Taz And Josh Mathews Criticize Mauro Ranallo For Missing SmackDown

This week’s episode of SmackDown Live was missing a few commentators, as David Otunga was off working on another project, and Mauro Ranallo missed the event due to the snow.

Anyone who lives on the East Coast is probably well aware that the region was hit with a hefty amount of snow, but two former WWE commentators think that Mauro Ranallo should have put a little more effort into making it to the taping in Pittsburgh, PA.

After word of Mauro Ranallo’s absence hit the internet, Impact Wrestling commentator Josh Mathews took to Twitter to criticize Mauro for not making an appearance on SmackDown Live this week. Mathews shared a story about how he once drove two days in the snow with Taz from New York to Indianapolis just to make a taped episode of SmackDown.

Josh Mathews posted the following:

With @OfficialTAZ in the car, I once drove us 2 days to Indianapolis to make a TAPED Smackdown show from NYC. #JustSayin'

— Josh Mathews (@realjoshmathews) March 15, 2017

Taz then decided to join in by saying that regardless of the conditions, you gotta make the shot.

Very dangerous driving conditions, @MichaelCole & myself. U drove the whole way. Gotta make the SHOT! Thats how it use to be… I guess. https://t.co/tFKeBXqwAe

— TAZ (@OfficialTAZ) March 15, 2017

Taz brought up the subject once again on The Taz Show and he expanded on why he feels Mauro should have made more of an effort to get himself to Pittsburgh.

“You can not miss a show. You can’t. You can’t miss a show. When you miss a show, in no order of preference, you get heat with the locker room, you get heat with your boss, you get heat with your broadcast colleagues. It’s not a regular job. You are there once a week, and you are making a lot of money with a massive, massive platform. You’ve got to be there. You’ve got to make the shot no matter what happens. Mauro is from Canada, so he’s well versed when it comes to weather and snow. You have to prepare yourself to get to that town early.”

Gotta make the shot. #TheTazShow #RTG #WeOver #SDLive pic.twitter.com/RgOZKrkxi4

— TAZ (@OfficialTAZ) March 15, 2017

What do you guys think? Do you agree with Taz and Josh Mathews? Sound off in the comments below.

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