10 Very Possible Wrestling News Headlines From 2025

6. Raw Falls Below One Million Total Viewers

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If it even takes that long.

It's impossible to judge from the last few years how viewerships will trend. They've gone up and down in rather schizophrenic fashion thanks to extraneous factors such as the pandemic, occasional monied returns of monster stars and WrestleMania season offering the odd spike. But all graphs beyond the all important financials are pointing downwards.

Nick Khan casually noted that he'd add a fourth hour to Monday Night Raw if he could, but that's such a horror that your writer didn't want to consider including the prospect as an entry. So much of the company's former flagship is unwatchable at 180 minutes, let alone if they added another 60. That's without viewership being impacted by the distractions that already keep network executives up at night.

Even in the event that the show somehow went back to two, WWE seem incapable of booking feuds that are engaging over months, weeks or even a single episode. The decline may not impact the organisation's bottom line, but this symbolic new low feels inevitable.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett