6 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Raw 25

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8. A Good Idea… In Theory

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It’s tough to count this as a “down” because WWE deserves credit for doing something different with a direct callback to its past.

But it’s also safe to call the dual location Raw with the Manhattan Center as the second location a failure. The crowd was small, and thus a lot quieter, and the atmosphere didn’t quite click. Flipping back and forth between the two locations probably didn’t help crowd enthusiasm, as the Manhattan Center was used for maybe one-quarter of the program, leading to long periods of downtime.

Maybe if the entire episode was at the smaller venue and more fans could be packed in, it could have worked. Or they could have broadcast a special edition of Raw from the center for the WWE Network. But watching it unfold on TV, it just didn’t quite click.

Still, kudos for trying.

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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.