Should 205 Live be more exclusive like NXT?

[clifford]

It's pretty apparant that WWE has mishandled the entire cruiserweight division since the conclusion of the CWC.

Cramming 6/8 guys into 5 minutes on Raw does not work. Sticking 4 out of every 5 title matches on the PPV kick off shows does not work. Having hardly any storylines that don't revolve around the Cruiserweight title does not work.

205 live is already a network exclusive. Why not just move them off of Raw and have them exclusively on 205 Live, and instead of throwaway PPV kickoff matches, put on Takeover like events 4 to 5 times a year.

Surely this is a better use of the talents? Cause making them just smaller WWE superstars is useless. Hell hopefully Vince would forget it exists like he does with NXT.

[lince]

I don't think you could give them their own Takeover like PPVs but you could have Cruiserweight championship matches at Nxt Takeovers, I think that sounds pretty good actually. Or you could just merge them with Nxt completely because as it is it's just not working.

[Georgina's Fancy Water]

That'd just mean way less people watching and probably even less pay for the guys there.

[clifford]

Nov 21, 2017 17:14:09 GMT -5 Georgina's Fancy Water said:

That'd just mean way less people watching and probably even less pay for the guys there.

How is it less people watching? It would still be after Smackdown on the network.

[Mayonnaise]

Nov 21, 2017 17:06:39 GMT -5 lince said:

I don't think you could give them their own Takeover like PPVs but you could have Cruiserweight championship matches at Nxt Takeovers, I think that sounds pretty good actually. Or you could just merge them with Nxt completely because as it is it's just not working.

Yeah, they could alternate between the UK and Cruiserweight championships being defended on the Takeover events, hell put them under the NXT brand as well so they can shuffle talent around to get more work. That could open them up to doing a MYC show under the NXT banner too.

I do not want them to fold 205 though because it is a damned fun show. It reminds me of the ECW revival where it started really rough and turned people away so by the time the show found its legs, it was too late.

[Bub (BLM)]

I definitely think 205 should be taped at Full Sail. The wrestlers would feel a lot more important in front of a crowd that actually reacted to them.

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It shouldn't even exist.

[cassonova]

I definitely think that 205 should get away from the main shows. The writing alone is makes it Raw: Little Person Edition, as in it has the same pratfalls all Raw or Smackdown has...which frankly turns me off (that and the recycling of storylines that allow for nearly the same 8 man tags every other week). This saddens me because they have the talent and a perfect show length for episodic storytelling. Hopefully getting away from that and either going alone or pairing it with NXT would give it a creative shot in the arm.

[Deleted]

It's the best WWE show right now. I hope most of the higher ups have forgotten it exists so they leave it alone.

[King Devitt]

Nov 21, 2017 18:12:12 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

I definitely think 205 should be taped at Full Sail. The wrestlers would feel a lot more important in front of a crowd that actually reacted to them.

Agreed, I've been saying this since the beginning.

Go back and watch the reactions Rich Swann was getting.
Watch the reactions Cedric got (Please Sign Cedric) in front of that crowd.

If they were in front of the NXT crowd that made them feel like bigger deals, then they would feel like bigger deals.

I would watch 205 Live every single week if they had the crowd they deserve.