Since WWE first showed off the concept of Raw Underground in the third hour of Monday Night Raw, there have been mixed opinions about it. Some people like it while others don’t.
The segments take place during the third hour of the broadcast as a way to help keep ratings steady. At first, it did give the show a boost but it has yet to prevent the third hour from being the lowest-rated hour of the show every Monday night.
Drew McIntyre is a fan of the segments and explained why during an interview with FanSided.
“Yeah, I like RAW Underground, I like it a lot,” McIntyre said before continuing by noting how excited he was when he saw that Shane McMahon was in charge of it. He noted that this is McMahon’s type of environment and he has been able to spend time with Shane to get to know him and learn from him.
“It’s different. Like, as I mentioned, we’re trying things with doing things against the wall, seeing what sticks, and I think because of the nature of the performance center, you want to move around different environments and keep it exciting and keep the show flowing, and I feel like that really lends itself to that where we’ve got one segment in the ring, and then suddenly we’re to the RAW Underground, which is gritty underground feel this more hard hitting, Fight Club style atmosphere, and really giving you something different.
I think that’s the key, is just a three hour show, and just keeping it interesting, keeping it different throughout, keeping that flow going, and I think RAW Underground is perfect for that, and I’m excited to see a few guys get some opportunities to show what they can do from their fighting backgrounds.”
McIntyre is slated to defend the WWE Title against Randy Orton in the likely main event of tonight’s SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
The WWE Champion also talked about facing Orton at SummerSlam, the importance of that match, his title reign, and more. You can read the entire interview here.
