10 Ways SmackDown Can Save WWE

2. A Reality Check

Seth Rollins
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As the land of WWE's weirdest and wildest ideas from the past several years, Monday Night Raw's become so liable to descend into parody that fans barely out of lockdown are refusing to stick around for it.

Allegedly, 1500 people walked out during Charlotte and Alexa Bliss' verbal sparring on the Extreme Rules go-home edition of the show. This is probably because not even children can buy into the idea that a doll has powers over people and curse the f*cking pandemic for allowing WWE to get away with promoting it - and things like it - for so long.

Ultimately, occasional experimentation with the form is worth trying. That was pushed to such ludicrous extremes that a SmackDown with Roman Reigns atop it gradually scrapped booking stories to get so fundamentally stupid. Raw should - and hopefully already will, after this latest protest vote - tone the supernatural/magic/mythical/badly acted bullsh*t down and out completely.

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