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7. Setting The Table
No, were not talking about the Dudley Boyz here. In this case, you have to take your hat off to Triple H and Stephanie McMahon for coming out and quickly (after the obligatory Connors Cure spiel) lay out what was coming on the season premiere of Monday Night Raw. The Authority made the most of its short intro, detailing a couple major matches for Raw while plugging Night of Champions on Sunday. That sort of opening promo is lacking in todays WWE, as the company tends to go with 20-minute diatribes that try fans patience and often highlight only one major angle. If we were talking The Rock or Stone Cold Steve Austin handling the mic, then it would be an entertaining 20 minutes but were not. The quick plugs from the Authority and then even welcoming WWE Tag Team Champions to the ring were welcome changes from the norm. Doing this every so often helps rope in viewers without boring them to tears.
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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.
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