The conclusion of Monday’s RAW saw Stephanie McMahon slapping the daylights out of WWE announcer Tom Phillips. Although WWE officially stated that Phillips was not injured during segment, his face had a bad welt and he was kept off Tuesday’s live SmackDown special to sell the angle.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter notes that Phillips was legitimately shaken up by the first slap, much like Roman Reigns was the previous week. The angle has been a big topic of discussion backstage this week. Whether or not he was hurt by the attack, a lot of people were questioning why an announcer took so many strikes to the head, especially with Triple H working closely with Chris Nowinski on concussion awareness.
Big E shared his two sense regarding the assault on “Young Boy Tom”:
Stephanie did what I dream about doing to Young Boy Tom on the daily. But lawsuits & whatnot.
— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) December 22, 2015
.@TomPhillipsWWE is the type to sue & use all his settlement money on trips to Vegas, booze cruises, and peep shows.
— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) December 22, 2015