Backstage Reaction to Gingerbread Man Storyline Revealed

TLDR

According to a WrestleVotes report on Fightful Select, WWE's Gingerbread Man storyline involving Sami Zayn and Trick Williams has received "significant internal pushback" from WWE creative circles, with one source describing it as "hokey and archaic." The storyline escalated on the May 1 SmackDown when Sami Zayn attacked the mascot character, leading to speculation about a heel turn that Zayn himself later disputed in an interview with the Toronto Sun. WWE is continuing the angle with a "funeral" for the Gingerbread Man advertised for the May 8 edition of SmackDown.