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Yeah, the whole show wasn't perfect storyline was. But there was a marked difference in the overall production of the show. Promos cut directly into the camera, a reserved, but notable use of cuss words on commentary, trying new weird angles whether they work or not, and most importantly, a lot less in-ring mic time and more of a focus on the action and the in-ring stories. I do think there was a lot of flat stuff as a result of ongoing angles that need to be worked through, so hopefully starting more fresh angles will alleviate that. It's a start, so we'll see if they can keep the momentum and not derail if things take a minute to really hit home. Oh, and totally agreed on the "no commercial break" thing. Like I said on another forum, they've found a creative way around it this week, but it's already worn thin. I'd much rather just have commercial breaks like normal.

Yeah, after the first 30 or so minutes, it started turning into a bit more standard fare, but the first hour went by really quick and the overall production still feels different. Also, no in-ring promos for like the first hour and a half.

I started watching after that, but just stopped during the Seth and Becky interview bit. It was just painful listening to the two of them. But apparently they were interrupted, so that's good.

Seth's a pretty far-end WWE fanboy anyways. Those people have blinders on to the world outside of WWE. It probably doesn't compute to him why everyone wouldn't want to be in WWE. Also the WWE itself as an entity and Vince in particular aren't known for looking at their flaws and figuring out how to correct them, they engage more in finding excuses and reasons outside of their control to explain things away. That likely filters down to their top guys too, and a fanboy like Seth is more likely to accept it because he already believes in them anyways.