Tony Khan said his WWE bid back in 2023 was reasonable.
It was recently revealed that the AEW president put in a $6.9 billion dollar bid for WWE back when it was up for sale. In an interview with Vince Russo & Jonathan Coachman, Khan said he though what he had offered was reasonable, and would have kicked himself if he didn’t at least make an offer.
“I was very interested in the process and I think that if there was going to be a sale, I would at least wanted a chance to be involved. If it had gone for any less than that, I would have really kicked myself,” he said.
“While respecting the confidentiality of that, I would say I don’t have any complaints about that process from my side right now,” he continued. “While respecting the confidentiality of the whole thing, I also would say that, at the time, that seemed like to me, just reiterating, if it had gone for any less I would have kicked myself. Why wouldn’t you put in a bid. I thought it was a very reasonable number.”
Khan’s bid came to light as part of an ongoing lawsuit between shareholders and WWE, with plantiffs questioning WWE’s eventual sale to Endeavor. WWE’s new parent company has since combined WWE and UFC into one corporate entity, TKO.
The most detailed update on the Janel Grant case, with her new filing and claims, a look at those claims in detail, what is net for the case, the key thing regarding the future of the case and why it really comes down to the judges ruling, and timeline for all of this. We cover new cais and the arguments for and against binding arbitration or continuing the civil case.
Update on WrestleMania, the card as of this point, reasons for some of the new matches, when matches changed and why, as well as the business for the show, how far behind are ticket sales and interest in the show as compared to the same period last year.
Chris Jericho returns to AEW and as much detail as we have on the decision
AEW Dynasty update and updated major event ticket sales
The death of J Robinson, a college coaching legend and his connections with a number of key figures in pro wrestling, including the recruiting of Brock Lesnar by WWE and the politics behind why WWE waited an extra year to offer him a deal.
The most detailed look at the television ratings for all the pro wrestling shows this past week, including competition, comparisons with one year back, Raw vs. Dynamite and how close it has become, and more.
It’s CMLL tournament of champions month starting this week
Anniversary shows at Arena Mexico and Arena Coliseo this week including a look back at the first show in each building
A look at the four title match show at ArenaMexico on Tuesday
A super hot match to watch on AAA
A look at Stardom’s biggest stipulation of the year and Yokohama Arena show
Current Tiger Mask retires
Best of the Super Junior tournament update
Largest crowd of the year for women’s wrestling in Japan
Hodge trophy winner looked at
Maple Leaf Wrestling announces new TV deal and a look at the weekend shows
Stabbing at a pro wrestling show
Very interesting political match will take place with TNA champion vs. AEW star
American gold medalist challenges UFC undefeated champion
Rebellion notes
Lots of injury updates and business notes
Wrestler complaining about AEW not booking them enough
Kenny Omega talks his and Kota Ibushi’s health
Brody King talks the chants
Tony Khan and his enemies
Kayla Harrison on why her next bantamweight fight will be her last and why she should never have fought at bantamweight to begin with
Crazy Dana White story
Will Mayweather-Pacquiao II take place and what are the issues
Fedor Emelianenko wants to return to combat next year
Nick Khan acquires TKO stock
Bret & Ross Hart talk Badnews Allen in WWE Hall of Fame
— Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw, Pat McAfee, Thursday ratings, WrestleMania, Best of the Super Juniors, Wrestling Dontaku, Sakura Genesis and more tonight with Wrestling Observer Radio.
— Paramount Skydance just received nearly $24 billion in funding from Saudi Arabia ($10 billion), Qatar and Abu Dhabi as reported today by the Wall Street Journal. This money was needed for the $111 billion purchase of WBD. They are now hopeful the deal closes by the end of July.
— WWE will announce what matches for WrestleMania will be on Saturday and what matches on Sunday on ESPN’s Get UP show at 9:35 a.m. tomorrow.
— The Hulk Hogan Netflix documentary will be released on 4/22. The trailer came out today featuring an interview with Hogan shortly before his death. Linda Hogan, Jimmy Hart and Kevin Nash were among those talked with for the documentary.
