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I think the problem is that there's nothing on the line anymore; there's no throughline or primary storyline. During the Wars, for WCW is was the nWo vs. WCW; who's going to join tonight? What shit is Hogan going to pull? Who is Scott Steiner going to fuck up tonight? Where's Sting when you need him? Oh shit, he's in the fucking rafters with a baseball bat. In the WWF it was the Corporation, DX, Stone Cold, Mankind, the Ministry of Darkness, and all of their stories kind of intertwined and surrounded the focal point which was Vince McMahon vs. Stone Cold and anyone else who opposed him.
What is there now? A fucking guest host every Monday night? That doesn't mean shit. There is no focal point on RAW. It's like watching a really bad episode of Saturday Night Live sometimes, just a bunch of random ass shit thrown together, sometimes really funny, sometimes really horrible, usually just bland as hell, tied together with a special celebrity host. For all the bullshit that the Triple H era (2002-2004) gave us, I atleast give them credit for maintaining a focal point of Triple H, Evolution and the World Heavyweight Championship vs. Everybody else. That shit is gone. And the fans don't really care anymore.
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