DMO-
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Post by DMO- on May 2, 2013 17:07:37 GMT -5
Remember all the "end the brand split!" posts we had on here, for years? WE WON! *confetti* Okay not really. Now it's gonna be flooded with posts that people want the brand split back and that it never should have ended.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 17:58:54 GMT -5
Remember all the "end the brand split!" posts we had on here, for years? WE WON! *confetti* Okay not really. And just a few months earlier, they replaced the Spinner Belt! And of couse, Cena had a heel turn, though only in the most literal sense.
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Post by fazzle on May 2, 2013 18:30:55 GMT -5
This is just so that they can trick people into going to SD house shows and not realizing it until they're already there
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 2, 2013 20:32:10 GMT -5
Remember all the "end the brand split!" posts we had on here, for years? WE WON! *confetti* Okay not really. Now it's gonna be flooded with posts that people want the brand split back and that it never should have ended. The way I see it, it never should've ended. But they should've unified the belts and dropped the pretense that the brands were equal a long time ago.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 2, 2013 21:13:55 GMT -5
Countdown to Masters in sombrero starts....
Now.
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Juice
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Post by Juice on May 2, 2013 21:30:33 GMT -5
The brand split quit being effective years ago and this is a long time coming. Sadly in the days when the shows were treated as equals it was a great period in wrestling.
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Toates Madhackrviper
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on May 2, 2013 23:38:51 GMT -5
I like the brand split because it gives talent more opportunity for screentime which is always a positive to me but it really doesn't fit with the roster currently. There's not enough starpower to carry a second brand and personally while I like the idea of an official b brand run by midcard talent for some reason I don't like the idea of Smackdown being that show. Can't explain it, maybe because I'm used to it being a major show with Main Eventers...
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 2, 2013 23:47:37 GMT -5
I like the brand split because it gives talent more opportunity for screentime which is always a positive to me but it really doesn't fit with the roster currently. There's not enough starpower to carry a second brand and personally while I like the idea of an official b brand run by midcard talent for some reason I don't like the idea of Smackdown being that show. Can't explain it, maybe because I'm used to it being a major show with Main Eventers... I think an official B-brand would work. You could use the midcard guys that WWE pretends are important. Miz is pretty much a midcard guy now, but WWE still pretends he's a big deal. He could be the face of the B-brand. A guy like Wade Barrett or Cody Rhodes could also get major focus on the brand. I think the best way to go about it would be to scale back some of the top guys appearances and rotate them. Guys like Orton, Del Rio, Big Show, Ziggler, Hell No, etc. CAN work on both RAW and SmackDown, but they don't HAVE to be on both RAW and SmackDown in a given week. The problem we have right now is that there are so many wrestlers that WWE likes to present as "top guys": John Cena CM Punk Ryback Dolph Ziggler Alberto Del Rio Sheamus Big Show Randy Orton Daniel Bryan Kane Mark Henry Jack Swagger The Miz Wade Barrett Chris Jericho when he's around Christian when he's around Rey Mysterio when he's around Each of these guys has a seemingly obligatory appearance on every RAW and SmackDown (except Cena/Punk), leaving very little room for the midcard. Kofi is pretty much the "token midcarder", and as much as I like them, Ryder and 3MB are the "token jobbers". Even the undercard has its "status quo" guys. And their PPVs are stacked as if they're supercards. Personally, I think the midcard should get more PPV appearances and the only times that a PPV should be loaded with top level talent are the Big 4. Right now, WWE treats all of their PPVs like supercards. They try to shoe horn all of their main event talent into the PPV, and if there's a little extra time to kill, then they'll have a Divas match, or "Heel Midcard Champion vs. Justin Gabriel".
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Post by Sparvid on May 2, 2013 23:49:58 GMT -5
Unify the GM's into Composite Teddy Long.
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Toates Madhackrviper
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on May 3, 2013 0:03:14 GMT -5
I like the brand split because it gives talent more opportunity for screentime which is always a positive to me but it really doesn't fit with the roster currently. There's not enough starpower to carry a second brand and personally while I like the idea of an official b brand run by midcard talent for some reason I don't like the idea of Smackdown being that show. Can't explain it, maybe because I'm used to it being a major show with Main Eventers... I think an official B-brand would work. You could use the midcard guys that WWE pretends are important. Miz is pretty much a midcard guy now, but WWE still pretends he's a big deal. He could be the face of the B-brand. A guy like Wade Barrett or Cody Rhodes could also get major focus on the brand. I think the best way to go about it would be to scale back some of the top guys appearances and rotate them. Guys like Orton, Del Rio, Big Show, Ziggler, Hell No, etc. CAN work on both RAW and SmackDown, but they don't HAVE to be on both RAW and SmackDown in a given week. The problem we have right now is that there are so many wrestlers that WWE likes to present as "top guys": John Cena CM Punk Ryback Dolph Ziggler Alberto Del Rio Sheamus Big Show Randy Orton Daniel Bryan Kane Mark Henry Jack Swagger The Miz Wade Barrett Chris Jericho when he's around Christian when he's around Rey Mysterio when he's around Each of these guys has a seemingly obligatory appearance on every RAW and SmackDown (except Cena/Punk), leaving very little room for the midcard. Kofi is pretty much the "token midcarder", and as much as I like them, Ryder and 3MB are the "token jobbers". Even the undercard has its "status quo" guys. And their PPVs are stacked as if they're supercards. Personally, I think the midcard should get more PPV appearances and the only times that a PPV should be loaded with top level talent are the Big 4. Right now, WWE treats all of their PPVs like supercards. They try to shoe horn all of their main event talent into the PPV, and if there's a little extra time to kill, then they'll have a Divas match, or "Heel Midcard Champion vs. Justin Gabriel". Agreed And they really need to stop overexposing the top level talent and make it more of a special thing to see them wrestle so they'll sell more pay per views, and more of a special thing that they appear AT ALL to sell more pay per views and get higher ratings. But they fear leaving Cena off the show because that specific show will get lesser buyrates/ratings so they overexpose him for immediate gain rather than making him MORE of a ratings/money draw by making his very appearance a special event.
