Raw is Fire!

Vince McMahon inviting Bret back to Raw in the most disingenuous way possible was hilarious to watch. I don't know how Vince kept from smiling when he said he would hire a hydraulic lift to get Bret into the ring. A really great segment that will hopefully make up for the cartoonish turn this angle took last time.
The Batista and Cena angle was good. Apparently Sheamus was concussed the night before and could not be a part of Raw, so they had to throw this idea together, which worked. Dave is really getting some great heat from the crowd.
There was also the Shawn Michaels video. Bryan Alvarez claimed that you could show this video to anyone who had not been a fan for years and they would get the angle and be into it. He said this was the best video the WWE had produced in years. So I tested the theory out with a friend of mine who has not watched wrestling in probably 10-15 years...No buys.
His first observation was "why would I care about two 50-year-olds?" I didn't point out that both were only 45. Then I got to thinking. The two main events at WM are between wrestlers whose combined ages are 90 and two more (Vince 65/Bret 52) who combine for 117. Wow.
Anyway, he wasn't too thrilled about the idea of watching any of them wrestle each other. It makes me wonder if that is a general feeling out there. WM buys depend a lot on casual fans...and maybe you reach a point where they just feel 'this is stretching my imagination too far' when it comes to nostalgia acts, at least as far as main eventing goes. Those of us who follow wrestling know that Taker/Shawn can still go out and put on a great match, but does the casual fan think that? Eh, I'm probably over analyzing this, why do I care about WM buyrates anyway?