— For Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka on 5/3, Yota Tsuji faces Gabe Kidd for the global titel, Ren Narita vs. Oleg Boltin for the Never title, Aaron Wolf vs. Don Fale and Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens. For 5/4, Callum Newman defends the IWGP title against Shingo Takagi, Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi & Boltin defend the trios titles against Will Ospreay & Great O’Khan & Henare, Takeshita vs. Owens for the TV title and Mistico & El Desperado vs. Ichiban Sweet Boys.
— Raw tonight is from Houston with Finn Balor vs. JD McDonagh, LA Knight vs Austin Theory, Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky vs. Michin & B-Fab and CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rllins, Gunther, Jade Cargill and others are on the show. They had 12,673 tickets out earlier today.
— We’re looking for live reports from the show with any matches not on the Netflix show to [email protected]
— There isn’t really a lot to take out of the Thursday night ratings. AEW did not carry their audience gains over to Thursday and did a number lower than they’ve been doing on a more competitive Saturday. They did 373,000 viewers and 0.07 in 18-49. TNA in its regular time slot on AMC did 200,000 viewers, down about 20-23 percent from recent weeks, but stayed even at 0.05 in 18-49.
— MJF and Pat Buck did an angle Saturday night at the WrestlePro show in Rahway, NJ, to build to a match between the two on 5/31. Among those who wrestled on Saturday’s show were Scotty 2 Hotty and son Keagan Garland, Lady Frost, Dan Maff, Gates of Agony, Ricochet (beating Sidney Akeem) and Anthony Bowens beating Max Caster.
— We’re looking for your thoughts on NXT Stand & Deliver and NJPW Sakura Genesis, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match from each show to [email protected]
— Taka Michinoku was involved in an auto accident. He was coming home after a match and a car crashed into him. The airbag deployed and he took a hard hit to the face and was bleeding. An ambulance was called. His car was damaged enough that it didn’t work. He later said he suffered a concussion but he wrestled the next night.
— Tom Aspinall confirmed that he still hasn’t been cleared to start sparring after the eye pokes in his fight with Cyril Gane in November.
— Tony Khan will be appearing on Jonathan Coachman and Vince Russo’s podcast tomorrow.
— Puebla tonight sold out hours ago with a main event of Mistico & Mascara Dorada & Atlantis Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Gran Guerrero & BlackTiger plus Templario & Esfinge vs. Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja.
— There will be a 1980s wrestling convention in Parsippany, NJ at the PAL on 5/16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Names appearing are Jake Roberts, Ted DiBiase, Mil Mascaras, Koko B.Ware, Wendi Richter, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau, Brian Blair, Jim Brunzell, Demolition, Ken Patera, Tatanka, Nikita Koloff, Tito Santana, Tommy Rich, Tony Atlas, Boris Zhukov, Cheryl Roberts, Steve Keirn, Austin Idol, Johnny Rodz, Bugsy McGraw, Jimmy Valiant, Baron Von Raschke, Paul Ellering, John Laurinaitis, Dan Spivey, Jose Luis Rivera, Bill Apter and more.
— VICE ran a story on celebrities who are wrestling fans, listing Margot Kidder, Danielle Fishel, Vanesse Hudgens, Timothee Chalamet, Freddy Prinze Jr., Matthew McConaughey, and Cardi B.
— Brian Adias turned 66 today. Hall of Fame promoter Johnny Doyle, a longtime partner of Jim Barnett, was born on this day in 1909. Pampero Firpo was born on this day in 1930. Peter Maivia was born on this day in 1937. Dr. Sam Sheppard, famous for the TV series The Fugitive, who later became a pro wrestler and invented the mandible claws that Mick Foley and Bray Wyatt used, died 56 years ago today at the age of 46. Roberto Cruz aka El Solitario, one of the five biggest stars in Lucha Libre history, died 40 years ago today at the age of 39. Jack Veneno, the biggest star ever in the Dominican Republic and a national hero for his NWA title win over Ric Flair, died five years ago today at the age of 79.
— Lady Frost debuts in AIW on 5/15 in Cleveland at the Globe Iron.
