10 Reasons Why WWE Needs To Fundamentally Change Everything About The TV Product
8. The Interruption Game
Monday’s edition of Monday Night RAW began in much the same vein as it has done for about a decade and a half.
General Manager Kurt Angle appeared in the opening segment to announce the main event of the next pay-per-view - a Fatal 5-Way Extreme Rules match to determine the number one contender to Brock Lesnar’s Universal Championship. But that wasn’t all. It never is. Roman Reigns, the company’s nominal top babyface, interrupted and informed Angle that he shouldn’t have to wrestle another match to justify his spot in a total heel move. That’s not likely to endear him to crowds, but never mind. Nothing is. Finn Bálor followed and looked annoyed when Samoa Joe followed him.
Bray Wyatt and - yes! - Seth Rollins, the fifth entrant in the Extreme Rules headliner, then entered the fray to put their chances over. Then, wouldn’t you just know it, a brawl broke out. The implication is that all five men were hovering around the Gorilla position on the off chance the occasion demanded their presence. Following that logic, the entire roster must be doing the same thing.
The alternative (i.e. the reality) is somehow less credible - all men were simply waiting to be called on set for their scene in a stage play, one that is absolutely impossible to believe in. People watch any and all forms of entertainment to immerse themselves in that world to escape from the real one. WWE has made this impossible for years.