WWE Ratings

Since WWE Monday Night Raw ratings reached their peak the day after WrestleMania 31, they have fallen nearly 50 percent. While many have thought that this is due to a widespread trend in the television industry, the truth is that this trend has affected other types of programs (it's more comfortable to watch a series on Netflix than on a conventional channel), but not sports and entertainment programs, which have achieved record audiences in recent times.

One of the best analyses in this regard was made by journalist Dave Meltzer, who pointed out that the decline in interest in wrestling is due to the lack of stars. Others, like Mick Foley, have criticized inconsistency in the handling of storylines and WWE's apparent intention to do the opposite of what the public wants.

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Earlier this week, Vince Russo, who was WWE's primary creative force during the Attitude Era (in fact, in those days it was only him and Ed Ferrara, along with Vince McMahon), said that the downward ratings trend could motivate the USA Network to ask WWE to change its style and increase the rating of its product, triggering something that could be considered an Attitude Era 2.0. The possibility was mostly supported in a poll we conducted:

However, The New York Post asked NBC Universal, the company that owns USA Network, for a stance on this, and this is what they said:

"WWE programming achieves one of the largest live weekly cable television audiences, and is consistently a major player on our channels."

WWE said they had nothing to add to that comment.

The New York Post also notes that WWE's stocks have risen by 41% during 2015, and that just this Wednesday they gained 2.1%, reaching 14.43 dollars per share.

With the support of the television network, it appears that WWE will not have to worry about changing its rating, although they must find a way to reverse the negative trend in their ratings.