Best Current WWE Brand

[JMA]

I'm sure that will have have different opinions on this subject, but I'm interested in seeing the consensus. Which brand do YOU think is the best?

[Whug Whump]

Right now I'd have to give a slight nod to Smackdown because they're getting a lot of young guys over.

But .. Raw is looking better and better, especially due to IMO the best thing WWE has going, Edge/Orton/Lita

[T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens]

I've been enjoying ECW the most every week.

[Banned Member]

Slight edge to Raw until ECW gets another hour.

[JMA]

crippler228 said:

I've been enjoying ECW the most every week.

Same here.

[jevman]

I think what WWE doing is super smart right now...

Before Raw and Smackdown were the same show, just different wrestlers.

Now they're making each brand have a different identity.

Raw is the sports entertainment brand. Big names, but with a bit less wrestling and more storylines and skits.

Smackdown is the pure wrestling brand. The high flying cruiserweights, obviously still storyline driven, but with alot less backstage skits, just more wrestling, more matches.

ECW is the hardcore brand obviously, but more importantly its the young blood. The faces you haven't seen before, the training ground for the future stars. 1 hour also makes it more fast paced, no backstage skits at all, just 1 hour of wrestling.



That said i probably enjoy Raw the most, but i like each one now cause it offers something different.

[HoldingBackTalent aka bugz9987]

RAW has the better characters and is the flagship as they like to say.

Smackdown reminds me of WCW(not a bad thing) They just need to work on establishing more of the wrestlers. It seems that a guy debuts one week and 3 weeks later he's the U.S. champ and i'm supposed to care.

ECW is new and if they want ti to succeed they need to film it in front of ECW fans, not Smackdown fans.

EDIT: I voted RAW by the way

[Deleted]

I picked ECW. I know it's nothing like the original ECW, but looking at it completely unbiased and as if it were just another WWE show, it's the best. Hardcore Holly, Matt Striker, Sabu, RVD, hell even Big Show have all been awesome.

[Deleted]

ECW > SD > RAW

[bob]

SD> ECW> RAW

[Dolph Zalgo]

ECW. It's the only one I watch regularly. They have a great Champion, a great heel GM and some great tough, sometimes technical, many times just good hardcore matches. However, I wish they could find some competition for CM Punk soon.

Second (well actually third, since I prefer TNA over everything WWE currently) would be Smackdown. They have many entertaining guys and original characters.

My least favourite is clearly RAW. Too much annoying crap going on there. Cena, D-X, McMahons, Divas, asskissing, tag team squashing and toilet humour. The only reason to watch RAW is that dose of UMAGAAAAAA I need sometimes...

[The Wrestling Rambler]

mattyphatty said:

I picked ECW. I know it's nothing like the original ECW, but looking at it completely unbiased and as if it were just another WWE show, it's the best. Hardcore Holly, Matt Striker, Sabu, RVD, hell even Big Show have all been awesome.

Yeah I think everyones gotten over the original shock of "OH my God, what the hell is suppose to be" cos everyone thought that the ECW of old was coming back, me included, and now they're seeing it for what it is.

Its not going to be as hardcore, or as edgey as the original but its more hardcore and more edgey than RAW and Smackdown.

As of the time im writing this, it is ECW who are winning in the poll, so i dont know if its changed by now, but its so strange that earlier this year, people had it certain that ECW wasnt going to be extended and that after the 12 week period it would be the last we've heard of it - and NOW people are calling for a second hour.

I really do believe Vince, when he said on Byte This recently that ECW is fair, and that it really is going to improve.

On a side note, i was admired by McMahon's honesty. When Todd asked "what d'ya think of ecw"
i prseumed vince would really plug it, and say how extreme it was, and that its the most brutal thing on tv right now, but, no, he said what we all know, "its fair".

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

SD I think is better. It has the best announce team, the best TV matches on a consistent basis, and though the storylines are a bit weak, they are much better than RAW and ECW.

[KEJB]

I am a "pure" wrestling fan, so obviously Smackdown is my choice. That being said, I watched ECW for a month just when CM Punk debuted. Every match he was having was the same (due to wwe, not punk) and it left me with no real reason to watch anymore. I cannot stand "sports-entertainment" so I do not watch RAW at all.

I tuned in for a sec last night, just to see how my Smackdown guys were doing. Watched 1 minute of the DX promo, and turned it. RAW right now, might be the worst pro wrestling show in the world.

[pezsoup]

Smackdown right now. The King's Court is gold and now that Benoit is back, hecks yeah.

[KEJB]

pezsoup said:

Smackdown right now. The King's Court is gold and now that Benoit is back, hecks yeah.

true....I wasnt even thinking of Benoit. What an added bonus.

Benoit v King Booker fued, built around the world title will be awesome this fall/winter.

[Scree is SCIENCE! ENERGY!]

I have to go Smackdown. More often than not they at least have two entertaining matches plus a good skit or two. That and Mr. Kennedy is my favorite thing going right now in wrestling as a whole so it's an easy choice. The last few Raws I've watched have been painful, and makes me glad the one WWE show I get to watch on a consistent basis is SD!

[Drillbit Taylor]

ECW

[KingPopper]

Raw > (tna) > ECW > Smackdown

[Deleted]

Smackdown. Good tag matches, a great champion, JBL on commentary, Finlay- Regal- Benoit- Burchill soon enough. A pretty solid show.