Should Sting have debuted on RAW instead?

[Rogue]

While I do get why they debuted him on Survivor Series I can't help but feel if that it would've been more effective if he debuted the next night. They way that they debuted him wasn't that bad at all, and the plant between a possible Triple H/Sting match was nice, but it just feels like he overshadowed the Main Event. Not only that, but he's going to be gone again until the road to WrestleMania has commenced.

If anything, Orton should've been the guy to run out in the Main Event. It'd continue his ongoing feud with Rollins, and he would've stuck it to Triple H for passing him up. Plus, as the hometown guy it would've went along better. It wouldn't have mattered if it was 'too predictable'.

If they were dead set on the Triple H/Sting showdown it would've been just as satisfying if it were on RAW. It's not like RAW gets too many surprises anymore, and it would've been so much better than what we got.

 

[CM Punk]

At the end of the day, it's all about the WWE Network, brother! :hogan:

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

To be honest when it got to that point where the show was about to end I was like dude... Randy Orton or Sting has to be coming out at any moment and sure enough it was the latter that came out.

 

[Stopspot]

PPVs need to be special. So why not put special stuff on the ppvs?

 

[The GOAT]

I agree that Randy Orton would have made a better choice. Similar to Daniel Bryan showing up on Raw and getting "the last word" on The Authority, having Orton screw HHH and Stephanie out of power would have brought the entire angle full circle considering Orton was at the forefront of the whole thing when it first began.

That said, if their intentions were to plant the seeds for a future match between Sting and Triple H (presumingly at Wrestlemania 30, of course), then it made sense to have Sting show up and cost The Authority the match. Having him just show up and confront HHH on Raw after The Authority had already been ostracized from power without his help wouldn't have made much sense in that case since there would have been nothing to stir up personal animosity between them. Plus, this was perfectly consistent with what his character was like in WCW - that of the silent outlaw/protector who watches over the promotion from the shadows and comes down to inflict punishment on those who deserve it. In the old days, it was the NWO. In this case, The Authority.

For me personally, it was a cool moment but it came about ten or eleven years too late. Him showing up anywhere between 2002 and 2004 would have been a guaranteed mark out moment, but I was only mildly entertained when it happened at Survivor Series.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

He should have came down from the rafters. Plus his theme was shit.

I guess I'm the only one who was underwhelmed.

 

[The GOAT]

He should have came down from the rafters. Plus his theme was shit.

I guess I'm the only one who was underwhelmed.

They'd never allow anyone to descend from the rafters again after what happened to Owen Hart. (Interestingly enough, I think Owen got his harness from the same company that Sting always got his from.)

I agree they could have used some more ingenuity with Sting's entrance, though. Seemed a bit too plain to simply have him walk out to the ring like any other ordinary person would. The lights going off and his (rather bland) theme playing was fine, but the entire ring should have been darkened and then when the lights come back on, he's standing behind Triple H. And then after he drops HHH and puts Ziggler on top of Rollins, he then maybe vanishes once more when the lights go off again (or perhaps the second part is overdoing it, but I stick by the first part.)

 

[u_cant_c_me]

yes i would of liked to see MONDAY NIGHT RAW WITH THE STING

 

[Bort]

Business wise, he should've debuted on Raw, more people watch Raw than PPVs.

 

[Jacob Fox]

I dunno... I didn't feel like it overshadowed the main event. I just felt it was the culmination of the main event.

 

[Trip in the Head]

I think I read something that said both Orton and Sting were there but the decision to use Sting the way they did was last minute. Something like that.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I think I read something that said both Orton and Sting were there but the decision to use Sting the way they did was last minute. Something like that.

I despise Orton, but he would have been better for sure. Sting didn't really make any sense, and you could debut him to start a feud with HHH at any time.

 

[Red Rain]

A Survivor Series moment people will remember forever..... or a Monday Night RAW moment people will struggle to remember the date of.
I like what they did. Making a DVD for memorable Survivor Series moments now includes Sting's debut.
It made Survivor Series count. It made the #4 PPV matter again.

WIN

 

[u_cant_c_me]

A Survivor Series moment people will remember forever..... or a Monday Night RAW moment people will struggle to remember the date of.
I like what they did. Making a DVD for memorable Survivor Series moments now includes Sting's debut.
It made Survivor Series count. It made the #4 PPV matter again.

WIN

Thats a better rating i just gave U

 

[Snowman1]

WWE is losing 40 million dollars this year because they created this "massive over the top" Network and nobody's ordering it.

Priority #1 is making their PPV's matter again. Mission accomplished. Don't feel like it overshadowed Ziggler at all but...