5 things underwhelming about WWE booking right now

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As mentioned in one of my previous articles, WWE is stuttering badly. The numbers are falling at an alarming rate, and more importantly - the product which has been dished out to the viewers recently has just not been of a good standard.

In fact, in the view of many, the most recent edition of Raw was one of the most "boring" editions of Raw in the whole year. The timing of it is shocking, because just last week SmackDown was called out to have delivered a disappointing post Survivor Series show, and now Raw went even further with an even worse show.

Admittedly there are many things which have not gone WWE's way recently, but even then - coming up with this kind of booking is just not excusable. Lets have a look at the few things wrong with WWE right now.

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#1 Heels dominate a bit too much

A whitewash of ass-kicking from the team of Baron, Bobby, and Drew on the last Raw

Lets just analyse. Recently, Randy Orton in all his feuds has just dominated his opponents, be it Jeff Hardy, or be it Rey Mysterio.

Dean Ambrose on his part has beaten the trash out of Seth Rollins at every given opportunity, and Seth on his part has been hardly able to put in any meaningful offense.

And then you come to the new team of Drew, Baron, and Bobby. The team has just made a mockery, and turned everything into a completely predictable sequence of events. The 3 on 1 teaming up is borderline boring, because even before a match involving either of them you just know what is going to happen.

This is the problem right now, the heels are just dominating a bit too much, and there's just no balance on either of the shows.

#2 SmackDown and the WWE Championship are no more on equal footing with Raw and the Universal Championship

For two years in a row, the Universal Champion Brock Lesnar squashed the WWE Champion

SmackDown has been consistently termed as the "B" brand on Monday Night Raw, but in this year's Survivor Series edition, the realisation has finally hit that SmackDown in fact has become the "B" brand.

So much so that even when Raw completely swept the floor off their feet and completed a clean sweep against SmackDown, they didn't take any action, but rather just went on like it was business as usual.

For two years in a row, the Universal Champion has squashed the WWE Champion in their Champion vs Champion match at Survivor Series.

Then you look at the talent on both brands, and you see a huge gulf. If WWE management itself treats both brands differently, won't it plant the notion in the minds of the viewers as well?

#3 Tag team division has become a joke

The belt just keeps jumping from one shoulder to another without a good storyline or reason

It's a bit disappointing that the tag team matches and the tag team division just doesn't seem like it's going anywhere.

For instance on SmackDown, in the last few weeks we have repeatedly seen the combination of Sheamus, Cesaro, and Big Show against The New Day fight against each other in every possible permutation, and it has just become boring.

How many times would anyone want to see the same bunch at it again and again and again? That too, without any storyline between them.

The writing team has put next to no emphasis on preparing a storyline for the tag teams, despite having no dearth of talent. Rather, what they've done is made a mockery of it. For instance, just what the hell has been going on with The Revival who have now lost to Lucha House Party for almost a month.

#4 Major talent getting wasted

Balor has been turned into fodder for McIntyre's claymore kick, and Nakamura rarely feuds nowadays

There has been a gross mishandling of some of the most amazing stars WWE has signed up. Kevin Owens before he got injured was turned into a jobber whose only job left was to get powerslammed by Strowman again and again.

The story of Finn Balor's downfall is just hard to believe. He impressed one and many on NXT, and he was brought up to Raw where he became the Universal Champion by beating Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in the span of just a month. If it wasn't for a shoulder injury, he would have stayed champion for long, but he had to forfeit the title and take a layoff.

Ever since his return, he has been turned into a mid-carder at best. Even the iconic alter ego, "The Demon King", has hardly made appearances all year.

And then you talk about Shinsuke Nakamura, the superstar from Japan who has everything one can ask for, but spends most of his time NOT defending his US title or getting in a feud.

#5 The Universal Champion is hardly on the show

Brock Lesnar hardly shows up for events these days

It is without a doubt a known thing that the Universal title is the numero uno gold in WWE right now, and the WWE management with all their grey cells thought it a good idea to put the biggest belt in WWE on the man who makes an appearance once a month.

Because of this, most of the focus has always been on the contenders going into the match, and not the title, and with Brock Lesnar becoming the most protected wrestler in WWE right now, it's just impossible to take the title off him, unless your name is Roman Reigns.

It's sad to see that in a roster with such great workers and potential stars like Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose, the management doesn't deem anyone fit enough to take the title and run with it.