WWE finally paying the price for bad booking; Vince Russo claims weekly shows have failed to sell out (Exclusive)

Veteran wrestling writer Vince Russo recently spoke about WWE not selling out its weekly shows. He reviewed this week's episode of SmackDown.

WWE was in the Mullet Arena in Tempe, Arizona, this week for the blue brand. It was an important episode, building up to Saturday Night's Main Event next weekend. The show featured top stars, including Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Women's Champion Tiffany Startton, Solo Sikoa, and others.

During a recent episode of Sportskeeda's BroDown with host Mac Davis, Vince Russo mentioned that Michael Cole and other announcers didn't say that the weekly shows had not been sold out in a long time. He said that back in the day, Cole would announce at the start of the show that the arena was sold out with fans.

The veteran writer claimed that the bad product has finally caught up with WWE. He added that it was predicted long ago that bad quality programming would eventually lead to the company's downfall, and we were already seeing relatively lower attendance and viewership.

"Guys, when's the last time you heard Michael Cole screaming at the top of his lungs, 'We've got a sold-out crowd.' They've not got a sold-out crowd in at least the last three months, bro. And we kept telling you, slowly but surely, man, this is going to catch up with you. Slowly but surely, you keep putting a shi**y product out there, slowly but surely it's gonna catch up with you. And I was watching tonight, a lot of blackened areas in that arena tonight."

World Wrestling Entertainment has seen a slight downturn after the highs when Triple H took control of creative.

It will be interesting to see if the company can bounce back in the lead-up to major events like Survivor Series: WarGames, followed by Royal Rumble and WrestleMania.

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