As previously reported here on eWrestlingNews.com, there is said to be “massive heat” on WWE Superstar Big Cass after he went off-script during a recent SmackDown! Live segment. There are several other reasons for the “backstage heat” as well but the segment on SmackDown! Live was said to have been the “last straw” for him. During the latest edition of his “X-Pac 1,2,360” podcast, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman commented on the situation. He said,
“We have a saying in the [pro wrestling] industry, and it’s not just in our industry. It’s better to say sorry than ask for permission. But if you’re gonna go with that approach, you can’t go ahead and ask for permission and then get told no. And it seems like that’s the case here, and that’s just absolutely f’ing insane. Look. A lot of us have gone against the grain and done things that the company doesn’t like, but we never really went and asked for permission, but specifically told no, and then went and did it anyway on live TV. So, I understand if you feel the need, you wanna go out there and get over, but man.”
Waltman also added that it’s not about Big Cass asking to “tweak” the original plans, but doing the opposite of what he was told to do. He said, “can be in the doghouse so long, [WWE can] forget what you’re in there for.”