SmackDown finally going LIVE starting July 19!!! Brand split returning.

[Silkk]

What happened to his company?

shyt did terrible

 

[45123]

IMO in order for this to work they're gonna need more callups. They don't have enough stars and even though the roster is deep, its still kinda thin for a brand split

Also they should make Raw the "entertainment" brand and Smackdown the "wrestling" brand. This can't work if they have a balance of both on the two rosters, because 1 they're not maximizing the # of potential matchups with a brand split so its best to just put the top workers together and establish a unique feel for each brand and 2 as we've seen these last 10 years or so WWE can't write compelling TV when they're working with a number of agendas. Raw these last 2 months or so been fire when the show was mainly focused on wrestling

How I would fantasy book this

Tag Teams (IMO tag teams should be non-exclusive, they only have like 7 serviceable teams and the rest are jawber squads. But you should have each member of a team be on a brand so people can split/form teams easily, and for stables individual members can go off doing their own shyt instead of following the group all the time):
New Day (Cross-brand tag team champs)
The Club
Wyatts
Enzo & Cass
Vaudevillains
Uso's
Dudleyz
Shining Stars
Social Outcasts
Breeze & Fandango
Ascension
Golden Truth

Smackdown
Cena (WHC)
Styles
Orton
Cesaro (IC Champ)
Jericho
KO
Zayn
Gallows
Anderson
Kofi
Harper
Alberto
Apollo
Neville (Light Heavyweight Champ)
Kalisto
Kidd
Ziggler
Bubba
D-Von
Primo
Epico
Axel
Breeze
Goldust
Swagger
Becky
Charlotte
Naomi
Natalya
Paige
Tamina
Mauro Ranallo
Jerry Lawler
Corey Graves

Raw
Reigns (WWE Champ)
Bray
Balor (I doubt he'll be in NXT for much longer)
Ambrose
Corbin (US Champ)
Sheamus
Big E
Xavier
Enzo
Cass
English
Gotch
Rowan
Strowman
Jimmy Uso
Jey Uso
Big Show
Rusev (Euro Champ)
Ryback
Miz
Truth
Slater
Dallas
Fandango
Mark Henry
Sin Cara
Kane
Titus
Darren Young
Konnor
Viktor
Alicia Fox
Dana Brooke
Emma
Eva Marie
Lana
Nikki Bella
Rosa Mendes
Summer Rae
Michael Cole
J.B.L.
Byron Saxton

Non-Exclusive Wrestlers:
Rollins (Is granted something in his contract by Steph that allows him to be on both shows)
Sasha (Is given the same thing by Steph, also the cross-brand women's champ)
Brock
Rock
Triple H
Undertaker

 

[Bawon Samedi]

...no it doesn't. They work the same amount. In fact, some of the lower card dudes are going to be working more now.

How when there is going to be a brand split and people from the lower midcards wont be working both shows like they were doing now.

 

[DStyles]

I'd prefer light heavyweight title for SD over cruiser weight. The CW title always looked ugly to me.

 

[stro]

How when there is going to be a brand split and people from the lower midcards wont be working both shows like they were doing now.

Because the opposite brand worked house shows during Raw/Smackdown the last time they did the split. So they were working the same amount. And guys who go weeks at a time without being on any show will likely be used on one of the main shows to fill the rosters up.

 

[Scholar]

Cena on one program,

Reigns on the other

Damn, they got us

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

Im hyped for this. I'm really afraid they're just gonna give smackdown shyt tho. If they gave SD Cena or some shyt it would be a real game changer. I'd hope everyone is exclusive to their brands but I do like the og title thing which is the champ goes on both shows

 

[stro]

Im hyped for this. I'm really afraid they're just gonna give smackdown shyt tho. If they gave SD Cena or some shyt it would be a real game changer. I'd hope everyone is exclusive to their brands but I do like the og title thing which is the champ goes on both shows

I would imagine SD is going to get stacked at first to try to bring it to parity with Raw popularity and ratings wise.

