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MacFlame · 02-24-2021, 07:58 AM

I'll just add that I think part my problem with the Raw brand right now is that too many storylines are happening "in the back", instead of in the ring. There's something about an angle being played out "in the back" that just comes off as less real to me. Maybe its how I consumed wrestling in my youth, but, for example, even Orton spewing the black goo (while not a good angle) would have come across better if it happened in the ring for me.

Also, not everything needs to go directly to a brawl. Build up to it. That's what you're selling. Make it so that the combatants don't touch each other until the PPV. The Orton/Drew angle was literally a brawl in the first minute of the storyline. Build.up. to. it.

02-24-2021, 07:58 AM	#2894
MacFlame Scoring Winger Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	I'll just add that I think part my problem with the Raw brand right now is that too many storylines are happening "in the back", instead of in the ring. There's something about an angle being played out "in the back" that just comes off as less real to me. Maybe its how I consumed wrestling in my youth, but, for example, even Orton spewing the black goo (while not a good angle) would have come across better if it happened in the ring for me. Also, not everything needs to go directly to a brawl. Build up to it. That's what you're selling. Make it so that the combatants don't touch each other until the PPV. The Orton/Drew angle was literally a brawl in the first minute of the storyline. Build.up. to. it.