10 Ways WWE Can Shake Up RAW

4. Stop Opening RAW With Lengthy Promos

THE MIZ 2020
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What is that famous saying? Start as you mean to go on? Something along those lines. No matter the take or medium, kicking off on the right foot is an absolute must at all times. The first segment sets the tone for all that will follow, whetting the appetite of the viewer for the bevvy of professional wrestling that is in front of them. It beggars belief that WWE insists on opening its episodes with long promo segments that don't go anywhere at all.

The reason WWE persists with this is another example of Vince McMahon falling down familiar holes. The Rock gets over despite being consistently beaten? Beat all babyfaces for all eternity! The McMahons are the heels during a boomtime for business? All McMahon everything! Ratings are high when the show opens with a promo segment? That is how all shows must open forever!

There are plenty of problems with this idea, not least the fact that in 2020 there isn't a Stone Cold Steve Austin, there isn't a Rock, there isn't a Vince McMahon. There could have been if the company had bothered to build new stars but it didn't so there we go. Opening the show with a long, boring promo segment sets the tone for what is to come; namely three hours of boring television. Open with a match, a backstage beatdown, a brawl in the crowd, anything other than a long Miz or Randy Orton promo.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.