Post by Thumper Moore III on Aug 18, 2020 12:01:28 GMT -5
In other news, Raw Underground seems to be finding its legs now that it's not just Shane screaming and random fights happening. Sadly, Retribution is still a worthless distraction.
I sat down and watched about two hours of Raw for the first time in a while last night. My gut reaction: I can’t believe that they’re actively distracting from their own talent on their own show.
Case #1: Drew McIntyre is cutting a tremendous promo, and actually making me want to watch him kick Randy’s ass. Then they cut the camera like ten times in three seconds, and I figure it’s Kevin Dunn’s normal style... only for them to cut backstage in the middle of a promo from ostensibly the most important performer in your company to Antifa beating up the production truck.
Case #2: Natalya and Mickie James— two decent workers— get interrupted mid-match by Rollins jaw-jacking with Samoa Joe. Why the hell are they running a segment and a match at the same time?
I counted 7 camera cuts in 4 seconds during a beatdown by The Hurt Business. It’s nausea inducing.
Creatively, why do we have all the good guy people of color fighting all the bad guy people of color? Isn’t that a bit tone deaf?
What’s a shame is that they have better workers and better promo guys than AEW, bar none, and they’re trying to make proverbial chicken salad out of you know what. But my gosh, the writing, the production, it’s so blatantly horrible that the excellent performers can’t make up for it.
And I think it’s just going to get worse from here. You just gave Kevin Dunn drones. DRONES. We’re all going to be confused and vomiting by the end of Smackdown.
