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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 4, 2021 21:40:20 GMT -5
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Dawkins
Crews
Big E
Cesaro
Gable
Azeez (non-wrestling role)
Ziggler
D. Mysterio
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Owens
Corbin
Ford
Otis
R. Mysterio
Boogs (non-wrestling role)
Roode
Reigns
Zayn
Rollins
Nakamura
Slapjack/Thorne (inactive)
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Bayley
Belair
Carmella
Morgan
Natalya
Reckoning/Yim (inactive)
Banks (inactive)
Deville (non-wrestling role)
Tamina
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No wonder the match combinations are so well-trodden that they're a fine paste now... They need some kids! This is getting to latter-day WWE ECW levels, yet they keep dropping people and not replacing them. Three of the releases this week were SmackDown talents (Black, Murphy and Riott), in addition to EIGHT others already this year (Bryan, Kalisto, Sullivan, Rawley, Cutler, Blake, Kay and Green).
And this is supposed to sustain four and a half belts?
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Post by mistery on Jun 4, 2021 21:42:37 GMT -5
I can't speak for the men, but for the women's division its pretty clear they are going to run some combination of Bianca/Bayley/Sasha/Carmella until the heat death of the universe at this point.
Tonight was the first time I have legitimately gotten annoyed at Bianca and her promos as well. Maybe it's just the feud with Bayley but it was just so obnoxious and the feud itself is utterly heatless.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2021 22:29:23 GMT -5
Don’t forget Edge. I was looking forward to Black returning. Last week I was hoping maybe the Riott Squad was finally going to get a push then they lost in like three minutes. Got little excited when Liv came out tonight then she lost to Carmella in like four minutes. Nikamura and Boog are fun but they have done every combination of the Corbin feud already. I’m soo tired of the Usos drama, give Jimmy a short main event push so we can get this over with. Sami and KO is still going on for some reason. Where is Big E? Seriously the only thing I really marked for tonight is when Otis wrecked the Smoke Boyz. Give Dominic a mask already he doesn’t look threatening.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jun 4, 2021 22:33:05 GMT -5
Looks like we need another SUPERSTAR SHAKEUP!
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jun 4, 2021 22:46:03 GMT -5
Looks like we need another SUPERSTAR SHAKEUP! I can’t wait for the new blood NXT stars to get their fair shake at the main roster!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2021 22:49:51 GMT -5
What's also wild is that most of them are tied to some type of title feud. Come on now. We need to end the brand split or a shake up.
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Post by Cyno on Jun 4, 2021 22:52:05 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if they were ending the brand split between Raw and Smackdown.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 4, 2021 22:54:14 GMT -5
Looks like we need another SUPERSTAR SHAKEUP! WE NEED MORE KIDS! *SD gets Randy Orton* |
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Post by Spider2024 on Jun 4, 2021 22:55:17 GMT -5
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Post by polarbearpete on Jun 4, 2021 22:58:28 GMT -5
The 2016 brand extension left Smackdown with a similarly small active roster and the shows were great for a while, same as Smackdown is now.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jun 4, 2021 23:04:48 GMT -5
This is the bigger issue more than any misery booking or Roman being too invincible.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2021 23:11:32 GMT -5
The 2016 brand extension left Smackdown with a similarly small active roster and the shows were great for a while, same as Smackdown is now.  2016 Litdown had way more personality and it felt fresh, just new. This is a roster that makes a brand right here. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 4, 2021 23:13:04 GMT -5
The 2016 brand extension left Smackdown with a similarly small active roster and the shows were great for a while, same as Smackdown is now. To compare: Not to mention within a few weeks they added Heath Slater, Luke Harper, Rhyno and Nikki Bella (all while only losing Del Rio and Eva Marie). |
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jun 4, 2021 23:13:45 GMT -5
The 2016 brand extension left Smackdown with a similarly small active roster and the shows were great for a while, same as Smackdown is now. 2016 Litdown had way more personality and it felt fresh, just new. This is a roster that makes a brand right here. And half that roster is elsewhere now. |
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Jun 4, 2021 23:59:28 GMT -5
End the brand split. For at least 5 years if not more. Please.
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Post by Chiral on Jun 5, 2021 0:04:33 GMT -5
End the brand split. For at least 5 years if not more. Please. But then how would we have THE ONE NIGHT A YEAR WHERE RAW AND SMACKDOWN GO HEAD TO HEAD |
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jun 5, 2021 0:07:04 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if they were ending the brand split between Raw and Smackdown. From the ad they ran it looks like the house show tour will be co-brand and that has always been the number two factor in the split so that may be coming. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 5, 2021 0:08:47 GMT -5
End the brand split. For at least 5 years if not more. Please. Only issue is that WWE then tends to have all their favourites on BOTH shows, and that means more people end up with just the toaster leavins. |
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Jun 5, 2021 0:10:57 GMT -5
The 2016 brand extension left Smackdown with a similarly small active roster and the shows were great for a while, same as Smackdown is now. 2016 Litdown had way more personality and it felt fresh, just new. This is a roster that makes a brand right here. I chalk Litdown up to two very important factors; format and stars. For format, it just wasn't being written like Raw was. It felt fresh because Ryan Ward and Road Dogg were able to do stuff with its thin roster and with its overall presentation that let it become something different. They added Talking Smack and let people go onto it to cut some really amazing promos that helped sell the stories they built. But then backing that up was how they elevated a lot of people to the big times. Ambrose got one over on both other Shield members and took the title over with him, proving he could absolutely hang in the main event as hard as already-coronated Roman and Seth could. AJ continued his ascent, taking Cena down and then pivoting into his Ambrose feud, and locking himself in as a WWE hall of famer easily. Becky broke through in what wasn't yet her huge star making shot, but was at the time a huge feel good moment. Hell, even Slater and Rhyno getting over and getting the first tag title win was a big, happy culmination to a story that was over with the fans. The format felt fresh, the faces felt fresh, and everything had an air to it of being an interesting show that was still very much WWE, but was notably different in format, structure, and story progression from Raw. |
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Post by Totorob101 on Jun 5, 2021 0:22:30 GMT -5
At this point you have to wonder if vince and Co care any more.
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