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Vince McMahon Reportedly “Flipped His Lid” Over Sami Zayn Mentioning AEW
UPDATE x 3: In the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez once again addressed the reports of whether or not Sami Zayn’s mention of AEW was scripted.
Alvarez stated that there are “people who insist” that Sami was given the “okay” to mention AEW. “One person said, in the script that went around on [Monday] morning, it was in the script that he would mention AEW,” Alvarez said.
Alvarez continued, saying “far more people” say the line was not scripted. “I was also told from multiple people that when it happened, Vince [McMahon] flipped his lid. He was furious that it happened. I know people who were there that absolutely, 100% believe he was very angry. He was not putting on a show or trying to work the boys.”
UPDATE x 2: Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Zayn was told ahead of time to mention AEW.
UPDATE: PWInsider has released its own report on last night’s AEW reference during Raw. Per the report, several sources are claiming that the AEW line was not in the script for Raw. The report goes on to state that Zayn likely improvised the line.
Additionally, the report notes that there’s no word on how WWE officials responded to the reference, though we do know it was removed from video highlights released by WWE on YouTube.
ORIGINAL: During today’s edition of The Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez spoke about Sami Zayn mentioning AEW during a promo on last night’s edition of Monday Night Raw. As noted, the mention was cut from Raw highlights on the WWE YouTube channel.
According to Alvarez, all the fans during the segment were “legit fans,” but they had to have their questions screened. Meltzer claimed that the AEW line by Zayn was scripted despite it being pulled later from the highlights. Additionally, he stated that he asked a backstage source about the AEW reference on Raw, and the source stated that the line “was so f***ing stupid.” During the same discussion, Bryan Alvarez said while this is what Meltzer was told, a different source told him the AEW line was “not scripted.” Meltzer then claimed if the line wasn’t scripted, then Zayn would be suspended, citing that going against the script and mentioning AEW on live TV would be grounds for suspension by WWE.
Also, Meltzer stated the person he heard from was in the pre-show meeting before Raw. Alvarez stated his own source would’ve been in the meeting before the show as well. Alvarez stated that it could be a situation of the creative team lying about the line not being scripted when it in fact actually was. Meltzer reiterated that he knew his source was not messing with him.
You can check out the clip of Sami Zayn mentioning AEW during Raw that was posted on Twitter below.
That #AEW name drop…. #WWE #RAW pic.twitter.com/5JTRq2ZEU5
— Get The Tables (@GetDaTables) May 28, 2019
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