it would be hilarious if this was Trips plan all along. Vince wasn’t at the negotiating table with fox but Haitch was.
RIP Truth TV: FOX wants SmackDown to have less comedy and to be more serious.
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it would be hilarious if this was Trips plan all along. Vince wasn’t at the negotiating table with fox but Haitch was.
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
the future?
its already the present. this is where the business has been for years.
the WWE is just always the last ones to show up to the party, but the first to take credit for things while they water chit down for mainstream mass consumption.
MenacingMonk
War & Peace
This match was fukkin great. Would've been a classic if the finish was better.
Norrin Radd
To me, my board!
Rell84shots
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Truth TV can stay but the rest of that comedy bullshyt can go. I like that Fox is basically making them go back to what works, and I guarantee that a lot of wrestlers in the back feel the same way.
Here’s the thing tho: if you make smackdown more sports focused, wouldn’t raw have to be that way or would it still be the variety show?
Golayitdown
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Conventional wisdom would tell you to do Smackdown like Fox wants it (more focused on sports and a better product) and if there's a marked improvement in the overall show and ratings, take those lessons learned to Raw and make that better as well......
but they're anything but conventional so I could see SmackDown six quality being back on Fridays with Carlito/Hornswoggle Acme-level comedy coming back to Raw to "balance things out".
Conventional wisdom would tell you to do Smackdown like Fox wants it (more focused on sports and a better product) and if there's a marked improvement in the overall show and ratings, take those lessons learned to Raw and make that better as well......
but they're anything but conventional so I could see SmackDown six quality being back on Fridays with Carlito/Hornswoggle Acme-level comedy coming back to Raw to "balance things out".
@ Acme level comedy. That almost feels insulting to the looney tunes tho. That shyt is true though. But it’s going to be weird to have NXT be sports based and smackdown also, but leave Raw as this ridiculous 3 hr variety show. At that point raw is the outlier
Golayitdown
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That shyt is true though. But it’s going to be weird to have NXT be sports based and smackdown also, but leave Raw as this ridiculous 3 hr variety show. At that point raw is the outlier
You're right cause I laughed when Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner used to do it.
This shyt below though
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Rumor has it WWE is considering ending the brand split once SD goes to Fox
AquaCityBoy
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Believable. The brand split was a USA Network decision.
Pretty sure that would result in the booking being even worse somehow, but they're not about to suddenly act like Raw isn't their marquee show all of a sudden (even though conventional wisdom would suggest that a primetime slot on one of the big four broadcast networks would elevate Smackdown to "A" status), and they sure as shyt aren't going to not find a way to get their biggest stars on broadcast TV.
