On Bobby Roode & Finn Balor:
You’ve got a guy like Bobby Roode and talk about wet cement? He’s not wet cement. He’s dried cement and ready to have a house built on him and you’ve got him mixed up in this tag team with Chad Gable and mixed up with the RAW Tag Team Titles and he shouldn’t be. He should be a singles competitor and an over fu*king baby face, not mixed up in this stupid angle he’s in and that’s a shoot. Really, you wouldn’t pay to see an angle right now because they’re pushing Drew McIntyre as this killer heel, you wouldn’t pay to see Bobby Roode vs Drew McIntyre, right now? Meaning to build them up in an angle. Nothing against Finn Balor. Finn’s had pushes, not big enough pushes. They’ve pumped the breaks on Finn enough. They’ve screwed him over enough. I just feel like I’d love to see a single top angle for Bobby Roode. Instead, he’s mixed up in this thing here and I feel bad for the guy. I do.
On Renee Young’s Commentary During Dean Ambrose’s Matches:
You have one of two options with Renee Young on commentary while Dean is working or out there….I would have Renee be taken off commentary while Dean’s out there because what’s happening is the bulk of the audience know they’re an item; they’re a couple. The people backstage, in the Gorilla Position, are feeding Renee lines and it sounds contrived and fake. It sounds like when she’s like, ‘This is getting uncomfortable,’ it sounds like she’s being fed these lines. Have her stand up and walk out, walk backstage whenever Dean comes out to work, so you don’t force her to give any kind of commentary because it feels awkward or make her a heel. Make her a heel that she’s rooting him on and that she’s all for her man and I don’t care if you get to the point where she’s almost like his valet to a point. I hate to be rude. I was all in and I’m happy for her being the first color commentator on RAW and it’s an amazing thing and she does an OK job, she does. I do think she has a lot more to learn and a lot more to get better and she will, but the problem for her – it’s not her fault – it’s the way she’s being fed lines and she’s being fed too many lines. Instead, let her react organically and real, but they’re not trusting her instincts because they probably feel that she has no instincts because she’s green. Then don’t put her on your mother ship show. I’m not knocking her. I’m actually putting her over saying just let her be herself. You put her in that position for a reason. Well, let her be her. Stop micromanaging her. I would have her be a heel. Now, if she’s a heel commentator and, at times, she seconds – meaning she’s a heel valet for Dean – her as a heel on commentary is gonna make her a much better commentator because she will get better quicker because it will be easier for her. That’s a fact. That’s not an opinion. That’s not a guess. That’s a fact. Trust me. I’ve lived, done it and seen other guys do it. It makes it a much easier transition to learn and do. I’ve done it. Trust me, as a heel it works and now you have the perfect catalyst to do that and it’s Dean Ambrose. That’s what I would do with her and with Dean and it will help Dean. It gives Dean new life, if she’s with him. It just works. It does.
On Possible NXT Call Ups:
If I was in NXT right now, I’d be panicking. If I was getting pushed right now, I would be panicking. If I was Adam Cole, I’d be panicking, ‘Oh my God, don’t bring me on RAW or SmackDown right now. Just leave me alone, please. Leave me alone.’ Right now, if I’m on NXT, I don’t want to be on one of those main brands. I don’t.
On The Possibility That He Will Stop Covering RAW:
I want them to have good shows; I really do. We all invest time, as supporters and fans of the business. You are the hood ornament of the industry. You are the front man or front woman of the business. You are the end all, king of kings of the business. WWE you’ve got to do a better job than this. You’ve got to do a better job. You’ve got to and I’ve got to be honest with you. I’m not gonna keep doing fuc*ing podcasts out here covering RAW or covering SmackDown where I’m just burying everything they do because that’s not who I wanted to be as a podcaster and a content provider, but I’ve got no choice. I’m just not going to watch shows, if I’m gonna be like this because it’s just not getting better, you know what I mean? They’ve got to be better. This is just not good…..If you didn’t watch RAW, don’t. It’s really that simple. It wasn’t a good show…it’s got to be better. People are not gonna invest three hours, two hours, or one hour. It’s just not gonna happen.
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