10 Problems WWE Faces After WrestleMania 33

1. There's Nothing New Drawing Fans In

Roman Reigns August 2016
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This was touched upon in most of the other entries, but it's the main problem facing WWE after April 2, and so it deserves its own emphasis. In all likelihood, there just won't be anything new coming from the company after WrestleMania.

Sure, there may be some NXT call-ups. The Hardy Boyz will be back at some point, too. Still, we've all seen how quickly WWE manages to devalue new stars, and The Hardyz will only be as good as their usage (think more "BROKEN," less "40-year-old guys pretending to be teenyboppers").

As for the rest?

Roman Reigns is still going to be the top babyface on RAW. On SmackDown, Randy Orton, of all people, will likely be carrying the WWE Championship. McMahons will be all over programming.

A real shake-up to the way the company does things - like actually listening to the fans, for a change - might set events in motion to get people interested in WWE again. The way things are now, though, WWE shouldn't be counting on any new eyes on the product - because fans who don't like what they've seen won't have any reason to change their minds.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013