10 Reasons WWE Is Losing Their Audience

10. Few Events Are Truly Special

WWE is losing their audience for many reasons, but the first one is that they rarely provide truly "special events" anymore.

In 2016, pay-per-views have ballooned to 20 (including NXT) and will probably far exceed that number come 2017. Of all main roster shows, only the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, and SummerSlam even have the potential to feel truly special. Unfortunately, more often than not these events fail to deliver any long-lasting developments or impact.

Take WWE's supposed biggest show of all-time, for example. What happened at WrestleMania 32 that mattered even one month, much less one year later? Shane lost to The Undertaker yet the match's stipulation was ignored. AJ Styles lost clean to Chris Jericho yet was announced the #1 contender the very next night on Raw. The League of Nations were supposedly given "the rub" from legends Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, and Mick Foley yet were split days following the event with half the group leaving the company within a month.

Finally, the main event was as predictable as it gets when Roman Reigns defeated Triple H for the WWE Championship. Less than three months later, Roman was suspended and lost the title while Triple H has made only one appearance since.

In other words, these shows don't ultimately matter. It's all just filler.

In retrospect, outside of the large attendance and a few one-off appearances, WrestleMania wasn't special and that's been the case with nearly every show WWE presents.