2. Exposed Paper-Thin Roster
In 1993, outside of a few top stars, the WWF locker room wasn't exactly bursting at the seams with money-making talent. Men such as Shawn Michaels were still finding their feet as featured names, and apart from a select few, there wasn't really a lot to shout about. The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart were the biggest names around at the time, possibly even joined by Randy Savage, even though McMahon wasn't too interested in booking him as heavily as he had done previously. Flair was soon to depart, heading back to WCW, and it was obvious that Hulk wouldn't be around for too much longer. The result of this was that the live show, Monday Night Raw, came across as filler a lot of the time. Matches such as Friar Ferguson squashing local jobbers, Bret Hart beating Samu, and Shawn Michaels defeating Max Moon didn't really do a lot to make Raw the exciting weekly package the WWF had promised.
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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
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