Welcome to the Bust Open podcast. I'm Jonathan Hood. And on tonight's show for Bust Open After Dark, we talk about Roman Reins and Jacob Fattu, the contract signing. It was wild.

Well, we're talking about it right here on the Busted Open podcast.

This is the Busted Open podcast.

I want to talk to you a little bit about the status, the state of WWE heading into backlash.

So before we dive in, I do have some concerns.

The number one thing is WWE is leaning into smaller cards

with more impact on storytelling.

However, this backlash card features only

five matches with a one-hour broadcast window on

ESPN and the rest is going to be on ESPN

and the plus platform for ESPN.

There's a lot of commercials.

There's a lot of ads, but not enough in-ring substance for me.

The men and women work hard to be able to get on these cards.

I know that everyone cannot be on a PL Leaf for WWE.

But here we are again with just five matches on this backlash card. And I always think about you and I as fans. What we're paying

for, the tickets, the parking, the travel. I think that we deserve a lot more than just long

entrances and short matches. I think what we want as

fans is substance in the ring and not just presentation. It is amazing what is attractive now

to a lot of wrestling fans on social media like YouTube. There are thousands and thousands of people

that love to see the entrances, just of any WW superstar.

But what about inside the ring, the substance inside the ring?

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