i was listening to a podcast complain about this exact thing. very clear they pulled punches in exchange for access/to maintain the Netflix/WWE relationship, and would have done so with Vince himself if he'd never fallen from power

meanwhile MVP and EJ Nduka are on record about Triple H over the past month or so. Lashley too though he did enough Vince ball-washing that I can't gotta hand it to him. Ricochet quit. No Black men on multiple PPVs in a row. Swerve/market value comments. HHH's blackface may be relevant context here