WWE Treating 1000th RAW Like a Top Pay-Per-View

[Big Hoss Rambler]

WWE will be treating the July 23rd 1,000th RAW as a major pay-per-view with all hands on deck. They have reached out to the usual Legends like Jim Duggan, Gene Okerlund, Sgt. Slaughter, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Hart and Dusty Rhodes but are looking to use other stars we don't always see on nostalgia shows. Bobby Heenan's name was brought up but his bad health would likely play a factor.

The idea going around is to have both an old school and a new school production vibe to the show. They want to lock The Undertaker's return in and start advertising his appearance in hopes that it will help ratings. The plan is to promote the show hard with a three week TV build, including announcing a pay-per-view quality line-up. They are also looking to introduce new talents on the three-hour show.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

 

[Robbie Coletrain]

Fantastic!
We better be seeing some tunga:

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You think we will be seeing Ambrose?

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Only problem is all those legends will probably be in matches against heels like Miz Otunga and DZ and those heels will most likely be beaten, i get sick of past legends coming back and squashing current stars.

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

Fantastic!
We better be seeing some tunga:

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You think we will be seeing Ambrose?

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Only problem is all those legends will probably be in matches against heels like Miz Otunga and DZ and those heels will most likely be beaten, i get sick of past legends coming back and squashing current stars.

Yah we better see tunga:.

Not sure but I hope so.

That's true. Hate it when that happens. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Stopspot]

I am so looking forward to this show. If they go into it with the mindset of making it a survivor series/Wrestlemania/Royal Rumble quality show then we are in for a treat.

 

[Robbie Coletrain]

I am so looking forward to this show. If they go into it with the mindset of making it a survivor series/Wrestlemania/Royal Rumble quality show then we are in for a treat.

Only problem is last RR and Wrestlemania were pretty boring, i feel like such a pessimist but with recent Raws im finding it hard to expect much. :facepalm1:

 

[Crayo]

I sense an Ambrose debut.

 

[Snowman1]

Umm... when was the last good WWE Top PPV?

Oh, well, should be an improvement. It can get worse than it is now though.

 

[Robbie Coletrain]

Umm... when was the last good WWE Top PPV?

Oh, well, should be an improvement. It can get worse than it is now though.

What if Great Khali was WWE champ, would it be worse then? :ace:

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I sense an Ambrose debut.

Definitely, would be the perfect opportunity with Foley being there, any other time would just feel random

 

[Snowman1]

What if Great Khali was WWE champ, would it be worse then? :ace:

Exactly. Crayo's said for the past 2 weeks "be optimistic, at least it can't get any worse", and then it got worse. So Crayo, stop it. :ace:

 

[Robbie Coletrain]

Exactly. Crayo's said for the past 2 weeks "be optimistic, at least it can't get any worse", and then it got worse. So Crayo, stop it. :ace:

IT WILL BE MUCH MUCH WORSE!!! tunga:

 

[Matt]

Looking forward to it.. hope its good (

 

[Crayo]

Umm... when was the last good WWE Top PPV?

If you mean the big 4, quite a while. If you mean in general, Extreme Rules and Over the Limit were of high quality imo.

Exactly. Crayo's said for the past 2 weeks "be optimistic, at least it can't get any worse", and then it got worse. So Crayo, stop it. :ace:

To be honest, last weeks got a rating over 0 for me, the week before didn't. So it was better. #Optimism

 

[Leo C]

If they're putting so much emphasis on the show, it'll probably be decent. I hope the legends don't get much air time, and that if there's a debut in the show, I hope it's Ambrose.

 

[Rysenberg]

Wrestlemania was a good show IMO.

They could make this a fantastic show. I think they may well do and.. if I were in charge I'd be half tempted to do something like a Lesnar return with him destroying half the legends or something.

One thing that gets me though..why isn't this at MSG?

 

[TheXtremeDiva]

i want to see some classic matches and not just have Cena, Punk, kane etc i want to see some old rematches. love to see steve austin give McMahon a stunner just for old times lol