10 Lessons WWE Can Learn From Its Audience-Free Shows

Episodes of RAW and SmackDown, and the vast majority of PPVs, are plagued by too many video packages and replays. It can make these shows harder to sit through than they should be, and while it's understandable that WWE is looking to bring viewers up to speed who haven't tuned in from the start, there are better ways of doing that than airing the same thing over and over.

Something that WWE has really relied on in recent weeks are replays not just of what's happened in that show, but matches which often took place years ago. Initially, it didn't seem like a bad idea (giving casual fans the chance to watch this year's Royal Rumble, for example), but since then, WWE has already started scraping the barrel, and the response to that has been reflected in the ratings.

Once everything is back to normal, WWE needs to not only focus on the here and now, but reduce the amount of video packages and old footage viewers are shown to ensure that they know they're getting something new in exchange for tuning in on a weekly basis.