Original Plans For WWE Raw Revealed

While speaking to Sam Roberts on an episode of the Not Sam wrestling podcast on the WWE Network, Bruce Prichard opened up about the original plans WWE had for Monday Night Raw.

Bruce Prichard, who is one of the most powerful people in the entire company right now, revealed the original plan was for WWE to buy a venue and hold Raw at the same location every week:

“The original concept behind doing Raw was to do a live weekly show to build a small studio arena in Stamford and the concept was to save money by doing that. To tour and then come back to Stamford on Monday and have that studio that we owned. A little arena that we owned, that we could control and ‘this is going to save money, this is going to be revolutionary that we’re not going to go rent a building. Flip that to several weeks later and we’re in the Manhattan Center, one of the most expensive pieces of property in the country and we are just like, ‘holy cow this became a big production.”

This plan would have helped WWE cut back on costs. As Bruce Prichard notes, what WWE actually went with was renting out the Manhattan Center in New York, one of the most expensive venues in the country.

During the same show, Bruce Prichard spoke about the debut episode of Monday Night Raw and claimed WWE fans do not like new things. You can check out exactly what he had to say by clicking here.

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Thanks to Ringside News for the transcription.

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