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Hey SRS, I was browsing on x and saw a comment someone said that seems like a good idea. They said that Sami Zayn should “leave” wwe and come back as El Generico at AAA for a bit. I feel that Sami’s character needs some kind of makeover. Could you see this working?
I do think he could eventually bring the El Generico character to AAA before he retires. It plays a little close to the El Grande Americano story of us all knowing he's under the mask but acting like we don't, but it would be a nice full circle situation for his career. Perhaps as something if they need to move tickets or a huge surprise. I don't think he'll do it for a full story unless it's in WWE.
Can you please explain why the plans for McIntyre going into wrestlemaina as champion was changed do they not see him on that level I was very deflated as a birt and big McIntyre mark that plans changed as the triple threat between fatu Drew and Cody or the HITC between Cody and Drew would have been amazing and way better than that awful pat macfee angl
Based on the trajectory of how things have went since then, I think it's pretty clear that Drew McIntyre needed some time off to work on other projects, and it ended up affecting some other creative. Every WrestleMania season at this point, I just expect WWE to overcomplicate things, sometimes at the urging of TKO.
Have the TKO suits learned any lessons from the Pat McAfee disaster about "celebrity involvement?" I think they should look to Lil Yachty on their own show as an example of how to do that better without pissing fans off
I think they have, but we'll see. It's certainly been scaled back quite a bit, and Pat is actually one of the more apt options but it doesn't matter if the creative is horrible en route to it. More than anything they need to stop getting involved in the WrestleMania build. Every year, TKO seems to screw something major up and just push their way in. It's not needed. Trust the people you hired or get new people!