10 Ways WWE Will Be Different In 10 Years

It’s impossible to predict the future. You can try, but any of your wild proclamations about what’s to come will almost surely be contradicted in some fashion. Foresight simply isn’t 20/20. That said, when you look at trends and changes occurring in the present, you can get a somewhat good idea of what could potentially happen.

Right now, the WWE is going through massive changes in the way it produces and distributes its content. From new programming on the WWE Network, to an influx of talent, to working relationships with independent promotions, the sports entertainment juggernaut is altering its identity so rapidly, it looks completely different from what it did even a year ago. Who knows what it’ll look like in 10 years?

Well, I don’t, but I can make a few educated guesses. Fair warning: quite a lot of these will involve the ever-growing power of that rascal Triple H. I mean, let's face it, once he's the man in charge, he'll make radical changes the same way Vince McMahon did when he took the reigns from his dad. What will these changes be?

Here's my speculation...

I’m not gonna go so far as to say RAW and SmackDown will stop airing on cable television entirely. Even though the ratings for both shows aren’t nearly what they were in WWE’s heyday, they’re still the most watched shows on the USA Network, and WWE’s television deal makes up a huge chunk of their revenue.

That said however, it’s clear the glut of weekly live programming is discouraging audiences from tuning in week-to-week, and many are simply watching reading recaps of shows after the fact and watching highlights uploaded to YouTube.

Expect to see WWE’s programming rely less on being “appointment television,” with RAW or SmackDown either having shorter run times or have less emphasis on big angles that change week-to-week.

In a way, expect them to be somewhat like NXT’s current weekly show.