Earlier today Chair Shot Reality’s Justin LaBar was the featured guest on the WrestleZone Daily.
Justin is the regular WrestleZone Daily guest on Monday’s and this week he chats candidly about:
- The pacing of last night’s WWE TLC PPV
- The future of the ECW Originals
- What punishment Roman Reigns may get on RAW tonight
- His thoughts on whether or not Donald Trump should be in the WWE Hall of Fame
- More…
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You can find some of transcribed quotes and the full audio from Justin’s appearance below. Justin’s appearance begins at the 27:13 minute mark in the embedded audio player:
On whether he thought it was a good idea to open WWE TLC with that epic triple threat ladder match:
JL: I don’t. I’m a big believer of, I know, some people’s philosophies. Fans, bookers or promoters… some type of philosophy of putting mediocrity out there for the first match to kind of build and warm the crowd up. Just to build to a bigger arc. I don’t necessarily agree with that. I think how you start a show is just as important as how you are going to end it. I think that when doing that you want to put a quality performance out there. You don’t want to pop the load in foreplay so to speak (Laughs). I mean, Kalisto doing that Salina Del Sol was probably the craziest ladder spot in a long time. Maybe in forever in WWE. That’s just a great high for the crowd. That’s just hard for anybody to follow. You know the match isn’t going to be the last match. Roman Reigns and Sheamus are going on last. Maybe put it a little deeper in the card. Maybe leave a little bit of space. I would have put that somewhere deeper in the card. Maybe put one other match in between that and Reigns and Sheamus. Maybe put a Rusev and Ryback since it was a last minute add. Put that somewhere to break the two up. I didn’t agree with it in the first spot.
On what he thinks the ECW Originals could do on Monday Night RAW tonight in Philadelphia:
JL: I don’t think you are going to see Dreamer. I do think he went back home to the best of my knowledge. Obviously, you’ll probably see the Dudleyz. That’ll get over. Maybe Rhyno, I’m not sure, I’m not aware of his status today. It’s something I looked at and have actually meant to mention on Chair Shot Reality and I didn’t when we were talking about this match and predictions. It’s very interesting that Monday is in Philadelphia. Does that play in to anybody’s predictions? The Wyatts ended up going over, which I am happy they did. It was unfortunate that the grand finale of the match did not get to happen with the fire on the table. Bubba tried to light it.
Related: ECW Originals On RAW Tonight?
On whether he thinks WWE will remove Donald Trump from the WWE Hall of Fame:
JL: They are not going to do anything. I’m sure it’s maybe come up in private chatter. Here’s the deal, I’m not going to get in to where I stand with Donald Trump and what he’s saying and this and that. The big difference, I know everybody is comparing him to Hulk Hogan with his comments and basically being sort of erased from history. Hulk Hogan, when you hear the name Hulk Hogan it’s synonymous with the WWE, pro wrestling, him being in the WWE Hall of Fame and all of that. I would love to know the amount of the American people that are actually aware that Donald Trump is part of the WWE Hall of Fame. Or, the fact that Donald Trump was even stunned in Detroit at WrestleMania 23 by Stone Cold Steve Austin. The thing is, while wrestling fans, we know. If you’re offended or sensitive to the comments that have been made by Trump you see the correlation of, “Oh, Hulk Hogan got booted so should Trump.” I’m not saying you’re wrong, that’s a whole other discussion for a whole other podcast. WWE is not going to bring any attention, they aren’t going to remind anybody that there is any extra attention to themselves about Donald Trump. If Trump becomes President that’s when WWE touts, “OH! YES! DONALD TRUMP THE FIRST EVER WWE HALL OF FAMER IN THE WHITE HOUSE!” They’ll make a big deal out of it. Until then, especially with all the controversy and all the Muslims and, “Get them out of the country!” The WWE is not going to attach themselves or bring any extra, unneeded heat to themselves. They are not going to even get in to it.
Related: Fan Starts Petition To Remove Donald Trump From The WWE Hall of Fame
Justin will be back next Monday, and every Monday, on the WrestleZone Daily at 12:30 pm EST right here on WrestleZone.com
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