WWE Monday Night Raw failed on the promise of a "new landscape"

Coming out of the November 1 edition of WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, fans were looking for an interesting new start. Triple H took to social media to say there's a "new landscape" in WWE. All that bluster to lead to Logan Paul entering the main event scene before the promotion's next PLE, WWE WarGames. This was yet another let down, showing how uninteresting the men's division is at this time.

CM Punk walked out to the ring as a champion on Monday Night Raw for the first time in 12 years. Fans celebrated, and rightfully so. For many, their champion was finally back. But this is hardly any type of "new" landscape when it is a performer who is 47 years old and has remained in the title picture for much of the time since his return.

That led to a segment that devolved into more of the same. Punk was once again involved with The Vision and Jey Uso, with Logan Paul thrown into the mix. This and the main event segment will lead to the build of the two WarGames teams for the PLE on November 29. After that, it looks like Paul will be the first man up to face Punk as champion.

But is this really what fans want? This comes at a time when TKO Group Holdings continues to price fans out of attending events. Fans are pointing at recent ticket distribution figures as a focal point to a larger issue. Nothing about this feels fresh and inticing. In fact, the second Paul's music hit on Monday, the sound everyone heard was more of a collective eye roll than any type of reaction that would express any type of interest.

There's a lot of potential within that WWE roster. Think about some of the names who could use a strong rub that would come from working with CM Punk, even in a losing effort. It has been more than a month since Oba Femi has had a match. Why not use this moment as a chance to introduce him to the main roster? Trick Williams has done all he can do on WWE NXT. Why not have him answer Punk's call out last night to kick off a short sprint of an angle to introduce him to the weekly Raw and SmackDown viewer? So much potential there, wasted on Logan Paul and the continuance of a program that has long run its course.

Triple H may have promised viewers a new landscape heading into Monday Night Raw, but is this a new landscape fans want to watch? Is it a new landscape fans want to pay increasing prices to see? Right now, that doesn't seem to be the case.