10 Problems WWE MUST Solve In The 2021 Draft
10. Acknowledge The Authority Figures
When the McMahon family came down to the ring in 2018 and declared "YOU ARE THE AUTHORITY!", we were all ready for a change. Authority figures were gone, and the fans were going to dictate the future going forward.
Nothing has changed that much in the last three years, The only thing that has changed is the bizarrely inconsistent authority figures of Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville. While the pair are simply referred to as "WWE Officials", this is basically just a General Manager.
With the Draft right around the corner, now is the time to just pull the trigger and split the brands once again. Have Adam Pearce head up Raw and Sonya Deville manage SmackDown. Acknowledge them as General Managers because at this point.... THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE!
This could lead to a few bits of brand warfare and an interesting Survivor Series, but the main element of this is that WWE would be getting back to what worked. The issue didn't stem from the General Managers, it stemmed from the overreliance of them in storylines. Shane McMahon and Kurt Angle became way too involved, making for unbearable television.
Pearce and Deville would make sense as the new General Managers and might add a bit of spice to the draft.