WWE is making impressive improvements to its TV presentation this year that have reached premium live events and its weekly shows alike. That includes Raw, and I’m sorry to say that if you didn’t catch this week’s episode, you missed hometown hero Sami Zayn make the most spectacular ring entrance in the show’s long history in Montreal.
Before we get to the footage, some back story. Jey Uso had just defeated Finn Balor in the night’s penultimate match, and because he had previously told Cody Rhodes he didn’t want any backup, he was jumped by all of The Judgment Day after the final bell. Jey managed to escape the attack by heading up into the crowd, ultimately pushing forward to the concourse of the Bell Centre.
Uso just kept going and (after shoving aside one fan who got too close to him on the way) ended up outside the building … where he was surprised to find Zayn. Sami told Jey that the first wrestling show he ever saw was in that same building, and he wanted to enter as champion the same way he did “all those years ago, right through the front door.”
The continuous take that began with Uso leaving then followed Zayn on his way to the ring, through legions of adoring fans. Check it out here and see if you can remember any Raw entrance that topped this one.
The creativity that the WWE production team has been showing with Paul “Triple H” Levesque at the helm of creative has been something to see, further emphasizing that this is a new era of the company’s product. With hints that even more changes and experiments are on the way once Netflix becomes the new home of Raw in 2025, it’s possible that Zayn’s best entrance ever might not stay that way for all that long.
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