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#2. Hope is true: Reported reason why WWE held off on Big Show vs Randy Orton at Extreme Rules

The main event of RAW, July 20th, 2020

Randy Orton vs Big Show was a bit of a surprising direction for WWE to go in after his feud with Edge and decimation of Christian. It makes sense because WWE seems to be bringing back his "legend killer" side, but many felt that the match should have happened at Extreme Rules 2020.

According to WON, WWE purposely chose to air the Randy Orton-Big Show match on the RAW after Extreme Rules because they knew that they needed a better TV rating and that it wouldn't drive up WWE Network subscribers:

''With Raw ratings declining so significantly, the Big Show vs. Randy Orton match will air on the 7/20 Raw show in an unsanctioned match. That does make sense because that match isn’t going to add any network buyers, which is how you make money today off a PPV, but after this past week’s record low, Show vs. Orton should avert coming even close to another record low next week. At least they’d better hope for that, because it will be scary if they put that match on television and don’t get a significant improvement.''

We hope this is true and that it reflects better on their ratings. They reportedly felt similarly about Jeff Hardy vs Sheamus, which was kept off Extreme Rules 2020 as well. Either way, it was a smart call by WWE.