7 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE Backstage (Nov 5)
1. Put A Gronk On It
On the pilot and soft-launch edition of Backstage, sports stars were brought into the studio for promo battles against Booker T and Christian respectively. The spots were greeted with mixed feedback, and that may have been what triggered a change-up on the first show proper.
Like the man himself, an enjoyable featurette on Rob Gronkowski's contributions to WWE over the past few years didn't outstay its welcome, and fed into a brief discussion on some of the best crossovers in wrestling history.
Conspicuous by their absence in most of the discussion, Tyson Fury and Cain Velasquez didn't feature with any prominence. This was fluff, but not the sort that overstuffs either of the major brands. As much as anything that feels like the entire modus operandi of this broadly enjoyable show.