WWE Talent DEMORALIZED after Last Night's Raw

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reports that there was a big hit to morale backstage in WWE last night once talent saw how firmly Vince McMahon was in control of creative decisions during RAW, especially given that Triple H and Nick Khan had just held a meeting before RAW with talent saying that nothing would be changing. Their reporting backs up much of what PWInsider also reported, that there was frustration among talent at Vince McMahon making changes to the show right before it started and after it was underway, as well as being in gorilla position all night and having his own office.
The report adds that some talent didn’t even necesarily think that the creative decisions were poor, just that the situation was handled dishonestly after what Triple H had told talent, and that McMahon has fired so many of the people currently on the roster.
As reported earlier, two triple threat women’s matches that would set up a RAW Women’s Title shot, as well as Bayley being ringside, were originally set for the show but ended up being cut in favor of a tag team title contender match. This led to many women on the roster growing frustrated and demoralized at having Vince McMahon back after how smoothly the past several months have been for them.
Omos vs. Elias was also added to the show late, as Omos wasn’t even planning on wrestling and was in catering and had to scramble to get his gear ready.
A backstage segment involving Cody Rhodes talking on the phone and an lWo-Bad Bunny integration were also changed, but it’s unknown who was primarily responsible for those changes.
The Cody Rhodes – Brock Lesnar tag team angle was finalized on Monday morning.
Overall, Fightful characterized morale as hitting its lowest point since before WrestleMania last year when it reportedly reached near all-time lows. Some talent viewed the weekend as a way for Vince McMahon to get himself back in control, with Friday’s Smackdown already being seen as an important day because it will indicate if how involved Vince was at RAW was a one-time thing or the new normal. At least two talent, one reportedly near the top of the card, said they might request their releases if things continue as they were on Monday. Many wrestlers are looking into their options should Vince McMahon continue to be heavily involved as he was last night.

Lol

 

[GR13]

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

Some talent viewed the weekend as a way for Vince McMahon to get himself back in control, with Friday’s Smackdown already being seen as an important day because it will indicate if how involved Vince was at RAW was a one-time thing or the new normal.

WWE wrestlers got that battered spouse syndrome. They watched him waltz in and rip up every script as the show was on the air, yell orders at ppl on headsets, and their takeaway is.. "well, let's see what happens Friday"

 

[Stop_It_5]

Only thing missing from that Haitch opening segment was the francis farewell

 

[NYChase718]

nWo replaced

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

WWE wrestlers got that battered spouse syndrome. They watched him waltz in and rip up every script as the show was on the air, yell orders at ppl on headsets, and their takeaway is.. "well, let's see what happens Friday"

When you think about it, it could be more demoralizing if he just randomly shows up to shows with no rhyme or reason. You can't really prepare for unpredictability.

Like that episode of How I Met Your Mother where Barney lost at Slap Bet. If Barney could have taken all them slaps at one time or been on a schedule, that's cake to deal with. "Alright I'm going to get slapped tonight at 9. Not going to let that ruin the rest of my day, just some brief pain tonight then it's all good."

But no, he had to live with it on his mind that he could get slapped on any day at any time with no warning or advance notice. Man was quivering around Marshall all the time, flinching whenever he would raise his hand. Man was more scared at the possibility of getting slapped than he was the actual slap.

So now if he only shows up randomly right before air time, all these wrestlers are going to be like "Is this the week where I have to go out and play a game of tic tac toe on national TV? Is my push going to get killed because Vince decides Brock needs to squash me in less than two minutes? Am I have to go out dressed in a chicken suit to advertise for KFC? What if I let a fart slip out around him, am I going to be the new Farting Natalya? Is Michael Cole going to tell the world I got sent to a medical facility with anal bleeding?"

If he just shows up randomly, Vince is going to have these wrestlers feeling defeated and demoralized without even having to be there.

 

[seemorecizzy]

its his company b lol
can do whatever the fukk he wants
he's the reason these wrestlers are fans in the first place lol

 

[PremeGuru]

I dont know what those talents expected. Even when Vince "stepped down", he still had majority ownership in the company and it was only a matter of time before he came back and took full control of the product again. This should have been expected.