A Better Raw

A Better Raw is an experiment. I didn’t know what it would do, so I put it out there. Quite a few people gave me thoughts and comments, but they weren’t the ones I was looking for. I wanted people to think about our flagship show in a different way. But I should have listened to Hunter, who’s always right about this sort of stuff. After he watched the first one, he told me that this sort of shock wouldn’t be welcome with wrestling fans. They like things to be consistent. They like to show up and know what they’re gonna get. Changes can be made, but it’s a slow process.

He’s right, of course. So over the next two or three years, we’re slowly going to be incorporating the ideas we made for A Better Raw into Raw. Most people won’t notice the difference. It’s like looking yourself in the mirror every day. You don’t realize how fat you’ve gotten since high school. But I want you to remember this moment. Tape this week’s Raw, and watch it again in two years. Watch it back to back with a new episode of Raw from 2012. I think you’ll be astonished how different it will be.