5 People Who Could Be Blamed For Monday Night Raw Going Down Hill

Who's to blame for Monday Night Raw's downfall

While The WWE Universe has one particular superstar in mind when thinking about the huge ratings dip that Monday Night Raw has taken lately, there are actually multiple people to blame for Raw's downfall. Beyond that, some of the people that are responsible for the disaster that is Raw right now aren't even superstars!

With that being said and WWE continuing to try to get fans interested in Raw again, let's take a look at the people that are truly to blame for The Raw brand's downfall. As always, let us know your thoughts in comments below and be sure to tell us who you think is responsible for the downfall of Monday Night Raw

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#5 Baron Corbin

Making Monday Night Raw better starts with getting rid of Baron Corbin.

Let's be honest here

This guy is just plain unlikable. In fact, he's that rare heel character that can't back up his own words and has to rely on others to get by. Beyond that, his character is extremely bland and his microphone work leaves much to be desired. If nothing else, maybe an authority storyline was a good idea, but Baron Corbin wasn't the right person for the job.

Think about it! There is nothing about Corbin that screams threatening and again, he has to rely on his henchmen or a biased referee to do his dirty work. In the end, Corbin as a General Manager doesn't work for several reasons and while the storyline that was chosen for him has a little to do with it, so does his lacklustre personality and inability to connect with the audience.

Hopefully, Baron Corbin will be gone soon and another authority figure can take shape in his place. As for where that leaves Corbin remains to be seen and will most likely result in him going back to the active roster, but WWE could try to find another role for him or even move him over to SmackDown Live if they want to.

#4 Nia Jax

Nia Jax is one of the worst parts of Monday Night Raw right now!

Another superstar that is doing poorly in their role is Nia Jax, who continues to be one of the driest talkers on the microphone and is legitimately hated after what she accidentally did to Becky Lynch last month. Beyond that, she is also dangerous in the ring which is making many fans ask why WWE is still using her in the capacity that they are.

Again, WWE takes some of the blame here, but Nia Jax just doesn't seem to be able to make anything out of this facebreaker character. In fact, she has nothing going for her beyond that stupid moniker and the other things that she spews out of her mouth either come across as awkward or just plain ridiculous

In the end, this isn't the spot for Jax and she is surely failing in this role as a challenger to Rousey. Furthermore, she doesn't even deserve the spot she is currently in, which is yet another reason why fans are responding poorly to whatever segment WWE actually puts her in.

#3 Sasha Banks and Bayley

Bayley and Sasha Banks aren't making things any better on Monday Night Raw.

These two women have been put in the storyline after storyline over the course of the last year and continue to do absolutely nothing with it. Beyond that, the way they speak during promos are incredibility stilted and unauthentic and they just can't seem to get the fans to connect with them in a feasible way

Unfortunately for The WWE, these are also supposedly the women that are going to be competing for the inaugural Women tag team titles, which is not a good choice if the company wants to give the belts momentum right off the bat. In fact, it could even trigger the outright downfall of the belt and the division completely

In the end, it just doesn't feel like Sasha Banks and Bayley are that fleshed out as characters and haven't seemed to grow at all over the past year or so. They also seem to be very one-dimensional character-wise, which begs the question of why WWE keeps giving these women TV time in their current state of disrepair.

#2 Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar not showing up is a large part of what's wrong with Raw.

Brock Lesnar hasn't cared about The WWE or The WWE Universe in a very long time and it continues to show every time he doesn't appear on Raw. Of course, that isn't all his fault and WWE shares some blame in how they book him, but if Lesnar was a company man, he would be doing a lot more to help The WWE in their time of need.

In fact, if it were any other superstar in WWE, they would be doing everything they could to try to make the show better and Lesnar doesn't seem to want to do that. Think about it! Lesnar returning to television would have popped ratings, helped build stars and gave Raw a chaotic element to it, but Lesnar just wants to sit home and collect his check

In the end, WWE really needs to stop putting themselves in this situation and start giving more money and time to superstars that are actually going to be a part of weekly programming. If not, they are wasting their money on superstars that don't have the company's best interest at heart and will watch the show fail while they collect money.

#1 Vince McMahon

Is Vince McMahon too out of touch to run to Monday Night Raw?

It was revealed earlier this month that Vince McMahon has been writing the script for Raw over the last couple of weeks and it is really starting to show. Not only is that evident by his booking of Baron Corbin, who is supposedly a proxy for everything wrong with Raw right now, but also by which superstars he is choosing to push right now.

If nothing else, Vince McMahon probably deserves the most blame for what has been going on during Raw lately and he should really listen to other input when deciding what makes it to air. McMahon is also apparently responsible for the bland talking segments involving Alexa Bliss, Bayley and Sasha Banks, which is yet another black mark.

In the end, Vince McMahon can still write a good segment when it comes down to it. He has more than proven it with his latest push of Roman Reigns and his philosophy of bluing the lines between reality and fiction. With that being said, however, he really needs to start listening to other people's input in order to dig the company out of this hole.