Dave Meltzer on Shelton Benjamin: "You are looking at a guy who literally, in WWE, has not done anything for years and years. He's 49 years old... He was the bottom of the bottom. He was on Main Event losing. You know what I mean?... It's the TNA thing. You're making yourself look second rate"
This is from Wrestling Observer Radio from this morning
Bryan Alvarez counters, saying this is all true but he's in a new company now and likens it to Ethan Page going to NXT and winning the title quickly. Dave says that it's completely different because WWE is "already the superior brand" whereas with AEW, he says the idea is that "they are the inferior brand and this accentuates that even more than you think" when bottom of the barrel WWE guys come in look strong and beat your guys. He likens it to TNA's booking in the past. He says he understands why they are doing it and admits that Bobby Lashley was used as a pretty top guy but says he is also very old and he doesn't want him beating AEW top guys: "If I was in charge, I'm not bringing in ANY second-rate WWE guys. None. There's no point. You've got enough guys on your roster. If it's a guy in WWE who is a big, big star. Sure... If it's Roman Reigns coming in that's a different story... The last thing you want to do is enforce that you are the secondary brand and they are the major league".
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. This will also coincide with their most reliable draw (Omega) coming back.
