5 Things WWE Network Needs To Do Better In 2020
3. Organise Content
Let's just have a quick look at the Network and try to piece together the full NXT experience for a moment. The fifth section is titled NXT so that must contain all of the action, yes? Except, there's this usually pretty great Prime Target show that looks at big upcoming title match rivalries, and that's hidden away in Originals, then the subcategory Documentaries, which kinda makes sense. Oh, and the Cruiserweight Championship is now an NXT title, so that makes 205 Live an NXT show. That's actually in the Featured section of In-Ring, alongside NXT UK, the Mae Young Classic, and Worlds Collide. Finally, Events in the In-Ring section contains Halftime Heat 2019, the WWE PC Combine 2019, and the United Kingdom Championship Tournament.
This is, quite frankly, a mess. And yet, NXT is arguably one of the better-organised parts of the Network, as their own TakeOver PPVs are a part of the NXT section. Raw and SmackDown viewers have to go to the WWE PPV section to find their PPVs, which isn't ideal when taking a trip down memory lane and having to swap back and forth between sections.
Then, there are the anomalies that shouldn't take Vince's WWE Sorting Hat to see how they can be better placed. Sticking with Events in the In-Ring section, we find Starrcade 2019 and Starrcade 2018 as separate, unlinked events. Roadblock 2016 and Elimination Chamber 2015 are both in there too, seemingly separated out from the other PPVs for no real reason. Meanwhile, Southpaw Regional Wrestling, a spoof series based on a fictional territory in the early '80s, is slotted into the Territories section, where it honestly fits quite well.
A neat Network is an easy to use Network, where everything is where it should be. And that is the sort of service that holds onto subscribers. All it would take is five minutes of actually looking at the front pages of each section to identify what shouldn't be there, as well as see what sections could be added to really neaten the place up.