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Post by BV on Aug 31, 2010 14:43:03 GMT -5
Hopefully this means there wont be a brand split. Anyone can appear on any show, I'd dig it.
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Post by Joey Cush on Aug 31, 2010 14:44:17 GMT -5
If this turns out to be true, then this is great news. Im tired of PPV's being title match after title match after title match. Not every match needs to be for a title. We can finally have some #1 Contenderships and mid card/high profile feuds on PPV's again, to make the matches mean something.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2010 14:50:53 GMT -5
i doubt it.
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Post by rvd_mr_ppv on Aug 31, 2010 14:51:01 GMT -5
The Lightweight/Cruiserweight division just holds people back. Sure for some people like Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty it was fine. But look at Rey Mysterio. The cruiserweight division was just holding him back. If the cruiserweight division returns you can rule out pushes for Daniel Bryan, Evan Bourne, Kaval etc. I wouldn't say it holds people back, it just gives them something to do in the mean while before getting pushed higher. Do you think those 3 will be pushed into Main Event status straight away anyways, no, not for a few years at least, plus, they don't have size on their side, that's where the Cruiser Division comes in, so they can prove their worth there to be elevated higher up the card / to Main Event level.
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Post by Jimmy on Aug 31, 2010 14:55:40 GMT -5
Remember when they were going to alternate PPV title shots each month? And then they immediately went from giving Taker a title shot at HHH to giving it to Hogan? And then The Rock came back and went on whatever show he wanted?
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Post by marino13 on Aug 31, 2010 15:00:29 GMT -5
an other reason why pg sucks
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Post by wweyankeesfanatic on Aug 31, 2010 15:15:30 GMT -5
This is great. Because there was use for the Royal Rumble ever since there were two titles. But now , ( if this is true) what will happen at this years Royal Rumble ? Will the Royal Rumble winner have to be in a Triple Threat Match between the WHC and the WWE Champion ?
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Post by *Ricky Spanish* on Aug 31, 2010 15:22:59 GMT -5
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Where will all the mid carders go lest face it The world title is some what upper mid card title there needs to be both a wwe and world title also us and inter the tag and womans can be one but not those keep it how it is
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Post by Matt Culture on Aug 31, 2010 15:30:40 GMT -5
dirt sheets
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Post by captaincaptain98 on Aug 31, 2010 15:53:00 GMT -5
I seriously doubt it's true, but if it is, I'm quite disappointed. If they do unify them, I want Miz to cash in MITB and win it.
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Post by BladeDJK on Aug 31, 2010 15:57:40 GMT -5
I don't mind one world title. But they should keep both mid card title
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Post by Hi, I'm John on Aug 31, 2010 15:57:54 GMT -5
Came in here to post this, lol.
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Post by Quanthor on Aug 31, 2010 16:09:38 GMT -5
Why is this good for TNA? I don't see how this affects them whatsoever.
This is good news for the WWE. I know there's a lot of younger guys on this site and probably aren't familiar with fewer titles and no brand split, but trust me this is a good thing.
More feud possibilities and more attention to creative writing. The titles will mean more because having multiples of each under one promotions makes them less valuable. When somebody wins a title, regardless of what title, it will be a much bigger deal than it is right now.
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Post by ECFS on Aug 31, 2010 16:13:02 GMT -5
im all for this
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Post by AdamBomb on Aug 31, 2010 16:21:47 GMT -5
Why is this good for TNA? I don't see how this affects them whatsoever.This is good news for the WWE. I know there's a lot of younger guys on this site and probably aren't familiar with fewer titles and no brand split, but trust me this is a good thing. More feud possibilities and more attention to creative writing. The titles will mean more because having multiples of each under one promotions makes them less valuable. When somebody wins a title, regardless of what title, it will be a much bigger deal than it is right now. I think that's a jab at them for signing ex-WWE employees, and if the titles are unified, and that ends the brand split - there are going to be A LOT of people lost in the shuffle, and eventually released.
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Post by Larry Arms on Aug 31, 2010 16:22:39 GMT -5
Rumor or not, there are some factors happening that doesn't make it sound completely crazy.
