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7. Not Quite The Worst Vince Russo Idea Ever

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The time limit draw is a valuable booking tool, but WWE never fancied it.

The idea is to establish parity between two top-level performers in order to build interest in a rematch. It's an ambitious venture in and of itself, going 30 minutes or an hour, and the first match has to be so fantastic that the fans clamour for a sequel despite an exhausting runtime. It's only used rarely and entrusted with the very best as a result. The bold and the brilliant can pull it off and convince the audience that the finish is in sight, even when the slower opening phase telegraphs the result.

Vince Russo, him again, wanted to introduce the concept to the WWF on Shotgun Saturday Night.

There was something to this idea; he wanted the last minute of the main event to flash up on a screen via Royal Rumble-style graphic so that the fans in the club could count down. Fans like to count, and noise is good, but the issue is that every match would therefore have to go to the draw, and you end up with a match that ultimately means absolutely nothing. What was this: the last decade of Vince McMahon's run as booker?

Also, Russo wanted the main events to begin not with an opening bell but a shotgun blast sound effect, which was a stupendously dumb idea for a live show held in a public arena.

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