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amaron
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Post by amaron on May 3, 2013 0:35:00 GMT -5
I think an official B-brand would work. You could use the midcard guys that WWE pretends are important. Miz is pretty much a midcard guy now, but WWE still pretends he's a big deal. He could be the face of the B-brand. A guy like Wade Barrett or Cody Rhodes could also get major focus on the brand. I think the best way to go about it would be to scale back some of the top guys appearances and rotate them. Guys like Orton, Del Rio, Big Show, Ziggler, Hell No, etc. CAN work on both RAW and SmackDown, but they don't HAVE to be on both RAW and SmackDown in a given week. The problem we have right now is that there are so many wrestlers that WWE likes to present as "top guys": John Cena CM Punk Ryback Dolph Ziggler Alberto Del Rio Sheamus Big Show Randy Orton Daniel Bryan Kane Mark Henry Jack Swagger The Miz Wade Barrett Chris Jericho when he's around Christian when he's around Rey Mysterio when he's around Each of these guys has a seemingly obligatory appearance on every RAW and SmackDown (except Cena/Punk), leaving very little room for the midcard. Kofi is pretty much the "token midcarder", and as much as I like them, Ryder and 3MB are the "token jobbers". Even the undercard has its "status quo" guys. And their PPVs are stacked as if they're supercards. Personally, I think the midcard should get more PPV appearances and the only times that a PPV should be loaded with top level talent are the Big 4. Right now, WWE treats all of their PPVs like supercards. They try to shoe horn all of their main event talent into the PPV, and if there's a little extra time to kill, then they'll have a Divas match, or "Heel Midcard Champion vs. Justin Gabriel". Agreed And they really need to stop overexposing the top level talent and make it more of a special thing to see them wrestle The only way I see that happening is if they go back to jobber matches.
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Mochi Lone Wolf
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on May 3, 2013 0:38:16 GMT -5
Might as well go all the way since it's only been a brand split in name only for a while. Hope they do unify the titles.
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Post by nate5054 on May 3, 2013 0:50:19 GMT -5
I wonder if this means that John Cena or CM Punk will start making more than the occasional appearance on SmackDown. I doubt it. Smackdown really is the lesser show. Too bad the draft will end though, that was a fun show usually.
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Post by Fearless The Tank on May 3, 2013 1:44:46 GMT -5
If the brand split does end, and a bunch of wrestlers get cut because of it, TNA and ROH will have a field day. I think we can see some real competition for WWE if the roster split ends.
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Post by fazzle on May 3, 2013 2:05:47 GMT -5
Won't happen, because even though the roster split is ending, it's simply in name alone. If you look at the schedule on WWE.com, they're still running 2 house shows a night, so they're still going to need all the people they've got.
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Post by CourtesyFlush on May 3, 2013 2:17:06 GMT -5
If this happened 3,4, or 5 years ago when WWE had some legit talent it would have been big news. They still had HBK, Batista, Taker, big name guys who can carry a show. But WWE had them split up and ruined everything. Now when their talent pool blows so hard, they want to end the stupid brand split! Cesaro and Ambrose are the only guys on the roster with the "IT" factor. Somebody better get Cena some of that holy grail stuff from the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade because WWE ain't got nobody worth a damn to carry em!!
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on May 3, 2013 4:45:45 GMT -5
Dumb idea but then again Smackdown has treated like joke over the past few years so its hardly surprising.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on May 3, 2013 4:49:17 GMT -5
I guess I'm in the small minority that's actually going to miss it.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2013 5:35:33 GMT -5
I posted this on here days before PWI picked up on it. I was definately informed by an "anoymous source" inside WWE.
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Post by Jiren on May 3, 2013 5:38:05 GMT -5
Dumb idea but then again Smackdown has treated like joke over the past few years so its hardly surprising. I miss SD of 2003 when it was the s***
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