Bully Ray Blasts AEW Production Team Over Issues With Recent Dynamite Episode
Last night's episode of "AEW Dynamite" was packed with action and developments ahead of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. However, along with that excitement were some production gaffes that caught the attention of a number of viewers, including Bully Ray of "Busted Open Radio." Speaking on the satellite radio show this morning, while he highlighted the performances of Adam Cole and MJF, Bully laid out a number of qualms with last night's production and AEW's use of blood.
"There are things that I saw last night that, unfortunately, commanded my attention as much as the great performance of Adam Cole and MJF," Bully said. "The bad, to me, was the use of blood." Bully Ray called out the fact that MJF appeared to be bleeding from his mouth, but only bled for a short period of time. That type of injury, according to Bully, would bleed for much longer. Additionally, Bully felt that the bleeding was entirely unnecessary for their specific match.
"What did that blood really get us?" Bully continued. "The blood did not advance that story in the match, nor did it come into play later on. ... So it's a gratuitous use of blood that did not help the match take steps forward. Would the match have suffered if there was no blood from the mouth? Not at all. So I don't know why they felt they needed to use a superkick that led to MJF bleeding from the mouth."
Bully Ray details problems with AEW production
According to Bully Ray, while the use of blood was unfortunate, the larger problems with last night's "Dynamite" opener had to do with production woes.
"I am begging AEW to learn from their production mistakes when it comes to blood, when it comes to catching things that the pro wrestling universe does not need to see," Bully stated. The former WWE performer then used the concept of an audience seeing through a magician's trick, making it ineffective, as an example of what AEW's production team did last night.
"[The] production is showing us things that they shouldn't be showing us," Bully continued. "[Such as] MJF spitting whatever was in his mouth into his hands and sliding it under the ring apron. It was a deliberate shot, as if they wanted to show it to us." The "Busted Open" co-host pointed out that these mistakes seem to continuously happen in AEW, and it doesn't seem as though the people in charge are learning from their mistakes.
"It's unfortunate, but these unfortunate production errors have happened a multitude of times," Bully said. "Most of the time, they've happened with Moxley, where they're exposing what Moxley is doing at any particular time when it comes to bleeding. So please, AEW, do a better job with your production when it comes to aspects of things pro wrestling fans do not need to see."