Hits and Misses of WWE in May 2019: Major shockers, New champions

#1 Miss: The Wild Card rule

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

One of the biggest issues faced by WWE in May was the continuously falling ratings of its weekly shows, RAW and SmackDown. In an attempt to counter this, the Boss came up with the weird "Wild Card Rule". According to it, 4 superstars from RAW and SmackDown will be allowed to appear on the other brand each week.

While it is clear that the rule was introduced to let top stars such as Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston, Becky Lynch, etc appear on both shows and improve the ratings, this rule is slowly and steadily killing the purpose of a brand split. If you are a new viewer, you might not even realize that the two brands have separate rosters.

With many top Superstars appearing on both RAW and SmackDown each week, it takes away the opportunity to showcase a talent that is in need of some TV time to stay relevant. We hardly saw stars like Shinsuke Nakamura, Rusev, etc on TV in the month of May due to the same.

If this continues, this year's Survivor Series battle between RAW and SmackDown would be the least interesting of all.