10 Things Wrong With Every Episode Of WWE Raw
3. Rematch City
The issue with The New Day's record title reign - other than the fact that it produced a grand total of zero classic matches - is in how many sequels and threequels the three man team were forced to wrestle, particularly against The Club. WWE logic is to create excitement for a wrestling match by presenting that wrestling match.
Game Of Thrones spoiler warning incoming, but you needn't have watched the show to follow the analogy. In episode 9 of season 6, viewers were finally awarded the grisly sight of villain Ramsay Bolton's demise; seasons in the making, incorporating a raft of players in a cathartic convergence of storyline threads, it was built towards and executed expertly. In Vince McMahon's hands, we'd have seen it in every episode since season 4.
The analogy probably isn't a fair one; in terms of production schedule (and often, lowbrow content) RAW is closer to soap opera than prestige drama. But, in the midst of the Monday Night War, WCW managed to withhold from promoting Hulk Hogan Vs. Sting for well over a calendar year. It was able to do so because it had done such a superb job of building stars, breathing new life into others, and presenting such diverse action elsewhere. WWE can't even hold off repeating a match for a week. The statistics on Monday retreads from Sunday Pay Per Views is eye-watering - retreads from the Monday beforehand, even more so.
What's worse is that WWE repeats the same formula within the main event scene...