 

[R=G]

IMO in order for this to work they're gonna need more callups. They don't have enough stars and even though the roster is deep, its still kinda thin for a brand split

Also they should make Raw the "entertainment" brand and Smackdown the "wrestling" brand. This can't work if they have a balance of both on the two rosters, because 1 they're not maximizing the # of potential matchups with a brand split so its best to just put the top workers together and establish a unique feel for each brand and 2 as we've seen these last 10 years or so WWE can't write compelling TV when they're working with a number of agendas. Raw these last 2 months or so been fire when the show was mainly focused on wrestling

How I would fantasy book this

Tag Teams (IMO tag teams should be non-exclusive, they only have like 7 serviceable teams and the rest are jawber squads. But you should have each member of a team be on a brand so people can split/form teams easily, and for stables individual members can go off doing their own shyt instead of following the group all the time):
New Day (Cross-brand tag team champs)
The Club
Wyatts
Enzo & Cass
Vaudevillains
Uso's
Dudleyz
Shining Stars
Social Outcasts
Breeze & Fandango
Ascension
Golden Truth

Smackdown
Cena (WHC)
Styles
Orton
Cesaro (IC Champ)
Jericho
KO
Zayn
Gallows
Anderson
Kofi
Harper
Alberto
Apollo
Neville (Light Heavyweight Champ)
Kalisto
Kidd
Ziggler
Bubba
D-Von
Primo
Epico
Axel
Breeze
Goldust
Swagger
Becky
Charlotte
Naomi
Natalya
Paige
Tamina
Mauro Ranallo
Jerry Lawler
Corey Graves

Raw
Reigns (WWE Champ)
Bray
Balor (I doubt he'll be in NXT for much longer)
Ambrose
Corbin (US Champ)
Sheamus
Big E
Xavier
Enzo
Cass
English
Gotch
Rowan
Strowman
Jimmy Uso
Jey Uso
Big Show
Rusev (Euro Champ)
Ryback
Miz
Truth
Slater
Dallas
Fandango
Mark Henry
Sin Cara
Kane
Titus
Darren Young
Konnor
Viktor
Alicia Fox
Dana Brooke
Emma
Eva Marie
Lana
Nikki Bella
Rosa Mendes
Summer Rae
Michael Cole
J.B.L.
Byron Saxton

Non-Exclusive Wrestlers:
Rollins (Is granted something in his contract by Steph that allows him to be on both shows)
Sasha (Is given the same thing by Steph, also the cross-brand women's champ)
Brock
Rock
Triple H
Undertaker

You thought this out huh, kiddo? Ambitious..I just don't trust it.

 

[Golayitdown]

I think this is a good idea, they should've kept the brand split in the first place. Raw is going to have to go back to 2 hours though.

A few of my personal ideas: Keep the WWE championship as the 1 main title. Have the WWE, Tag & Womens titles featured on both shows. US Title on Raw, IC title on Smackdown. Bring back the Cruiser weight title for Smackdown, and the hardcore/extreme rules title for Raw. Have a refresher draft every year to shake up the rosters a bit.

Everyone gets a chance to get some tv time, and they should split the house shows to be brand specific as well.

A 24/7 hardcore title would be hilarious

 

[Jmare007]

Make Smackdown the Rusev show

Is there a legit announcement or report about them bringing back the brandsplit though?

 

[Jmare007]

Wow, y'all thought rematches and 50/50 booking was bad before? Raw hasn't been able to be booked with enough star power to keep people watching for years now, why would anyone think splitting the roster in half is going to be good for either show?

This isn't like 2002 when the already stacked WWF roster then absorbed the WCW roster. This is an era where they struggle to not have people wrestle 6 times in a month before their PPV match.

Agreed. A 3 hour RAW will never be consistently good and cutting it's roster in half is only gonna make shyt worse.

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

I would imagine SD is going to get stacked at first to try to bring it to parity with Raw popularity and ratings wise.

youd think that but since when does vince and them ever do the rational obvious thing im also afraid of them making smackdown a smark show, putting KO, ambrose, styles, other internet favorites etc all in one place

 

[Lord Scion]

Double Talk Dave saying there's going to be two World Titles

178x World Champion Roman Reigns by 2017

 

[Lord Scion]

And Randy Orton wakes up from the dead