Cena thanks Triple H for the AJ Styles match, Booker reacts to ESPN giving Wrestlepalooza a “C”

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– John Cena via X:

I want to thank @TripleH for being flexible here and rewarding the true driving force behind #CenavsStyles .. the FANS! 2 posts over 10m views and so many of you let yourself be heard! #WWECrownJewel Perth and @AJStylesOrg you will get my everything. Listening to our audience is ALWAYS what’s BEST for business! I am forever grateful to you all for choosing my next opponent. LFG!!

– Booker T (via HOF Podcast) is furious after ESPN gives a “C” grade to WrestlePalooza:

“There were five matches on the show…and not one was bad. Two of them were absolutely stellar. The women’s world title match was the crown jewel, Cody and Drew had a heck of a time, and the mixed tag might have been the best of its kind I’ve ever seen.

How do you give a show like that a C? That’s crazy — comon man that’s a crazy take!?

What more did people want from Brock and Cena? For the naysayers, go back and watch the footage. When they pan the crowd, you’ll see kids crying real tears. As a babyface, if I can get a real tear from someone in the audience, I’ve done my job.

I don’t know when wrestling became about letter grades. We went from star ratings to it’s an A…A+, maybe A++”

6 COMMENTS

  1. I know Booker feels he has to toe the company line, but no way in hell was that an A+ show.

    There were issues with the stream. Not to mention that quite a few booking decisions were being openly questioned on social media. ESPN is under zero obligation to give five stars tom every show. Wrestlepalooza was not a good show. And the thing is that WWE got a low grade not from some random on social media, but it’s partner ESPN itself.

    Don’t worry. Just because the show got a bad review isn’t going to stop WWE from its traditional paint by numbers method of booking.

  2. @Disgruntled Jobber
    So what would you expect Booker to say about a truly mediocre show that was still more deserving of an A++ than Sharmell of a Hall of Fame induction?

    For the record, I don’t think it even deserved a C. I’d give it a This Tuesday in Texas.

    I still say it would’ve been better if they called it WrestlePazuzu. Maybe have Pazuzu possess AJ and have her dismember Seth, have an exorcism on a pole or possessions count anywhere match, or maybe just have Pazuzu do ring announcing.

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