— There will be a press conference at the Palladium Theater in New York on 4/15 for both the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano show on Netflix and the 4/17 Alycia Baumgardner vs. Bo Me Re Shin boxing match at the Theater in Madison Square Garden which will be the ESPN debut of MVPW, Jake Paul’s women’s boxing promotion.
Two veterans of the Attitude Era want to talk to AEW CEO Tony Khan, and Khan apparently wants to talk to them too.
Vince Russo—formerly the lead creative voice in WWE, WCW, and TNA, among other promotions—brought up Khan’s name on The Coach and Bro Show with former WWE commentator Jonathan Coachman.
“Top of my bucket list right now is I want to meet Tony Khan,” Russo said. “I would mark out having a conversation with Tony Khan. It would be surreal to me.”
Coachman followed by saying they want Khan to come on the show. “We need AEW to be successful in the wrestling business,” he added.
Coachman went into more detail on social media. “We have an open invitation for Tony Khan to come on our show.”
Khan himself replied to Coachman’s post. “I would love to come on the show with you and [Russo], Coach!” he wrote. “I’ve been a fan of both of yours for many years!” He added that Russo was doing a “tremendous job” with Juggalo Championship Wrestling, “which I enjoy very much.”
Russo then shared Khan’s post, a sign that the former WCW World Champion could be checking off that bucket list item soon.
“Tony, it would be an honor—seriously,” Russo wrote.
The new issue of the Observer is up on the site right now covering these stories:
Match and performer of the week
Preview of Crown Jewel, favorites and directions
Preview of Full Gear, directions, business and more
Update on perhaps the most important business story this year and its ramifications as the Cung Le lawsuit against UFC is headed for trial next year. We talk about the trial, what it means to UFC, WWE and the MLW lawsuit against WWE. We also have notes from discovery on the actual pay that Conor McGregor, Georges St-Pierre, CM Punk, Ronda Rousey and Jon Jones got for their biggest career fights.
Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, the story behind coming one round short of one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. We look at what happened, how this fight was a prelude of the change of the business of major events and why, how the PPV did and why it doesn’t really matter, the celebrities and what happens next.
We preview the 2023 Hall of Fame with research on the wrestlers with the best matches throughout their careers, best tag matches, annual MVP, Most Outstanding, Best Draws and best tag team votes involving candidates on the ballot or in the Hall of Fame and who comes across well in this.
A look at the Vladimir the Superfan documentary
The most detailed look at the TV ratings from the past week, numbers, competition, gains and losses over the last year, placings and segment-by-segment.
Women’s Grand Prix show draws big crowd
Injuries plaguing Stardom
Stardom PPV and tag tourney coverage
Big match this weekend in All Japan
A tag match this past week that you should see
Nakajima’s NOAH farewell
New Japan U.S. house show notes
Update on a women’s dream match that was planned but now is uncertain and why
New Japan Super Juniors tag team tournament news
Ronda Rousey working indies against AEW stars
Talks of two pro wrestlers and fights with Jake Paul
CM Punk talks unionization of wrestlers
New documentary coming out in two weeks
Jon Moxley returns from concussion
Jon Moxley talks concussion protocols
Impact signs two U.K. wrestlers
Impact U.K tour
Bryan Danielson injury details
Notes on Ric Flair’s two new deals with AEW
Talks on Omega vs. MJF
More on the CMLL/AEW deal
Ticket advances for WWE & AEW shows
International TV ratings and top streaming numbers
Merch sales
Derrick Lewis arrest
UFC pay
This weekend’s UFC show
Why FOX didn’t bid to keep Smackdown
Raw’s live show growth
Fastlane actual gate numbers
What record did WWE claim that doesn’t look to be accurate
Lots of injury updates
Reviews of al the major WWE house shows
WWE signs a three-time national college wrestling women’s champion
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Tuesday Update
WWE
Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Montez Ford will be guests on Wednesday’s The Bump.
Gene Snitsky made a cameo appearance on one of WWE’s social media videos, meeting Chelsea Green.
Matches taped for Main Event this week include Indus Sher vs. Noam Dar and Oro Mensah and Ludvig Kaiser vs. Apollo Crews.
