"That's unbelievable" - Veteran unhappy about what WWE just did to Cody Rhodes before Survivor Series (Exclusive)
While WWE's attention is on Survivor Series WarGames, Triple H and the creative team's decision to leave Cody Rhodes off the match card has certainly not gone down well with Vince Russo.
He has been the face of the company as the Undisputed WWE Champion and most fans would have expected Cody Rhodes to defend his title at a major premium live event like Survivor Series.
WWE, however, announced recently that Cody Rhodes would instead put his championship on the line against Kevin Owens at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 14.
As things stand, The American Nightmare will not compete at Survivor Series, and Vince Russo called it "poor booking" from WWE's end. Russo also hated the delays in setting up Survivor Series, as you can view below on Sportskeeda Wrestling's Legion of RAW:
"That's unbelievable, man. God, that's just poor booking (Cody Rhodes missing Survivor Series). This Survivor Series they should have had this entire card at least four weeks ago." [23:14 onwards]
Vince Russo felt that WWE was no longer worried about stacking up events in advance as they believed fans would anyway buy and watch their shows.
He continued:
"That's absolutely the philosophy because why do we care, they are going to buy it anyway. It doesn't matter what the card is, we'll book it on the last day. I'm telling you this, this is going to catch up with them. I promise you, this is going to catch up with them." [23:54 onwards]
As Survivor Series gets built around The Bloodline saga, WWE has chosen to save Cody vs. KO for the returning Saturday Night's Main Event, and it will be interesting to see whether this bold approach pays dividends.
Please give an H/T to Sportskeeda Wrestling for the transcription.