The WWE often sends our surveys to fans to get our thoughts and reactions, and their latest one included an interesting one about adopting a wrestler ranking system.
In their survey, they asked how many times a month do fans watch WWE programming, how often do they attend events, interest in NFTs, and gauging interest in behind the scenes tidbits.
WWE Considering Using AEW Style Ranking System
But the ranking system has caught a lot of fans’ interest as it was brought back into the consciousness by AEW when they began in 2019 and ranks wrestlers based on their wins and losses.
WCW had something similar in the 80s or 90s, and while it’s odd for such a system to be used in a sport where the outcomes are predetermined, it’s a fun way for fans to actually see who is climbing the rankings and who’s falling.
It also puts tremendous pressure on booking and planning as having someone ranked being passed up for someone lower would break the system and confuse fans.
There’s a chance this could improve WWE Creative across the board until Vince McMahon grows tired of it and switches gears.
Given the WWE’s history of ignoring the fans on a majority of things, we’re curious how it’ll work.
The WWE had something similar
This won’t be a new venture for the WWE as they had a system before on wwe.com called Power Rankings.
But instead of focusing on wins and losses, it focused on who made a bigger impact on WWE TV the week before in the ring or cutting a promo.
It was similar to Vince Russo’s style of studying the ratings minute to minute to see who worked best and when/
The WWE ended their use of it in 2017, which happens to be about the time their booking and storylines took a major hit we’re still experiencing across their shows.
As we mentioned above, going by wins, losses, and ties would make each match mean something, so the constant run ins would have to lead to something besides putting more names in the ring at the same time.
This would open up plenty of opportunities for other wrestlers as the WWE couldn’t rely on one or two tag teams per show, or one of two people in general on each show.
It’s force them to bring in more talent and create angles and storylines for them instead of going through the motions as we’ve grown accustomed to seeing.
Will the WWE adopt a ranking system like AEW’s? Let us know in the comments below.
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