Mia Yim on X wrote: “It’s been one whole year since my return. Blessed and thankful for this past year and for my OC Brothers & Uncle. I love the #MiaMilitia and I’m READY to keep on being #TheEqualizer of @wwe LET’S GET TO WORK.”
Wipeout, which is hosted by John Cena and Nicole Byer, will premiere Tuesday on TBS.
Former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman talked to Chris Van Vliet, who explained why he has no interest in a WWE return. “I went back to WWE in 2017 and kind of instantly knew this isn’t where I need to be, where I want to be….the people I worked with on the shows, I don’t know what it was, but didn’t want me to be there.”
Coachman also brought up that he had been ghosted when asked about an XFL check that had bounced, as he was doing pre-show coverage for the company at the time. “It wasn’t the money, it was the process,” he said. “I had literally done everything that I had been asked to do. And this is how you’re going to treat me? And literally, they didn’t care.“
The Grizzled Young Veterans will make their House of Glory debut at The Darkest Hour event on December 1.
MLW’s Salina de la Renta co-stars in a movie titled Cop vs. Killer, which is now available to purchase on Amazon Prime.
Jonathan Coachman & Matt Rehwoldt will be on commentary when the Wrestling Entertainment Series launches next month.
WES revealed the pair as its newest additions in a social media post on Thursday.
Coachman was removed from the WWE Raw announce team in 2018 and is currently with CBS Sports. Rehwoldt is on the commentary team for both Impact Wrestling and NJPW of America. He has also wrestled for both promotions over the last year.
The Wrestling Entertainment Series is owned by Gzim Selmani and Sunny Dhinsa, formerly Rezar and Akam, the Authors of Pain. The company’s debut show will take place Saturday, June 4 from the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England. It will air live on FITE TV.
The announced lineup for the show is as follows:
World Championship match: Adam Scherr (Braun Strowman) vs. Alistair Overeem
Women’s Championship match: Lina Fanene (Nia Jax) vs. CJ Perry (Lana)
Tag Team Championship match: Gzim Selmani & Sunny Dhinsa (The Authors of Pain) vs. Westin Blake & Steve Maclin (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler)
Killer Kross (Karrion Kross) vs. Samuray Del Sol (Kalisto) vs. JONAH (Bronson Reed)
Women’s Tag Team Championship match: Madison Rayne & Tenille Dashwood vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green
Dean Muhtadi (Mojo Rawley) vs. Lince Dorado
Pre-show match: Mike Bennett (Mike Kanellis) vs. Biff Busick (Oney Lorcan)
Pre-show match: Dirty Dango (Fandango) vs. Levis Valenzuela Jr. (No Way Jose)
Following her two guest appearances over the past month, Renee Young has been added to the Raw announce team on a full-time basis.
WWE announced this morning that Young will be joining Michael Cole and Corey Graves on the Raw commentary team starting with tonight’s episode. Jonathan Coachman will no longer be calling Raw and will instead become the host of WWE’s pay-per-view pre-shows.
Coachman will start in his new position at Hell in a Cell on Sunday. Young was the previous host of the PPV pre-shows.
With Coachman having to miss the episodes due to his obligations with the World Long Drive Association on the Golf Channel, Young filled in for him on commentary on the August 13 and September 3 editions of Raw. Young is also part of the Mae Young Classic announce team with Cole and Beth Phoenix.
Young tweeted about her new full-time role: “I am so so so insanely excited about this! To be the first woman to take over that chair that so many amazingly talented voices and personalities have sat in before me! Thank you to @VinceMcMahon @StephMcMahon @TripleH @MichaelCole and @WWEGraves (and MANY others)”
UPDATE: Coachman has also commented on his new role and congratulated Young: “A sincere congratulations to @ReneeYoungWWE for a much deserved move to the table on Raw. To be part of a team means understanding your strengths and using them to help the team grow. I have always embraced with positivity any role asked of me. That will not change.”
Booker T will be returning to commentary on Raw this Monday, at least for one night.
Jonathan Coachman mentioned on Twitter earlier today that he would be missing Raw this coming Monday as he will be doing commentary for the golf program World Long Driver on Tuesday evening. This comes after Booker T mentioned that he would be at Raw in a video clip that was posted by his podcast co-host Brad Gilmore on Twitter. WWE has yet to officially confirm the announcing situation for Monday.
