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WWE Monday Night RAW, the longest running weekly episodic programming on television, is plummeting to new lows with each passing week. WWE doesn't seem to be too concerned with the falling ratings though.
However, the fans are being subjected to low-quality content on RAW each week, which is in stark contrast to Smackdown Live. RAW in 2017 was far more superior than Smackdown Live, but since the turn of this year, RAW has steadily declined in quality.
Roman Reigns' departure, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn's injuries coupled with Bray Wyatt's absence has resulted in several superstars missing from the brand.
WWE needs to step up the game if they need to make RAW great again.
#5: Draft NXT talent.
As mentioned earlier, the RAW roster has been hit significantly by injuries. Lack of high profile superstars has meant the likes of Baron Corbin and Nia Jax feature prominently on the show. Baron Corbin is nowhere near the star status of Roman Reigns, and him featuring in almost every segment is treacherous for the fans.
WWE has failed to build top-level superstars in recent years which has resulted in a stark difference in the upper card and mid-card. During the Attitude Era, WWE did not make a single superstar the priority. Every wrestler was treated as superstar.
WWE cannot make a superstar overnight though. They need to draft NXT talent like Adam Cole, Aleister Black, etc. to make sure fans get to watch some fresh rivalries and stories on RAW.
NXT is currently overloaded with talent and WWE is not stopping its acquisition of indie talent. Bringing some of them to RAW will be beneficial for both the talent and the company.
#4: End the Heel Dominance.
WWE's primary focus in the last two weeks has been garnering heel heat for its superstars. A viewer is automatically tuned out of the show if the fan favorite keeps on losing every single week.
Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre are running wild in the singles divison of WWE RAW. These three are terrific superstars and can totally be credible heels, but having them destroy the faces every week is stupid!
Apart from Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman (who's out due to injury), the RAW roster has no upper card babyfaces. Compare it to Smackdown Live who have AJ Styles, Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy and Rusev, all getting good time on SDL.
Finn Balor, Elias and the recently turned babyface Dolph Ziggler need to have a proper booking so that fans can cheer for their favorites rather than see their beloved superstars lose every week!
#3: Better Tag Team Division
RAW's primary tag team feud currently has a rivalry which is based on people peeing on things. Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, a makeshift tag team in the division, are challenging Authors of Pain because Roode and Gable made fun of Drake Maverick peeing his pants.
The RAW tag team division comprises of a disastrously booked Revival, a bland Lucha House Party, B-Team and Ascension. The whole tag team division speaks a sad story. Smackdown Live, on the other hand, has New Day, Bar, Usos, Sanity and Gallows/Anderson.
A desperate need for quality tag teams is apparent on the brand, and calling up teams from NXT is the sole solution. RAW's tag team division reached the lowest of lows when a nine-year-old won the tag team championships this past April. It has never recovered from that, and WWE needs to step up their game.
#2: Secondary Championship needs a better champion.
We may hate the Miz a lot, but that guy deserves all the praise he gets for bringing prestige back to the Intercontinental Championship. Seth Rollins won the belt at Wrestlemania but the championship has largely been overshadowed due to the Shield reunion.
The secondary title problem is a major issue on the blue brand too, with Nakamura defending the championship only on a select few occasions. The secondary belt should be a stepping stone for the mid-carders looking to make a name for themselves, and the IC title should be doing exactly that.
The Seth Rollins-Dean Ambrose rivalry doesn't need the IC title right now, and the title should belong to someone like Elias or Finn Balor.
Elias, Balor, Ziggler, Mcintyre, etc. could do a better job as the IC champion and WWE should try and achieve this as soon as possible.
#1: Return of Brock Lesnar
WWE is repeating the same mistakes they made with the Universal Championship last year. Brock Lesnar has not appeared on WWE RAW ever since he won the Universal Championship and that is pretty baffling to see as a fan.
Roman Reigns becoming the Universal Championship was considered to be an end of part-timers winning the top title, but unfortunately, WWE went back to the Beast when Reigns took ill.
Braun Strowman has been the championship for well over a year now, and should have won the match against Lesnar at Crown Jewel. Strowman, McIntyre, and Rollins are probably three of the hottest prospects on RAW currently, and one of them should be holding the red strap every week.
The top champion of your brand should be on the show every week and not once in two months. Smackdown Live had AJ Styles and now Daniel Bryan, two of the greatest wrestlers in WWE as its top champs for over a year now. RAW should follow suit and have its best wrestlers as the top guy.
