10 More Ways WWE Could Mine Nostalgia During The Empty Arena Era
7. Extreme Rules Goes Actually Extreme
This isn't advocating for the main roster to batter each other weapons for the inorganic pop of the poor NXT noobs forced to endure the action without a seat all day. Not every night anyway.
Extreme Rules is coming soon, and what better way to actually justify and vindicate some of the potential horrors of that event by dusting off all the old ECW banners and trying to knock out something resembling the magic of One Night Stand 2005.
It'll be 15 years since The Sandman shook the foundations of the Hammerstein Ballroom to its core with his iconic entrance, and while a 15-years-older Sandman entering the empty Performance Center really is from a timeline darker than the one we're all currently trapped in, it might be nice to let some of the contemporary equivalents cosplay at it.
Kevin Owens could dust off some of his old Ring Of Honor contraptions for a big stipulation match. Braun Strowman could go full 911, running in to defend the honour of weaker wrestlers rather than instead of just weakly defending his Universal Title. Asuka could put Stephanie McMahon through a table just because.
Paul Heyman's never had so much power - he might as well luxuriate in it. And if not ECW...