New Day everyone is excellent. They are my favorite part of the show outside Lesnar and Heyman, and Owens Cesaro.
I really want them to give the New Day backstage stuff to do. Like when Hell No was running rampage, there was a good couple months where they got a talking segment or two each show, because they were that good. New Day have the potential to be that good, so give them that backstage stuff more.
f**k, more backstage stuff in general. Six man tag match, Wyatt's and Shaemus v Orton and Shield Bros. Sounds boring as f**k, just filler as usual. Then they played up an interaction between Bray and Shaemus. It showed them briefly putting aside their differences to go after the faces. Then later Randy came in while Reigns and Ambrose were talking and basically said he'll join the Shield Bros tonight if he gets Shaemus. Reigns and Ambrose both comment that he has a decent attitude now, because he was an authority grunt last time they came against each other.
Two two minute promos, and the match felt like much much more of a big deal. You got to see the possible team dynamics, speculate through the night about which alliance has the most chance of beating the other. All from four minutes of backstage interaction.
For whatever reason, wrestlers don't have relationships outside of their prime target any more. You need threads to stitch together a decent character. Likes, dislikes, etc etc. Just thinking 2001 x-7 here for a minute. I remember Kurt Angle obsessing over Chris Benoit. He had backstage segments with Edge and Christian, William Regal, Chris Benoit, and if i remember right, Vince McMahon. You got to see who he was to these other guys, and the character was clearer for it. And having a clearer character, where you knew their backstory and history, the character was over because of it.
Now you have a guy come out and fight another guy for 6 weeks, but there is no interaction outside them two guys. There is being the focal point to not confuse fans, but when the feud happens in a vacuum it becomes stale.
That's enough rambling