Paco
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Post by Paco on Jan 2, 2013 23:08:32 GMT -5
Smackdown from 2002 till 2004. Thought RAW sucked.
I flipped in 2004 cause...well, Smackdown now sucked and RAW was pretty good.
No real allegiance since 2005.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jan 2, 2013 23:18:13 GMT -5
I was loyal to WWF over WCW, but I've never been "loyal" to one of the WWE shows, as they're both the same company. This. From the beginning I thought it was a half-assed attempt to recreate the WWF vs. WCW feud. I always found it incredibly stupid that a company would actively try to get consumers to be loyal to half of their product.
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Post by cool245 on Jan 2, 2013 23:24:23 GMT -5
After the brand split I watched both for a few months and then I only watched Raw until 2005 when I stopped watching WWE regularly.
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Jan 2, 2013 23:36:13 GMT -5
I don't have cable, so from 2008 to late 2010 I was a Smackdown fan. I am not exaggerating, excluding bits and pieces and internet clips, the first RAW episode I watched start to finish was RAW 1000. I was probably the only person who got hyped over the draft. Being about 10 or 11 when I started watching, I had huge brand loyalty. I remember being outraged when the WHC went to RAW. "What the hell, man!? That's OUR title!" Those were some good times. If you watched during 2002-2005, the WHC was Raw's main title then until Batista brought the title to Smackdown, same with Cena bringing the WWE title to Raw. Anyway, I never had real loyalty. I liked watching both shows for the difference in how they presented themselves. Raw was always the show with segments and a few matches here and there with a lot of the drama occurring. Smackdown felt like how a wrestling show should feel. Sure, they had segments but at least the show didn't drag with 20-minute long segments at the start. Most of the time, Smackdown started with a match. I never had any real loyalty to either brand as stated before.
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Post by celticjobber on Jan 2, 2013 23:39:21 GMT -5
Not really. But I thought Smackdown was the better show at one point several years ago.
I did have loyalty to the WWF during the Monday Night Wars, however. I was never much of a WCW fan, and always saw it as second-rate.
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Jan 2, 2013 23:47:08 GMT -5
I completely forgot there was a brand split.
Then again, if you showed me pictures of 10 different wrestlers, I wouldn't know which brands they're on.
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Post by sludgehammer on Jan 3, 2013 0:47:09 GMT -5
I was "loyal" to ECW. Got legit upset during all of the drafts when they kept f***ing ECW especially when The Sandman went to RAW (which turned out to be a pretty great run actually)
I mean, not legit loyal, but you know in a smarky way
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Post by J.O.B. Squad on Jan 3, 2013 0:53:10 GMT -5
I was a bigger fan of Smackdown for awhile there when they were on My Network TV(Lived out in the country at the time so the only tv I could get in my room was local) then it slowly became matches I could care less seeing,I'm not loyal to any WWE brand I love watching them all but currently the only show I watch on the regular is WWE RAW.
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Post by ayumidah on Jan 3, 2013 4:01:26 GMT -5
I was loyal to the ECW brand from late 2008 until the bitter end. Same here.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Jan 3, 2013 7:39:18 GMT -5
I was loyal to Smackdown before I got Sky+, as it was shown at 10 in the evening, compared to RAW which was on at one in the morning, which seemed impossible to stay up for as a kid.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jan 3, 2013 9:03:25 GMT -5
I was never loyal to one brand. I quit watching raw during the reign of terror, then I eventually quit smackdown because I got sick of steph.
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Essential1
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Post by Essential1 on Jan 3, 2013 9:10:36 GMT -5
Always been loyal to RAW. Last show under the WWF name was in London and it was RAW exclusive. After this I hardly watched Smackdown but would catch it if the spoilers sounded cool. I knew they had better wrestlers but alot of their storylines didn't really appeal to me. WWE Cruiserweights were never my thing either.
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 3, 2013 10:21:42 GMT -5
There were no "brands". Raw and Smackdown were owned by the same company.
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Post by CM Parish on Jan 3, 2013 10:39:56 GMT -5
I've always watched Raw and read Smackdown spoilers.
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Jan 3, 2013 11:17:29 GMT -5
I was loyal to the ECW brand from late 2008 until the bitter end. Same here....I didn't mind missing Smackdown or RAW, but I always had to record ECW, especially during Christian's reigns as champ.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2013 11:27:06 GMT -5
Oh, God, yes!
I was always pro-SmackDown.
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Malcolm
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Post by Malcolm on Jan 3, 2013 12:06:13 GMT -5
I was always pro-Smackdown, but by default because I didn't have cable at the time.
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Dang!
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Post by Dang! on Jan 3, 2013 12:50:43 GMT -5
Why would anyone? The whole brand stuff is just WWE being too big in their game of monopoly so they have to fake divide their roster. From a business standpoint that's a clever decision, since a fake competition within WWE prevents a stronger competition from outside (TNA, ROH or even something bigger).
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Post by dirtyoldman on Jan 3, 2013 13:03:02 GMT -5
For example, during the original Brand Split, I was obsessed with Smackdown being the 'true' WWE brand (I didn't have Sky Sports and could only watch Smackdown on Sky One) and would use any small details I could to try and convince myself of this. I was the same. I could only get Smackdown and the Smackdown brand came to Belfast all the time so I guess I was forced to be a Smackdown supporter. I always thought it was a bit unfair that if a big name returned it always was on the RAW show. OF course, i knew whenever they did a RAW vs SD fued then Smackdown would always have to win so it didn't look like a total b-show. Still, we had undertaker, brock, and the smackdown 6 so we probably were the better show.
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Juice
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Post by Juice on Jan 3, 2013 18:19:09 GMT -5
I thought Smackdown was vastly superior up until HHH spent a year there.
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