How can WWE stop the bleeding? By taking these 10 steps

#6 Shorter matches, more backstage segments

Nothing like this ever happens anymore, which is a detriment to the show, because the backstage and out of the arena segments the company used to run were among the most entertaining. It worked not just in the main event, but up and down the card. Who could forget the Hardcore title 24/7 rule?

No wonder everyone was so over back then!

Right now, the programming usually consists of overlong matches that run into one or several commercial breaks, disrupting the flow of the action. In the past, the matches used to be shorter, building to the confrontation that would come on pay-per-view, where there would be longer matches. Meanwhile, feuds would build with innovative, unpredictable segments instead of formulaic tropes in matches.

Safe to say, The Rock and Stone Cold weren't forced to team up every week.

These kinds of segments need to be brought back, if made within PG guidelines. TV matches should be made shorter in most cases.

Stories would thus unfold with some meat on the bones, rather than feeling like a formulaic running through the motions. When the long matches come on the PPVs, there will be heat behind them.

There's no excuse not to do this. If the long opening promos are a relict of the Attitude Era, this aspect of it is sadly missed today.