Add as a preferred source on Google Bully Ray criticized the acknowledgment segment involving Jacob Fatu, The Usos, and Roman Reigns on this week’s WWE RAW, saying the company missed a major opportunity to create tension.
The moment took place this past Monday on the episode held in Turin, Italy, one day after Reigns defeated Fatu in a Tribal Combat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Clash in Italy.
On a recent edition of Busted Open Radio, the WWE Hall of Famer said the scene worked, but could have been handled in a much more dramatic way.
“There was one tiny beat that they missed last night that I think could have built some real tension, but they didn’t go with it. They got a little bit of tension out of it, but not the full amount. And that’s when Roman and the Usos lined up. They put the ones in the air and Jacob was behind them. Jacob stood behind Jimmy and Jacob didn’t put his hand in the air real quick and there was a lull in the audience. If you go back and listen, there’s a lull, almost like everybody was holding their breath because they thought something was going to happen. And then Jacob eventually raised up the one. I would have taken Jacob and I would have put him right over, right behind Roman Reigns and I would have had that hard camera shoot Roman with Jacob’s face right over one of Roman Reigns’ shoulders, delaying the one in the air. Build that up a little bit. Boom. And then hit the one. I thought there was a moment there to create a little bit of drama. They didn’t do it.”
It remains to be seen whether WWE will keep Fatu submissive to the group or revisit that tension in the coming weeks.