5 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw 3:16 Day
2. The Whole Damn Thing?
When the announcers talked about showing how Drew McIntyre became the #1 contender for Brock Lesnar’s WWE Championship, it was reasonable to think we’d get extended highlights from the Royal Rumble.
But to get the entire 60-minute match, plus commercials?
It’s understandable that with a reduced complement of wrestlers, WWE needed to fill some of Raw’s three-hour timeslot with pre-recorded action, but basically 20 minutes into the episode, we got a 90-minute flashback. Why not air this for the second half of the program? Or cut it down significantly and air another previous bout to close out the show?
This is an episode that featured “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and the Undertaker after that airing.
The 2020 Rumble match was a good bout, but having sat through it once, was anyone clamoring to watch it again, especially when it was broken up by a half-dozen commercials?