WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray (Bubba Ray Dudley) appeared on Busted Open Radio to discuss various topics, including AEW’s hands-off approach with their talents.
Ray said, “One of the great things about AEW is the hands-off approach to talent. One of the awful things about AEW is the hands-off [approach] with talent. How do I know this? Because me and Tommy came from a company where Paul [Heyman] was hands-off unless he had to put his hands on. ‘Go be you.’”
On WWE’s handling of Blake Monroe in NXT:
“They are creating her the way they want to create her, despite the fact that what she had created worked. They hired Mariah May. Mariah May did such a phenomenal job in AEW that they went, ‘Her. We need her. We want her.’ Then they got her. You could change her name. I don’t give a s**t about the name change, but let her be Mariah May.”
You can check out the complete podcast below.
