They should have just had the stage at the front with the floor level comprising of wrestlers, family and friends. Keeps the mongs at bay
Yeah, as soon as I saw the setup I thought it was dumb. It could have still happened with a normal stage, but it would be harder, take longer to get to, plus Bret would have seen him coming.
Also, the "barricades" were just a velvet rope, which isn't much of a deterrent.