Gilbertti adds that he’s going to watch the show because it’s airing on Friday afternoon in North America and there’s not much else to do. He does admit that the card for this event is quite strong, maybe even stronger than this year’s WrestleMania card. Russo notes that this event is going to be long and Gilbertti agrees, comparing it to a WrestleMania-type event.
Lane mentions that reports surfaced this past week, saying that the Undertaker/John Cena match at WrestleMania was short because Undertaker couldn’t do a long match. That’s also the reason they didn’t promote Undertaker/Cena on the build to WrestleMania, because they didn’t want fans to get their hopes up for a long, competitive match when they knew they couldn’t deliver that.
Russo says that WWE shouldn’t care about fans wanting long matches when they plan on giving them a 5-minute squash. Gilbertti agrees, noting that WWE should have promoted this match in advance, regardless if Undertaker could wrestle a long match or not. Russo notes that WWE officials are starting to think like marks, and that’s scary.
Lane mentions that Gail Kim spoke out critically of Stephanie McMahon this past week, and the effect she’s had on the recent Women’s Revolution. Kim mentioned that Stephanie was there when Kim wrestled in WWE many years ago, and Stephanie didn’t have any interest in fighting for the women back then. She pointed out that everything WWE does is business-oriented. Russo agrees with that, noting that “they don’t give a s***” and adding that Stephanie does everything that way.
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 next week for another recap!
