It was a huge high and low yesterday for WWE stars working the UK tour.
On the high end, the London crowd at the O2 Arena was not only the biggest live event crowd in a long time but was also said to have been extremely rabid and wild. We've heard from a few talents that this was one of their favorite shows in a long time to perform on as the crowd made it insanely fun.
The low end were the same talents waking up this morning (due to the time zone difference) and learning of last night's WWE releases. There was great sympathy for Jinder Mahal and Xia Li specifically.
On Mahal, a few talents noted that he was given literally nothing to do for years but when he was tapped to do a promo segment with The Rock, Mahal nailed his side of the deal and then the company never followed up, despite him being in great shape. The running joke among a few talents is that Jinder will be feuding with AEW President Tony Khan on Dynamite this summer.
There was also a feeling of Xia suffered because of her start/stop push and introductions in the Vince McMahon era. Both were extremely well liked backstage.
The release of Jinder and Indus Sher at the same time had talents wondering if there was a change in how WWE planned to approach India going forward as they were obviously utilized as ambassadors for that country's fan base.
On the high end, the London crowd at the O2 Arena was not only the biggest live event crowd in a long time but was also said to have been extremely rabid and wild. We've heard from a few talents that this was one of their favorite shows in a long time to perform on as the crowd made it insanely fun.
The low end were the same talents waking up this morning (due to the time zone difference) and learning of last night's WWE releases. There was great sympathy for Jinder Mahal and Xia Li specifically.
On Mahal, a few talents noted that he was given literally nothing to do for years but when he was tapped to do a promo segment with The Rock, Mahal nailed his side of the deal and then the company never followed up, despite him being in great shape. The running joke among a few talents is that Jinder will be feuding with AEW President Tony Khan on Dynamite this summer.
There was also a feeling of Xia suffered because of her start/stop push and introductions in the Vince McMahon era. Both were extremely well liked backstage.
The release of Jinder and Indus Sher at the same time had talents wondering if there was a change in how WWE planned to approach India going forward as they were obviously utilized as ambassadors for that country's fan base.
