21 Biggest Wrestling Stories Of 2018
1. December - Raw Hits Rock Bottom
For the 3 December episode, Raw's ratings plummeted to a record low for the fourth time in the space of twelve months. The usual excuses were trotted out to explain the drastic 2.29 million number emerging from Nielson, but for once, the company seemed to be taking the slump seriously, announcing that Vince McMahon would appear the night after TLC to 'shake things up'.
It was a typically short-sighted response. Baron Corbin was scapegoated for the wretched ratings - bizarrely acknowledged on screen - as the whole McMahon clan turned up to take charge. Naturally, the post TLC positioning ensured a numerical spike - at the same time, misguidedly justifying the McMahon-mania. Besides the reintroduction of four new authority figures, Raw continued in much the same vain.