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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
The WWE=NG:
- Way, way, way too much Judgement Day on screen. What was it like, 50 times? How much Finn Balor do we need in a three hour show?
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I don't actually disagree with this because it was a lot of Finn Balor last night but I think it's kind of WWE's new strategy, which is a call back to the attitude era strategy.
The roster of wrestlers they focus on each show week to week is actually quite small when you think about it, especially on Raw with no Seth or Punk last night.
Raw: Wyatt Sicks, American Made, Judgement Day w/Liv, Priest, Rhea, Jey Uso, CM Punk, Drew, Seth, Guenther, Braun, Ilya, Sami, Bronson, Bron, Damage Control, Fyre/Dawn
Smackdown: Bloodline, Cody, AJ, Theory/Waller, KO, LA Knight, Logan Paul, Orton, Carmelo Hayes, DIY, Nia, Bailey, Jade, Bianca Tiffany Stratton,
They really build the each show around that group of wrestlers right now and it's not really a large group to fill 5 hours of TV each week across each show.
But I think it actually supports their storyline led wrestling strategy, and how the show feels a bit more real and alive now. In the end it's a TV show, and you expect to see your favourite characters week after week, and in multiple segments with intertwining storylines.
They kind of started doing this with the Bloodline in the past but now it's not uncommon for the same wrestlers to be in 2-3 segments each night.
And actually a bit of a call back to the attitude era where guys like Vince, Austin, HHH, Rock, etc could be in 2-3 segments throughout the 2-3 hour show.
Which from a TV perspective makes sense - keeps people more engaged through a 3 hour show and its not "my favourite wrestler already had his segment tonight, I can turn off the TV now".
In terms of Finn Balor I think they are trying to push him into the main event scene here again. As he said last night he was kind of demoted to "side kick" and he's more talented than that. So now I think their goal is to build him up as the real leader and actual threat again and maybe forcing TV time a little bit to do that.