Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted December 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 29, 2015 Raw seems like lazy filler most weeks and I guess the idea is hold off the good shit until a proper star comes back for a month. They've had months without any proper stars and the best they've done is barely get Reigns over to a decent level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DraxSpago Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Even with 5 hours of TV to fill a week it's not hard to keep the top guys apart so that, for instance, Reigns only meets Rollins once a year. But they don't see it as necessary or desirable for some reason. Would it be that hard for them to do another brand split? Cena, Lesnar and all the part timers never go near SmackDown anyway, at least with some form of split you could stick half a dozen lads on SmackDown exclusively and just build them up over a year, then stick them with the top Raw lads, at least it'd be trying something different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 They haven't got enough stars for Raw as it is, let alone losing half of the top guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DraxSpago Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 It wouldn't have to be an official brand split, just move people from NXT to SmackDown before they get dragged into the shit booking on Raw, at least then they might appear to be a star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Nobody becomes a star on Smackdown. That's why they ended the brand split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted December 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 29, 2015 Even if they did a brand split (and they won't for a list of reasons) it's still the same creative team churning out the content. There is no hiding from the tedium of the main roster, sadly. The only fix is for them to start writing good, compelling telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DraxSpago Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I'd say Bryan and Mark Henry first got proper over with their heel SmackDown title runs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lenin Posted December 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 29, 2015 The issue then was the title was the secondary title and was never viewed as being THE title. Â Another brand split with the current writing could end the company. The apathy is bad just now but having half the guys on a show even less people watch wouldn't be good business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I don't have a better analogy for this but the WWE roster is in a state of communism. No structure to the roster and they're all sharing in the same misery. Wins and losses, wrestlings nearest thing to currency, has lost any value. Creating a brand split would just split the roster into two communistic states. (I wish I knew enough to write a proper economics-style report on wrestling.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-Carr_92 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 The Brand Split had run its course. Also with two titles . Let's be honest. The WHC was pretty much a glorified Midcard title toward the end of its run. And it knocks a lot of prestige off a World Title if it's being defended in the curtain raiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Clint Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Now that Smackdown is moving to the USA Network next week I think it would be a good time to try making SD equal to Raw as far as storylines go and maybe having some of the bigger names appear more regular. Smackdown was just as good as Raw when it first started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lenin Posted December 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 29, 2015 In that case they'd have to use the NXT writers to try and make it worthwhile and simultaneously make us forget that those featured have been booked to mean nothing for the last million years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Really Big Shoe Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 However much the fans want the writer(s)/booker(s) of NXT to be the main driving force behind the main roster, unfortunately it'll never happen, well not until Vince (& Steph) steps down. It would make the biggest sense in the world to get the NXT crew involved because they are essentially putting on a traditional old school pro-wrestling show/product and they've hit upon a winning formula. But we'll never see them write/book Raw as its the "mainstream" show, with the table full of hollywood writers and cultural references (UNITY~!) ten years out of date. They try too hard to be run with the in-crowd so to speak and try as they might when they reference anything or try and parody it they just come off as so out of step it's cringeworthy. Classic pro-wrestling (ie the WWF of the 1980s) is probably the biggest pomp & circumstance you can get - larger than life colorful characters etc but it worked because it was above all fun and everyone had a place and a recognisable character even lower card guys like Koko. Now everyone is interchangeable & apart from Cena (& Bayley) they have no real color or substance to them too. New Day are at least trying, despite all the hype and "We want Sasha" chants, she's tanking on the main roster (like Emma I think she'll get sent back down to NXT & repackaged) and everyone else is just treading water. Neville won a Slammy yet they've been jobbing him out so the booking ethos just boggles the mind. They either shove talent down the fans throats, push someone to the hilt then drop them back to earth in midcard oblivion (Rusev, Ryback et al), bring talent up from NXT who tank on the main roster (Adam Rose, The Ascension, Bo Dallas, Emma et al) and the whole talent creation process is broken. I mean even Bayley says she's in no hurry to be called up to the main roster, why? because she knows once she makes her first appearance they'll saddle her with her old gimmick and pair her off with Santino as the comic relief of the WWE. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 However much the fans want the writer(s)/booker(s) of NXT to be the main driving force behind the main roster, unfortunately it'll never happen, well not until Vince (& Steph) steps down. Â Stephanie hasn't been involved in creative for the last two years. Triple H is head of creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 NXT only being an hour a week helps greatly too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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