what's up with everyone's sick obsession with split brands?

[Straw Hat Luffy]

I absolutely hate the idea of a split brand. Figurely speaking we already have one with wwe and nxt. But people want it even more divided with raw and smack down. I hate it man. I like the idea of a stacked roster rather than a split brand. Let's be honest people just want their favorite wrestlers who are midcards right now to be main event and they could see that happening on smackdown. Which is true if the split brand happens but if u split the rosters are weaker than together.

In my opinion its honestly Better to keep the roster all together and stacked so when we have three hour raws we have something forward to look to the entire night. If they split we could look forward to AJ on raw but then we will have Kevin Owens replaced by silly usos segments and matches because Kevin Owens is on smack down main eventing because everyone wanted it.

 

[Heelish]

The brand split worked back in the day because there were multiple main eventers. Now it's Cena Vs The World so I wouldn't have high hopes for it. But it might shake things up a bit.

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

The brand split worked back in the day because there were multiple main eventers. Now it's Cena Vs The World so I wouldn't have high hopes for it. But it might shake things up a bit.

It would shake up things in the beggining. But then we all realize its lesser star power will split brands and also what if the best guys get injured? shyt would be screwed.

I like the idea of wwe n nxt better than three.

 

[LastManStanding]

the only way I am for it is if Smackdown is live every week. some may say that's a silly complaint, but live is and will always be better and makes a difference.

even back when Smackdown was a better show on paper with Heyman, Edge, Jeff Hardy, etc.. it still never had the same vibe as Raw did and that is 100% because it was a taped show.

 

[Vinny Lupton]

I want SD to be good so I never have to watch RAW. 3 hrs is the worst thing that ever happened to WWE TV. And it would be a chance for people to switch shows and freshen up. Because Raw feels like the same episode every week

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Why would anyone want it? Having one legit top belt is the way it should be. No need to water things down with one belt and then one inferior belt. They have two touring groups and that's good enough. Even the last few years the brand split was still officially around, they didn't honor it. They don't need more shows and more brands. They need less.

 

[mrken12]

The brand split gave the chance for Eddie Guerrero, Edge, CM Punk, and many others to shine and get the spotlight that they deserve. I'm all for it. However they shouldn't add more belts. Just have the World Champion show up on both shows.

 

[Rayzah]

I don't think they should split the talent, but if smackdown had different writers and creative, I think it would freshen things up.. Smackdown needs to offer something different that you wont see on raw, maybe little shyt like different camera angles, a two man commentary team cause they don't need the other black guy that the rock doesn't know, the show needs to give storylines to the mid card and tag team division.. There is no reason why the same guys should be main eventing raw and smackdown

 

[mrken12]

I don't think they should split the talent, but if smackdown had different writers and creative, I think it would freshen things up.. Smackdown needs to offer something different that you wont see on raw, maybe little shyt like different camera angles, a two man commentary team cause they don't need the other black guy that the rock doesn't know, the show needs to give storylines to the mid card and tag team division.. There is no reason why the same guys should be main eventing raw and smackdown

This!!!!!!! I hate that so much. And it's always a half assed tag match or a match that ends in DQ or something useless that you could just skip over.

And speaking of commentary teams, I never liked 3 man teams. Saxton and Ranallo would be a good pair. Lawler needs to just go home or work backstage.

 

[Lord Scion]

The brand split was a great idea until it was badly watered down in its end days, that's when we were all begging for it to finally end.

Just go back to the basics of the original brand split, have the world champion show up on both shows and have the two mid card belts be the top title on each show.

More exposure for the lesser used stars, plus less work for the house show circuit since you can split it into two separate brands decreasing the likelihood of injuries.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

more opportunities to see a variety of stars rather than the same ones over and over. Plus a lot of folks dont watch Main Event or Superstars, so a lot of folks go under the radar with that.

 

[YakSpiller]

Could they integrate NXT into SD some kind of way?

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Why would anyone want it? Having one legit top belt is the way it should be. No need to water things down with one belt and then one inferior belt.

They already have that. Up until Cena's injury, it was the "Reigns tour" (Roman defending the title on top) and the "Cena tour" (Cena against Del Rio). Now, Reigns and his belt headline the A-tour and Dean and his belt headline the B-tour. In the 80s the IC Title would headline a tour and the World title would headline a tour. It would actually elevate and protect either the US or IC belt, if it had to headline a touring group and a tv show.

I don't think they should split the talent, but if smackdown had different writers and creative, I think it would freshen things up..

This is the key. It almost has to be two competing groups. We all know competition is what makes wrestling good. Two separate writing and booking teams. They would compete for house show draws, ratings, Vince's love, fan reactions, etc. Since there is no competition now, the natural and smart thing to do is play it safe, which is what we have. They have a few good ideas but the problem is theyre being smart and stretching out the angles over too much time which leads to repetition and boring ass shyt.

NXT is good because it's its own thing with its own bookers. And there's probably groups in the WWE higher ups that want it to fail and Trips' crew who wants it to succeed, which makes Trips and co work hard to make it good. Raw needs an enemy to be good. When WCW was a nonfactor, Raw sucked balls. Jobber matches, taped episodes, etc. When the nWo came out they had to actually try, and we got the glory days

edit of course, this won't happen because USA wouldnt let it happen even if WWE wanted them to. USA is very reliant on WWE to keep their ratings averages up. So if something or someone was hot on SD, they would make them put it on RAW anyway

the only answer is

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Save_us.BillionaireTed

 

[jadillac]

In my opinion its honestly Better to keep the roster all together and stacked so when we have three hour raws we have something forward to look to the entire night.

The problem with this logic is, it won't happen. It's NEVER happened on RAW.

Now Smackdown in 02-earl 04 was action packed from start to end. But RAW has never been that good.

But here's the reason they need a brand split. They're signing all these NJPW ppl and bringing up NXT ppl who already have some level of stardom.....then they just get sucked into mid-card(or lower) hell b/c WWE doesn't care abut anything but the main event. They spend the first 20 mins on the main event and the last 30 or so mins. That leave a little under 2hrs(minus commercials) for everyone else.

Smackdown doesn't even matter right now. You have 5 hrs of TV every week and 2 of those hrs(Smackdown) the storylines don't advance. You don't have to watch Smackdown to keep up with the product. And that's kinda sad.

Furthermore, they're signing these Japanese wrestlers b/c the Network is now in Japan. But nobody in Japan will care to watch if their, once favorite wrestlers, are now only one level up from being a jobber.

You need two world titles, two IC level titles to create enough #1 contenders to make the product matter. Hell, let Smackdown be TV-14 and let RAW be PG. Let it be different.

You can't have Brock, Rollins, Reigns, Cena, eventually Balor, whoever else all fighting for ONE world title. And if one of them is not the #1 contender then they don't really matter.

You can't have the USO's, New Day, Clark & Gable, 2-3 other legit tag teams fighting for one tag team title.

 

[jadillac]

ven back when Smackdown was a better show on paper with Heyman, Edge, Jeff Hardy, etc.. it still never had the same vibe as Raw did and that is 100% because it was a taped show

but if you watch those old eps now on the Network, SD is way better despite RAW being live back then.