Today’s article features the latest on a commentary change for the Mae Young Classic. Also, a rumored creative pitch that was made for Summerslam. Take rumors with a grain of salt as always.
Change On Commentary For The Mae Young Classic
On this week’s episode of his podcast, Jim Ross said that he hasn’t been contacted to do commentary for this year’s Mae Young Classic yet. He assumes that means he won’t be doing it. Here is a quote (via Wrestlezone):
“I don’t have any idea. I would think not. I would assume that if I were going to be involved again that I would have already been contacted and I don’t say that out of – I’ve got plenty to do. I’m very busy; but, I don’t think I did my best work on that project. There were a lot of things that made it challenging to do one’s best work; but, the best effort was there. The results weren’t as good as I hoped they would have been on my end. People say, ‘Well he didn’t have a real good outing.’ They’re probably right. The other thing is the WWE has a lot of good young guys that need work and they’re never gonna get better if you don’t put them in a position to sink or swim. You’ve got proven commodities there; but, you’ve got also some depth issues. I think Tom Phillips would be a great choice to do the Mae Young Classic. He certainly could use more reps. Mauro [Ranallo] doesn’t; but, he’d do great, my gosh. The guys that are there, they’re staffed. They don’t need me to help and I understand that. I’ve got no problem with it. I really don’t. I’m staying busy enough.”
Rumored Creative Pitch For Summerslam
According to WrestlingNews.co, someone in WWE creative pitched the idea of Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns at Summerslam with Lesnar winning. After the match, Braun Strowman would cash-in to win the Title. The site says that this was an idea pitched to Vince McMahon directly.
Speaking of Summerslam, you can check out a spoiler for the event here.