5 ways WWE Raw has changed in a year

#2 A Clear Vision

Paul Heyman As Executive Director of Monday Night Raw

In the prior era, you would hear rumblings of Vince McMahon rewriting the show just hours before it came on the air. You would see angles, storylines, and wrestlers that didn't make sense with the prior week or even within the same show.

The lack of a consistent viewpoint was a detriment to the show week after week but also hour after hour. Sometimes the show was just clunky and out of sorts and it was too hard to actually watch. Now the show feels more paced and more planned out. You may not like every segment of the show — take this past week's segments involving Erick Rowan and Matt Hardy and the main event featuring Bobby Lashley and Lana vs. Rusev and Liv Morgan.

It was considered the worst hour of the show, however, it didn't feel that it didn't belong. Rowan has been defeating enhancement talents weekly while also building his story of "what's in the cage" and now he has taken a step up in talent.

The longest-running story is the love angle with the four mentioned above, so it makes sense why it would main event. RAW feels like it is well thought out in advance and is heading towards specific finishes, which sets up the beginning of the next story for every on-screen talent.