Yeah I was thinking more along the lines of the more racy stuff (i.e. bra and panties), but I see your point.
And I dunno. It's just a pipe dream of mine really. I mean how much does the "live" aspect bring people in or really count anymore? There's a delay usually so they can bleep things if need be or whatever. So record the show in it's entirety before hand, showing a TV-14 version on the network (presumably the longer version) hours before or even at the same time it airs on USA.
I'm no business man though. Just a fan.
I've always questioned myself just how much the results being available really contributed to less viewers. It's always seemed more of an over-exaggeration to me than anything, since when the WWF's ratings improved in 1998, Raw was still a taped show (it didn't become live every week until mid-99), and when their ratings eventually plateaued and went down a couple million following the end of the AE, they were a live one.
The biggest issue here though wouldn't be the Live vs Taped aspect, but rather the fact that people would have no reason to watch Raw on USA Network if it was aired on the Network. They keep a catalog of all their episodes of Raw and Smackdown on the Network, and thus if people wanted to re-watch anything, they could do so on there.
Except, knowing WWE's audience, who likes cheering the heel, it could just as well backfire and make them pop because "edgy".
A factor in why there is not violence towards women in WWE is not just because it is wrong. But because WWE have conditioned their fanbase to react positively to it through their own doing. Which would send the wrong message.
They typically only cheer if either someone they love is assaulting a woman (because that person is perceived to be so cool that they can do almost no wrong), or if a female that happens to be a heel is getting their comeuppance in some way. It's hard for me to remember hardly any time that someone got a positive reaction for assaulting a woman that the audience cared about. Sable was so well liked that Mero got some quality heat for mistreating her without even needing to put his hands on her. Lana was the same when Rusev ordered her to go to the back during a few of his matches.
