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

#8 Reform the calendar

WWE's calendar itself is a problem, especially after the end of WrestleMania. Those post-Mania slump months feel like pure filler until SummerSlam, and after the end of the summer, there's more filler until January.

One of the big benefits of NXT is that there are only five major events every year, making it easier to build to each TakeOver and make every match feel like it matters. Though the main roster doesn't have that benefit with its longer run time, it can at least make each pay-per-view have some stakes. The minor pay per views are either entirely meaningless or just surrounded by cheap gimmicks to cover over their weaknesses, like Hell in a Cell.

Each big event needs to feel meaningful, and if not all of them can be major ones, the minor ones should at least be important in setting up those major events. For example, King of the Ring should be brought back in place of Extreme Rules. It can help to set up the road to SummerSlam and make the televised content during the months of June and July feel less like filler. King of the Ring matches, for example, are those matches on TV that would be appropriate in longer formats, since there are actual stakes involved.

The company needs to stop coasting on its present calendar and institute reforms of its schedule to make things feel like they matter more. Every pay-per-view must be an event worthy of standing on its own.