Brad Maddox Blamed for Bad Highlight Reel Segment on RAW, Details on What Went Down

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- Before Last Week's RAW hit the air, the original script they had for Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel was a "really bad" one so they changed it completely and spent hours re-doing the segment. There was also a problem with the Jeritron that was in the ring. During the playing of The Marine 3 trailer, the WWE ring crew had to remove the Jeritron from the ring. This caused more problems for the segment and Jericho was forced to improvise.

The segment really took a turn for the worse when Brad Maddox came out. The Jeritron was supposed to be involved in Maddox's presentation but it wasn't in the ring anymore, he lost track and flubbed his promo on live TV.

Even before Maddox came out, Vince McMahon had instructed Michael Cole to bury the segment on commentary. There was some heat on Cole with the feeling that the segment was bad but most people wouldn't have noticed or said anything if it weren't for his comments drawing attention.

Backstage, Vince was calling the segment one of the worse ever and Maddox was the one blamed.

[Mr. Tambourine Man]

I don't see how Maddox can be blamed. Yes, he was messing up lines and seemed very akward on the mic. BUT, as this news article points out....Cole burying the segment before Maddox even got on the mic.

[Mighty Boosh]

Sure he messed up but he's green and he was supposed to use the Jeritron, which was gone. So clearly it wasn't his fault, it's who ever messed up the tron.

[Darth Shizzel]

This is typical Vince how about blowing up at the guys who stuffed up with the jeritron not the green guy who is trying to do the best he can the old man needs to step down fast if this is the way he's going to carry on.

[Shockage]

He was horrible on colour commentary.