Pittsburgh Live - WWE Raw

On Monday December 15th, Raw will take the stage at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. PittsburghLive.com's recent article takes a look at the WWE Raw show coming to town the night after the Armageddon Pay-Per-View. The article talks to Marc Snider "aka Bubba", a local DJ and organizer/promoter of a regional wrestling federation, which works with WWE at times. Bubba discusses how wrestling characters can develop positively or negatively based on the gimmicks they are given.

From Pittsburgh Live:

"He's phenomenal," Bubba raves. "One of the things that happens in pro wrestling, the bookers -- the people who come up with the storylines -- give you a gimmick. They tell you 'You're Santino Marella, that's your gimmick.' Some of these young wrestlers are given gimmicks and do nothing with them. It doesn't matter if you can do backflips, if you can do frog-splashes, it doesn't really matter if you can fly over the top rope -- nothing really matters as much as your ability to tell a story.

"Santino Marella wasn't given the best gimmick," Bubba says, "but he's created a character that people love to hate. Last week's 'Monday Night RAW,' where he tried to do a split in the ring, was so funny -- the female wrestler in the ring and the announcer at ringside were laughing hysterically."

The article goes on to get some words of wisdom from Santino Marella about the character he plays, and whether he's always been a hated man. In addition, the article reveals the main event for Raw, which relates to the Armageddon PPV card, but no winner spoilers are given.

Read the full article here at Pittsburgh Live