So with a multitude of complaints from fans saying that Raw tends to be lackluster and sometimes "boring" (not saying I don't agree but I wouldn't say it's as bad as people say) I'd like to take this thread and make it all about booking Monday Night Raw YOUR way.
Now there are some rules, it must be booked with the mindset of booking the show as Vince McMahon, who needs to please share holders, the board and sponsors and of course the fans as well. So book it with a business mindset.
Opening Segment:
This segment needs to get the people hooked and excited to see the rest of the show
8:00pm-9:00pm
They go by the hour so this hour almost needs to be it's own "mini" show within itself.
There are also restrictions set by the USA network as to what can be shown on TV so no curse words during this hour and obviously needs to be kept to a PG rating
9:00pm-10:00pm
Same as above as far as restrictions go but during this hour the content can get a little edgier
The segment that comes on at the 9pm needs to get people hooked for this hour as well
10:00pm-11:00pm
The show can be as edgy as the PG rating allows now
Same as above, the segment that start the 10pm time slot needs to get people hooked for the next hour and to the end of the show
11:00pm-11:05pm
Yes this is a time-slot first of all, whatever the viewership rating is for these 5 minutes counts as the rating for the whole hour even though the show isn't on until midnight
A few more rules are that it has to involve current superstars on the roster and cant have matches like Austin vs Hogan because that's not going to happen on possibly ever, especially on a Raw. So let's be realistic here BUT you are allowed only ONE surprise on the show, as far as a surprise return maybe or a legend appearance for a segment. And if you want to use NXT superstars you can include only TWO superstars currently on the NXT roster to be called up for your show.
Also time out your segments to make sure it sticks to the 8:00pm-11:05pm time. (But you're allowed to go a few minutes over if you need it, like they sometimes go over to 11:08 or so on)
Start off by picking who your champions are (or you can vacate a title) and book the show!
I'll start
WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Seth Rollins
Intercontinental Champion: Neville
United States Champion: Rusev
Tag Team Champions: Vacated
Divas Champion: Paige
First Raw of 2016
Next PPV is Royal Rumble
Monday Night Raw: Live from Chicago, IL, Billed as Every Championship will be defended
8:00pm: Intro and pyro goes off
Introduction to Raw from announcers: Total of 2 minutes
8:02pm: Brock Lesnar's music hits and out comes Lesnar and Heyman
Heyman talks about Lesnar wanting his rematch for the WWE WHC tonight or else he'll destroy everyone by ringside again so if the Authority doesn't want that to happen then they need to make the title match happen. Now out comes HHH and Stephanie and they say if Lesnar does anything like that again he'll be fired and be sued for millions and that they have already booked a championship match for tonight which will be. (c)Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose Total of a 17 minute segment
8:19pm: Promo saying tonight there will be a Major announcement by Chairman Vince McMahon tonight and promoting the WWE Network for Royal Rumble for ONLY $9.99!- 2 minutes
Commercial break: 3 minutes
8:24pm: Promo for a return which would have been playing for a few weeks says "Tonight...the WWE will be changed forever...Yes, It's True" 1 minute video package
8:25pm: Intercontinental Championship: Neville vs Sami Zayn (Main roster debut)
Winner: New IC Champion: Sami Zayn - 15 minutes including entrances
8:40pm: Promo for a Championship Scramble match for the Vacated Tag Team Championship The Usos vs John Cena, Randy Orton vs Kidd, Cesaro vs Big Show, Kane vs Lucha Dragons- 1 minute promo
8:41pm: Promo for a major announcement by the Chairman Vince McMahon Tonight - 1 Minute
8:42pm: Divas Championship Match: Fatal 4 Way:
Nikki Bella vs Naomi vs Bri Bella vs Charlotte (Main roster debut)
Winner: New Divas Champion Charlotte - 15 Minutes including entrances
8:57pm: Promote Vince McMahon's Announcement is NEXT - 15 seconds
Commercial Break: 3 minutes
9:00pm: Cue Vince McMahons music. He comes out say he is ready to shake things up again and give the fans what they want. Before continuing HHH/Stephanie come out and say to him that it's not his place to "shake things up" anymore, it's the Authority's now and he needs to leave. Vince says, "Well actually that's what i'm going to address" he says he is tired of seeing the Authority using their power to take avantage like when HHH tried to ruin Daniel Bryans career and put himself in WM 30 to possibly win the WWE title in the triple threat match. HHH says "We'll i'm the COO an i'm not going anywhere" Vince then says "That's why I'm challenging you to a match at Wrestlemania where I will get someone to represent me to face you and the winner will be officially in charge of the WWE" End segment. - 20 Minutes
9:20pm: Michael Cole promotes, "So the match is set, ,Wrestlemania 32 will be a Vince McMahon representative vs Triple H w/Stephanie McMahon, winner controls ALL of WWE" - 1 minute
Commercial break - 3 Minutes
9:24pm: Battle Royal: the winner will enter #30 in the Rumble and the last eliminated will enter the Rumble #1
The Miz vs Damien Sandow vs Adam Rose vs Fandango vs Curtis Axel vs Big E vs Sheamus vs Dolph Ziggler vs Daniel Bryan vs BNB
It gets down to the final 4 of Ziggler, Bryan, Sandow and BNB
Last eliminated: Daniel Bryan
Winner: Dolph Ziggler - 20 minutes with most superstars already in the ring when we come back from the commercial break
9:44pm: Backstage segment with Rollins talking about how he is the future of the company which is why he is still the champion and will be going into this years Mania - 3 minutes
9:47pm: United States Championship Match: Rusev vs ???
