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This week's edition of WWE Monday Night RAW (6th May 2019) saw a lot of contrasting moments. Right from WWE's newly enforced Wild Card rule to a WWE Championship WrestleMania 35 rematch as the main event, last night's episode had it all.
Without a shadow of a doubt, this week's RAW was entertaining from start-to-finish, which is a compliment, since the show returned to its banal tone in the past few weeks. So it was definitely a breath of fresh air to see WWE shaking things around a bit, even if that means creating controversy for all the wrong reasons (The Usos-Revival segment).
Was all of it good? Probably not. But anything different from the usual RAW format seems like a change at this point.
Let us take a look at some interesting observations from this week's episode of Monday Night RAW
#3: Why The Wild Card rule was enforced by Vince McMahon
Fans are furious over the newly enforced Wild Card rule from last night's RAW episode. The rule automatically takes away all the credibility from the recently concluded Superstar Shake Up and the Brand Split as well.
However, despite Vince McMahon making the announcement look like an act of improvisation, there might be concrete reasons behind why this rule was put in effect.
The Wild Card rule is beneficial to the WWE-Fox deal later this year, where SmackDown Live could also use top stars from RAW. As a matter of fact, given that RAW continues to suffer from a ratings-slump every now and then, the shuffling of top stars from one show to another ensures that both shows have the same amount of star power.
The Wild Card rule also brings about some unpredictability to the table, where any 3 stars from one show could appear in the other on any given night.
Truth be told, this particular rule has a lot of drawbacks at the same time, but in WWE's frantic attempt to shake things around post-WrestleMania season, it makes sense why they would put such a decision into effect without any anticipation at the very last minute.
#2: Why The Firefly Fun House segments seem drastically different from the rest of the show
You can check out a detailed analysis of this week's Firefly Fun House segment by clicking here.
Undoubtedly, Bray Wyatt has a large chunk of creative control behind his new gimmick. The presentation itself is bizarre.
As I keep pointing out every week, The Firefly Fun House segments are drastically different from the rest of the show because there seems to be a clear distinction between Wyatt's own ideas compared to those that came out of a WWE Creative meeting.
The best part about this is that Bray Wyatt has hinted about dropping a huge answer to his puzzle on next week's RAW, and it seems that we haven't even cracked the code yet! After all, everyone figures out everything when it comes to WWE in today's day and age of Social Media.
This seems to be an exception! What is your theory regarding the answer to Bray Wyatt's Firefly Fun House Segments?
Let us know your theories in the comments section below!
#1: The backstage segments added a lot of momentum to this week's episode
Aside from the Firefly Fun House skit, I believe there were two segments that stood out from others and added a lot of momentum to the show.
The first one was when Braun Strowman trashed Sami Zayn into a pile of garbage, as a garbage truck did the honours a few seconds later (in the picture).
Honestly, the best version of Braun Strowman was when he was booked as an unstoppable monster who integrated backstage props during some insane segments. Last night served as a reminder of that unstoppable monster.
WWE needs that version of Braun Strowman to create controversy every now and then.
On the other hand, the Miz-Shane McMahon backstage chase was impressively produced. Go watch that bit again. From the camera angles to the sudden shots as well as Charly Caruso's interruption was refreshing to watch.
This shows that backstage segments can sometimes add more value to a wrestling show than a wrestling match itself!
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