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Post by MichaelTheMartian on Jun 1, 2014 23:28:25 GMT -5
Within the next 2-3 years, big changes need happen in the programing, imo. Will be time to re-enforce a brand split, Re-Package Smackdown, live and possibly three hours as well. That will mean getting rid of Main Event. So much new great talent will be coming up, Solomon Crowe, Devitt, KENTA, Steen, Zayn, Neville, The Ascension, Kalisto, etc. I think it would be cool if once Vince lets go of the company (or passes away) Triple H mainly books RAW while Heyman mainly books Smackdown. All PPV's will be for both brands, each PPV goes an hour longer, creating more match opportunities. Giving the fans a real reason to want to see a PPV. I don't see guys like Cena and Orton leaving any time soon, so they will still be around while guys like Reigns, Bryan, Cesaro, Ambrose, Rollins, Big E will all be stars. The roster will get way too talented and crowded for it to be in this format, you will just have accomplished guys doing nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2014 23:35:16 GMT -5
They are still changing at the moment, I think everything will even out in a year or two.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jun 1, 2014 23:39:19 GMT -5
Nah, half of them will not get anywhere. As long as there is new talent, and Cena is hanging around making a ton if money, Cena will always win the feuds and kill their momentum. Shield got lucky avoiding a big huge feud with him.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Jun 1, 2014 23:41:19 GMT -5
Last I heard they were trying to strengthen NXT as a brand and call-ups were going to be few and far between for a while. Plus, a lot of the guys you said haven't even debuted on NXT yet, and people tend to come on and go. I don't think that's something they really have to worry about just yet.
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Post by ztj_wwf on Jun 1, 2014 23:42:02 GMT -5
Smackdown 3 hours and the brand split again? Are you insane dude? The roster is way too thin. You say the roster will get crowded, but it wasn't in the Attitude Era when you had 10 or so top guys. It's about how the show is written. I think Smackdown and RAW are far better quality shows when the entire roster is included. There's no point in splitting it up again.
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Post by CF9™ on Jun 1, 2014 23:50:05 GMT -5
Are you rooting for Vince McMahon's death?
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Jun 2, 2014 0:38:02 GMT -5
The way to fix some of the problems with the booking is for the writing staff to find something to do for everyone. Plain and simple. WWE has enough TV time to get almost everyone in a match or segment every week. We don't need the brand extension to return. We definitely don't need Smackdown to be 3 hours, it's insane that RAW is 3 hours to begin with. Will Smackdown being live help? A little bit, but it has to do with the booking. If the writing staff can find something for almost everyone to do, the product will be fine.
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Post by ryan93 on Jun 2, 2014 3:37:40 GMT -5
I think that they need to try to build Smackdown back up. When it first debuted it was up there with Raw with star quality and ratings. Then the brand split and it lost some momentum. With the brands you had to watch Smackdown since your favorite superstars might be on that brand. Once they did away with the brands it got even worse. Sometimes I don't see how Smackdown and Raw connect. They never plug matches for Smackdown on Raw they just plug Main Event since it's live now. They need to make Smackdown live even if it's just on the network then air it later on Syfy. If it's live then they will put more effort in it. Right now it's usually just the people who got left on Raw or just matches that make little to no sense. Usually Smackdown just plugs Raw with a few matches to get some of the midcard feuds some more air time like 3MB vs. Los Matadores. Make it live or do a brand split to try to make Smackdown like it used to be a few years ago since it will never get back to what it was the first year or two after it debuted.
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Jun 2, 2014 4:12:43 GMT -5
Every single time I see a thread that mentions the return of the brand split I laugh until I cry and then I cry a little more because it was not more than 3 years ago that everyone was screaming from the hilltops for the split to end.
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Post by Weemanv1 on Jun 2, 2014 13:19:02 GMT -5
Every single time I see a thread that mentions the return of the brand split I laugh until I cry and then I cry a little more because it was not more than 3 years ago that everyone was screaming from the hilltops for the split to end. I was about to say the same thing about people who don't realize that many different people can have different opinions and don't just flip flop all the time. Some people just don't get it though. |
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Post by Yambag Jones on Jun 2, 2014 13:23:45 GMT -5
I think it would be cool if once Vince lets go of the company (or passes away)... Dark, bro. I think you're right on with brand extension. There's too much talent coming up to cram on Raw, plus SD doesn't need to be a C-level show anymore. |
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Post by J12 on Jun 2, 2014 13:27:10 GMT -5
Restoring the importance of Smackdown is more or less all I ask. The product is headed in a pretty decent direction right now, but Smackdown is almost entirely useless. It should be "required" viewing as it was in the early 2000s. As it stands, I could skip Smackdown entirely, tune into Raw each week, and still be totally "in-the-know." That should change. There should be a reason to make me feel like Smackdown is worth setting my DVR for - that I'll miss something if I don't see it.
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Post by King of Kings on Jun 2, 2014 13:30:07 GMT -5
Listen, the Brand Split was prominent during what was considering a 'down time' in wrestling (2008-2010). It wasn't until it slowly started to disappear that things became relevant again. A Brand Split is a HORRIBLE idea, because even with one, they didn't utilize all of their talent and we were limited in what we saw. They knew that. That's why they started with RAW Supershow to see if it was any better, and it certainly was. Some internet smark doesn't know what's going to improve a business that, quite frankly, is doing pretty good in terms of the quality of wrestling. Also you lost all credibility with, I think it would be cool if once Vince lets go of the company (or passes away) Just because you have a platform to state your opinion, doesn't mean it's a good opinion. |
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Post by Chip on Jun 2, 2014 13:43:59 GMT -5
this has been reported:
"There was a meeting called by Triple H before this past Monday's RAW in Knoxville, TN. Triple H reportedly expressed his desire for RAW and SmackDown to have "more of a flow from top to bottom."
There are concerns within WWE that people aren't subscribing to the WWE Network because the product on TV isn't good enough, which can be largely attributed to lack of flow, storylines being forgotten or outright dropped.
One source pointed to Triple H and Vince McMahon having "different visions" and the ideas of the two clashing.
It's said that going into the summer, Triple H really wants more focus placed on under-card programs as a way to help build up the mid-card."
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Post by J12 on Jun 2, 2014 13:48:55 GMT -5
this has been reported: "There was a meeting called by Triple H before this past Monday's RAW in Knoxville, TN. Triple H reportedly expressed his desire for RAW and SmackDown to have "more of a flow from top to bottom." There are concerns within WWE that people aren't subscribing to the WWE Network because the product on TV isn't good enough, which can be largely attributed to lack of flow, storylines being forgotten or outright dropped. One source pointed to Triple H and Vince McMahon having "different visions" and the ideas of the two clashing. It's said that going into the summer, Triple H really wants more focus placed on under-card programs as a way to help build up the mid-card." If there's even any shred truth to that, then fantastic. That's something that's truly been lacking. Thus far, nearly every idea that Triple H has implemented has had a noticeably positive outcome. Let's hope this is true, and no different. |
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