 My check my check What's good Josh, but Ross back again with another video. So we're gonna check out WWE needs to cancel raw in 2021 it's so bad by none other than WrestleMania I saw he dropped this in the sub box the sub feed and I knew I wanted to check this out So I'm gonna check this out with you guys. I already know this is gonna be a good video It has over 4.8 K likes like I think we can all agree Raw is not good. I have not watched raw in so long. I barely even watched the YouTube clips on raw It's it's not even really worth watching When I stream you guys will come in the streaming and tell me How bad raw is or you guys won't even like y'all y'all make little jokes Like this is way better than Monday night raw and I believe you guys because the show is just it's a shell of its Former self, you know, I remember watching raw like around the 2011 2012 2013 Era and it wasn't all perfect. I do think the three-hour format format has really like It creates wrestling fatigue because at the end of the day You don't want to be watching the show for three hours every week to be watching rematches So, you know, there were some interesting things on raw During that era 2010 through like maybe 2015, you know, there was some interesting stuff that you wanted to catch but Now lately, it's just it's not there's not many interesting story lines. You want to catch I believe Drew McIntyre is supposed to be going against Bobby Lashley at Hell in a Cell for the WWE Championship Again, like like they I don't know what's going on I was like are there any other main eventers that could possibly go against Bobby Lashley like what's going on here? I don't know but raw is not good smackdown is leagues better and that's only because Roman Reigns is Make that the must-see show in there They have better mid card fused from what I can tell but right now raw is the bottom of the barrel So we're gonna check this out. Appreciate all the love and support. Let's see what WrestleMania has to say about this To Monday night raw remember when those words were so exciting when Facebook man used to scream them in the late 90s Well lately raw hasn't been fun. In fact every week it becomes more and more grueling to watch This week's episode of raw literally had fans groaning as Alexa bliss seemingly killed Shayna Baszler in a backstage segment Fans and critics alike discussed how this was one of the worst endings ever on raw and the overall show was a little better As we've seen there seems to be no end to what's going on with that I heard something Somebody was mentioning that in my stream about Alexa bliss with the little doll now I don't know what's going on with that and honestly, I don't want to check it out to be honest with you I just think it's a little bit cringe now now. She has the powers of the fiend. I don't know. Don't care How bad raw can get or how low the ratings can go? However, at some point the WWE is gonna have to face the facts that raw has gone as far as it can go Join us now as WrestleMania looks at why raw needs to be cancelled Sure and subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily wrestling videos and follow us on Facebook for exclusive Now before we look at the reasons why raw needs to be put out of its misery like taking it behind the barn and giving it that good Or goodbye It's crucial to establish some facts and dispell myths about the red brand's relationship with the USA Network Firstly the ratings are a concern I don't let the WWE or anyone else fool you raw's ratings are dropping and not due to the ever-growing number of Alternative programming competing for viewers while raw's ratings continue to go downhill WWE supporters argue that raw's ratings are still competitive with other cable programming Often coming in first on cable in terms of viewers and the ever-important 18 to 49 age demographic WWE enthusiasts argue that raw's dropping viewership is consistent with all television programming as more programming whether it's on Traditional television streaming or YouTube's splinter the audience But that doesn't seem to be true though as the decrease in raw's ratings have been greater than other programming on the USA Network While we aren't gonna break down things statistically raw is losing its audience faster than other us That that that makes sense that that makes sense I get how some people are they'll try to you know say oh well people check out the YouTube clip So that's why people don't check out raw as much I mean you could say that but at the end of the day for those who don't check out the clips I think people are just tuning out to it because they're just not finding the product entertaining So you know it they find it if it's more digestible for them to check out YouTube clips Then watching a three-hour show of a bunch of rematches Then sure people will do that and then eventually if they just see the same clips they saw last week Nothing interesting guess what they'll stop watching that too, you know, so Gramming which shows fans are tuning out for reasons other than there are more alternatives USA has been tolerant of raw's decreased ratings But they have made requests for changes to boost the ratings Which means they're less likely to pay the same rates as they currently do if they even decide to stick with the WWE programming in the future if you don't think things are quite bad Well, Brian