Brand split?

[rybackrulez]

With wwe seemingly wanting to make sd as important as raw, with so many talents getting unused. With so much talent in nxt. Does anybody want a brand split redux?

What people complained about happening with no split. Has come to fruition. So does anybody else feel like wwe needs to have the brand split.

I am suggesting a sawft one though. Implied split with talents getting used mostly on the one show. But I guess three hour raws were supposed to give everyone time to get over

[Instant Classic]

They could use one, but I doubt there will be one anytime in the near future.

[Hit Girl]

No

They need stronger distinctions between divisions (WWE, IC, Tag, Divas), not a brand split.

That would help unused talent find a purpose.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

I think a soft brand split would work, but the idea of making RAW and SD equal again is dead. The Corporation angle may make SD watchable, but it ultimately diminishes the WHC's importance to the show, which still makes the brands imbalanced. I think the best thing they can do is unify the titles and let Raw be the main eventer show and let SD be the midcarder show (combining NXT Redemption's lower card shenanigans with Main Event's initial concept of a hyped marquee main event match featuring advertised top talent). All the top talents can work on Raw, all the midcarders can work on SD, and "important midcarders" like Miz, Shield, etc. work both shows.

[rybackrulez]

SAwft

Yeah using sd as a place for lower level talent and out of the loop main eventers would work.

Also really like having tons of belts. I am a belt mark.

But not really being a full blown split, just under the radar enough to be the "wrestling" show

[Deleted]

I think to help out Smackdown in the star power department, HHH should make his appearances exclusively on SD.

[Deleted]

I'd much rather them figure out how to book the whole roster effectively across both shows. That way we don't know exactly who we're going to see on each show every week, and each show encourages you to watch the other.

They have 50 male and 12 female wrestlers on the main roster. 5 hours of TV between the two shows. I think it shouldn't be that hard to spread everyone out evenly over the two shows and have enough star power on each to keep the ratings from dropping.

[rnrk supports BLM]

Sept 6, 2013 13:47:20 GMT -5 rybackrulez said:

With wwe seemingly wanting to make sd as important as raw

That's precisely the reason to kill the last lingering vestiges of the brand split, not to bring it back. Right now, Smackdown actually has the same A-plot as RAW, which is Bryan vs. Orton. That feels a lot more important than when they laughably try to pretend Alberto del Rio is worth giving a damn about.

[CubsFan71]

Honestly I would welcome it. I very much enjoyed the brand split. But if they should decide to do it, the talent should be split evenly between the two.