Rusev is in the ring waiting for his opponent when the promo from earlier comes on again about the WWE changing forever and out comes the return of KURT ANGLE! Rusev vs Kurt Angle for the United States Championship
Winner: Via DQ Kurt Angle but Still US Champion: Rusev after Lana interferes and hits Angle with the Russian flag while he had Rusev in the ankle lock - 20 minutes
Commercial break - 3 minutes
10:10pm: Tag Team Championship Scramble Match: The Usos vs John Cena, Randy Orton vs Kidd, Cesaro vs Big Show, Kane vs Lucha Dragons
Winners: New Tag Team Champions: Lucha Dragons - 25 minutes including entrances
10:35pm: Michael Cole promotes main event is up next - 30 seconds
Commercial break - 3 minutes
10:38pm: MAIN EVENT:
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Triple Threat Match
(c) Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose
Winner: Still WWE WHC Seth Rollins - 25 minutes including entrances
11:03pm: Brock Lesnar comes out and destroys Rollins, puts him through a table and holds up the title to end the show - 5 minute attack
11:08 End Show
Now there are some rules, it must be booked with the mindset of booking the show as Vince McMahon, who needs to please share holders, the board and sponsors and of course the fans as well. So book it with a business mindset.
Opening Segment:
This segment needs to get the people hooked and excited to see the rest of the show
8:00pm-9:00pm
They go by the hour so this hour almost needs to be it's own "mini" show within itself.
There are also restrictions set by the USA network as to what can be shown on TV so no curse words during this hour and obviously needs to be kept to a PG rating
9:00pm-10:00pm
Same as above as far as restrictions go but during this hour the content can get a little edgier
The segment that comes on at the 9pm needs to get people hooked for this hour as well
10:00pm-11:00pm
The show can be as edgy as the PG rating allows now
Same as above, the segment that start the 10pm time slot needs to get people hooked for the next hour and to the end of the show
11:00pm-11:05pm
Yes this is a time-slot first of all, whatever the viewership rating is for these 5 minutes counts as the rating for the whole hour even though the show isn't on until midnight
A few more rules are that it has to involve current superstars on the roster and cant have matches like Austin vs Hogan because that's not going to happen on possibly ever, especially on a Raw. So let's be realistic here BUT you are allowed only ONE surprise on the show, as far as a surprise return maybe or a legend appearance for a segment. And if you want to use NXT superstars you can include only TWO superstars currently on the NXT roster to be called up for your show.
Also time out your segments to make sure it sticks to the 8:00pm-11:05pm time. (But you're allowed to go a few minutes over if you need it, like they sometimes go over to 11:08 or so on)
Start off by picking who your champions are (or you can vacate a title) and book the show!
