WWE’s 10 Worst Moments of 2016
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8. Opening RAW Promos Almost Every Week
OK, so this isn’t a single moment per se, but rather the same moment repeated almost every week this year.
During the 2016 calendar year, virtually every single episode of RAW opened in the exact same way: a long, boring promo from either the Authority or some other wrestler. When the New Day opened with a match on December 12th, it made that episode one of the best of the year by default.
With RAW opening with a promo every week, it takes the fans out of the show from the moment it starts. People tune in to see wrestling, so opening with something that isn’t wrestling is anathema do a wrestling product’s survival. There’s a time and a place for talking and developing a story verbally, but it shouldn’t be in the opening segment of every weekly show.