WWE RAW: 5 Reasons why the Rusev, Lana & Bobby Lashley angle is continuing despite strong fan backlash

#3 Strong social media numbers

It is often said that the people who complain about the WWE product online are a very vocal minority, not representing the general population at all. And this seems to be true, especially if you look at social media numbers as a guideline with regard to what works and what does not.

For example, the footage of Lana and Bobby Lashley getting arrested from this past week's episode of RAW has done over 3.3 million views in just 6 days, which is a really big number, all things considered. To put things in perspective, the amazing match between The Kabuki Warriors and Charlotte Flair has not crossed a million views yet, as I write this article.

And whether you like it or not, WWE is a business at the end of the day, so results dictate what the audience is eventually served. There is clearly an audience for the Jerry Springer style of entertainment that WWE is dishing up, and they seem to be lapping up the storyline and how!

Not everyone likes in-ring action at a hundred miles an hour, I guess. And the audience that does like it, has NXT to watch and enjoy every single week.