Coachman has been a part of the Raw commentary team since January 29, when he replaced Booker T. He was previously in WWE from 1999 to 2008, both as a heel personality and a commentator for both the Raw and SmackDown brands during the initial brand split. Booker T, who had been doing commentary since the new brand split in 2016, has since been working on pre-show panels before big WWE events.
On Monday, former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence filed a lawsuit in federal court against ESPN, claiming the company fostered a culture that empowered sexual harassment and discrimination, using Coachman, Chris Berman, John Buccigross, and others as examples of the problem.
On Twitter, Coachman, now a broadcaster with WWE, responded to someone asking a question about Lawrence’s claims:
I will address this only once because I am seething today. In 21 years of being a PROFESSIONAL I have never been more offended in my life. I my 9 years I can count on one hand the amount of times I interacted with anyone other than a co-anchor. To allow someone to spread vicious https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6
Lies and flat out fabrications is not ok and it’s time someone stood up for themselves. @jemelehill addressed her lie last night. I am not a part of this lawsuit because I have never done anything wrong. My reputation speaks for itself and anyone that has ever worked with me https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6
Will back that up. I am also offended that someone can dangerously throw peoples names into something for the clear attempt at getting headlines. This the only time I will address this because I am not a part of this lawsuit. My heart goes out to anyone falsely accused of https://t.co/4NYsZjK2C6
Jonathan Coachman was one of several ESPN employees named in a sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed against the company Monday.
Former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence filed the suit in Connecticut’s United States District Court, but damages were not specified.
Coachman, now with WWE, was named on page 36 of the lawsuit in the section “Men Preyed on Ms. Lawrence Under the Guise of Being Collegial or Providing Mentorship”.
From the suit:
“On or around January 18, 2016, SportsCenter anchor Jonathan Coachman (“Coachman”) emailed Ms. Lawrence offering to provide her with mentorship and providing his cellphone number. When he contacted her via text, he quickly turned a professional conversation into a personal matter, asking her about her musical interests. He was employing the ESPN predators’ playbook. Colleagues then cautioned Ms. Lawrence that Coachman was notorious for sexually harassing female employees. After learning that, Ms. Lawrence made an effort to communicate to Coachman that she had a boyfriend, after which she did not hear from him again and he made no offers of mentorship.
Coachman’s reputation for making unwelcome sexual advances to ward women and engaging in other sexually harassing behavior was not a secret. Cary Chow had warned Ms. Lawrence about him when he gave the short list of men at ESPN who were notorious for sexual harassment. Coachman had sent Walsh inappropriate photos of himself and text messages, falsely telling her colleagues that they were romantically involved and that she “wanted” him – another common practice of men at ESPN.
At least one young production assistant who joined ESPN just out of college had complained to Ms. Lawrence about Coachman making her feel uncomfortable by complimenting her physical appearance and making passes at her.”
In the footnotes:
“As explained below, when Ms. Lawrence complained to Jack Obringer, Senior Coordinating Producer, StudioProduction of ESPN, Inc. that she was being sexually harassed (by another individual), Obringer guessed that the harasser was “Coachman” and indicated that his inappropriate behavior toward women was well-known to management. Nevertheless, Coachman continued to appear in ESPN commercials and on SportsCenter without discipline or accountability until he was quietly dismissed on or around April 26, 2017 via layoff.”
Coachman hasn’t made any statement about being named as of this writing. He rejoined the company in late-January as a replacement for Booker T on the Raw announce desk.
When asked for comment, WWE released a brief statement to us early Tuesday morning: “”We take these matters very seriously and are investigating.”
This Lawrence story initially came to light during a Boston Globe feature that named ESPN anchor John Buccigross as the main focus of Lawrence’s issues after text messages between the two were released. The suit also claims that former ESPN personality Chris Berman left a racially charged voicemail for ESPN personality Jemele Hill, something Hill denied on Twitter while expressing disappointment at a private matter made public.
ESPN released a statement that they conducted a thorough investigation and that the claims “are entirely without merit” and “the company will vigorously defend its position and we are confident we will prevail in court.”
