Raw gets abysmal lowest non-NFL rating since 1996. What would you do to turn it around?

[Alexander The Great]

Turn John Cena heel. =

Sign Tomi Lahren and make her into a heel manager and/or Wrestler. She would have the best mic skills from jump compared to the other women.

Bring back Donald Trump. The reaction of that alone would be catastrophic.

2 racists a$$holes enjoying each other's company

 

[Playaz Eyez]

And do the wrestlers even have gimmicks anymore

Like what the fukk is Sami Zahn , what's Kevin Owens , shyt is boring as fukk

Seth is "FREAKIN'" and The Kingslayer
Reigns is THE BIG DOG
Bray is THE EATER OF WORLDS
Ambrose is THE LUNATIC FRINGE
Sami is THE UNDERDOG from THE UNDERGROUND
Samoa Joe is the SAMOAN SUBMISSION SPECIALIST and THE DESTROYER
Dolph Ziggler is THE SHOWOFF

 

[ALTRUISM]

At least MONSTER AMONG MEN has a decent ring to it

 

[DaHNIC82]

No Stroman no ratings

 

[DaHNIC82]

Absolutely. There are plenty of Mexican wrestlers that the WWE doesn't market. Instead of wasting time on Alicia Fox, why not do a Kalisto montage video?

Enzo Amore is a guy who I think can be a mainstream star just for his speaking ability. If the WWE let him write his own promos, he'd be bigger than he is right now.

Take a look at this video (Enzo essentially cutting his own promo off the top of his head at Walemania):

Kalisto is the Great Value of Rey Mysterio. Nobody cares about him. Strowman murdered him last month and there was crickets

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

This is going to sound like I'm simplifying the issue but it really does come down to creative. They aren't being creative is the issue. There's no character development, there's very little that stands out about most of the guys, there's no real storylines going on that anyone cares about. It's just a rinse and repeat of the same old shyt every week right now

Meanwhile on SDL they are doing different things. :styles: and K.O. are holding down the midcard "workrate" title scene..

You got the Usos developing their characters and the Fashion Police with the Fashion Files.

The women are involved in a stable war and everyone is wondering if Charlotte will turn

Then of course in the main event scene it's someone different, someone who brings DIVERSITY to the WWE championship :jinder:

 

[mrken12]

I said it before and I'll say it again, give us a reason to care about a character, more promos involving the wrestler, more promotional appearances with the wrestler. Why not have Sasha or Enzo on The Breakfast Club? Or have a promo on RAW where Enzo goes shopping with Wale at Foot Locker, sometimes it's the little things like that. WWE shouldn't be afraid to tap into the Urban market, I don't think they realize how many black people are fans of wrestling.

The black fanbase has been overlooked for a long time. We've stuck with them through some questionable storylines. They're missing out on a lot of money. Just look at how successful New Day has been.

 

[mannyrs13]

I would cancel the show, throw everyone in the bushes or nxt and invest all the money into smackdown.

 

[hayesc0]

WWE has completely lost the casual fanbase because its boring and overproduced this isnt complicated the rating will continue to erode.

 

[cartierhoe]

Seth is "FREAKIN'" and The Kingslayer
Reigns is THE BIG DOG
Bray is THE EATER OF WORLDS
Ambrose is THE LUNATIC FRINGE
Sami is THE UNDERDOG from THE UNDERGROUND
Samoa Joe is the SAMOAN SUBMISSION SPECIALIST and THE DESTROYER
Dolph Ziggler is THE SHOWOFF

If I'm a guy flipping channels whose never seen a full ep of any WWE content why the fukk should I care? They give these guys corny nicknames without reasoning, and then they get on the mic and give regular guy promos that have shyt to do with their "character".


Before Seth used to be called the "Architect", they gave him that because he was apparently the brain behind the shield but they never gave us any other reason as to why he's called that. What the fukk does Dolph Ziggler show off?

 

[DaHNIC82]

Why not use Smoke DZA, Action Bronson, Westside Gunn and Conway to do some wrestler themes? Get Flo Rida the fukk outta there. Raw alone would hit Smackdown using the more "urban" audience

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

This shyt is dead beyond repair.

yeah i gave up fantasy booking

WWE Is dead to the mainstream. No more attitude era. It was a unique 3 year period out of decades of family friendly boring tv.

i was watching back old WWE tv shows and that shyt is just as boring in the early 90s as it is now.

WWE is like the circus. Dated as hell unless you are a loyal fan whose going down with the sinking ship like we all are.



Look at how WWE has changed over the past 10 years....

WWE was pushing their own shytty OVW factory stars and refusing to get any "indy talent"...

• The Great Khali
• Mr. Kennedy
• MVP
• Elijah Burke
• John Morrison
• Lashley

instead, alll the neckbeards wanted ROH & TNA darlings like 7-8 years ago to save them from shytty Celeb hosting RAWs....

• Tyler Black (Seth Rollins)
• AJ Styles
• Jon Moxley (Dean Ambrose)
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Austin Aries
• Samoa Joe
• KENTA (Hideo Itami)
• Prince Devitt (Finn Balor)
• Kevin Steen (Kevin Owens)
• El Generico (Sami Zayn)

so WWE gives us what we wanted and still, the ratings (not that they matter) are WORST THAN EVER.

that just goes to show you, fans liked the "car crash" style of booking The Attitude Era was. The mainstream liked that uncensored, unpredictability that Austin caused with blowing up limos, zamboni trucks, beer bashes, middle finger to the boss,

Now, all people have to do to get their fix of uncensored fukkery is type it in on Youtube or go to WSHH or even create their own fukkery on their Snapchat and upload it and get their own lil 15 mins of Fame.

WWE cant hang with how technology has changed. Thats why they have gone back to pushing their company towards lil kids who know no better and impressionable falling for Roman & Cena's goody two shoes act.

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

Remember when Punk dropped that pipe bomb, got a number 1 contenders match in chicago, and he was leaving with or without the title, and cena never lost so it was hard to tell what would happen?

Do you remember that fukking excitement?

Now the only reason we have to look forward to being excited is either a debut from nxt or a dream match not the build up itself.

These nikkas really be feuding over bull shyt. Remember when eddie n rey were beefing and rey son came in the picture? boy that shyt was intense.

raw got three fukking hours to cut a bunch of promos and do a bunch of segments to build up to their ppv they have every 4 to 6 weeks.

We all said we wanted better wrestling years ago but just dont give us that dumb fukks especially the fact u give us the same match 3 weeks in a row and then on the ppv. And the fukked up thing about it is every match be 20 mins long like jesus.

nikkas got no character roman the big dog and top guy just because I like roman but jesus christ why are we supposed to cheer for him? nikka just shows up and micheal cole be like omg roman reigns!

 

[AKM-95]

This. It would probably help if their champion had shown up at some point in the last 45 days.

Brock isn't the issue. The show is lack luster with limited amounts of storytelling and there is no urgency within the talent.

They give us no reason to care about the characters and the talent aren't hungry enough/smart enough to make us care. so what you get is the lowest rated shows in the recent industry history and a ageing average audiance age of 50+ watching out of habit rather than enjoyment.

 

[MrFirst2doit]

Brock isn't the issue. The show is lack luster with limited amounts of storytelling and there is no urgency within the talent.

They give us no reason to care about the characters and the talent aren't hungry enough/smart enough to make us care. so what you get is the lowest rated shows in the recent industry history and a ageing average audiance age of 50+ watching out of habit rather than enjoyment.

Exactly....100% on point...

The show still been sucking even when the champion is there every week... it has zero to do with that