In a recent episode of his “BroDown” podcast, former WWE writer Vince Russo expressed his dissatisfaction with the present state of heels in WWE. He voiced his concerns saying,
“The heel interferes in the match right in front of the referee. The referee sees it and does nothing, doesn’t send the guy to the back, does absolutely nothing. It’s things like that, Dutch, that drive me freaking nuts. Am I right about that?”
This sentiment was concurred by Russo’s podcast partner Dutch Mantell, who reiterated that the essence of being a compelling heel seems to be misplaced in this era. Mantell expressed,
“No, you are right about that because I mean, the art has been lost somewhere along the way that these things just fell by the wayside. Nobody even thinks about whether if, you know, I can take a match even though they’re doing a lot of wrestling, if it kind of makes sense.”
At present, WWE boasts several villains and villainous factions, such as The Judgment Day, who are frequently spotted interfering in each other’s matches.
During a recent WWE RAW event, Dominik Mysterio intervened enabling Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to clinch the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles.
At the end, an embedded video of the conversation between Vince Russo & Dutch Mantell from the “BroDown” podcast reviewing WWE SmackDown is included for reference.
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