WWE promoted “Monday Night Raw” with the promise of Vince McMahon and a shakeup, amid sagging ratings. Just 24 hours after the events of TLC, it sort of delivered.
As always when “Raw” ratings plummet, McMahon returns to television. This time he has promised to “shake things up” on “Raw.” He said “Raw” survived 25 years because it moved with the times and introduced Shane, Stephanie and Triple H.
They announced that from now on, the McMahons are in charge of WW꧑E.
Triple H promised: “Something new🃏, something fresh. In the coming weeks and months, you♍ will be seeing new faces, new superstars, new matchups.”
Credit to WWE for addressing the ratings slump, but its track record with “new faces, new superstars, new matchups” isn’t good — just ask 99 percent of NXT call-ups.
And the irony of the McMahons being brought in to save the creative shortcomings of “Raw” is almost too hilarious to bear.
Not to mention the idea of Triple H and the McMahons running WWE as being fresh — wasn’t that the exact story 18 years ♏ago during the McMahon-Helmsley era?
As part of the McMa💜hons’ promise to bring in fresh faces, a video package ran advertising the next batch of 🅺superstars heading to the main roster.
Lars Sulliv𓄧an, EC3, Lac𒈔ey Evans, Heavy Machinery and Nikki Cross were all featured.
Are they coming to “Raw” or “SmackDown”? And will they have a real shot at the main roster or get the No Way, Jose treatment and disappear off the face of the Earth?
The show also produced the returns of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, the announcement of Natalya as Ronda Rousey’s next challenger and continued the feud between Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose.