From @TheFifthDoctor: With so much airtime being given to a Total Divas storyline on Raw, do you think the overall WWE product is being hurt long term?
The Bella Twins feud definitely doesn't feel like a major storyline that WWE is booking it as. Brie main evented Raw twice with Stephanie McMahon prior to SummerSlam and her segments with newly turned heel Nikki have been featured in key top of the hour slots. They get significant promo time as well as replays as if it's a main event feud. Raw has definitely been suffering for a few weeks at least in part because this feud has been getting so much screen time. Due to all the screen time they get, there haven't been great matches as often as we're used to seeing. Part of the problem with the storyline is they are getting too much time. When talents are overexposed and they aren't very good at doing promos (sorry Bellas, but it's true) then fans are bored by it. If great talkers like Paul Heyman are doing 10 minute promos we have no problem because he's awesome at it. What WWE needs to do is put the women in tag matches or do something more physical than a shove. Watching women in their 30s crying about stuff as if they are teenagers is causing fans to lose interest. Raw needs to be better and soon. Thanks for the questions. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport and ask me questions on there so you can make it into this Q&A feature next time.
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