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Vince Russo’s The Brand Recap – Family Before Wrestling, Ripping on His Son, When did Wrestlers Become Marks? More!
Russo mentions that he can’t stop thinking about the new Kevin Owens documentary, where Owens was shown backstage after his Universal Title win crying with Sami Zayn, Triple H and others. He talked about this on his show yesterday, and it’s been stuck in his head ever since. He can’t believe that ‘professional’ wrestlers are crying backstage over being scripted to win a fake Title.
Russo informs that he has worked with some of the biggest stars the industry ever produced. King Kong Bundy, Hogan, The Rock, Austin, they were all professionals. They came to work every day, did their job, and went home at the end of the night. They carried themselves perfectly, and they knew that they were working in the entertainment business.
Somewhere along the line, the wrestlers became marks. He knows that this doesn’t apply to all the performers, because he doesn’t picture guys like Braun Strowman or Roman Reigns acting this way. For the most part however, today’s generation of wrestlers are taking themselves and the business so seriously that they forget about the actual important things in life.
Favorites to Win at WWE Great Balls of Fire
Here are the current betting odds for the upcoming WWE Great Balls of Fire event, which will most-likely change several times between now and Sunday.
WWE Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar(c) -1667 (favorite) vs Samoa Joe +700
RAW Women’s Championship: Alexa Bliss(c) -278 (favorite) vs Sasha Banks +170
Intercontinental Championship: The Miz(c) -278 (favorite) vs Dean Ambrose +170
RAW Tag Team Championship: Cesaro and Sheamus(c) +125 vs Matt and Jeff Hardy -189 (favorites)
Ambulance Match: Roman Reigns -137 (favorite) vs Braun Strowman +100
Seth Rollins +125 vs Bray Wyatt -175 (favorite)
Enzo Amore +175 vs Big Cass -250 (favorite)
Velvet Sky Announces Retirement
Former Knockout Velvet Sky has retired from professional wrestling, according to WNPR in Connecticut.
Velvet Sky announced that she has retired and she is back in school at Post University to finish up the college degree that she put on hold to pursue her wrestling career. Velvet apparently wants to be a personal trainer and is working with the next generation at a wrestling school in Danbury, CT.