First off, the shaky-cam that pans in and out like it's on a trombone slide, stop it. Just stop it. We get that you're trying to hide worked punches, but please, we already know wrestling's 'fake'. A masked wrestler setting people on fire and trying to bury them alive was the first clue. This idea has more to do with the backstage segments than Kevin Dunn's ADD direction. The 'fourth wall' that separates two WWE wrestlers sharing a conversation backstage is beyond played-out. It's actually absurd for the wrestlers to blatantly ignore the camera that sits right there before them. With Lucha, the backstage pieces are sleekly-filmed in a neo-noir fashion. Of course, they're obviously taped, not live. If WWE wants to startle the fans out of their lull, maybe film the backstage bits ahead of time, and employ some enticing camera work with them. That would involve the script for Raw being finished before 7:55 EST, though, so fat chance of that one.
Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.
