I watched New Monday night Raw and I have observed few points and I will like to outline those below:
- Finn Balor is very fast and I believe the future belongs to him. He can just simply change the face of wrestling as we know it. he is that kind of person who can be "handed the torch" so as to speak. He is that kind of person he is that good that we can afford not to watch wrestling anymore. Why I said that? very often we worry about the future of wrestling and that is the reason we as audience we keep watching. With Finn Balor we know the future is safe and so we need not worry and for the worry factor we need not watch.
- The commentary team has been moved to a safe distance. this is one of the most important developments. Since long technology was not in place and hence the commentary team had to be as close to the ring as possible. This was continuing till last week. There was a consequence of this as well and that was that the tables were often used (misused) to powerbomb opponents. Sometimes, the commentary team also came under attack. Like Michael Cole on the day after Wrestlemania last year. This can be avoided now. People also get a chance to watch the stars from three sides without any interruption as one side is left open for ramp access.
- The intro and sound and presentation and graphics also improved tremendously.
- The camera at times followed the superstar from back till the entrance and that was good.
- Overall the way Smackdown and Raw have been split up is very good and now "Profits" from star or show can be measured easily. It can be known how much a Superstar is being paid and how much he deserves and staff can also get split up and salaries paid according to ones contribution. There would not be any need of any staff or any Superstar to get "overworked" or even we know staff tend to 'keep the skills' to themselves so that their values increase, that can be avoided. There can be separate teams for Smackdown and Raw and "knowledge transfer" can happen easily. It makes that much important for the staff to do their jobs correctly and teh superstars to deliver the results.
- I have yet to watch Smackdown but I believe their commentary team would be better than the Raw team. I felt JBL was good with Raw. And Michael Cole JBL and Byron Saxton were good as a team continuing for several months. But only after watching todays Smackdown can I comment how JBL is functioning. Mauro Ronallo is too good and he is the Michael Cole of Smackdown definitely.
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