10 Ways Paul Heyman Has Changed WWE Raw

6. The Role Of The Street Profits

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While it was initially great to see The Street Profits turn up as a regular part of Monday Night Raw, the tandem of Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford have gone from being one of the most exciting tag teams in WWE, to now being a pairing that barely even gets to compete on TV.

For better or for worse, WWE has decided that The Street Profits are better served as the hosts of the horrendous The Monday After the Weekend skits rather than as regular in-ring performers. Sure, Montez Ford has charisma oozing from his being and Angelo Dawkins works brilliantly as the foil to Ford's eccentricities, but it's an absolute waste to have this tag team spend the majority of their time in such awful segments.

The clear reason for The Monday After the Weekend segment is so that WWE can attempt to look relevant and hip when it comes to the real world - as seen by Dawkins and Ford referencing whatever the hot topic of the week is - and these segments very much mirror elements of what Paul Heyman did with ECW.

Back in the day, ECW was seen as latching on to so many elements that were deemed cool in the culture of the day. Rock music, choice language, anti-authority, and grunge were all things that ECW embraced as a way to appeal to an ever-increasing percentage of the population. And with The Monday After the Weekend, this is a far more fumbled approach at trying to likewise latch on to what is making waves in the world right now.

This isn't all on Paul Heyman, of course, but it's notable that The Street Profits have only been put in this role under Heyman's watch.

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