Backstage News From RAW 25: Jimmy Fallon Causes Last Minute Re-Writes, Plans For Enzo, Buzz About Possible WWE Sale, Austin & McMahon, More

Justin Barrasso was at RAW 25 this past Monday night and has just released a new report, via Sports Illustrated, detailing several stories from backstage.

You can find some of the highlights below. The full report can be found HERE.

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• RAW 25 was re-written approximately three hours ahead of showtime after the creative team found out that Jimmy Fallon could not arrive early enough for pre-tapes and segments with many of the WWE legends
  • The segments planned, including one with the RAW GMs, ultimately became introductions and waves to the crowd
• The show was largely aimed at attracting more casual viewers which is why it started with Steve Austin and Vince McMahon
• Enzo was scheduled to tag with Goldust but that match was scrapped after the rape allegations against him surfaced
  • Enzo’s planned spot went to Heath Slater who went through a table courtesy of The Dudley Boyz
• Barrasso, like Fightful originally broke, also reports that WWE was blindsided by the Enzo allegations
• One of the buzzed about topics backstage was that The Fox Entertainment group is interested in purchasing WWE
  • Vince McMahon has added no new expenses to WWE and that has fueled the speculation that he is thinking about running

UPDATE: WWE Sources indicate the development of Raw is an iterative process and any changes had nothing to do with Jimmy.