Backstage news & notes for RAW, Eugene returning?, New WWE gimmick Submitted by Ben Johnson on Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 11:16 PM EST
As announced, the plan is for the Ironman match between Chris Benoit and HHH to open RAW tomorrow. With WWE trying to drive up RAW ratings, the hope is that the match will draw a large opening audience and hold onto it throughout the show. WWE traditionally sees larger ratings for its second hour and wants to try and give its opening hour some spice.
It is expected that Eugene will be back on RAW tomorrow. Some are actually pushing for a Eugene interference in the ironman match, despite complaints from critics that it will take away from the impact of the finish. It should be interesting to see how that plays out.
Nova has been working house shows with a Richard Simmons/exercise guru type gimmick.
