Finish the Brand Extension!

[Jared Has Been Enlightened :)]

It's horrible. It's given us a stale main event scene and way too much garbage aka "time filler". Still, the WWE writers are so horrible and Vince is so afraid of trying anything that isn't completely predictable, that you could give them a prime Stone Cold, Rock, Hogan, Savage, Flair, Sting, Taker, and Hitman all on one roster and they'd still manage to put on forgettable, uneventful shows.

They need to do something drastic, like fire the Hollywood writers and actually hire some wrestling guys.

TNA is where it's at. Better wrestling, a better roster than any single WWE brand, and they have actual storylines, something the WWE hasn't had since 2002.

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

I generally prefer TNA as well. I can see its faults, sure, but it's getting better as it goes along.

However, I just like my wrestling.

That being said, I think that the problem is not necessarily "Hollywood" writers, it's writers who don't understand what makes wrestling tick.

There's two routes they could go as far as I can see:
1) Correct me if I'm wrong, but to me, the whole "brand thing" really boils down to house shows.
What if a wrestler being part of a brand simply means that you will see them if you go to a house show of that brand?
They can still show up on any show during the week if needed.

2) If they are going to maintain the brands (which they certainly are now) why not create a false competitive atmosphere between Raw and Smackdown? Make their GM's look like they are genuinely trying to outdo each other each week and every PPV. It may be phony, but it might even be fun for a change.

[krazysane]

We will get there one day mr friend, one day

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www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wwf/wwfraw.htm

I find this quite funny.

The week before the separate brands came into effect, Raw scored a 5.4 in the ratings (March 25th, 2002) and the week before that they got a 5.3. They were getting mostly over 4.5 for many months before that, too.

They haven't been close to that since.

[bigmackdaddy]

WWF April 1999:

8-Ball
Al Snow
Animal
Bart Gunn
Big Boss Man
Billy Gunn
The Blue Meanie
Bradshaw
Brian Christopher
Christian
D'Lo Brown
Droz
Edge
Farooq
Gangrel
Godfather
Goldust
Hardcore Holly
Hawk
Jeff Hardy
Jeff Jarrett
Kane
Ken Shamrock
Kurrgan
Mankind
Matt Hardy
Midian
Owen Hart
Paul Wight
The Rock
Road Dogg
Scott Taylor
Sexual Chocolate (Mark Henry)
Skull
Steve Austin
Steve Blackman
Test
Tiger Ali Singh
Triple H
Undertaker
Val Venis
Viscera
X-Pac


WWE Now - assuming the extension ends, and cuts are made:

Batista
Bobby Lashley
Brian Kendrick
Carlito
Charlie Haas
Chavo Guerrero
Chuck Palumbo
CM Punk
Cody Rhodes
Deuce
DH Smith
Domino
Drew McIntyre
Edge
Elijah Burke
Festus
Finlay
Gregory Helms
Jamie Noble
Jeff Hardy
Jesse
John Morrison
John Cena
Kane
Lance Cade
Mark Henry
Matt Hardy
Montel Vontavious Porter
Mr. Kennedy
Paul London
Randy Orton
Rey Mysterio
Ric Flair
Santino Marella
Shawn Michaels
Shelton Benjamin
Stevie Richards
Tommy Dreamer
Trevor Murdoch
Triple H
Umaga
The Undertaker
Val Venis

Titles:

WWE title + World Heavyweight title + ECW title = WWE World Title
US title + Intercontinental title = WWE North American Title
Wold Tag-Team title + WWE Tag-Team title = WWE World Tag Title
Eliminate the Cruiserweight title
Keep the Women's Title

Both rosters have 43 men, and unlike 1999, there are three television shows (or five hours a week) now, so every man can get a spot on TV. Also, with the combined rosters the main event won't be as stagnant. It's a known fact that ratings have been on a sharp decline since the brand split, so unifying the rosters and doing away with the excessive and diluted championships will help ratings.

But that alone won't help the booking; the second greatest reason for the ratings decline.