The lawsuit document, and some additional insight into the background of Lawrence’s claims, can be found on Deadspin.
WWE announced this morning that Coachman has re-joined the company and is set to join the Raw announce team starting with tonight’s episode. He’ll be calling the show alongside Michael Cole and Corey Graves, with Booker T leaving the announce table and going back to his former role as a panelist on the pre-show panels for pay-per-views.
According to WWE’s announcement, Booker T will also “continue to make appearances on Raw and beyond as a WWE ambassador.”
Following his first stint with WWE, Coachman was a broadcaster for ESPN for nearly a decade until departing the company last year. While he was there, he contributed to ESPN’s growing coverage of pro wrestling and hosted a weekly WWE-focused SportsCenter segment on ESPN News that began in 2015 and ended in 2017.
Coachman made his first post-ESPN appearance for WWE last Monday. He was featured in a backstage comedy segment on Raw’s 25th anniversary episode.
Tonight’s Raw will take place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. It’s the third straight night that the venue has hosted WWE programming, and the show will focus on fallout from the Royal Rumble.
More names have been announced for Raw’s 25th anniversary show.
WWE confirmed today that Jonathan Coachman, Lilian Garcia, MVP, William Regal, Harvey Wippleman, and Howard Finkel will be on Monday’s episode. It will be the first time Coachman has appeared on WWE television since departing ESPN last year.
SmackDown’s authority figures, Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan, and some of the brand’s roster have been announced for Raw 25 as well. AJ Styles, Charlotte Flair, The Usos, and The New Day will be on the show. With it being the last Raw before the Royal Rumble, SmackDown’s involvement could be to further the build to the pay-per-view.
Before Raw 25 goes on the air, there will be a pre-show on the WWE Network, WWE.com, and some of the company’s social media channels. It will start at 7 p.m. Eastern time and will be hosted by Renee Young, Peter Rosenberg, David Otunga, and Sam Roberts, with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler also appearing from the Manhattan Center.
Viewers won’t have to wait long for tonight’s WWE World Championship match.
ESPN’s Jonathan Coachman tweeted on Sunday afternoon: “sources tell me tonight don’t tune in late. First time ever a @Wwe ppv will start with main event. Ambrose/Cena/styles for title. 8 east.”
The scheduled main event for the show was AJ Styles defending his title against John Cena and Dean Ambrose in a triple threat match. No indication was given as to what match would now close the show.
The decision to open the show with the title match is likely the result of tough competition No Mercy is facing on television. The second presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will start at 9 p.m. ET. The first debate between the two broke ratings records, and Sunday night’s debate figures to do a strong number as well given recent controversies surrounding Trump.
No Mercy will also go against a strong Sunday Night Football game, with the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers kicking off at 8:30 p.m. ET.
On WWE’s weekly SportsCenter segment with Jonathan Coachman, Daniel Bryan again addressed his heated exchange with The Miz from last week’s Talking Smack.
The confrontation between the two generated significant buzz online with many questioning how much of it was scripted. And in response to Coachman, Bryan finally answered the question.
“Very little, so I just knew that Miz was going to come up, we were just going to banter back and forth. But Miz and I have known each other for a long time, and we really know how to get like at each other’s nerves. I brought up the idea that he wrestled like a coward, and he knows I don’t like the way he wrestles, right? I just don’t like it; it’s not my thing. And I called him out on that. And then he called me out on something that’s very personal to me.”
Bryan said Miz knows he’s constantly having feelings of wanting to get back into the ring because he loves wrestling so much. But, Bryan says he knows it’s not a smart idea and his wife keeps him in check. Bryan reiterated his words from this week’s edition of Talking Smack, saying he sometimes thinks Miz is right and he thinks of himself as a coward for not returning to wrestling.
Bryan noted that part of him wanted to punch Miz in the face during the segment, but he figured it wasn’t such a smart idea on live TV.
Coachman asked how the two move forward, and Bryan said it would be interesting to see. He said he thinks WWE will keep them away from each other for a little bit because they know how intense it can get between the two of them, especially now that SmackDown is live.
The segment from SportsCenter is available to watch below:
