Two PPV's in the last post? Lucky us. Thinking of all the epic stuff to come, it's cool to see Christian's rise, Kennedy's debut and Edge beginning his character switch up as well. Both PPV's were solid outings for the most part. Whilst completely ridiculous, Angle/Bret is SO good. Love that you were running long running angles ten years before everybody else. You the man, Wolf.

Looking forward to starting to get a chance to read some weeklies again as well.

There's too much going on to consume all the content!

I'm still catching up on the thread, but Rob Van Dam's swearing and his vow of silence afterward are forgotten gems. I really love the idea that he goes from one extreme to the other. RVD is just such a different character here than he is in most projects and it's such a delight to see again.

I just want to know whether Cade or Jindrak was going to win that game of tag...

I had also completely forgotten the power 25 existed so that was a nice bit of nostalgia.

Enjoying the beginning of the Rumble hype with the Edge/HBK segment standing out as strong.

Christian/Rey is a nice little stop gap for both men to. Don't think we ever actually saw that in real life which makes it even more appealing.

'Taker obviously winning the right to face Cena is huge. Rumble always feels like a filler title defense so nice to see a genuine main event on the card.

First Blood Elimination match for The Brotherhood vs. Booker, Goldust and Eugene is crazy lol.

Edge's progression into the deranged guy who thinks everybody is against him is going well. Loved the ending and aftermath of the main event of the second Raw. Really good character work.

Again, just cool to see some weekly shows from you.

When you first started posting here, I didn't realise you'd be posting such an extensive version of this BTB. This makes me happy.

Really nailing the whiny Edge character on Raw, and his opening promo with Orton was good. Orton/Cena moments are HUGE for obvious reasons as well.

I still can't help but chuckle at the mid/lower card first blood elimination match.

Rumble hype starting to get more prominent on the shows makes me happy.

Angle/Bret continues to simmer along nicely to.

This really is such a time capsule for when this stuff was written. The old graphic for Raw is such a throwback. As someone who has read the Raw where Cena tells the world “you can hate me now” fairly recently because of this journey you’ve taken us on, the jump between the writing here and what it ends up being is rather big. You can tell by the end how comfortable you are with these characters and also how different they are from their real-life counterparts.

You can see the seeds begin to be planted for someone like Benoit to really get into gear heading into Mania season. A twenty-minute classic to end the year just because seems about right.

Kurt Angle being absolutely delusional as he continues to chase Bret is an all-time funny angle. The way Angle finds any small action to work within his own narrative is just fantastic.

Christian coming out with the poll percentage on his shirt makes me laugh. It’s so weird to see where he is right now compared to where he’s going to end up by the end of the journey.

I personally never really connected with the DX stuff. I can’t recall when it really wraps up, but it’s just so jarring to see DX in this period, even though they aren’t that far from being around IRL.

As we get more weekly shows, it’s going to be interesting to track Edge as well through his growth and how long it takes him to get to that legit main event status.

Keep ‘em coming, mate. Such a fun journey.