10 Lessons WWE Can Learn From Its Audience-Free Shows

As we've mentioned, ratings are currently in the toilet, and both RAW and SmackDown are featuring two or three matches at most. That's a stark contrast to what we're seeing on All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite, and while it's understandable that WWE is conscious of how wrestling comes across in an empty building, WrestleMania is still scheduled to be a good 8+ hours in total, so there's no escaping it!

Shows have become more about promos and replays than anything else, and while the former have been a strong source of entertainment, these are, you know, wrestling shows! The lack of that has been astonishing, and not something we want to see become the norm in future.

Can you imagine if WWE looks back at these audience-free shows and decides that reducing the number of matches each week is a good idea? Even before this, there were episodes of RAW and SmackDown with only three or four of them, and if the Performance Center becomes WWE's permanent home in 2020, then they could end up losing track of what people tune in for.

Hopefully, WrestleMania will be well-received and remind them that matches do indeed matter.