Madagascar Fred
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Dec 31, 2013 6:45:16 GMT -5
seems as if WWE will now rely more than ever on big names and stars of the past, I guess til WM season is over. So why not go full circle and make RAW the show where the big (real) stars appear, and let the scrubs do their little midcard thingy no one cares about on Smackdown
RAW Roster would look like this: HHH & Stephanie (top position of course) The Rock (whenever/if he'll return) John Cena Randy Orton Brock Lesnar Batista Jeff Hardy RVD Chris Jericho Mark Henry Big Show Big E Langston Kane Roman Reigns Alberto Del Rio Rey Mysterio Great Khali CM Punk (back to the midcard baby! nowhere near the real stars of course) Dean Ambrose (see CM Punk) Seth Rollins (see CM Punk) Daniel Bryan (see CM Punk) Wyatt Family (see CM Punk)
non-active folks in recurring roles: Hulk Hogan Ric Flair Shawn Michaels Mick Foley Edge Booker T
Smackdown roster: Christian Rhodes Brothers Real Americans The Usos Damien Sandow Miz Kofi Kingston Sin Cara Tyson Kidd Fandango Justin Gabriel Evan Bourne Bad News Barrett Ryback Primetime Players Curtis Axel Brodus Clay Los Matadores Truth & Woods Tensai 3MB Santino Zack Ryder Curt Hawkins JTG Dolph Ziggler
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"Magic" Mark Hurr
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Dec 31, 2013 7:44:59 GMT -5
So they are gonna recreate the Scrubs intro with the Backstage Doctor putting up the X-ray of whatever's wrestler is injured at the end of it.
Or the theme to scrubs over the smackdown intro ending with Cena doing a Cena wins lol picture for when it says "I'm no Superman."
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TheDieselTrain
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Dec 31, 2013 7:53:50 GMT -5
Id mark if TLC's song "Scrubs" was the SmackDown theme song.
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Post by mrtuesday on Dec 31, 2013 9:00:18 GMT -5
seems as if WWE will now rely more than ever on big names and stars of the past, I guess til WM season is over. So why not go full circle and make RAW the show where the big (real) stars appear, and let the scrubs do their little midcard thingy no one cares about on Smackdown Because that's not what Syfy is paying for. Syfy is paying for a WWE show that features some main event talent. ECW had Angle, RVD, Big Show & Benoit for this reason. When ECW became all about ip-and-comers and mid-carders, Syfy canned it. It wasn't what they paid for. NXT was supposed to be about Main Eventers training up-and-comers. That lasted a few months before it was mid-carders and jobbers training. Syfy canned it. It wasn't what they paid for. Smackdown, is what Syfy is paying for. They get a few big names showing up for a segment or two. It's all about pleasing the network.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 31, 2013 9:05:20 GMT -5
seems as if WWE will now rely more than ever on big names and stars of the past, I guess til WM season is over. So why not go full circle and make RAW the show where the big (real) stars appear, and let the scrubs do their little midcard thingy no one cares about on Smackdown Because that's not what Syfy is paying for. Syfy is paying for a WWE show that features some main event talent. ECW had Angle, RVD, Big Show & Benoit for this reason. When ECW became all about ip-and-comers and mid-carders, Syfy canned it. It wasn't what they paid for. NXT was supposed to be about Main Eventers training up-and-comers. That lasted a few months before it was mid-carders and jobbers training. Syfy canned it. It wasn't what they paid for. Smackdown, is what Syfy is paying for. They get a few big names showing up for a segment or two. It's all about pleasing the network. WWE should start hyping those guys and making them matter. For every five fans that want to see John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan or The Miz, there should be at least three who wouldn't mind seeing Heath Slater, Zack Ryder, Tyson Kidd or Curt Hawkins. Syfy wouldn't care if the show featured all midcarders if WWE themselves actually made people care about them. Perhaps a compromise would involve featuring at least 1-2 main event talents to open/close the show every week. Say the show opens with MizTV featuring Alex Riley and closes with John Cena vs. JTG.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 31, 2013 9:20:00 GMT -5
That scrub, John Cena, was on Smackdown last week. And the aforementioned Smackdown scrubs also are on RAW and most don't even appear on Smackdown on a regularly basis. The people you called the upper tier make more appearances they done. Since we are entering Mania season and tv contracts are coming up, Smackdown will have the same cast of characters for both shows.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 21:18:32 GMT -5
Because that's not what Syfy is paying for. Syfy is paying for a WWE show that features some main event talent. ECW had Angle, RVD, Big Show & Benoit for this reason. When ECW became all about ip-and-comers and mid-carders, Syfy canned it. It wasn't what they paid for. NXT was supposed to be about Main Eventers training up-and-comers. That lasted a few months before it was mid-carders and jobbers training. Syfy canned it. It wasn't what they paid for. Smackdown, is what Syfy is paying for. They get a few big names showing up for a segment or two. It's all about pleasing the network. Syfy didn't can ECW, WWE decided to replace it with NXT. And Syfy dropped NXT to replace it with Smackdown
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Post by rapidfire187 on Dec 31, 2013 21:53:22 GMT -5
Wtf @ Jeff Hardy?
