10 Traditions WWE Needs To Embrace In Order To Turn Things Around

10. A "Pro Wrestling This Week" Style Indie And Japan Wrap Up Show

From 1986-1992, Joe Pedicino and Gordon Solie's "Pro Wrestling This Week" segment on Pedicino's syndicated and NWA territorial footage heavy "Superstars of Wrestling" program focused on news from the AWA, NWA and the WWF, and regional promotions including Memphis, Portland, Puerto Rico, New Japan and All Japan. As well, Bill Apter, the editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, would occasionally appear on the segment, too. Maybe with WWE having burgeoning relationships with New Japan and Evolve, as well as the promotion having a keen awareness of the goings on in TNA, PWG, Chikara, Ring of Honor and European organizations, that bringing back a "Pro Wrestling This Week" type program -- especially online and plugged into Smackdown -- would be a salient idea. Imagine one-time indy star Corey Graves hosting a two-segment and fifteen-minute long program that saw him cycle through the news of the wrestling world outside of WWE and maybe have a satellite interview with a rising star, too. Imagine how easy it would've been to presage Tomasso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano's entrance into NXT with a program that was spotlighting the two talents standing out all over the country and overseas, too. Similarly, for new performers like Asuka, such a show could be helpful. WWE brokering content agreements with these brands starved for the exposure couldn't be that hard, and having Graves as the host would be a great cherry on top of the pie. WWE has to at least attempt to re-engage the entirety of the existing pro wrestling fanbase in their product before making ham-handed attempts at reaching non-wrestling fans, too.