Guest Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Started in icw, then after hydro NXT show wwe shared a link to it happening there, and it spread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSF Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 So with the brand split rumoured to be coming back, what's everyone's thoughts? I'd be happy to see it back personally. As long as the still only the one Heavyweight champ though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 So with the brand split rumoured to be coming back, what's everyone's thoughts? I'd be happy to see it back personally. As long as the still only the one Heavyweight champ though. thoughts are that everyone moaned that it needed to end, so they ended it. Now they're moaning that needs to come back, which looks like it might, and then they'll say it needs to be knocked on the head again and we'll keep going round in circles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted February 29, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 29, 2016 I personally hated the brand split and its probably one of the main reasons I watched virtually zero pro-wrestling during that time period. I don't see how stretching their already badly stretched talent pool is going to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Started in icw, then after hydro NXT show wwe shared a link to it happening there, and it spread. First time I heard it was around 2006-2008, definitely no later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted February 29, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 29, 2016 Who the fuck is moaning about how the brand split needs to return? I haven't seen that anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 There's already a perfectly good brand split. Â WWE and NXT. Â Unless they're actually going to do it properly and have the two brands be different and separate, then what's the point? Â NXT and WWE are totally different, and most of the time, separate, works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) So with the brand split rumoured to be coming back, what's everyone's thoughts? I'd be happy to see it back personally. As long as the still only the one Heavyweight champ though. I don't think the roster is there for it. Raw would certainly have to go back to two hours. They're also probably not going to split the big belt again and to be honest I'm of the opinion that a true brand split it just that - an absolute split - like things were for the first few years.  SmackDown will never, ever be a show of consequence again without a brand split. Even if big matches and big promos are announced ahead of time for it you know it's going to be stock material that recaps the previous Raw and bridges to the next one. Anything of true consequence will be kept for the eyeballs watching on Monday nights. With a brand split however SmackDown becomes required viewing for the non jaded fan, because it has it's own canon and sequence of events separate to Raw.  Rose tint personal preference alert but I adored the brand split particularly in the latter half of 2003. Raw was a big, angry Attitude Era hangover full of meatheads and ex WCW talent whilst SmackDown was it's more urban, slick, athletic counterpart. Both featured some monumentally weird angles. I looked forward to them both each and every week in a way I didn't even appreciate fully at the time for entirely different reasons. Given how bad Raw's been up to this point for the past few months the idea of having two separate WWE outputs each week with entirely different angles that I both looked forward to is fucking galactic.  I even liked the single brand PPV format. It birthed some of the worst cards ever like Judgement Day 04 but they were also entirely capable of promoting excellent cards like Vengeance 2003, No Mercy 2003, Vengeance 2005, Unforgiven 2006. Leaving long ass, old school periods of build for whatever show was on a leap month. The split was maintained so well that when Benoit, Lesnar and Goldberg started messing around on the other shows in the build to WrestleMania XX it was a huge deal.  Taz and Michael Cole were also the best commentary team in the game for a year or two, there. I actually liked Taz's match breakdown style and daft humor. The two had a believable, inviting banter that wasn't stale. Then some time early 2004 I remember reading in the sheets that Vince wanted Taz to disagree with Cole more and the whole thing went to shit. Edited February 29, 2016 by Gay as FOOK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members unfitfinlay Posted February 29, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 29, 2016  So with the brand split rumoured to be coming back, what's everyone's thoughts? I'd be happy to see it back personally. As long as the still only the one Heavyweight champ though.thoughts are that everyone moaned that it needed to end, so they ended it. Now they're moaning that needs to come back, which looks like it might, and then they'll say it needs to be knocked on the head again and we'll keep going round in circles  In fairness, they allowed it to be watered down so much that it became a total waste of time. I was in favour of it for longer than most, I think, but by the end everybody was on both shows anyway. It was typical of the short termism WWE's had in recent years. A hard split could've been used to keep talent separate and build up *new* dream matches, instead of relying ones from twenty years ago.  I could see this one failing completely, to be honest. Smackdown! is barely on the radar anymore, and they don't have the star power to keep Raw's ratings up, much less spare enough to rebuild another show. It could be a great way to get more content for the Network but unless they take the long term view, and actually stick to it,,then it just won't last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSF Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 The big positive about a split for me would be that guys like Ryback, Cesaro, Harper etc... Could be given a chance in the main event of Smackdown at least. Let them actually see if they will float or sink and stop all the fans getting on their backs to give them a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Clint Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I didn't realise but tonight will be the first time Raw has aired on the 29th Feb. Just a random fun fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLowdown1987 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Completely wacky idea but maybe re-brand Smackdown as WCW Thursday Nitro. Make it look completely different to RAW. It would at least create a bit of a buzz for that 2 hours each week. Have the Big 4 as multi brand PPVs and bring back Starcade and Halloween Havoc as WCW specific specials. Something needs to be done to Smackdown thats for sure. Edited February 29, 2016 by TheLowdown1987 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted February 29, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 29, 2016 So I can't be the only one that gets disproportionately annoyed at that weird "one fall" thing everyone parrots during the introductions at literally all of the Brit Wres shows these last couple of years. Â Can anyone explain what it is? Is it a joke? What is the joke? How did it start? Why do people do it. Keep seeing announcers everywhere playing up to it now too. Does my nut in. (I told you my annoyance was disproportionate). Â Started in ICW, then quickly spread to Preston, and TIDAL, and RevPro, and then pretty much everywhere else. Â That's why, 2 or 3 years later, everyone was doing it at all the NXT shows around the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 29, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 29, 2016 Completely wacky idea but maybe re-brand Smackdown as WCW Thursday Nitro. Make it look completely different to RAW. It would at least create a bit of a buzz for that 2 hours each week. Have the Big 4 as multi brand PPVs and bring back Starcade and Halloween Havoc as WCW specific specials. Something needs to be done to Smackdown thats for sure. I've been in a coma. What year is it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLowdown1987 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Â Completely wacky idea but maybe re-brand Smackdown as WCW Thursday Nitro. Make it look completely different to RAW. It would at least create a bit of a buzz for that 2 hours each week. Have the Big 4 as multi brand PPVs and bring back Starcade and Halloween Havoc as WCW specific specials. Something needs to be done to Smackdown thats for sure. I've been in a coma. What year is it?? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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