Arn Anderson Says Vince McMahon Had Announcers Bury The Ascension – TheSportster

Former WWE producer Arn Anderson has spoken about Vince McMahon's treatment of The Ascension, claiming the WWE chairman tried burying the tag team after they were promoted to the main roster.

The former NXT Tag Team Champions won 11 consecutive matches after their Raw debut in late 2014, a streak which saw them beat the New Age Outlaws at the Royal Rumble in 2015.

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The good times were short-lived, however, as they would be embarrassed by three legendary teams including nWo, Farooq & Bradshaw and Road Dogg & Billy Gunn during an episode of Raw that same year.

Anderson, who was at WWE at the time, said the tag just wasn't going to have that great of a gimmick as announcers were instructed to bury them and compare them to The Road Warriors.

Why would you take any character that is on our show that the company professes to being the number one wrestling company, or the number one sports entertainment company in the entire world, and put them on our TV show with valuable TV time and bury them, have the announcers bury them? Anderson said on his ARN podcast recently (H/T Sportskeeda.com).

Asked specifically if McMahon would have been the one to make that decision, Anderson said the promotion's owner is always the one who has the final say when it comes to characters and their gimmicks.

Sure. Everything character-wise passes by the big chair," he said. "If its the last place they go, it goes by the big chair for approval. Make no mistake, characters, angles, you name it.

The tag team was eventually released by WWE, with their final match taking place last April. They were let go in December after eight months of inactivity.

They would join the independent circuit shortly after.

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Source: ARN podcast (H/T Sportskeeda.com)

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