“WWE Raw” began airing last night with a bloody angle involving Cody Rhodes and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, featuring a level of violence and censored profanity unprecedented for modern WWE. .Talking about today “Wrestling Observer Radio” Dave Meltzer gave his thoughts on the show’s ending.
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”[Johnson] Meltzer said, “You can literally do whatever you want no matter what. How many times do we have blood angles like that in WWE?”
Since Johnson was appointed to the TKO Board of Directors earlier this year and returned to WWE as a wrestler, there has been a lot of talk about Johnson being given free rein behind the scenes. This includes his heavy use of name-calling in his own promotions, although Johnson recently denied that his name-calling was ruffling his feathers.
Meltzer compared Johnson’s ability to control creative direction in WWE to Brock Lesnar’s ability. Although Lesnar is currently removed from the company’s plans due to his alleged involvement in Vince McMahon’s sex trafficking scandal, he once amassed a huge amount of money within WWE.
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With Johnson now on the company’s board, Meltzer feels The Rock can basically do whatever he wants with WWE. The Wrestling Observer host revealed on last night’s Raw in the run-up to WWE WrestleMania 40 that Johnson was given permission to move up a notch because the company couldn’t say no. I believe.
There will only be one episode of “WWE Raw” and two episodes of “WWE SmackDown” until WrestleMania takes place next weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first night’s main event will see Rose and Seth Rollins take on The Rock and Roman Reigns in a tag team match, and the second night will feature Rose and Reigns in singles action.
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