10 Compelling Pieces Of Evidence That Prove Wrestling Is Worse Than It's Ever Been

10. TV Ratings Are Down

On May 10, 1999, Monday Night Raw received the highest rating in WWE's history. It was the pinnacle of the Attitude Era with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock, and Vince McMahon participating in the main event. The episode earned an 8.1 rating, the equivalent of approximately 9 million people watching the episode. That show was followed the next week by the highest rated segment in company history (The Rock's "This is Your Life" comedy bit with Mick Foley) which earned an 8.4.

A little over 15 years later, WWE has been setting records again but this time they are in the opposite direction. The September 28, 2015 episode of Raw drew an average of 3.3 million viewers, the lowest non-holiday rating for the show since 1997. In the past 15 years, WWE has succeeded in chasing away 6 million viewers from their show.

That means more people used to watch wrestling than actually watch it today.

WWE and its defenders are quick to point to Monday Night Football as a reason for their low ratings but hasn't WWE dealt with football every single year since 1993? 

As for our other promotions, TNA and ROH barely count considering their shows drew 275,000 viewers and 127,000 viewers, respectively.