"Lazy booking" - Jim Cornette hits out at WWE for major SummerSlam match

WWE is going full-throttle ahead of its first-ever two-night SummerSlam. The premium live event will emanate from the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and the sports entertainment juggernaut is stacking the card in every way.

With Cardi B set to host the PLE and Jelly Roll participating in a match, WWE is pulling no punches when it comes to celebrity involvement at the event. Many high-profile championship matches have also been booked for the two nights.

However, industry veteran Jim Cornette isn't a fan of one big match at The Biggest Party of the Summer this year.

While previewing night two of SummerSlam on Jim Cornette's Drive Thru, the veteran made his feelings clear on the six-pack TLC match for the WWE Tag Team Championship.

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"You know what that tells me, Brian? That tells me that I can save 30 minutes right off the top of the bat there...There's six teams in the one match... Ladders, tables, chairs, 12 guys, six teams, no DQ, lazy booking," he said. [From 0:53 onwards]

The match will see recently crowned WWE Tag Team Champions, The Wyatt Sicks, defend against #DIY, The Street Profits, Motor City Machine Guns, Fraxiom, and Andrade & Rey Fenix.

The Wyatt Sicks, represented by Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy, won the WWE Tag Team Championship from The Street Profits on the July 11 edition of SmackDown.

They then put their titles on the line against Andrade and Rey Fenix on SmackDown on July 25. However, interference from Nikki Cross ended the match in disqualification, and soon chaos ensued. MCMG, The Street Profits, and #DIY ran down to the ring and started brawling.

This led to General Manager Nick Aldis announcing the six-pack TLC match for SummerSlam.

WWE will make history at SummerSlam with the TLC match

25 years ago, The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, and Edge & Christian competed in the first-ever TLC match at SummerSlam.

Since then, fans have seen several TLC matches go down, but the six-pack match at this year's SummerSlam is bound to go down in history.

This will be the largest field ever for a TLC match with 12 participants. This will also be the first-ever to take place on a PLE since the TLC event in 2020 and the first Table Ladders and Chairs match at SummerSlam since 2009.

If you use quotes from this article, please credit Jim Cornette's Drive Thru podcast and give an H/T to Sportskeeda Wrestling for the transcription.

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Sherjeel Malik is a writer at Sportskeeda and covers pro wrestling. He was hooked on the product from the moment he saw The Hardy Boyz jumping off ladders during the Attitude Era. While he comes from an engineering background, Sherjeel’s love for pro wrestling and content writing led him to pursue a career in sports journalism. Before assuming his current role at Sportskeeda, Sherjeel worked at other reputable organizations for five years.

While writing articles, he ensures that he only relies on credible sources for information and covers relevant subjects that do not project an agenda against a particular person or association. WWE legend Paul Heyman once shared Sherjeel’s work on his social media handle.

Sherjeel’s earliest memory of pro wrestling is watching Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker square off for the WWE Title in the main event of a pay-per-view in 1998. His favorite wrestlers are Randy Orton and Jeff Hardy. While he admires Orton for his character work as a heel, he looks up to Jeff because of his unique wrestling style and risk-taking ability.

If he could go back to the Attitude Era, Sherjeel would like to manage Ken Shamrock and be his mouthpiece. He feels Shamrock’s promo skills prevented him from becoming a main event-level act in WWE. Hence, he would like to help the UFC Hall of Famer get over with fans.

When not writing about pro wrestling, he likes to read classics and fiction books.

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