November 7, 2005 Observer Newsletter: WWE in turmoil with Jim Ross storyline & Christian departure, Taboo Tuesday recap

Five years from now, when E! or someone else does its documentary, “The Self Destruction of Vince McMahon,” some people may trace it to this past week. The reality has been a slow burn, starting with the failure of the XFL, but this was the one week where even his apologists had to give up the ghost.

For weeks, the Raw television has been completely bizarre, mostly being built around making Jim Ross the lead babyface and the McMahon family as the lead heels. Because this played out in storyline form, it was easy to accept the idea that they were trying to create an angle off the Mike Goldberg negotiations getting out, and with Ross undergoing colon surgery and having to be out anyway, this was just an angle to build for his return. Even though everyone who should be in the know was being told differently, that McMahon made the decision to take Ross off the air and wanted to give Raw a new look, all wrestling logic after watching every Monday television told you otherwise.

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