Checked Out Bring it to the Table
So I heard about Bring it to the Table for a few days now and I finally got around to watching it. Oh sweet goodness this was amazing in all the wrong ways though it was just about exactly what I was expecting. This was half an hour of WWE giving us their official line on almost everything and the big theme is pretty much “you don’t work for WWE and therefore you have no opinion.”
A few highlights:
JBL says WWE is better than UFC in the pay per view market because UFC runs big star vs. big star at every pay per view. I think this one speaks for itself.
Also, Raw needs to be three hours and fans need to stop complaining if they say it’s too long because money money money money money. The host, who is supposed to be the voice of the fan, says it’s a bit much to watch and JBL/Heyman just unload on him, basically saying he has no idea what he’s talking about and has no right to question WWE’s stance on anything.
EVERYTHING WWE does is positive no matter what. Like, everything. 205 Live airing after Smackdown is great because JBL and Undertaker used to work dark matches or something, meaning the fans won’t be going anywhere and shouldn’t complain about the tapings going on for so long.
Overall, this is about what you had to expect. WWE has never been a company that is going to pretend ANYONE else has an opinion (save for when HHH said Raw would be better at two hours on the Austin podcast) but this was pretty ridiculous. It was basically WWE covering its ears and shouting “LALALA WE CAN’T HEAR YOU BECAUSE WE’RE WWE AND NO ONE CAN TOUCH US!”. It was really entertaining to see WWE twist everything around like this and offer no alternative perspectives whatsoever. I’d watch it again just for the sake of the laughs but if you want a real discussion about issues, go somewhere else.
To be fair on the RAW argument and something not many people seem to mention when talking about the 3 hour block. It’s not WWE’s call because it was USA’s call for it to be 3 hours. Would I like to see it go back to 2 hours one day? Sure but im not also not on this hate train of it being 3 either. However i will say some weeks are better than others.
As for 205 Live I don’t know, yeah maybe putting it on after Smackdown is not the best idea but ive heard some people say put it down at Full Sail. Why? They already get the NXT Tapings.
While I agree to an extent you also should mention that both JBL and Heyman are heel characters in the WWE and that they were in character for almost the entire time.
I agree with most of your sentiments. I was a bit surprised by their commenting on Hogan and Hart.