7 Big Things Shane McMahon Could Do To Shake Up WWE
7. Return Raw To Two Hours
The biggest babyface move anyone in the entire wrestling industry could say right now would be Raw is now two hours again! Thats probably a long shot, but its going to have to happen someday. The interest in the brand has fallen drastically since the move, and the product simply isnt hot enough to reverse the momentum. WWE could at least save some face by having Shane blame the extra hour on the greed of The Authority. Make it seem like this is a babyface move, and for the good of the entire company and the fans. During his return promo, he brought up the increasing injuries of wrestlers, so he could tie that into the talent being over-exposed and over-worked, meaning one less hour for Raw. Shane could say as a company they need to go back to what worked. He makes the claim that the most successful era was the Attitude Era, which he was a part of, and he wants to recreate that excitement. Since he may not be able to recapture it from a content point of view, he could at least help do it from a pacing standpoint. None of these reasons may make a ton of sense, but anything that can save us from that extra hour every week will be the right move.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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