Monday Night Raw 12/17/18: Shaking it up

[El Poyo Loco]

Rhonda Theme sounds like it would be the opening song to a 90s stoner comedy

And Shrek did it better

 

[Norrin Radd]

This definitely part of Daniel Bryan’s porn collection

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Is this the main event?

 

[Dreamzeedream]

What was the point of calling sanity up to smackdown

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Bray's depressed that JoJo is gonna be on the road with Otis now and he's at home.

Otis do be the one she will be checkin for

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Rhonda Theme sounds like it would be the opening song to a 90s stoner comedy

Freaks and Geeks came out in 2000, was based on the 80s, and featured stoners so you basically hit it on the nail.

 

[Bonefan32]

well the crowd is officially dead, they tried hard all night to do it and they finally got what they wanted

 

[LastManStanding]

Rhonda Theme sounds like it would be the opening song to a 90s stoner comedy

It was the opening song for the TV show Freaks and Geeks with James Franco, Seth Rogen, etc. back in like 99

 

[Bonefan32]

this gauntlet match needs to end asap, nobody wants to see this shyt

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Dana Brooke looking mad skinny now

 

[raw613]

No shade, b/c Russo provided some good stuff but y'all gotta let Russo go. It's 2018, about to be 2019. What popped 20+ years ago is not gonna pop now. Russo's stuff was a perfect storm type scenario. It was the right time culturally and politically for his style of storytelling. That's not what's currently hot in these television or pop culture streets. And Russo is too dedicated to *his* brand of storytelling to pivot enough to embrace the current (PG) situation.

Honestly, this is another reason I compare WWE's television product to soaps. WWE television has a laundry list of craft issues that won't be solved by bringing in someone from the past whose style is at odds with the current climate and is only going to resonate with viewers who enjoyed their original run. But there's a certain segment of the population viewing through nostalgia glasses talking about bring back____ as if what worked and resonated with audience 20+ years ago is going to work and resonate with the current audience.

It has *never* worked for a soap when they brought back producers, actors/characters, and head writers from glory days gone by...because those glory days have gone by.

WWE doesn't need to bring back Russo. They need to get back to the fundamentals of compelling storytelling. Hero, villain, conflict, emotional stakes...the basics. They don't need to bring back Russo, or the Attitude Era, or The Ruthless Aggression Era or anything like that. They just need to get back to the basics of good storytelling because that's what they've gotten away from.

His writing already had mixed results post wwe, I agree they just need to go back to the fundamentals of what works in wrestling storytelling, well other brands have had some success with this its mostly Raw that completely disregards it lol

 

[tinnyskillz]

Fell in love through photograph
I don't even know your name
Wonder if you'd follow back
I hope to see you one day
I won't show my nikkas now
I'II keep this one for myself
Love today's gone digital
And it's messing with my health

 

[Superkick Party]

 

[Eddie Brock]

Bailey is damn near the hottest chick on the roster tbh

 

[Norrin Radd]