Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane.

Russo points out that WWE’s viewership continues to decline and is regularly under 3 Million people now. They’re getting dangerously close to an average viewership of 2.5 Million, and Russo has no idea why anybody would watch RAW or Smackdown Live right now. He believes the only people who are watching WWE right now are people who are watching it out of habit, simply because they’ve always watched wrestling.

After Lesnar beat Strowman with one F5 at No Mercy, WWE is now attempting to build him up again. Strowman has defeated Ambrose and Rollins on back-to-back weeks, but both matches were lengthy and competitive.

He believes that WWE has booked these matches to be longer because there are some conditioning issues with Strowman, and this is their way of getting him used to working longer matches. However, ‘The Monster’ should never be working matches of this length with a guy the size of Rollins and although Strowman won, this match hurt him in Russo’s opinion.

Russo is glad WWE is doing something with Mickie James because he’s a very big fan of hers, but this has become a very predictable storyline. The ‘old woman/man’ angle has been done a million times before in professional wrestling, and there’s nothing new to see here.

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As seen on last night’s No Mercy pay-per-view, Brock Lensar retained his Universal Championship over Braun Strowman. Due to Strowman’s rising popularity among the fans, many people speculated that the Monster among Men would pull off a surprise victory over Lesnar.

However, according to f4wonline.com, despite Strowman’s rising popularity, the plan was kept as it had always had been with no changes. Apparently, this feud had always been seen as a mere “stop” in the Road to WrestleMania 34 where Lesnar is scheduled to drop the title to Roman Reigns, whose victory over John Cena was also a part of the same “road”.

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Footage has surfaced online of Braun Strowman flipping off Roman Reigns at a recently WWE Live Event in Australia. Braun also appears to shout obscenities at Reigns, ahead of their house show main event in Brisbane.

You can see footage of the incident embedded below:

Reigns went on to win the match at the live vent, hitting “The Monster Among Men” with a spear through a table to pick up the victory.

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WWE provided the following storyline update on Braun Strowman’s medical condition coming out of Monday’s episode of RAW:

While Raw General Manager Kurt Angle provided an update on Braun Strowman’s condition following the post-Ambulance Match attack from Roman Reigns at WWE Great Balls of Fire, WWE.com has obtained additional details on The Monster Among Men’s condition.

While Strowman miraculously walked out of Dallas under his own power after refusing medical attention, WWE.com can confirm that he is currently in the care of his personal physician and will not disclose the nature of his injuries at this time. Also, per Angle’s office, if and when Strowman is cleared to compete again, there will be a public announcement confirming his status.

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