Getting Over: Wrestling Podcast

WWE: Finn Balor calls out John Cena, Randy Orton returns, constant negativity

Episode Summary

Self-inflicted negative headlines have overshadowed WWE's return to live audiences during an extremely important time for the company. Host Adam Silverstein and co-host Chris Vannini discuss the latest round of cuts with "The Silver King" ranting about revisionist history regarding NXT. The guys then break down Finn Balor calling out John Cena and Roman Reigns, a showcase night for Bianca Belair, Randy Orton returning to Raw and reforming RKBro, plus everything else from the week in WWE.

Episode Notes

Self-inflicted negative headlines have overshadowed WWE's return to live audiences during an extremely important time for the company. Host Adam Silverstein and co-host Chris Vannini discuss the latest round of cuts with "The Silver King" ranting about revisionist history from fans regarding NXT [1:42]. The guys then slide into The Main Event [28:00] with lead topics of Finn Balor calling out John Cena and Roman Reigns, Bianca Belair being given a showcase on SmackDown, and Randy Orton returning to seemingly reform RKBro with Riddle. Next is The Good, The Bad and The Ugly [52:50] where Adam and Chris judge everything else that went down across SmackDown and Raw, including Edge vs. Seth Rollins, Bobby Lashley's WWE title storyline with Goldberg, a storyline based on Drew McIntyre's sword, Baron Corbin's future, rematches upon rematches, Karrion Kross' latest booking and the death of Elias (the character). Follow Getting Over on Twitter @GettingOverCast.