Bron Breakker’s scary neck landing at a recent WWE live event has Jonathan Coachman questioning why the spot happened at all — and Vince Russo pointing the finger at WWE’s producers and agents.
Bron Breakker (Credits: WWE)
Footage from WWE’s October 17 live event shows Breakker crashing down on his neck and upper body while attempting a top-rope Frankensteiner on LA Knight. Speaking on The Coach & Bro Show, Coachman admitted he couldn’t tell exactly what was supposed to happen — but he believes somebody could catch backstage heat over it.
Coachman: ‘Someone’s Getting Heat for That’
“Not quite sure if he was supposed to land there or whatever was supposed to happen. Someone’s getting heat for that, and I’m guessing it’s LA Knight,” Coachman said. “That’s the kind of stuff, if indeed it was his fault and you almost hurt one of the cash cows, that’s a way to get heat. I’m not saying he has it.”
He was careful not to claim Knight actually carries backstage heat, since no one knows who botched the spot. His larger issue was Breakker attempting such a dangerous move at a non-televised house show, where conditions — including a potentially slick ring late in the card — make risks harder to justify.
Russo Blames a Shifted Backstage Mentality
Vince Russo took the conversation toward WWE’s producers and agents, arguing the backstage mentality has changed from the era when protecting top talent was treated as protecting the company’s money-making ability. He noted agents don’t always know everything wrestlers plan in their matches anymore — and even when they do, they rarely push back on risky spots.
Russo invoked Vince McMahon Sr., Vince McMahon Jr. and Pat Patterson, saying Patterson would have evaluated a dangerous move through the lens of what an injury would cost the company. “Everyone thought first and foremost: business, business, business. Pat Patterson thought, ‘If you do this move and you get hurt, we’re gonna lose a lot of money.’ That’s how they thought.”
His harsher claim: today’s WWE roster is so deep that an injury doesn’t carry the same concern, because another wrestler can simply step in. Whether that’s fair or not, Breakker walked away from the landing — and the debate over how live-event risks get policed continues.
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