WWE Introduces “Wildcard Rule” In Attempt To Boost Flagging Ratings

WWE is getting desperate and it is beginning to show.

Vince McMahon opened up Raw this week with the promise of this being an historic episode but before he could say much Roman Reigns cut him off. Reigns mentioned how the McMahons all stood in the ring in December and told the fans that they were the authority now but that never happened. Which is true. Nothing has changed since then.

Reigns said he did not take orders from Vince he took them from the fans. Vince took issue with that and with Roman being on Raw, saying it would be anarchy if the floodgates opened and people from other brands just started turning up.

It seems the floodgates have officially OPENED.

What is @WWEDanielBryan doing on #RAW?! pic.twitter.com/4D1awMZird

— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2019

Daniel Bryan then came out to of his month in “solitude” to argue his point for a rematch with Kofi, which brought out the WWE Champion. Michael Cole could barely contain himself as he desperately garbled out that all three were on SmackDown and this was unprecedented.

Hardly.

As the three argued, Vince declared that he had an epiphany: an ongoing wildcard rule where and given three members of SmackDown could appear each week on Raw and any three members of Raw could appear on SmackDown each week. He then made two WrestleMania rematches for the show, Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston and Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns.

WILD CARD RULE?! @VinceMcMahon just had an epiphany…

What if he allowed 3 Superstars from #SDLive to head to #RAW and vice versa on a regular basis? pic.twitter.com/Ws2NBTzpM4

— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2019

“I’m a genius” declared McMahon.

Maybe so, but he is also desperate. We will find out on Tuesday afternoon whether this little ploy has worked in halting the ratings slide.

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