Backstage reaction to WWE angle last night, Batista injury & TV taping

Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 6:45 PM EST

According to reports, a few WWE staff members were very vocal about how upset they were today about the angle that was run on the SmackDown Special last night involving the memory of the late Eddie Guerrero. Many felt it was way out of line for WWE to have a lowrider, which was obviously brought out in memory of Eddie, end the show going up in flames to push a storyline between The Undertaker and Randy Orton. There was one opinion floating around within the company that Eddie would have "wanted it that way", while others were flat out disgusted. The general feeling by some in the company was that WWE wanted the angle to come off that way and ended up using Eddie's death in a way to push a wrestling angle.

Although a lot of people within WWE admire Dave Batista for working through his lat tear injury at the moment since the company needs him right now, others have felt it might have been smarter for him to take some time off so he woudn't risk further damage to the injury and letting it heal properly.

WWE will be taping SmackDown this Sunday night in Columbia, SC. If anyone attends the show, please feel free to pass along a report.

Credit: Dave Scherer @ PWInsider.com