He also points out that Lesnar rarely has long matches in WWE, so Styles’ plan could have been to drag the match out in order to test Lesnar’s cardio. Unfortunately, WWE didn’t take that direction either. In the end, Lane feels that WWE simply failed to leave themselves enough time to promote this match properly.
Russo would have preferred if Charlotte would have announced her father, Ric, before he came out instead of pretending to be surprised when he came out, because that didn’t turn out very believable. Bolin thought Natalya looked sloppy in this match, and he’s sure she wasn’t happy about dropping the Title just days before Survivor Series. He says that he worked with Natalya in OVW, and she can be the ‘drama Queen from Hell’ when she wants to be.
Russo says that after RAW invaded Smackdown Live, he felt that the show should have went off air with Kurt Angle applying the ankle lock to Shane McMahon. He also thought it was bad that WWE failed to play up the fact that Triple H will be squaring off with his brother in law, Shane, at Survivor Series because that’s a huge story.
That sums up today’s episode of Vince Russo’s The Brand. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya tomorrow for another recap!
