A few pages of this week’s RAW script have leaked. This comes thanks to a post on reddit from a user named wickedsfinx. The script provided a pretty interesting look into being a writer for WWE. This includes a page with specific directions for them to follow.
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Here is the transcript of the writer’s checklist (via Cageside Seats):
WRITER’S IN-RING PROMO CHECKLIST
RE-WRITING PROMOS AT TV:
- PROMO BULLET POINTS
- B-Team welcome everyone to the BBQ // Show off the various food items
- B-Team say that they are next in line for the RAW Tag Team Titles
- Titus and Slater confront B-Team about their claim
- Titus starts food fight which ends with B-Team putting Rhyno through a table
- WHAT IS THE PREMISE // DOES THE PROMO MAKE SENSE (as a STAND-ALONE and in SHOW TOTALITY)?
- TELL A STORY: MAKE IT ENTERTAINING // GRAB THE AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION // BIG FINISH
- DO NOT CHANGE TENSES
- REHEARSE YOUR SEGMENT BACKSTAGE and if required, IN THE ARENA BEFORE DOORS – if for whatever reason you can’t rehearse in the arena then COMMUNICATE THIS ASAP (BEFORE your segment airs)
- CHECK THE LATEST DRAFTS for the LATEST CHANGES
- EXECUTE VKM NOTES/DIRECTION – if you find any notes do not “work” during in-arena rehearsals or while producing the segment backstage, then COMMUNICATE ASAP (BEFORE your segment airs)
- TIME THE PROMO (TALENT SHOULD NOT ADLIB)
- PROPS, PRODUCERS, TRUCK – EVERYBODY needs to be on the SAME PAGE
HEADSET / GORILLA CUES
- TELL KD / VKM AND KIDMAN IF YOU THINK YOUR SEGMENT IS GOING TO RUN HEAVY (BEFORE the segment starts)
- SPEAK CLEARLY so KD // VKM can HEAR YOU
- STAY AHEAD OF CUES (REPEAT YOURSELF IF NECESSARY): MIC PLACEMENT // MUSIC CUES // ORDER OF ENTRANCES, etc…
- NOTE any SPECIAL CAMERA SHOTS or specific BLOCKING
- GIVE the LAST LINE and MUSIC TO HIT ON THE OUT
- WHO GOES OVER IN THE MATCH (if applicable)
AFTERMATH:
RUN INS
MUSIC NEEDED
REPLAYS
PROMO / INTERVIEW
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