Dont get it wrong: Edge & Christian reuniting to host a Smackdown 15th anniversary special on the WWE Network is a great move, one that might show that WWE is sloooowly figuring out how to sell the Network. Both superstars are extremely popular and remembered fondly by current and lapsed fans. But WWE seriously dropped the ball in having the dynamic duo appear in studio at Stamford, a mere 43 miles from the Barclays Center. Now, its likely that E&C taped their segments well beforehand and were not actually live, but if youre looking for ways to make Raw feel special, bringing Edge & Christian out together on stage would have been a great way to do it. Having them show up on the screen dampened the crowd reaction and detracted from what could have been a true Raw moment (more on that term later). At least E&C are better salesmen than the announcers.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
