I would also like to redo the Guest Host Concept. However, instead of removing it, I would rather change it a bit.
First, I would like the Guest Host to have full GM powers as it was when it started. Then, instead of a one time appearance, I would have the Host be the GM of Raw for the whole month. The Hosts final appearance will then be at that months respective Pay Per View. Of course, the following Monday after a PPV, a new Guest Host will debut. This would have kept the idea from going stale too fast.
Second, I would only have Celebrity Guest Hosts on the Red Show. Its the Flagship show of the WWE, it deserves the guest Celebrities.
Third, I would have the Hall of Famers, Legends, and injured Superstars (Batista) as the Fridays Guest Hosts. Smackdown is the Wrestling Show according to the IWC, right?? Then show pride in the Blue Show and give them Guest Hosts too. What makes them different?? Raw gets the Outsiders and Smackdown gets the Insiders. Take a look at some of the names we have here. Batista, Ted DiBiase, Sgt. Slaughter, Dusty Rhodes, Trish Stratus, Roddy Piper, Jesse Ventura, Bret Hart, Steve Austin, David Otunga. Imagine that they are Smackdowns GM for a month each and ending at a PPV.
Forth, dont let any of the Guest Host get involved in the matches
then again, if the Guest Host is at the PPV for one last show anyway
hmmmm
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Big Show vs. Big Shaq
Dusty Rhodes vs. Goldust vs. Cody Rhodes in a Triple Threat Steel Cage match
Verne Troyer vs. Hornswoggle
Owens and Ochocinco vs. Barreta and Croft
Steve Austin vs. Randy Orton (Main Event)
Cheech and Chong vs. Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam (Dark match)
Mike Tyson vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. at WrestleMania!!
Limitless possibilities here, had they not rushed the concept, and spread it out to the other show.
Other events I would have liked to change up a bit are:
2001 - The Invasion, of course. Add ECW Champions and Championships to the already acquired ECW Main Attraction Superstars. Add WCW Main Attraction Superstars to the already acquired WCW Champions and Championships. Among many, many other things, Raw would have been better of with some edits during the last half of 01.
2005 - The return of WCW before the return of ECW. The way I would start this is by having WCW take over Friday nights right after Batista debuts on Smackdown. With all of the WCW Original Titles (the World Title, US Title, and Cruiserweight Title) together with the newer WWE Tag Team Titles, on one show, that would have been a great time for Eric Bischoff to use his If I have all the Titles, I have all the power storyline. Rebrand them all as WCW Titles and do a little revisionist history for the Tag Titles and done.
What does this have to do with Raw, you might ask?? Instead of Bragging Rights being about Vinces Red Show vs. Vinces Blue Show, it would then become Erics WCW vs. Shane and Stephanies WWE. Then I would have Paul Heyman say something about this a year later.
Ive got more ideas, but time is up.
