Monday Night Raw

Yes, you can tell me wrestling at the WWE level isn't a sport. You can tell me it's more of a drama, and therefor shouldn't be on my sportsticker.
Well I still believe it's a sport, and that's all that matters.
This past year (2014) has been a horrible one for WWE. I started watching just prior to Wrestlemania 30. The unlimited show stopper had everything in it. That is, everything except C.M. Punk.

It only got worse from there. Daniel Bryan became a bonifide superstar and attracted some of the largest audience post-punk. Then the Authority had the foresight to strip him of his title and make him match up against other wrestlers. He lost, and they banned him. Unplanned was the injury, leaving WWE scrambling back to Punk. Instead of wrestling on the banner Raw show, Punk left WWE and created a buzz in the community about how bad he had it. Talk about a bad PR move.

While things were still down, the Authority had another awesome trick up their sleeve: They would break up the Shield. Little did they know that prior to one of the biggest matches of the year which would have vaulted Roman Reigns into power, the super samoan would require emergency surgery. Again, busting the brand. With no one out, and limited fire power left the heads began spinning b list superstars to fill the RAW bill.

Needless to say, it didn't work. Then, when everyone thought that WWE couldn't get any worse their only legitimate superstar was written off for a movie. Dean Ambrose. With no one left, and no hope for any come back the creative department came up with an idea: put the controls into the fans. Now really the control didn't go to the fans, they just wanted you to think this. But for 2 months, we didn't see any authority. Why didn't we see any Authority?


STING.

The former WCW champion made his debut on RAW in an un-hyped promotion and helped team Cena shock the wrestling world. Everyone wanted Sting to return, but at his age he really couldn't become the next superstar.
Instead, he bought time. With the time that the Authority was out of power, Ryback, Eric Rowan, and Dolph Ziggler were built into stars. They got just enough time to get people watching WWE, just so that the authority could return AND FIRE THEM.

Why would they fire the A listers? To make you angry enough to want to see them again.

Then, when everything was down and out the Authority was back. They reigned havoc on the Universe.

Now tonight, Sting returns and we are back in order for the new year.