Is WWE Delusional?

A lot of reports on the main WZ site have indicated that WWE is citing the NFL's Monday Night Football as its competition for Raw. Personally, I'm a little surprised that WWE would do this. I can't even call it ambitious for WWE to view ESPN and the NFL as competition because quite frankly they have no shot.



Even in the face of adversity in what is being deemed a "PR Nightmare" of a week for the NFL, they are still a Multi-Billion Dollar industry with a rock-solid fanbase and on top of that Monday Night Football draws the best ratings of the Weekend for the NFL and the best ratings for ESPN as well. WWE on the other hand is struggling as we all know. Sure Brock Lesnar is must-see TV to a lot of fans including myself, but I'm sure that ESPN doesn't even have WWE in its radar for competition.



Is ESPN's MNF really competition for WWE?



Now I firmly believe that competition drives ratings but I primarily mean in terms of a reasonable and attainable viewership. WWE is so far behind the NFL in terms of popularity that it seems silly to construct a show around Monday Night Football or to even consider them real competition because they will always be ahead in my opinion.