I forgot Memorial Day was yesterday so we won't see how Raw did until tomorrow afternoon.
What are peoples thoughts on running Raw/Smackdown like back in the Attitude era?
I'm under the impression shows back then had few matches and those that tied into the PPV feuds tended to end in fuck finishes rather than clean wins like current Raw seems to have been doing the past few years.
Depends on what you mean by running it like the AE.
Honestly, Raw being three hours kind of kills that, they use matches to effectively fill time and they have way too much time they need to fill and the shows where they do very limited amount of wrestling are generally horrible. Now if that included a creative change that allowed talent more freedom and a less stifling, restrictive environment (though still having to be PG) it might help a bit but at the core the problem is creative and in the production and specifically Vince and Dunn. Raw and Smackdown kinda need an overhaul. Matches back then were so short usually because they still knew wanted you to buy their PPVs on top of doing a bunch of angles to push things.
The same thing happened to Becky when she feuded with Alexa. Every segment ended with Alexa on top, saying Becky was a fluke and a one hit wonder and then come TLC, Alexa won the belt making her look absolutely right and Becky an idiot and now the same is happening to Bayley.
This shift from Alexa to cowardly heel to borderline monster heel is just weird as fuck.
I'm sure Vince and Dunn both find her very uhh... "Marketable".