10 Predictions To Bring WWE Raw Back From The Brink
Uncut. Uncooked. Unf*cked.
The one prediction that didn't make the below list is the one that has far more benefits than just making Monday Night Raw watchable once a week.
It involves bringing audiences back into buildings, which involves a magic wand fix to the biggest problem the entire world has faced in about half a century. WWE making towns again will be fairly low on the priorities list when it comes to making the most of the New Old Normal should that day ever come. And anyway, that's not to say all of the former flagship's ills can be blamed on the ongoing global b*stard anyway. Quite the opposite in fact.
Raw right now is a particular type of awful no ThunderDome-style fix can address, but it wasn't much better before. Elements of it were briefly engaging towards the end of 2019 and the smell of WrestleMania season carried it before the crowds were forced out, but profound problems then haven't been addressed by this unforgettably challenging year.
The world is changing again, and hopefully for the better. Is it too optimistic to want the same for WWE's definitive B-show too?
10. The New Day Solve An Old Problem
In 2017, The New Day took an absolute pasting from The Revival following Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson's call-up from NXT. It was designed to effectively write them off Monday Night Raw and give the gimmick a short break before arriving on SmackDown to feud with a kingdom mostly ruled by The Usos.
These were halcyon days for doubles wrestling in WWE, and it falls to Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods to do the same again through force of will.
Through what'll likely be a long feud with The Hurt Business, the pair must engage in matches so excellent that tag team wrestling is spoke of in positive tones once again. Should they manage that, the next step is a feud that doesn't relate directly to the titles.
AEW are credited for their incredible roster of tag teams, but so few of them end up in meaningful feuds unless they're fighting for titles. Woods and Kingston could expose that further by dragging audiences into their angles even as the belts disappear from view. And as for the group that holds all the gold...