1) Shane McMahon’s Backstage Status
According to journalist Tom Colohue, Shane McMahon is the person responsible for coming up with the ‘RAW Underground’ concept.
He also says that people in WWE are “quite high” on some of Shane’s recent ideas. Here is what Colohue had to say:
“It was entirely Shane’s idea, and I wouldn’t be too surprised to see him step into that ring sooner rather than later. Honestly, people in the WWE are really quite high on some of Shane’s ideas recently, including back in the Best of the World tournament and the Royal Rumble this year where he was heavily involved in the booking. WWE has lost a lot of writing talent recently, so they have been leaning on wrestlers like Bryan, like Edge and the bosses, the McMahon family as well, even though, for example, Stephanie McMahon isn’t there and isn’t involved in anything. Shane’s been very vocal.”
Shane’s backstage status has seemingly changed from last year, where Stephanie McMahon noted in an interview that he was strictly working for WWE as an on-screen talent.
My Take:
- Interesting to hear about Shane’s ideas being used more behind-the-scenes. This will be something to check back in on several months from now to see if things have changed.
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