Alvarez recently reported that raw did an average of 1.64 million viewers Remember when 2 million was bad if another form of programming begins eating into raw's ratings such as a hip reality show Things will only get bleaker number two the party's over now We hate to break it to the WWE but the pandemic party is over while Vince McMahon and the WWE deserve accolades for turning the corona apocalypse into a corporate cash cow things are getting back to normal as a WWE looks to bring back fans With the WWE returning to live events including the questionable revival of house shows the company's expenses are going to offset the savings It made in 2020 and 2021 by not running live events The WWE was able to bring in its greatest profits ever But the company is in for a serious reality check as it adds the cost of touring promoting house shows and doing more with less Thanks to the drastic cuts in the wrestling roster and personnel now It's highly likely the WWE will initially do well as people are eager to do anything to get out of the house after a year of being Stuck at home however once things settle down to normal the WWE is gonna face the same problems It had before the pandemic poor attendance at house shows paper I That's an accurate prediction I can see that happening people are gonna be very excited to come back So those first couple of shows where fans are allowed all they're gonna be packed A lot of people are gonna be there cuz they haven't been to a wrestling show But after those first couple of shows like maybe their first few weeks It's gonna start dying out and let's say keep it they keep the momentum going and they put on Interesting matches and good storylines Outside of that is gonna die out like it was before the pandemic where there's gonna be a lot of people That's not showing up. You know I'm saying like they're not gonna be selling as many tickets as you would think they should be Views and raw broadcasts The pandemic showed what happens when superstars were out of action such as when wrestlers had to quarantine while recovering from Covid and it wasn't pretty the WWE had to run multiple matches with the same superstars and scrambled to salvage storylines With wrestlers working multiple days a week expect more injuries and unlike the past where absences on the roster led to wrestlers Getting the chance to set up the WWE will likely continue its policy of putting things into a holding pattern Knowing Roy is in as bulletproof as WWE loyalists believe Let's look at reasons why it needs to be cancelled a bear in mind We aren't saying that WWE should cancel Roy and leave Mondays empty We're saying it's time to retire or and create a new show number one Raw is irreparably broken the red brand is a three-hour horror show that has gone through numerous revamps and other pitiful attempts to fix The sagging ratings none of which have been successful Whether it's raw underground the WWE Superstar exchange or repeated claims tell Who remembers raw underground? I remember they they tried to get that off the ground no pun intended and that went literally Nowhere like they stopped doing it after a few weeks like raw underground was supposed to be like this underground Raw uncut just guys fighting each other like it was just It didn't last it didn't work. They it they tried they gave it their best effort I guess but it didn't work So yeah, our underground was not a success like people probably wanted it to be Mints sell the rest as faults as Roy has a fantastic array of superstars They do a broken tag division weak women's roster and an underwhelming undercard are nothing new and they've shown No sign of fixing these problems Simply put the WWE needs to start over and find a way to create a captivating show for the 21st century Number two Raw's reputation is ruined The WWE can claim that Monday Night Raw is the longest-running weekly episodic program in the U.S Reputation today among fans is a television show that is a pale shell of its former self Many fans would argue that the WWE has been living off its reputation for years and raw Epitomizes this the red brand is a bloated mess that rarely can keep fans around for its second and third hours Which shows just how poorly the WWE books its so-called flagship show if they can't keep some of its core audience tuned in How does it expect to bring in new viewers? Well, the answer is simply it can't number three the WWE faces a major embarrassment Is the USA Network going to cancel Raw? Well probably not because the show continues to bring in enough ratings But at some point the WWE is gonna face the reality that the USA Network won't pay for Raw anymore Or at least pay far less than what it does now and we've discussed this briefly before But it's important to remind fans that networks cable and traditional networks are being charged more and more for content And it's not gonna change Number four Monday nights need a fresh start. There's nothing wrong with Monday night wrestling In fact, the WWE has been running wrestling on Monday night since the days when the Madison Square Garden Network broadcast live matches from the MECA professional wrestling followed by prime-time wrestling's debut on USA in Yeah, I'm I'm I'm okay with them having you know, Monday night wrestling I'm all for that, you know keeping that but they gotta it has to be a big change with What they're