Have they learned nothing?

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I remember the McMahons in the ring promising that things were going to be better after the shitty ratings they were getting.

That ending to Raw was a massive slap in the face to every fan. Is it too much to ask to book something creative and interesting?

I've learned my lesson. I won't be watching Raw again for a long while. 

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We’ll miss you, Stone Cold!

[Spider2024]

They learned to not screw Kofi. At least in the very end where it mattered. So that's something.

Yeah, the ending to Raw was indeed lukewarm. Actually what I thought might've happened was that Bar was going to challenge Kofi/Seth to a match where if a member of The Bar pins one of the World Champs, than that member of The Bar would be that World Champ. In theory, Cesaro beating Seth Rollins to win his first ever World Title, THAT would've been something good.

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I'm curious where the line is where bad booking crosses over from just being bad booking into slap in the face territory?

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I mean as soon as they booked it, did anyone actually think that they’d follow through with it?

I mean yeah it was weird that they went with a random bar interference as I assumed Lesnar was gonna show up myself

[DASH 243✅]

Apr 9, 2019 18:00:55 GMT -5 @cyclonechyno said:

I mean as soon as they booked it, did anyone actually think that they’d follow through with it?

I mean yeah it was weird that they went with a random bar interference as I assumed Lesnar was gonna show up myself

Yeah I thought it would be Bryan in Rowan interfering. But you know that would have made more sense. So f*** it send out the bar!

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

They learned something from Mania

[4TheGlory]

They went from promising the fans they will listen to them and "change" to giving a returning character the gimmick that all the fans are toxic and evil

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WrestleMania was a decent show. It's easier to book a one off show with winners that the fans like.

It's harder to book a compelling weekly show. That ending was very lazy booking, there was no hook to watch next weeks show. Let's have some random midcard tag team interfere then have a tag team match playa! 

The future of Raw is Corbin, Lashley, Lars, Drew. I think Stone Cold needs to get his pillow back out. "BORING!".

[Prince Petty]

Nothing is changing on Raw and Smackdown unless there is a complete clean sweep of creative staff, including Vince. Triple H obviously has clearly thought out plans for the future of the company, but appears hamstrung and able to only change minor things.

The entire television presentation would probably change quite significantly. The writing would probably be more character oriented and consistent. There would be less 50/50 booking and throwaway matches, and I think more wrestlers would have meaningful things to do. This is not to say that Triple H is a surefire saviour, because his ideas might all backfire. But they'd be better than what Raw is at the moment.

I also think the company simply needs better writers, and probably more of them. I'd give each writer a group of five or six wrestlers and say, 'come up with stuff for each one, for the next month. Characters, feuds, matches.' And then reconvene to figure out the TV for that next month. The WWE should be run like a professional television show, not like an old carny's plaything.

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Good post man. Simply put Vince is booking things like its 1995 WWF but sadly no WCW to make them buck their ideas up and change direction. Their weekly shows are broke and not working.

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Apr 9, 2019 17:53:01 GMT -5 @nichotine said:

I'm curious where the line is where bad booking crosses over from just being bad booking into slap in the face territory?

Roman Reigns def. The Undertaker, Wrestlemania 33.

[fw91]

See You In hell.

(not really)

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I'm sure if they knew what to do, they would do it. I wouldn't imagine that they are saying "You know, we could give the fans a great show this week, but f*** that... let's just throw some shit together." There is simply a disconnect between creative and fans.

[Dub H]

Apr 9, 2019 18:49:43 GMT -5 @rebelliousworkhorse said:

Apr 9, 2019 17:53:01 GMT -5 @nichotine said:

I'm curious where the line is where bad booking crosses over from just being bad booking into slap in the face territory?

Roman Reigns def. The Undertaker, Wrestlemania 33.

The entirety of Royal Rumble 2014.

That is the most "slapping the fans in the face" booking ever