Once upon a time the brand split made sense. Having contemporaries of each title allowed each brand to act autonomously. For those general fans who didn't have cable, they could watch Smackdown and wouldn't be left out of loop because they had missed Raw earlier that week.
Now with WWE programing being entirely contained in basic cable, this strategy is immediately dated. Stories can be told over two shows now, and it's not outrageous idea. Raw gets good ratings, and with a unified title scene, some of those ratings can be carried to the new cable incarnation of Smackdown.
Unifying the World/WWE, Diva/Womens, and the already Unified Tag-Team belts works well with both shows. These titles have much smaller pools of potential people and you might as well have people from both brands vie for them. I don't agree with unifying the US/IC Title. If the brands go the wayside, the mid-card scene isn't immediately going to go back and forth, they're are probably going to be some show specific mid-carders. Keeping both the IC/US lets each show retain some upper-mid card stories to carry over two shows when needed.
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Post by TurboEddie on Aug 31, 2010 16:29:08 GMT -5
WWE sucked the last time they did this. Their roster is too big to only have four titles.
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Post by Jimmy on Aug 31, 2010 16:32:54 GMT -5
Rumor or not, there are some factors happening that doesn't make it sound completely crazy. Once upon a time the brand split made sense. Having contemporaries of each title allowed each brand to act autonomously. For those general fans who didn't have cable, they could watch Smackdown and wouldn't be left out of loop because they had missed Raw earlier that week. Now with WWE programing being entirely contained in basic cable, this strategy is immediately dated. Stories can be told over two shows now, and it's not outrageous idea. Raw gets good ratings, and with a unified title scene, some of those ratings can be carried to the new cable incarnation of Smackdown. Unifying the World/WWE, Diva/Womens, and the already Unified Tag-Team belts works well with both shows. These titles have much smaller pools of potential people and you might as well have people from both brands vie for them. I don't agree with unifying the US/IC Title. If the brands go the wayside, the mid-card scene isn't immediately going to go back and forth, they're are probably going to be some show specific mid-carders. Keeping both the IC/US lets each show retain some upper-mid card stories to carry over two shows when needed. really good first post man, welcome to WF. The brand split never really worked the way it was supposed to, and I think the problem with that is that they never really wanted to make RAW and SmackDown completely different. For a little while they did the 'RAW is a soap opera, SmackDown is the wrestling show' thing in 02-03 but it fell by the wayside after a while and then once they started the draft lottery the whole split itself was meaningless.
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Post by Focalin on Aug 31, 2010 16:34:11 GMT -5
there goes any young guys main event pushes. =( why is everyone obsessed with age? Age shouldn't matter, it should be how well the person performs, and is entertaining, if i enjoy someones work i could care less if they are 55 or 20, if the 55 year old entertains me more thats who i want to see. And what the hell are you complaining about anyone? WWE has been all about youth lately.... I'm saying, there goes any chance Daniel Bryan will have getting a push. The good thing about the brand split is guys like CM Punk, the miz etc are established. if you eliminate these titles, it will be much harder for new young talent getting over.
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Post by Larry Arms on Aug 31, 2010 16:54:58 GMT -5
really good first post man, welcome to WF. The brand split never really worked the way it was supposed to, and I think the problem with that is that they never really wanted to make RAW and SmackDown completely different. For a little while they did the 'RAW is a soap opera, SmackDown is the wrestling show' thing in 02-03 but it fell by the wayside after a while and then once they started the draft lottery the whole split itself was meaningless. I agree partly, I don't think that they never wanted to make them different, I just think they didn't know how to make them different. The spilt never work ideally because for better or worse, we knew that Smackdown was WWE's B show, and never stood out on it's own. I don't think the draft lottery was completely meaningless, either. They knew they were switching people to other brands to help keep things moving, it was like when a new season of shows start. On TV the draft lottery was nothing more then a way to easily explain why people switch, without ever doing any explaining. The ideas behind it were in the right place, but like the separate brands, it never really work just they way they wanted to.
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