I'll start
WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Seth Rollins
Intercontinental Champion: Neville
United States Champion: Rusev
Tag Team Champions: Vacated
Divas Champion: Paige
First Raw of 2016
Next PPV is Royal Rumble
Monday Night Raw: Live from Chicago, IL, Billed as Every Championship will be defended
8:00pm: Intro and pyro goes off
Introduction to Raw from announcers: Total of 2 minutes
8:02pm: Brock Lesnar's music hits and out comes Lesnar and Heyman
Heyman talks about Lesnar wanting his rematch for the WWE WHC tonight or else he'll destroy everyone by ringside again so if the Authority doesn't want that to happen then they need to make the title match happen. Now out comes HHH and Stephanie and they say if Lesnar does anything like that again he'll be fired and be sued for millions and that they have already booked a championship match for tonight which will be. (c)Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose Total of a 17 minute segment
8:19pm: Promo saying tonight there will be a Major announcement by Chairman Vince McMahon tonight and promoting the WWE Network for Royal Rumble for ONLY $9.99!- 2 minutes
Commercial break: 3 minutes
8:24pm: Promo for a return which would have been playing for a few weeks says "Tonight...the WWE will be changed forever...Yes, It's True" 1 minute video package
8:25pm: Intercontinental Championship: Neville vs Sami Zayn (Main roster debut)
Winner: New IC Champion: Sami Zayn - 15 minutes including entrances
8:40pm: Promo for a Championship Scramble match for the Vacated Tag Team Championship The Usos vs John Cena, Randy Orton vs Kidd, Cesaro vs Big Show, Kane vs Lucha Dragons- 1 minute promo
8:41pm: Promo for a major announcement by the Chairman Vince McMahon Tonight - 1 Minute
8:42pm: Divas Championship Match: Fatal 4 Way:
Nikki Bella vs Naomi vs Bri Bella vs Charlotte (Main roster debut)
Winner: New Divas Champion Charlotte - 15 Minutes including entrances
8:57pm: Promote Vince McMahon's Announcement is NEXT - 15 seconds
Commercial Break: 3 minutes
9:00pm: Cue Vince McMahons music. He comes out say he is ready to shake things up again and give the fans what they want. Before continuing HHH/Stephanie come out and say to him that it's not his place to "shake things up" anymore, it's the Authority's now and he needs to leave. Vince says, "Well actually that's what i'm going to address" he says he is tired of seeing the Authority using their power to take avantage like when HHH tried to ruin Daniel Bryans career and put himself in WM 30 to possibly win the WWE title in the triple threat match. HHH says "We'll i'm the COO an i'm not going anywhere" Vince then says "That's why I'm challenging you to a match at Wrestlemania where I will get someone to represent me to face you and the winner will be officially in charge of the WWE" End segment. - 20 Minutes
9:20pm: Michael Cole promotes, "So the match is set, ,Wrestlemania 32 will be a Vince McMahon representative vs Triple H w/Stephanie McMahon, winner controls ALL of WWE" - 1 minute
Commercial break - 3 Minutes
9:24pm: Battle Royal: the winner will enter #30 in the Rumble and the last eliminated will enter the Rumble #1
The Miz vs Damien Sandow vs Adam Rose vs Fandango vs Curtis Axel vs Big E vs Sheamus vs Dolph Ziggler vs Daniel Bryan vs BNB
It gets down to the final 4 of Ziggler, Bryan, Sandow and BNB
Last eliminated: Daniel Bryan
Winner: Dolph Ziggler - 20 minutes with most superstars already in the ring when we come back from the commercial break
9:44pm: Backstage segment with Rollins talking about how he is the future of the company which is why he is still the champion and will be going into this years Mania - 3 minutes
9:47pm: United States Championship Match: Rusev vs ???
Rusev is in the ring waiting for his opponent when the promo from earlier comes on again about the WWE changing forever and out comes the return of KURT ANGLE! Rusev vs Kurt Angle for the United States Championship
Winner: Via DQ Kurt Angle but Still US Champion: Rusev after Lana interferes and hits Angle with the Russian flag while he had Rusev in the ankle lock - 20 minutes
Commercial break - 3 minutes
10:10pm: Tag Team Championship Scramble Match: The Usos vs John Cena, Randy Orton vs Kidd, Cesaro vs Big Show, Kane vs Lucha Dragons
Winners: New Tag Team Champions: Lucha Dragons - 25 minutes including entrances
10:35pm: Michael Cole promotes main event is up next - 30 seconds
Commercial break - 3 minutes
10:38pm: MAIN EVENT:
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Triple Threat Match
(c) Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose
Winner: Still WWE WHC Seth Rollins - 25 minutes including entrances
11:03pm: Brock Lesnar comes out and destroys Rollins, puts him through a table and holds up the title to end the show - 5 minute attack
11:08 End Show