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Question
Hi Dave

Thanks so much for answering all my previous questions. I have more for you..

Daniel Bryan ripped into WWE and micheal cole on NXT. was this planned/scripted?

was the attack on cole for real or did cole know about it?

How did it go down with the wrestlers back stage?

How did it go down with vince back stage as he called Cole a parrott and told everyone that vince is basically producing the show? im sure many fans may not know this is how it works??

Also, joey styles also had a shoot on wwe commentry a few years ago. Was this planned? and was his fight with jerry on screen planned/scripted?

Answer
Hi Dipesh.  Thanks for the question.

If anything, it was a worked shoot, meaning it was planned, but some of things that were said might not have been scripted.  In case you don't know, a "work" is something that was planned or scripted, while a "shoot" is basically the opposite.  I didn't get a chance to see it, so I can't really comment on anything that was said.  I just read about it.

I'm sure Cole had to be in on the whole thing, as WWE wouldn't just have a wrestler come after an announcer unplanned, for safety reasons.  Also, Cole has been ripping on Bryan over the weeks, so it wasn't really a surprise it happened.  I'm sure the wrestlers backstage were aware of what was going as well.

I think the comment about Vince running the show and Cole being a parrot is in reference to Vince being in the announcers headset during the shows and telling them what to say, and berating them if he doesn't think they are doing a good job. Mick Foley actually quit WWE in part because of the way he was treated as an announcer on Smackdown.

As far as Joey Styles goes, again I think it was worked shoot.  It was planned, but if I remember correctly, he got some good jabs in too.  I'm assuming his fight with Lawler was just part of the storyline.  I've never heard of those two having any heat with each other.

Thanks again for the question.  Let me know if you have anything else.

Have a great night!

Dave