Backstage reactions to Heyman/Bischoff News
Added 2019-06-27 16:27:38 +0000 UTC
Everyone was caught by surprise in regards to WWE's announcement today.
In case you missed it, Eric Bischoff has been pegged to run Smackdown Live, and Paul Heyman set to run WWE Raw as "Executive Directors." Fightful reached out to WWE to find out when the roles would start, and if it would affect the WWE Wild Card rule, and haven't heard back.
We did, however, hear back from several wrestlers and employees of the company. Unanimously, across genders, roles, and positions in the company were very surprised by the news, and hadn't even heard of it coming.
The first reaction was a longtime WWE wrestler wondering aloud why Triple H wasn't set for one of the roles, and another saying that was some of the immediate chatter that they had heard. Another wrestler compared it to Shane McMahon wanting to improve his spot in the company but being bypassed, but we should note, this was simply discussion and chatter about why Triple H wasn't moved into the role, without much to add to it.
There was some pessimism to the announcement as well. One wrestler said that "Vince is still in charge, so that's all you really need to know," while another told us that the move couldn't possibly be worse than how things have went lately.
Comments
I think Jimmy was right with his tweet, until more is known it’s all assumptions but I can’t help wonder about Triple H
Rob Wilkins
2019-06-27 22:27:40 +0000 UTCOh and in other news: Vince Russo, New Head of Creative 205 Live 😂😂
Aidan O'Connell
2019-06-27 19:16:57 +0000 UTCI refer to my Tweet in the other thread on this subject.. HHH has potentially been kicked in the balls. If this was very serious, HHH would have RAW or SD. It’s another layer of bureaucracy for upward or downward feedback, so bad news for writers++ Shane O. Mac gets the two fingers, in my mind too All the problems pre today will continue to exist. I don’t see either man able to do anything tangible I would have brought back Arn. HHH and Arn to look after the brands would have me optimistic. I’m pessimistic on these developments ..
Aidan O'Connell
2019-06-27 16:39:43 +0000 UTC
