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ENZO BEING ANNOYING, ENDING THE THIRD HOUR OF RAW, WWE IN THE UK AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2017-10-10 10:00:00

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It seems like there is a fair amount of negativity towards Enzo's character on this site.  But is that not exactly the type of heat Enzo is going for?  I mean, yes his character is abrasive and annoying, yes he doesn't have the technical skills of the more gifted wrestlers, but isn't all that heat designed to make you want to see him get his comeuppance?  This is exactly what an annoying heel should do, and if that's what he's going for, he's doing it really well.

Well, here’s the thing, until recently he was playing the role of a babyface.  That is when he started annoying me (and most, if not all, of the locker room).  So no, he wasn’t doing it to get heel heat.  He was an abrasive, annoying babyface.  Now?  Yeah, we want to see him get beat up but until a month or so ago, that isn’t what they were going for with him.

What caused the mass exodus at What Culture Pro Wrestling? I really enjoyed their passion for pro wrestling and was taken by surprise when all but one of the main crew from their promotion/YouTube channel split.

Beats me.  I don’t know anything about them.  Usually in those situations it’s about money, not liking management or a mixture of both.

Any word on WWE's UK series? Or are they just going to keep Pete Dunne relegated to NXT?

It’s still in development.  Triple H made it clear when he announced the territory that they would take their time and make sure that they were doing it right.  He didn’t want to rush it and give it less of a chance to fail.  So at this point, it’s in development.

Does WWE grant a set amount of vacation days to performers (i.e. three weeks a year) like a regular salaried job? Or are wrestlers SOL unless they have a large amount of clout with the brass?

In the case of older talents, they negotiate time off in their deals as they get older.  With most of the roster no, there are no set amounts of days off for the talents, other than the breaks that the whole roster gets.  They can ask management for days off when needed, but there are no set days.

Ok Dave, I'm sure you might hate this question but I'm gonna ask it anyways. Regarding RAW going back to 2 hours is for that 3rd hour to not be worth USA paying for... Do you think we should all take a stand and just not watch that last hour? I used to love wrestling growing up and as a kid couldn't wait to watch RAW for 1 hour on Mondays. When it moved to 2 hours I thought even better. But I am seriously burnt out and sometimes feel like I watch wrestling as a chore. I stopped watching 205, didn't watch any of the United Kingdom or Women's tournament. And really it's not just 3 hours of WWE on Mondays. It's 3 hours or so of RAW plus something on the network. Sorry I wasn't planning on venting but had to let it out. 

Here’s the deal, if you could get every Nielsen family to stop watching, maybe it would work.  But until you can do that, it won’t make any difference.

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