5 things WWE must do right now to improve its programming

#5 Get the briefcase off Brock Lesnar

Despite WWE's pretensions, there is no evidence that Brock Lesnar is major ratings draw in 2019. At best, he can bring a small bump, and even those claims are tenuous when put into their proper context.

At any rate, the bump he brings (if any) is not nearly enough compared to what he takes from the company.

During Brock Lesnar's time as Universal Champion, from WrestleMania 33 to WrestleMania 35, WWE lost at least a million fans. He hasn't brought any of them back. The quality of the content declined dramatically with the black hole at the top of Raw's card for almost two years. When he finally lost the Universal title in April, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Putting the Money in the Bank briefcase on Brock Lesnar made everyone groan again, and now there are no good options going forward. A successful cash in means the content is back to square one, with yet another absentee Lesnar reign. A failure means the third squandering of the Money in the Bank stipulation in a row.

The only way out is for Brock Lesnar to lose the briefcase to someone else. It doesn't need to be done directly. It can come in a multi-man match, for instance, if the bizarre desire to protect him continues. Either way, nothing good can come from Brock Lesnar in the title picture.

Sadly, this is probably not going to happen, and the programming will continue to decline.