5 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 10)
7. Life Imitates Art
Breaking the Fourth Wall in acting can be a really great tool if done properly. But when it’s done incorrectly, it can be disastrous.
In WWE, breaking the Fourth Wall is a little trickier, because we’re almost always stepping through the looking glass. Whether it’s breaking kayfabe or delivering worked shoot promos, we see this stuff regularly.
However, referring to sagging, abysmal Raw TV ratings as part of a storyline? That smacks of desperation. It’s a weird, arbitrary line, but Seth Rollins referencing Raw’s “all-time low” ratings on Monday night was a bit much. Maybe Stephanie McMahon stepping out of character to address it would be one thing, but using it as part of the promo felt like something that should never come to pass.
We’ll see later on that this wasn’t all a bad thing, but this one aspect needed to be called out here.