6 Ways For WWE To Revitalize The Mid-Card

6. Fans Should Trust The Process... If WWE Has A Plan

WWE fans are are often reminded to 'trust the process', whenever Monday Night RAW or SmackDown delivers a confusing or inconsistent segment or match. While this is important to remember if long- term storytelling is to be successful, that trust is based on the fans receiving satisfying payoffs to storylines. For some time now, WWE creative has been eroding this trust.

There are countless examples of WWE beginning storylines and having put no thought into how they will conclude. Since November, was the plan really for a large spider to be in Erick Rowan's cage? If so, there are plenty of questions that remain in that story. These types of inconsistencies and disappointing reveals are what makes it hard to believe there is a process to be trusted.

It seems that for the mid-card, WWE creative is simply putting together shows on a weekly basis. Chad Gable changed his name to Shorty G, lost to Sheamus at Royal Rumble and... well, that seems to be all creative has planned for him. The likes of Elias, Cedric Alexander, Carmella, Lucha House Party and Apollo Crews have no direction and are only brought in when SmackDown or RAW require a body or a team.

The mid- card is a place where concrete plans must be established. Whether it's getting a gimmick over, beginning a future stars ascent to the main event, or slowly building a long- term feud, WWE creative needs to know where stories are going to end before they begin.