this drop in viewership occurred because guys like Rollins and Ambrose simply aren’t over. He also mentions that a run-in from Samoa Joe in your main event isn’t going to captivate any mainstream audiences.
