Backstage Reactions On Retribution's Booking In WWE
Added 2020-09-22 18:43:22 +0000 UTC
Fightful heard from several wrestlers following the "unveiling" of Retribution on the September 21 episode of WWE Raw.
The feelings from the four WWE talent we spoke to echoed the critical and immediate sentiments that were uncorked on the group and more specifically, WWE's creative process.
One female wrestler on Raw said "I feel bad for Mia (Yim) and Mercedes (Martinez). It's a good spot, but they've worked so long and are facing a battle to not make this look as dumb as it is."
A Smackdown talent mentioned being curious as to how their show has been largely untouched by so much of the hastily made changes that Raw has experienced of late. The wrestler speculated "I think they load up Raw with that stuff because it's a longer show, but we weren't told why Retribution was off Smackdown."
Those that we've spoken to said that they weren't informed of any long term plans for Retribution from the jump, and much of it felt hastily thrown together even from the backstage perspective.
Absolutely everyone we heard back from said that they thought the names given to Retribution were ridiculous.
"It sounds like something out of a bad movie or game, but I'm not sure Vince plays games or watches movies anymore," a top wrestler said.
Comments
No wonder it was DOA ever since it happened. Raw was dogshit.
Magan Yusuf
2020-09-23 01:04:52 +0000 UTCThese poor people have no hope. Slapjack, how can take you seriously. Also WrestleVotes tweeted on the matter & the whole company is just a laughing stock
JJ Gyllenhaal
2020-09-22 22:04:58 +0000 UTCyeah it sucks for the performers debuting in retribution. Honestly they should've just made it a comedy angle with people able to pull that off like maybe an r truth and sami zayn.
e d
2020-09-22 20:37:22 +0000 UTCI feel bad for the performers themselves between this & how Keith lee has been booked, I just don’t care to see any of it & haven’t watched RAW in months. SD atleast now has Roman back & that has peaked my interest & maybe because it’s only a 2hr show but also RAW has been done to death lately with rematches, even this upcoming ‘PPV’ is mainly all rematches. I hope for better days in wwe specifically raw cause this retribution angle isn’t good
2020-09-22 19:47:33 +0000 UTCGot a guy who looks like Ivan Drago, is an incredible athlete and a good promo. Shave his head, put him in a mask and call him T-bar. SMH. Everyone involved in this deserves so much better. Hopefully they get Nexus’d and every redebuts under their old names and better gimmicks.
Kyle Cotton
2020-09-22 18:53:07 +0000 UTCSmackdown: Heyman controlling the main event as long as Roman is involved, Bryan the IC title and Bruce everything else. NXT: The DX crew along with a collaborative environment with talent Raw: just Vince and Bruce as major figures. I think I see why Raw is so bad. Great work as always.
Kyle Cotton
2020-09-22 18:50:01 +0000 UTCSaid it on Twitter, but I'll give props to Dijak for giving up his blue checkmark to get T-BAR over. Poor bastard.
Joel Pearl
2020-09-22 18:47:27 +0000 UTC
