There were various changes made to Monday’s episode of WWE Raw thanks to Vince McMahon.
In the show’s opening segment, Finn Balor attacked World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, who was supposed to host an open challenge for his title.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reported that McMahon made “drastic changes” to the show by Vince McMahon, including the opening segment with Rollins.
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that the original plans called for Rollins to host the challenge in the opening segment.
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com discussed the situation…
“That was the plan [open challenge]. The open challenge was supposed to happen till the last minute. Vince changed the first 30 minutes of the show…I heard, was totally changed.”
Meltzer added, “Vince really wanted this whole Seth Rollins angle with Finn Balor. I think he just wanted something big, something bigger for Seth Rollins and Finn Balor, because I think it’s just to heat up Finn Balor. To be fair, I know people who are there who told me, ‘Look, as far as the 30 minutes that Vince put in, it was better than the 30 minutes that was taken out’. So whatever that means. They worked really hard at building Seth Rollins-Finn Balor.”
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