There’s something about Monday Night Raw that isn’t quite clicking with the wrestling fan, anymore – casual or hardcore. Be it the fact that it’s a 3-hour show, or the fact that the content seems forced and inorganic when pitted against The Blue Brand – Smackdown Live, Monday Night Raw is often a chore to watch these days.
What it needs is a fresh dose of talent, to shake things up and get us hooked again. In an age where attention spans have dropped to a minimum, and there’s a lot of content to distract the mind, Monday Night Raw seriously needs a dose of adrenaline with these superstars, from the wrestling world and from outside the squared circle.
5- Conor McGregor
Sometimes, the best feuds do not need to be scripted. Conor McGregor made waves recently in the wrestling world when he called every WWE superstar a messed up pu***. He further went on to say that he would slap the head off the entire WWE roster. Remember when Mike Tyson helped WWE win the Monday Night Wars with a special appearance?
McGregor is the modern day Tyson who can help turn the tide of the ratings, because people really want to see him in WWE, either kicking some rear end or getting his rear end kicked. And this trash talking legitimate fighter is just what Monday Night Raw needs right now because he’s getting more legitimate heat than the rest of the WWE roster.
Considering practically every wrestler in the locker room responded to McGregor, this is a feud that’s waiting to be capitalized on. Dana and Vince...make it happen!
4- Samoa Joe
Because Brock Lesnar is only a part-time performer, and because of the complete burial of The Club, what Raw lacks at the moment is a certified bad ass. Enter Samoa Joe. The former NXT Champion is scripting a story of mass destruction on NXT right now, and one needs to remember that Brock Lesnar needs legitimate opponents once he is back on television, for Fastlane and Wrestlemania.
If Samoa Joe is called up well in time, he can be built to look like a certified monster and take on The Beast Incarnate. The key is to book him in such a manner that he destroys all his opponents before facing Lesnar inside the squared circle. 50-50 booking would destroy the Samoan Submission Machine’s credibility.
3- The Revival
Sure, everyone loves The New Day. But too much of them can be quite a chore. Considering how they’re destroying every tag team in their path, presumably on their way in becoming the longest running W...W...E tag team champions, the division needs total a shake up.
And who better to do so than Dash and Dawson, who’ve been giving us classic match after classic match, at every NXT Takeover? These two men are scheming, devious and can take any tag team to their limit. Their old school style will be a breath of fresh heel air in the main roster, and if they can dethrone The New Day, nothing like it. Re-vival-rocks!
2- Goldberg
Picture this. Paul Heyman cutting a promo about how nobody can challenge Brock Lesnar. And then suddenly, Goldberg’s music hits and the crowd erupts. Bill Goldberg’s return to Raw would be a treat for old-school wrestling fans. Many who had tuned out from Raw because of the lack of familiar faces, and legitimate big guys would tune in again, to see the face of WCW rule the roost on WWE television.
Maybe even take on Brock Lesnar again, in a better match than their last encounter. Considering how big Raw is on squash matches, why not bring back the man who redefined squash matches? We would mark out for sure!
1- Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy is not the same wrestler from the Attitude or Ruthless Aggression era. He is Brother Nero now. Jeff Hardy’s a seasoned veteran, who’s involved in probably the hottest angle in TNA television right now. If he were to come back to WWE television right now, he’d immediately be a main event player and considering that top level talent is much ‘smaller’ in status right now, we are guaranteed some modern day wrestling classics.
After all, we’re yet to see him feud with the likes of Seth Rollins, Cesaro, Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Heck, we’d take it just to hear ‘delete! delete! delete!’ chants on the air in WWE television.
Matt Hardy posted this tweet that added feul to rumours of the Hardys coming to the WWE:
