WWE Stages Are Boring in 2024 

Stages and titantrons. Bring them both back.

The stages are boring & only putting the wrestler’s name in the titantron is boring. Bring back custom titantron like before. Seeing Logan Paul & Kevin Owens titantrons brings back memories.

Not to mention It takes away from enjoyment of playing the games when all of the modern stages look exactly the same with a diffrent graphic.

The Armageddon set from 2008 where it looked like a ruined city was amazing.

Can't fathom that back then we had incredible unique setups for both main shows and PPVs and now it's just a generic boring screen outside of WrestleMania events and it's sad, we need unique stages back and the pre-pandemic RAW and SmackDown sets

The music is the biggest problem. The video of Seth Rollins at the royal rumble 2024 was all of us. No one knows who the wrestlers are coming out because it’s not the same compare to Jim johnston

Attitude era and Ruthless Aggression era are the best of stages

The Raw 2005 stage was awesome and those old WCW stages in the 90’s were iconic.

The stage, the entrance themes, the titantron. They’re all the biggest problems in 2024.

I miss the Smackdown fist.

The early 00's stages were awesome they need to bring them back it feels like only WrestleMania they continue to have a big stage for

One of my favorite things from my childhood is watching the ppvs to see how they decorated it. And then I couldn’t wait to play the new video games every year to see how well they replicated it in the games. Hopefully they bring creative stages back 😭 same with the themes and entrance titantrons!

Finally! A big channel said it! I really love when WWE designed their sets. It's the first thing you see every PPV back in the days. #BringBackTheFist

Old stage sets used to be so iconic. You could see the stage and know exactly which show and year it was. They also looked so cool. I hate wwe’s current stage sets. Their ppv’s all look generic and the same. Even the tv shows have boring designs. I just hate the current look in wwe. Especially dislike the set for bigger venues with the minimal stage and long angled ramp. If you’re gonna do no stage at least make it look like the garden

Weirdly enough, wrestling set stage designs was my first dream job. I cant express the amount of elementary school drawings of stages in notebooks and sketchbooks or combinations of toy sets i would create in my youth. When i got to art college, they switched to the hd era and everything normalized and that dream was killed haha😅

Stages, titantrons, pyros, theme songs, wrestlers intro presentation scenes before matches, title designs everything became minimalistic

I miss the swinging hooks from Backlash.

I miss the way the stage was designed on raw back in 2008

I absolutely agree. It is one of many reasons why I don't watch WWE as consistently as I once did. These stages are annoying. They abandoned the Titantron Videos, which are very important elements in the presentation of a WWE Wrestling Superstar.

Wrestlemania 39 set was awesome. It looked even better in person.

The stages and generic themes always been a problem. WWE needs to bring back Jim Johnston and pay CFO$ so the wrestlers can get their themes back starting with DIY

I just want the ruthless aggression ramp back on raw.

They need an intro with pyro 🧨 like in attitude era

I’ll never forget when Jeff Hardy ended Armageddon 2008 on top of the stage that is iconic

I used to be obsessed with the Attitude Era ppv stages

The Clash at the Castle screen above the ring was one of my favorite elements. I'd love if the more unique PLEs had different elements like that

They should bring back the simple RAW stage from the mid-90s where it's just an entrance ramp, red drapes, and the Titantron.

A theory of mine was that the reason why WWE uses the same stage is so that they can have enough money and budget for any elaborate stages for WrestleMania

Royal Rumble 2006 has to be one of my favorite PPV set designs ever Bringing back unique theming to each PPV would be awesome and I really hope they consider it

6:26 "backlash is being held in Paris" it's litteraly written "Lyon" on the poster. It's not in Paris.

They really are. It’s just big screens that’s it

I've been saying this for YEARS! They just use the same generic stage for almost every PLE for nearly a decade! All they do is just swap out what logos are emblazoned on the LED boards and call it a day instead of going all in on a new design every time so you can look back and be like "Oh, that was Backlash 2016", "That was Elimination Chamber 2014", "That was Royal Rumble 2019". No, instead it's "when the hell was this?" "Was this SmackDown? Oh wait, it was Fastlane!?" Literally, same stage, different graphics!

I do miss the big titantron and the unique ppv stages.

I’m a sucker for custom stages for huge shows. I would love to see those make a comeback.

WrestleMania 33 had a fun Universial Studios inspired stage with this long ramp.

Remember Bad Blood when it had the big drops of blood hanging. Or No Way out where the stage was a big lock and chains. Or King of the Ring where the stage was big chair. Man I miss the unique stages

The last time I can remember WWE having a really unique set for Summerslam was sometime in the early 2000's

Royal Rumble 2014 was a sad day. That day began same stage PPVs.

