Monday’s episode of WWE Raw was a memorable show thanks to the interesting segment featuring CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, and Seth Rollins exchanging words.
Segment
That segment saw the announcement of Punk being he guest commentator for the World Title Match when Rollins defends the title against McIntyre at WrestleMania 40.
As previously reported, the talent was given a guideline of where the segment needed to go. The Ivy Nile vs Candice LeRae match was cut shorter than originally planned.
The show
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer confirmed Fightful’s report that Ivy Nile vs. Candice LeRae went short, but also noted they had to rush through the DIY match as well.
“And there was no. They went a little long, but there was no negativity from it. And one person had told me that Levesque knew they were probably going to go long throwing those guys out there like that. So the matches that didn’t have the ring entrances, they did the entrance during the commercial break. Before the show, they had already planned that that was going to be the case. So it wasn’t like that they came up with that to save time. It was like they knew they were going to save time. And you know, they did rush through the DIY match was shorter, and the Ivy Nile match was barely a match. And, you know, but that’s how it goes. And we had no real heat or anything on anybody for anything they did. And it just kind of went off. And when the rating came in, everybody was thrilled,” Meltzer stated.
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