Lance Storm, Armando Estrada, Shane Helms & Mick Foley äußern sich zum WWE Royal Rumble 2014 / Batista mit Backstage-Heat nach Rumble-Sieg

– Die früheren WWE Superstars Lance Storm, Armando Estrada und Shane „The Hurricane“ Helms haben sich nun auf Twitter zum Ende des WWE Royal Rumble 2014 Pay-Per-Views geäußert, wo die Fans empört und wütend darüber gewesen sind, dass Daniel Bryan kein Teil vom 30-Man Royal Rumble Match gewesen ist:

Armando Estrada: „It amazes me how much a company constantly ignores the feedback/suggestions of its customers! #Terribleforbusiness I hope @WWEDanielBryan doesn’t get @ZackRyder treatment. Aka ZackRydered. #nohaha The fans in Pittsburgh clearly voiced their displeasure with the booking of the last sequence of the match. Hopefully @wwe is listening. You’re not allowed to get over in @Wwe unless they want you to. If you do, you can and will be punished. Has happened to many over the years“

Shane Helms: „Hey WWE I’m not trying to be rude but the crowd seems to really want Daniel Bryan. Juuuuuuust MAFAKIN Saying!! Geez. Fans, don’t blame Rey. He didn’t book this. Sadly WWE is still run by “Muscle Marks.” It is what it is folks. Roman Reigns is going to be an even bigger star now though. But Batista makes the roster stronger. He’s a star no doubt. Plus, he’s a great human being. Trust me! I wanted to see Daniel Bryan out there too!! Don’t confuse the issue. In my mind, he’s the most over guy in the biz right now.“

Lance Storm: „I don’t understand why everyone is so upset, considering they got exactly what was advertised and everyone predicted. #RoyalRumble @WWEDanielBryan was not advertised in the Rumble, no one booked in other matches on PPV were booked in the Rumble it was promoted that way. The current @WWEDanielBryan situation reminds me of Jerry Lynn vs RVD in ECW. By having him lose fans got more behind him „New F’N Show“. If you want to send a message Chanting won’t do it. Watch only @WWEDanielBryan segments on RAW, turn other segs off. That’s a message. I’m a huge fan of @WWEDanielBryan I’m just pointing out that chanting and bitching online isn’t the way to accomplish what you want.“

– Nachdem Mick Foley bereits vor wenigen Stunden auf Twitter & Facebook seinen Unmut über den WWE Royal Rumble 2014 sowie die dortige Behandlung von Daniel Bryan freien Lauf ließ, legte er nun auf Facebook mit weiteren Zeilen nach:

„As I mentioned on Twitter, I’ve never felt so disgusted at the conclusion of a WWE (or any) PPV. Like many of you out there, I just don’t get it. This Daniel Bryan thing is a phenomenon. You get it. I get it. The fans in Pittsburgh (yes, I was thinking of writing „RIGHT TH…but I’m just not in a cheap pop mood) got it. But tonight, for the first time, I had to admit to myself that the powers that be are just not going to get it. And that makes me sad. I’m just honestly sad, just flat out fucking sad (yes, I dropped an F-bomb there to emphasize how F’ing sad I am for the guys who bust their butts night in and night out – Ziggler, Punk, Bryan, etc – with no hope of getting their shot at this year’s Mania.

You know who else I’m sad for? Me. In my two years as an official WWE Ambassador, I never once had to lie about my enthusiasm for the company or the product. Now, although I am no longer officially an Ambassador for WWE (believe it or not, my only official role in WWE is as GM for Saturday Morning Slam, a contract that ends in one month) I was till looking forward to being part of the biggest event of the year. I’ll probably end up going anyway. But I’m about 1/6th as excited about it as I was just a few hours ago. I wanted so badly to hear 75,000 WWE fans chanting „YES“ – and seeing fans walk away absolutely ecstatic about the outcome of a PPV for the first time in a while…a long while. But when given the chance to make it happen (unless they’ve got something MAJOR up their sleeve) WWE’s answer tonight was a resounding „NO, NO, NO“.“

– WrestlingCorner.de berichtete bereits, dass der diesjährige Royal Rumble Sieger und WrestleMania XXX Headliner Batista nach seinem Rumble-Sieg beim Verlassen aus der Halle von der Crowd lautstark ausgebuht und von einigen Fans aus den ersten Reihen sogar wüst beschimpft wurde, was dazu führte, dass Batista einem aufgebrachten Fan in der ersten Reihe seinen Mittelfinger zeigte. Wie nun bekannt wurde, sollen backstage einige hochrangige Leute nicht sehr erfreut über diese Aktion von Batista gewesen sein.

(Quelle: LoP)