This year’s Backlash isn’t going to be in Paris, but in Lyon which is a different city in France, so it wouldn’t make sense to have the Eiffel Tower as a prop or something.

100% agree with unique sets, they need to return. They also need to consider the experience of the fans in attendance, I was at the Elimination Chamber in Perth and the Stage was flat on the ground - I bought a gold package and had first row seats, however could not see superstars enter or come down the aisle until they got up onto the ring because the Crowd on the floor were all stood up. Each time a superstar would enter and their music hit, the live feed wasnt streamed to the screens either, because the screens were in full view of the camera, so we had the generic "superstar name" graphic displayed , instead of a view of their entrances. They really should bring back raised ramps and stages and consider their fans and their experience more. From what I gathered, I assume logistics had alot to do with why we only got a few screens, I have a feeling WWE sourced the equipment locally given they had issues getting the Chamber out here.

Other than WrestleMania, most of the PLEs nowadays will feature the same stage set ups as the Raw, NXT, and SmackDown sets and later remove pyrotechnics for a couple of years. It’s been like that since 2016 following the Draft that year. Not to mention the entrance videos just displaying just the Superstar's name or catchphrases aside from a few exceptions.

I 100% agree with you. That was one of the biggest wow factors growing up in the late 90’s and 00’s. I would love my baby daughter to love Wrestling and WWE like I did, but how do you do that, if it’s not as captivating as it used to be regarding unique sets and that wow factor in presentation (Larger than life)

The PLE shows just feel like slightly extended house shows with its matchcards and presentation. Then Wrestlemania now just feels like a bigger extention of a PLE with a cool stage setup.

Wwe need to bring back the classic stages and ppv again like Armageddon ppv

The creativity of stages in WWE is what made most ppvs stand out in my book. And its really bland using the big one piece led light. I truly hope we get some more creativity and more unique ways to make ppvs more fun again.

They could do it but things have gotten way to expensive since the 90s😅

We need opening pyro Back!

I know there couldn't be as many people in attendance, but a show at the Vegas Sphere could be one of the coolest shows ever.

I miss the days of Attitude and Ruthless Aggression when every stage was unique and creatively beautiful. The slanted titantron of Ruthless Aggression Raw, the SmackDown fist👊, and PPVs such as SummerSlam 2007 and 2008 for example, Taboo Tuesday/Cyber Sunday, etc. all had beautiful stages and it made the aforementioned shows more memorable. I truly hope they can do this again for all PPVs in the future one day, outside of WrestleMania.🙏

The HD era stages were all the same with different graphics. At least stages are slightly different currently

They need to bring back creative stages

Back 20 years ago or so even 30 years ago, the stages were unique and also very detailed and told the story. Now it’s too generic

Stages only affect the ones in attendance. The ones watching on TV it really doesn't bother. The stage is only shown for a minimal amount of time and as each wrestler is introduced, the CGI pops up as they pan the crowd. So, it's really not a big deal. Just as long as the in ring show is good, that's where the money is

WWE Needs to bring back separate stages for Raw And Smackdown and also as formentioned All PLEs needs different Stage and set but also Smackdown and Raw Logos needs to change too

It’s also a business move. The smaller the stage, the more people they can attend. It’s 1 less expense they have to spend on

I don't care about stage designs anymore honestly. It's not necessarily something I pay attention too.

I wish they still did their throwback show like Old School Raw and setup the old stages again.

Oh man they used the same curved entrance so many times... And the big screen that's on raw and smackdown. I do miss the old school custom entrances for each show and ppv

When I was younger, I'd get so excited ordering a PPV & wondering what the set was going to look like.

I don’t know if this is a WWE problem or just a modern issue. Modern branding is an issue everywhere. A lot of companies put simplicity and modernism over personality and intriguing designs.

I think the sole reason they took focus away from PLE stages/sets is because they have a greater emphasis on crowd seating & attendance now. They’ll sacrifice an elaborate stage-set for the sake of having extra seating available to increase their attendance numbers

They couldn't fit the money in the budget, or they would save it for the better shows.

Atleast WWE Should Bring Back PG era Stages. Stages right Now really sucks

Man bring back different stages.

They need to just role with the 2008 stage set up from here on out and they will be good

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!! Finally someone covers this! I’m not the only one who has noticed and it’s been like this for almost 2 decades now!! I’ve never been a fan of the universal stages. Just seemed dull and boring.

