Lio Rush has been making headlines recently for his backstage etiquette and general issues
with the WWE. The Man Of The Hour thinks very highly of himself backstage and has made it
very clear to WWE higher ups that he should be the top guy. However, his confidence as
well as many other “issues” have rubbed WWE officials the wrong way as Rush was taken
off TV. Lio Rush first garnered heat when he refused to carry water bottles and drinks
as a junior member of the roster during the 2018 European tour, which is standard WWE
etiquette to show respect to the locker room and to the business as a whole. On another
occasion, multiple complaints were made when Rush brought his wife backstage and allowed
her to change in the women’s locker room. Although Finn Balor tried explaining to Rush
how this was frowned upon, the 24-year-old piece of gold had no interest in listening
to his advice. I’m surprised Finn even bothered after getting cockblocked by Lio Rush… As
well as this, The Man Of The Hour brought up issues such as: not making enough money
to support his family, not being paid for merchandise that uses his catchphrase and
not being paid what he feels he's worth as Rush reportedly turned down a new five-year
deal making $300,000 a year and asked for double that figure instead! As of now, Lio
Rush has removed WWE from all social media accounts so a push or even a return at this
stage seems virtually impossible.
Where do I even begin with EC3? He is being booked so badly that his WWE career is being
buried even before it has started! If you have been following EC3’s career on Impact
Wrestling then you’ll know why he is known as “The Top One Percent.” EC3 is a prime
example of no matter how hard you train, how good your promo skills are, how good you might
be in the ring, if Vince loses interest in you then you can forget about any sort of
push, let alone making it on TV! A good example of this happening is Mojo Rawley… You remember
that guy? EC3 made his official Raw debut appearing on a Moment of Bliss, where he was
exposed to some sultry comments… as well as not being able to get a word in edgeways.
In terms of momentum, EC3 did pick up a win against Dean Ambrose via a jackknife pin but
lost the following week to Ambrose via an inside cradle pin. And then he got completely
buried by Braun Strowman a month later for no apparent reason… Now all we see of EC3
is ridiculous backstage appearances and funny memes (That I can deal with! We all love a
good meme!) It was reported that Vince McMahon is not a fan of EC3 and does not see anything
for him right now. EC3’s reply to WWE wishing him a happy birthday on Twitter pretty much
sums up his WWE experience…
If you have been watching Raw for the past few weeks then you might have noticed how
the WWE have turned The Revival into one big running joke or for better context “rolling…”
There is a reason for The Revival’s decline from once being known as the Raw Tag Team
champions to now a laughing stock and that’s all down to one man… I bet you’ll never
guess who that is? Ok, it’s pretty obvious… it’s Vince McMahon! It was reported that
Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson turned down five-year contracts at $500,000 per year which seemingly
ticked off Vince McMahon. Consequently, The Chairman extended The Revival’s contracts
by two months as well as publicly humiliating The Top Guys as seen with their storyline
with The Usos, which was only done because Vince thought it would be funny. According
to Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer, he pretty much confirmed how Vince McMahon was
punishing The Revival for turning down his offer as Meltzer said the following:
“It’s trying to make this reference like they’re these two gay guys. That’s the
reference - they can’t say that, but that’s the thing they want you to think, and then
Dawson comes out that we’re real men and all that, so that was like the idea... I think
that was the idea of the segment to begin with... to kill them.”
Seems like petty behaviour from Vince if you ask me…
You would think standing at 6ft 8 and having the nickname the “Monster Among Men” would
surely attract the attention of Vince McMahon and you would be right but in Braun Strowman’s
case, he is his own worst enemy. There have been many reports of Vince McMahon being ready
to make Braun Strowman the top guy in the WWE, however, issues behind the scenes such
as: the way Braun Strowman carries himself backstage, his punctuality and forgetting
his WrestleMania 35 spot which ended up hurting Luke Harper and Ali have all been his downfall
to why Vince has been reluctant to give the Monster Among Men that big push. Destroying
Vince’s limo probably didn’t help either… Instead, Vince McMahon sees Braun Strowman
as a “walking mascot” rather than as a top guy which could be the reason why Strowman
has had a lack of championship opportunities. More recently, well respected wrestling journalist,
Dave Meltzer noted that Strowman is wrestling injured as he is dealing with either a biceps
or a triceps injury which unfortunately makes any sort of push seem very unlikely.
Andrade has had a bit of a rollercoaster these past few weeks after joining the red brand
as part of the Superstar Shake-up to only be put back on SmackDown due to FOX wanting
bigger Hispanic superstars to spotlight on the blue brand as part of their Spanish language
station Fox Deportes. According to… you guessed it, good ol’ Dave Meltzer, Andrade
is pretty much universally loved by live event producers and talent and has even got The
Chairman Vincent Kennedy McMahon thinking highly of him but there is one thing that
is holding him back and that’s his English skills. Maybe Shinsuke Nakamura could help
him out… According to PW Torch, Andrade went into Vince McMahon’s office asking
for a bigger push to which Vince bluntly replied with: “Learn some English and get back to
me.” Andrade reportedly has an English tutor that has been helping him with his promos
which has shown as his English has notably improved since he first joined the company
back in 2015. Hopefully this means better things to come for Andrade and who knows,
maybe he might even get that big push he was asking for…