An idea for the next Old School Raw

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Would it be possible if for the next Old School Raw they had Vince McMahon with Jerry Lawler on Commentary as a throwback to the New Generation era with Lawler in the Heel role and Vince just calling the action? What other ideas would you like to see?

[CourtesyFlush]

Here's an idea for the next "Old School RAW". Don't have another "Old School RAW". That last "Old School Raw" was the biggest slap in my face as a WWE consumer since The Rock had his birthday party on RAW. Fast Forwarded the entire thing, Duggan and Sgt. Slaughter really need to give it up to. Its not even funny anymore, its just pathetic!

[HardKore]

They should do instead an Monday Nitro 'RAW'.

Get Tony Schiavone, Dusty and Mongo to do commentary, it could be the greatest night in the history of wrestling.

[Push R Truth]

If everybody came out to their old music/old gimmick/old gear but kept the same current character/story I'd be more than happy with Old School Raw.

[Lancers]

This last Old School Raw was more half-ass than Ivory's wrestling gear shortly after RTC. I wish they stop inviting Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Listen, I know his brand of patriotism is universally acclaimed, but he doesn't have to be at every damn reunion or milestone show.

It's like the company keeps him in their Stamford prop closet at WWE HQ and when they have one of these shows, one of the interns has to go down to the basement where the prop closet is located, remove the Royal Rumble apron tarp that covers him, unchain him from the blue bar cage door and transport him to the show complete with Hannibal mask and strait jacket.

Then once he finishes his segment, one of the newer wrestlers has to chloroform Duggan so they can put him on the plane back to Stamford because Duggan is known to be quite incorrigible when it comes to going back into that hell hole.

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Old School Raw is one of those things where they either need to not do it or absolutely go all out with it. The half-assed attempt at changing the ring and trotting out the same old-timers they always use just doesn't make it feel special enough.

I'd like to see them completely go all out with it, for what it's worth. I'd even be in favor of doing it as a PPV and having it be more like a "WWE Heritage" sort of event. If a celebration of WWE's history like Raw 1000 happened every now and then, I'd probably be a bigger fan of the product than I am currently. They don't even have to have the Legends wrestle. Short appearances like Bret Hart's at Raw 1000 would be perfect and lend more of a "big event" feel.

[Nerdkiller the threadkiller]

Ehhh. The first one was fairly decent, though.

[Medicinal Thunder Liger]

we need roberts on the next one

[ThatDamnPotato]

Would anybody like to see an attitude era themed old school RAW?

[CourtesyFlush]

Apr 4, 2013 9:54:00 GMT -5 Lancers said:

This last Old School Raw was more half-ass than Ivory's wrestling gear shortly after RTC. I wish they stop inviting Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Listen, I know his brand of patriotism is universally acclaimed, but he doesn't have to be at every damn reunion or milestone show.

It's like the company keeps him in their Stamford prop closet at WWE HQ and when they have one of these shows, one of the interns has to go down to the basement where the prop closet is located, remove the Royal Rumble apron tarp that covers him, unchain him from the blue bar cage door and transport him to the show complete with Hannibal mask and strait jacket.

Then once he finishes his segment, one of the newer wrestlers has to chloroform Duggan so they can put him on the plane back to Stamford because Duggan is known to be quite incorrigible when it comes to going back into that hell hole.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Just rename this the "Please God No More Duggan Thread"

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Apr 4, 2013 9:32:08 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

If everybody came out to their old music/old gimmick/old gear but kept the same current character/story I'd be more than happy with Old School Raw.

Yeah, this is what we need.

- Alex Riley as the Varsity Villain (or Varsity Hero since he's a face)
- Big Show with Big Nasty Bastard t-shirt.
- Brock Lesnar in trunks.
- Chris Jericho in long tights with the sequined shirts
- Christian in mesh shirt and coming out to ANY of his old themes
- CM Punk with This Fire Burns
- Cody Rhodes with generic theme song. Plant some random NXT guy in the crowd to be the "one guy clapping".
- Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder as Edgeheads. But they would be wearing gear similar to Edge's Attitude Era design, and Ryder's version would have one leg.
- Damien Sandow wearing the Idol Stevens ring gear. Don't acknowledge the gimmick, just note that he's "dressed differently than usual".
- Fandango/Johnny Curtis makes word puns.
- Jack Swagger has all his awesomeness back.
- John Cena will wear a yellow and navy blue version of his 2002 trunks, his lock chain, and come out to Basic Thuganomics.
- Mark Henry as Sexual Chocolate
- The Miz comes out to his old theme song, wearing the armsleeves, elbow pads, fedora, and gloves (he keeps the trunks though), and even does the headbanging taunt on the stage.
- Randy Orton wears the blue and yellow square trunks (at this point it's a more unique look), and comes out to Burn in My Light.
- Ryback says Yep Yep Yep What It Do in at least one promo.
- Sheamus is wearing either King Sheamus or Sheamus O'Shaunessy entrance garb.
- Tensai comes out to A-Train theme.
- Triple H is the Connecticut Blueblood again.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

I wouldn't mind Old School Raw if they didn't just wheel out the same old faces from the 80s who appear numerous times a year anyway. Hacksaw, Sarge, DiBiase, Piper, Mae Young... you can pretty much guess who is going to appear and what they are going to do.

It's a shame because WWE have so many other guys they could use. How about giving us a Mean Street Posse appearance, Val Venis, The Godfather, Steve Blackman, somebody utterly random like Tugboat?