Hollywood, CA – TKO President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro expressed his displeasure last week after wrestling matches interrupted the steady stream of advertisements on Monday Night Raw.
Insiders report that Shapiro spilled his bowl of foie gras and glass of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Montrachet upon seeing WWE Superstars Rusev and Penta having an actual wrestling match. Their bodies and movements blocked several in-ring advertisements and cut into paid commercial time. The sight of wrestling on a wrestling show was too much for the TKO president to handle.
A quick phone call to Netflix executives was then relayed to WWE officials.
“Daddy says ‘sell’!” directed Triple H to the production truck.
The referee officiating the match quickly shoved Rusev and Penta out of the ring so a giant Cinnamon Toast Crunch could dance with a Prime Hydration bottle. Confused viewers were then treated to a string of commercials that would rival Comet TV at 3 in the morning.
“The WWE would be great if it wasn’t for all this wrestling getting in the way,” Shapiro said afterwards to a group of investors.
TKO has apologized for the mishap and has vowed to have even less wrestling on Raw and Smackdown next week.