Jimmy Smith has published his thoughts on WWE‘s official statement that Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out of “WWE Raw” last night.
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With rumors swirling about a possible issue with their creative, Sasha Banks and Naomi reportedly decided to leave the arena on Raw.
Banks and Naomi did not show up for their match with the WWE tag team champions, so both teams left the arena. WWE released a statement asking for their excuse and claiming that:
“This is going to be costly.”
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Jimmy Smith, the RAW commentator, talked about WWE’s decision to release a statement on his podcast on Monday Night Raw.
The rumor I have heard is, in the days of social media, where the performers themselves can spin their own narrative,” Smith stated. “Nowadays, if the Ultimate Warrior got cut and people know the story of at SummerSlam, he ran to the back and was immediately fired by Vince McMahon because he made all these demands and whatever, if you don’t know the story, watch Dark Side of The Ring. But, Ultimate Warrior would’ve picked up his phone and recorded something on Instagram saying ‘F Vince McMahon!’ blah blah blah, whatever. The superstars themselves are able to get their own story out and get their own narrative out to the public in ways they couldn’t 20, 10, or 15 years ago. So, what it feels like what the WWE is doing and I don’t know, they haven’t discussed it with me, they’re getting ahead of the ability of Sasha Banks and Naomi to put out their own narrative. Right? If you don’t say why they’ll say why and it’ll paint them in a different light than WWE and WWE wants their own perspective out there. Does that make sense? They’re gonna come out and say something, so WWE wanted to get ahead of it first. Make sense?”
Early in his career, Jimmy Smith retired from the sport of MMA after compiling a 5-1 record in a three-year career. He then went on to spend time on the Discovery Channel’s Fight Quest program and the M-1 Global network before joining American Ninja Warrior as well as a two-year stint with M-1 Global providing play-by-play commentary for MMA matches. After leaving Invicta FC in 2019, Smith transitioned back into MMA covering Bellator MMA, and even admitted that he would end up calling his final fight with UFC as well.