Lyon-Decines is not Paris, it's Lyon, not quite the same

In the phase of production management vince McMahon's Era was awesome

They've been boring since 2010ish

We need moving stages again

Can’t believe even wrestlemania stages are also lame now…

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The Need to get diffrent stages for RAW and SmackDown sets, but we all now that will probably never happen

“Cheapness is not a sense.” Jerry Seinfeld

HHH made a point in the after show media to explain that they were dialing back on the stages to focus on the audience. I really appreciated the muted stage for WrestleMania way more than anything in the past. It felt good and proper.

Even Smackdown and Raw had their own new musics every year

Fastlane used to be a fastlane to WrestleMania, now its just a name.

I would like it if WWE brought back unique stage designs for the PLE's. Theres a reason why people get excited for the Wrestlemania stage reveal....

They need to ditch ppv's as match type names... Hell in a Cell, Money in The Bank, Elimination Chamber, etc. like cmon

dont forget the WWE didn't have huge entrance sets in the past, they often just have a WWF logo as decoration. it shouldn't be impossible to combine physical objects and LEDs in different ways.

Yall absolutely right!!! The prices they are asking us to pay is ridiculous and we definitely deserve better when it comes to these stages and entrance

For the rumble, bring back the Tron. When the timer hits 10 and counts down to one, pictures of random superstars (men and women) current and legends quickly flash on the screen then when it hits 0, it shows a picture of the next entry and after a few seconds plays their titantron video

I think another thing is the video packages in the titantrons during entrances. I miss those. Now it’s just the wrestlers name or logo

It’s much cheaper, and easier for there employees if they keep the same stage on over and over again.

I was super disappointed in 2014 after payback they decided “screw creativity let’s use the same stage for our weekly shows” even summerslam that year was a weekly television show stage seriously and I thought when summerslam in 2016 brought in a different look it then they used it for raw and it became evident that it was gonna be used for ppvs. I miss the days when wwe stages were unique and different especially backlash

I am so grateful for this video because I am so disappointed with WWE stages since 2014 when they started to get rid off the unique stage designs for each ppv. Especially someone who has so many subscribers like you doing such a video is so important and hopefully one day this request will be heard by the right people

It's because they sell so many tickets to PLEs that seating areas which would otherwise be walled off are utilized, meaning the sets are intentionally minimized to accommodate more ticket sales. Look at Survivor Series this year. There was almost no set at all because of demand. RAW is going back to Allstate Arena in Chicago in March and there are 4K less tickets being offered, probably to accommodate the RAW set.

I absolutely miss unique stages and sets to death as well. BUT, if I have to say one thing positive, it’s that I actually enjoy the smaller more minimal stages with less screens and the crooked ramps. Those have been really fun to watch. Like SummerSlam 2022 for instance.

Nowadays it looks like wedding hall 😂

I’m sure it has to do with money, labor, storage, transportation Emagine having to pay a team to set up all the pay per view sets, then pay to put them in storage, then pay to have them hauled around the country because each show is typically in a different location. Having a designer/architect to create new creative sets. In the hay day of the company sure. Money was pouring in. But now costs have gone up and although wwe is still a cash cow it’s not what it was back in the day. I’m sure it’s very expensive.

makes sense they stop when most stages would only be used once and never used again

The hooks for backlash!!! And that one Survivor Series with the different spotlights, they need the cool stages again.

Ill be honest, I kinda prefer the stripped back look they are going for now, its the modern era, they are going for a more sporting feel. The only set I miss is the Smackdown Fist.

Why don't they just re-use their older ones? They still own them!

I miss the 2002 King of the Ring set. Simply stunning.

I love the really simple sets for PLEs it means you can get more fans in and the packed feeling of a crazy event is just vibes like Backlash in Puerto Rico

smaller stage = more people in attendance

I think they have to meet higher risk PPV/PLE each year, TLC, money the bank, Extreme rules and Hell in a Cell. Hell in a Cell and extreme rules can stay. But TLC and money in the bank should be combined, They have the same exact rules sets. It takes down how many stars are going to be injured throughout the year. None of these PVP/PLE should take president between Royal Rumble and wrestlemania. Taken any high risk event during that ti'm could seriously injure wrestlemania matches.

I imagine the reason why stages are basically just one or two big LED screens, is because it’s cost effective and reduces waste. I’ve always wondered what happened to the sets and props after the event has ended and I imagine the answer is it’s stored away in a big warehouse never to be used again. So why would they spend money on designs that would only get used once, when you can just use the same LED screens that are used every week for Raw & SmackDown. I think there should be some kind of special stage design that sets Raw & SmackDown apart and makes them look and feel like the independent shows that they are. We all remember the SmackDown fist and the huge titantron that Raw had, and that design won’t go to waste as it will be used every week. But again, it’s time and money having to pay someone to set it all up before shows and tear it down after

And the theme songs are going in the same way