Ahead of WWE's return to Madison Square Garden this Monday and Tuesday for
RAW and
SmackDown Live, Vince McMahon has reportedly told WWE's creative team that they need to deliver the goods. Bear in mind that these are the company's first televised shows in MSG for over a decade and the pressure is on for ratings to be strong before the blue brand moves to FOX.
"I’ve been told they’ve been doing a Raw creative meeting all day and Vince is on everybody to be creative," Bryan Alvarez recently revealed on Wrestling Observer Live.
He didn't get any more specific than that but we know that Vince has been keeping a close eye on SmackDown Live (often tearing the script up hours before the show went on the air), while RAW is seemingly doing well in the hands of Paul Heyman.
With Clash of Champions just one week away, it will be interesting seeing if any big angles are set up on these shows and whether WWE creative really does get more, well, creative.