WWE Smackdown 1000 was a major success in terms of TV ratings. This past Tuesday Night, we received an epic show that witnessed returns of several WWE legends. It included names like Batista, Triple H, Ric Flair, Edge, Rey Mysterio, and The Undertaker. But some of the segments featuring these veterans felt legit rushed. Reports are out claiming that WWE creative team was indeed dealing with timing issues.
Due to rush at the very last moment, they have to bring change in plans. As a result, returns of Rey Mysterio and The Undertaker got cut short in a bad manner. Perhaps the worst situation was with the main event of Smackdown 1000. Shinsuke Nakamura battle Rey Mysterio for the final spot of the World Cup tournament at the Crown Jewel PPV event in November.
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PWInsider Elite Audio discussed the problems suffered on Smackdown 1000. Bringing some insider scoops, they hinted that Rey Mysterio vs. Shinsuke Nakamura was not going to happen at the end of the match card. Rather they were about to go down in the middle. But Batista turned out to be a headache as he attended the show, very late. This led to reshuffle things in the already arranged things.
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Vince McMahon was in charge of this Smackdown 1000 episode who might have been furious with this script change which is unusual with such big shows. But they got no choice, otherwise. Here are further reports from the source, (courtesy ringsidenews.com)
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“An hour before the show Rey and Nakamura was either the 1st or the 2nd segment because someone said to me, ‘Rey is going to be on really early on, I just looked at the script,” so they reshuffled things. But they were also running late. They were running against the clock and unlike Raw, they don’t get the overrun. “So they literally had to rush Rey and Nakamura out there that was probably not the original plan for Rey Mysterio. So it is what it is.”
The Undertaker also became a victim of this rushed booking. WWE had to appear The Undertaker by any means who is the greatest performer of all time. So he had to arrive at the final segment of the show making the quickest entry of his life. Plans around him changed as well as he uttered the ‘Rest in Peace’ promo, only.
Additionally, names like James Ellsworth also did not get the chance to appear on Smackdown 1000 despite being present at the backstage area. A regular name like Andrade Cien Almas was also not on the card, perhaps owing to the same reason.
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