We reported last month here on eWn that WWE has been working on new set designs for their return to the road beginning next week.
During a recent interview with Variety, Stephanie McMahon confirmed that new sets would be debuting shortly. She said the sets will have a different presentation for talents, locations, and arena setups. She said,
“In the ThunderDome, we were able to experiment with different types of technology. And we needed to over-deliver for our partners and our fans watching at home. But now we have the ability to apply all of those learnings to the live event experience with our fans. So from a production and storytelling standpoint, it will look and feel different. We’re going to have a new set design, a new presentation of our talents, different locations, and arena setups. We’re going to be utilizing augmented reality in a way that we never have before. We experimented with it a lot during Thunderdome, but it is now going to be incorporated into our talent entrances. There’s also going to be animated graphics. It’s going to be so exciting and so different than anything we’ve done before.”
While next Monday’s RAW has already been taped from the ThunderDome, next Friday’s WWE SmackDown TV tapings will take place at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX.
