7 Ups & 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE Backstage (Dec 10)
3. Football Crazy
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Hopefully a one-off because of the shared Arizona Cardinals history between the two, Matt Leinart and Baron Corbin's shared segment on the show was incredibly drab if NFL isn't your thing, and considering this show is almost exclusively for WWE hardcores there's a good chance that covers a lot of its audience.
It's obvious what's happening here of course - this speaks to the integration destined to occur between WWE and the Fox Sports network, but the few minutes the show spent on their shared past felt longer than it needed to be in light of what little either of them actually had to say.
Strap in though - if that billion dollar deal is going to see a return, expect plenty more of this.
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