The McMahon Family shook things up on RAW and Smackdown Live this week. There will be no more General Managers. Vince McMahon, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and Shane McMahon will now be calling the shots on both shows.
In reality, this was (more than likely) done because of the recent drop in ratings for both RAW and Smackdown.
According to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here), this recent shake-up caused multiple WWE storylines to be dropped.
The most interesting plans involve Alexa Bliss and Shane McMahon. Here is a quote from Meltzer about some of the plans that were scrapped:
“It appears Alexa Bliss as an authority figure (there was
talk of her for the Baron Corbin spot once Corbin lost to Braun Strowman) has been completely dropped. Paige as an authority figure was also dropped. The Shane angle based on his winning the Crown Jewel tournament that was to lead to a heel turn looks like it’s been completely dropped (although it wasn’t supposed to happen until January anyway).”
My Take: I am okay with the plans for a Shane heel turn getting scrapped by WWE. I am not sure if it was something that was needed. Also, I feel like Alexa would have been awesome as
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