doing now. It's not helping. It's not working clearly. You know, it's it's Stale and you can't blame it on the pandemic now because smackdown is still much more digestible to watch I do think they need to go back to the two-hour format. I think You put on the most important story lines granted Not everybody's gonna get the shine that they need or deserve at the time But you can rotate people put that two-hour format I miss raw being at two hours it it made it, you know saying like What you saw in there was important and urgent these three-hour rematch fest Nobody wants to see that nobody wants to sit through on their Monday night I have to work in all day come home to watch raw for three hours to see the same thing They saw last week to see the same thing. They saw the week before like nobody wants to see that It's not the tradition of tuning in on Monday nights, but the product itself people can point to the WWE Struggling against Monday night football, but during the attitude era this wasn't a problem because the product was must-see television They should build off Monday night's legacy as a night to watch wrestling by creating a new program built to appeal to today's fans as well as legacy fans The WWE's fan base is an older fan base, but unlike past generations They've done a poor job bringing in new fans at least enough to grow the business I'm always ain't gonna become dynamite But it might want to consider some of what makes NXT appealing to younger fans while also keeping the current Raw roster Number five Mondays need a break and Monday nights might benefit from a short no more than a month pause while the WWE builds up its new program Raw's replacement will need more than a new set It will need a new approach to booking including a focus on building new stars and long-term story lines Smackdown has shown that the WWE can do this although the blue brand is by no means perfect The short break is a good way to build up interest in the news show And the first week will likely draw a number of curious fans The challenge of course is to make the show exciting enough to bring them back the next week While a break may seem like a bad idea The reality is that WWE did just that when it adjusted between running shows in front of fans and running empty arena shows at the Performance Center keep fans interested by running pay-per-view matches hype videos on wrestlers and interviews with wrestlers to Spotlight which wrestlers the WWE intends to focus on during their new program and sadly right now Raw can't get much worse WWE's current financial situation makes it likely the company's unwilling to make the changes necessary to improve or start over No matter how bad it gets Unfortunately, it might not get the chance to do so on its own and as we mentioned the WWE could take a financial hit if the USA Network were to cancel it or refuse to pick it back up But there you have it guys. Why raw needs to be canceled. What do you guys think? Yeah, man, not gonna lie to you It's one of those type of situations where The product is just for all at least it's It's so stale and lifeless like it's It's one of those things where it's like even though AEW Dynamite, they don't get as many ratings as You know WWE Monday Night Raw, you know, but from what I can tell people just genuinely like watching that program more than Monday Night Raw and It's it's gotten to this point where Honestly, if you want to be honest here if I had to rank the shows I would give NXT I Would probably I Would probably give NXT a Slight edge over Smackdown just a little bit only because NXT to me has the better in ring wrestling So I like the in-ring wrestling, but I give them a slight edge over Smackdown The saving grace for Smackdown is Roman Reigns. He's one of the reasons why people even watch Smackdown to be honest with you So, you know, and it has to be more than just one thing or one major thing that's bringing people to the show So, you know, even though the in-ring wrestling is not back there I think it's much better in NXT So I would give Smackdown a second and then of course Raw is at the bottom barrel bottom of the bottom Raw is awful. It's not watchable and they have to do something to fix it I don't know what they're gonna do. Maybe WrestleMania is right, man Maybe they do need to take like a couple weeks off to do a revamp and we're not just time I'm making the stage look fancy There needs to be different ways people are booked story lines need to be more focused on Interesting story lines not cringe stuff, but I doubt they're gonna do that. Honestly I is one of those type of things where the only way things will change and Vince will actually you know request a change within management and everything else that goes on is Their money got stick their pockets got to get hurt. USA has to say, bro If you don't change this around we're dropping you after our contracts up We're canceling you. We're dropping you something like that major will have to happen before I think we get a major change on Monday night Raw. So comment down below. Let me know Are any of you guys still watching Monday night Raw? Let me know I would like to get your thoughts and opinions on it And if you are I'm sorry. Why are you punishing yourself like that? But appreciate all love and support row 250k appreciate y'all kicking it with me and I'll see y'all on the next one. Peace