Post by Burst on Jul 19, 2022 7:56:37 GMT -5
Just pondering this in light of how every week it feels like there's posts about X not getting enough TV time or Y being stuck doing matches on Dark, or how it feels like you end up seeing the same folks on both Dynamite and Rampage regardless of what angles are going on.
I feel like from a roster size and storytelling potential POV, they could easily do two separate shows every week without having to marathon Dynamite and Rampage from a single day of taping most weeks. Feel like it'd be easier on crowds too, Dynamite on a Wednesday was rough enough on a worknight when I went, and that was before they added another hour for the Rampage taping.
While theoretically you'd be able to say okay this group of wrestlers, you come in on Wednesday, this group of wrestlers you come in on Friday, I think you could get away without having to double up on your production staff and equipment. That's assuming said production staff was able to work two days a week instead of just one, granted, but they do separate Dynamite and Rampage tapings infrequently enough it seems like that shouldn't be an issue. You'd really just need to do it like they do when Dynamite and Rampage are separate, and just have the venues be two cities more or less in a reasonable driving distance, like doing say Pittsburgh and Cleveland or Detroit and Grand Rapids in the same week.
I dunno, I guess to me it just seems like all the pieces but that elusive second hour of Rampage are already there to make the jump, and with as stacked as the roster's gotten, I feel like they need it sooner than later.
I feel like from a roster size and storytelling potential POV, they could easily do two separate shows every week without having to marathon Dynamite and Rampage from a single day of taping most weeks. Feel like it'd be easier on crowds too, Dynamite on a Wednesday was rough enough on a worknight when I went, and that was before they added another hour for the Rampage taping.
While theoretically you'd be able to say okay this group of wrestlers, you come in on Wednesday, this group of wrestlers you come in on Friday, I think you could get away without having to double up on your production staff and equipment. That's assuming said production staff was able to work two days a week instead of just one, granted, but they do separate Dynamite and Rampage tapings infrequently enough it seems like that shouldn't be an issue. You'd really just need to do it like they do when Dynamite and Rampage are separate, and just have the venues be two cities more or less in a reasonable driving distance, like doing say Pittsburgh and Cleveland or Detroit and Grand Rapids in the same week.
I dunno, I guess to me it just seems like all the pieces but that elusive second hour of Rampage are already there to make the jump, and with as stacked as the roster's gotten, I feel like they need it sooner than later.
