10 Major Challenges Facing WWE In 2021
7. Maintaining Pay-Per-View Standards
WWE have gotten away with all sorts of mad b*llocks on pay-per-view this year, but only because a lot of the shows have been earnestly great.
There were some unforgivable turkeys in amongst them, but for every Horror Show At Extreme Rules, there's been three Sunday supercards that have been succinct success stories. Though not exactly a formula, it shouldn't be a surprise. The shows are wrestling-heavy, and thus suited to this roster of amazing wrestlers being fed shoddy creative to be stretched over hours of moribund television trapped in its tropes.
Can this carry on much longer? Tables, Ladders and Chairs was a perfect example of them pushing their luck - two awesome TLC bouts and a couple of quality title matches on the undercard were nearly undone by Randy Orton burning a man alive. This is all sort of/kind of moot when crowds come back, but in the meantime how can WWE find novelty in the second successive empty venue WrestleMania or a ThunderDome Royal Rumble?
When much of WWE feels valueless, the Network continues to justify its price tag. They need to preserve that for as long as possible.