After last night’s episode of Smackdown went off air, Dutch Mantell shared his thoughts on the show, on the latest edition of Smack Talk.
During the podcast, Dutch discussed the logic behind recent booking decisions. Mantell also explained his opinion of Zelina Vega, and more. Check out the highlights below.
On recent WWE booking decisions:
"I'm going to give you a quick simple answer: He don't give a shit... That's what it is because he's got RAW to go through his head, he's got SmackDown to to go through his head, he's got NXT to go through his head. His mind is going in 40 different directions. He's selling stock. He's doing this, he's doing that. He's talking to the networks. The only time he has to himself is probably when he works out and the other time is taken up for business. He's not going to attend to every little detail which is what you really gotta do if you want a successful show. Wrestling fans don't forget. So here we are and we're saying, 'wait why did this happen and this happen'. Now we're saying it because nothing makes sense.”
On Zelina Vega:
"She is the Baron Corbin of the females... She hasn't won a match.”
On the opening segment of Smackdown:
When Bianca Belair came to the ring, Sasha got out." Mantell said, "That's what I like because if you're so mad and you get in the same ring, and you're stood away from each other, why don't you just throw down there and then? When Vega came out, Belair told her, 'don't even think of stepping in the ring.' So they did keep that [aspect of the story]. If you're mad at somebody after what happened last week, they should go to fighting when she steps in the ring.”
