10) Get Rid of 205 Live I'm Writing This Article on June
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10) Get Rid Of 205 Live I'm writing this article on June 8th, 2017. According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, from Monday, May 29th to Monday, June 3rd, the May 30th episode of 205 Live was the twentieth most-watched show on the WWE Network. That is extremely unfortunate for a weekly show that features many talented wrestlers. Not only is the Cruiserweight show not getting as many views every week as WWE would like them to get, but WWE isn't giving the superstars enough time on Raw to showcase their talents to then lure people in to stay awake and watch 205 Live. To put the icing on the cake, WWE hasn't appeared to be doing anything to improve the Cruiserweight division. Getting rid of 205 Live would be a great start to improving the Cruiserweight division. It forces WWE to showcase the Cruiserweights on Raw because there wouldn't be any other way and the amount of wrestling content per week decreases. WWE has provided its fans with a lot of wrestling and to some hardcore fans that could be a good thing. While I consider myself a hardcore fan by watching Raw and Smackdown every week as well as pay-per-views, I can see why people don't watch 205 Live and NXT. On pay-per-view weeks, there are roughly ten consecutive hours of WWE programming from Sunday night to Wednesday night's NXT. Putting the Cruiserweights only on Raw would allow them to have much longer matches and put on more entertaining segments. If placed right on the card and if booked correctly, the Cruiserweights can contribute to the brutal third hour of Raw. 9) The United Kingdom Division Some of the same reasons I think WWE should get rid of 205 Live applies to the U.K. division as well. Rumors has it that WWE will eventually air a weekly United Kingdom show on the WWE network. The thought of that is a huge fear of mine for the U.K. division. The United Kingdom tournament should be a yearly event WWE can utilize to scout talent from the United Kingdom. Afterwards, they can see who they should sign to NXT, who is already ready for the main roster, or who doesn't need to be signed. Simply distribute the superstars where they need to be and treat them as free agents after the tournament. WWE doesn't need to invest money on yet another wrestling show that won't pay off, not because of the product and entertainment of the show, but the fact that it's to much wrestling. Also, wrestlers such as Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, Mark Andrews, Trent Seven, and more, deserve to work for a spot towards the main roster. Fans and WWE management themselves know Pete Dunne and everything he brings to the table cannot be wasted or misused. Someone like him shouldn't end up on another weekly show on the WWE network, but should have television time on NXT and eventually Raw or Smackdown. 8) Smackdown's Midcard Tye Dillinger, Luke Harper, Aiden English, or Erick Rowan have not been seen on television in weeks. Mojo Rawley hadn't been seen on Smackdown for weeks until last week. I understand you want to have the United States Champion in the Money In The Bank match which is completely fine and actually a smart move, especially when the United States Champion is Kevin Owens. But you can still keep the rest of your midcard relevant.while building to a Money In The Bank Ladder Match at the same time. Perfect has downgraded to a slightly less than perfect 5 by not appearing on Smackdown. Smackdown usually is the more consisting and entertaining show, but including the rest of your midcard would make it so much more fun to watch. Smackdown needs to start giving these talented superstars just a bit of television time to keep them relevant. 7) Raw Creative Team While Raw had a surprisingly good episode of Raw on June 5th, most Raws before that one had been very difficult to watch, lackluster, and for lack of a better word, boring. They have the roster to put on an entertaining show. It's difficult when your world champion isn't on the show every week but that's not an excuse to put on a boring show every week. It almost seems as if the Raw creative team is a math lesson and it tries to use the same formula to solve the problem. They start the show with a promo, which then leads to a match. If not all, most of the Raw shows since Wrestlemania has started that exact same way. The buildup to Extreme Rules solely consisted of matches between all members of the Fatal Five-Way match. A fair portion of fans forgot Extreme Rules was on Sunday. Luckily, Raw has slowly began to pick it up with the inclusion of an Enzo and Cass mystery attacker and a mysterious text Corey Graves received about Kurt Angle we have yet to find out about. There's still a lot of room for improvement such as putting their only singles title as the main event. With Brock Lesnar off of television most of the time, find a way to make the Intercontinental title feud the most interesting and entertaining feud on Raw instead of using the main event to set up a non-title feud like they did four days ago on Raw. The Ambrose and Miz feud has gone on long enough and we've been seeing it since Smackdown. They should be shaking it up. Take Raw to a new level WWE. 6) PPV Names/Concepts I officially lost it with WWE when it was announced that the name of a professional wrestling event, an event where people put their bodies at risk and are gaining money to do so, was going to be named Great Balls Of Fire. I would love to meet the person who thought that name wasn’t going to make people laugh and people were truly going to take it seriously. Hopefully the show itself will hide the fact that the name of the show is Great Balls Of Fire, but it’s not only the names of PPVs (pay-per-views) that bother me. It’s the disorganization and lack of creativity. For example, Smackdown recently held a brand exclusive PPV (pay-per-view) called Backlash. They decided to name it Backlash despite the fact they held a show named Backlash in September. It was a whole nine months in separation from each other but it was still fresh in our minds. The fact Smackdown had a Backlash PPV in September was fresh in my mind at least.They could’ve brought back another PPV name for the month of May like “Bad Blood”, “Armageddon”, or “Fully Loaded”. The list can go on for awhile but they didn’t have to name this one Backlash. Also, they should have more PPVs that carry a stipulation. “Extreme Rules” ,“Hell In a Cell”, and “TLC” should not be PPV names and shouldn’t be the theme of a whole wrestling show. It should remain a match stipulation and should only be used when necessary for storyline. The replacements for those could be King Of The Ring. Instead of the winner being given the gimmick of a king, the winner should be the new number one contender for the world title of that show or even have the title on the line for the tournament. It would create much more intrigue in a PPV and it would be exactly what WWE needs right now which is variety, something new, and extremely interesting. You can also change the tournament in a way as well. Each round could be a stipulation and as the tournament gets closer to getting a winner, the stipulation gets harder. King of the Ring can even be a dual-brand PPV, with the winner getting a title shot at any title for any show and the amount of superstars being larger. Of course, the whole tournament wouldn’t have to take place on that same night but it would boost interest in the show for once. Instead of having to expect we should be getting extreme-type wrestling on the Extreme Rules PPV or having to expect ladders will be used in the TLC PPV. Wrestling fans love to be surprised. When WWE puts these stipulation PPVs every year, it makes the stipulation of that PPV grow more and more meaningful. Cyber Sunday would also be a great PPV concept to revive. As long as what we’re allowed to choose is reasonable such as “who should be the Universal Champion’s opponent” or “what should the stipulation of the world title match be” and now something absurd like having the option to choose what color the ropes will be. To avoid thinking the fans might swerve WWE management with who they think the fans will choose, they should have a finish for each opponent booked before the match has even started. War Games, Bash At The Beach, and more would be great replacements for bland PPV stipulations that vacuum the meaning of the stipulation when used outside of its brand exclusive PPV like Hell in a Cell, Extreme Rules, Elimination Chamber, and TLC. 5) A Big Angle It’s no secret the ratings for both Raw and Smackdown aren’t that great. I personally believe a big angle can help spike the ratings just a bit.