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RIHT
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Post by RIHT on Jan 1, 2014 1:31:20 GMT -5
Because that's not what Syfy is paying for. Syfy is paying for a WWE show that features some main event talent. ECW had Angle, RVD, Big Show & Benoit for this reason. When ECW became all about ip-and-comers and mid-carders, Syfy canned it. It wasn't what they paid for. NXT was supposed to be about Main Eventers training up-and-comers. That lasted a few months before it was mid-carders and jobbers training. Syfy canned it. It wasn't what they paid for. Smackdown, is what Syfy is paying for. They get a few big names showing up for a segment or two. It's all about pleasing the network. WWE should start hyping those guys and making them matter. For every five fans that want to see John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan or The Miz, there should be at least three who wouldn't mind seeing Heath Slater, Zack Ryder, Tyson Kidd or Curt Hawkins. Syfy wouldn't care if the show featured all midcarders if WWE themselves actually made people care about them. Perhaps a compromise would involve featuring at least 1-2 main event talents to open/close the show every week. Say the show opens with MizTV featuring Alex Riley and closes with John Cena vs. JTG.That would be worse than just mid-carders on Smackdown. What would Alex Riley talk about on MizTV? His commentary? And if people think Cena beats decent talent too easily, imagine main events against JTG.
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 1, 2014 1:38:25 GMT -5
He may or may not have sent out a tweet saying he was returning at Rumble. I don't care enough to dig deeper into it. Sounds fake, though.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 1, 2014 2:06:00 GMT -5
WWE should start hyping those guys and making them matter. For every five fans that want to see John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan or The Miz, there should be at least three who wouldn't mind seeing Heath Slater, Zack Ryder, Tyson Kidd or Curt Hawkins. Syfy wouldn't care if the show featured all midcarders if WWE themselves actually made people care about them. Perhaps a compromise would involve featuring at least 1-2 main event talents to open/close the show every week. Say the show opens with MizTV featuring Alex Riley and closes with John Cena vs. JTG.That would be worse than just mid-carders on Smackdown. What would Alex Riley talk about on MizTV? His commentary? And if people think Cena beats decent talent too easily, imagine main events against JTG. SmackDown is only the B-show. Riley or any other guest on MizTV doesn't have to talk about anything. And yes, he and Miz can talk about commentary and make a friendly bet over who the superior one is (admittedly Miz) Riley and Miz can just shoot the shit for five minutes or so and crack jokes at each other until some random heel(s) like 3MB interrupt. Some wacky insults can be traded and then Vickie can make a tag match between Miz/Riley against 3MB, What would be wrong with pitting John Cena against a lower carder? The little jimmies and casuals will tune in/buy a ticket to see John Cena no matter who he's wrestling, whether its JTG, or Randy Orton. And while Cena is just going to Cena-Up and win with the Five Moves of Doom anyway, he can still make another guy look good by bumping around for their offense for 5-10 minutes. The casuals who don't know any better will think, "Wow, he's actually beating up John Cena. He must be good." WWE needs to take that short term hit for its long term future. The only way that these lesser talents will ever get over is if WWE actually treats them like they matter. You're basically saying that "These guys aren't over, they shouldn't even bother trying".
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RIHT
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Post by RIHT on Jan 1, 2014 2:23:18 GMT -5
That would be worse than just mid-carders on Smackdown. What would Alex Riley talk about on MizTV? His commentary? And if people think Cena beats decent talent too easily, imagine main events against JTG. SmackDown is only the B-show. Riley or any other guest on MizTV doesn't have to talk about anything. And yes, he and Miz can talk about commentary and make a friendly bet over who the superior one is (admittedly Miz) Riley and Miz can just shoot the shit for five minutes or so and crack jokes at each other until some random heel(s) like 3MB interrupt. Some wacky insults can be traded and then Vickie can make a tag match between Miz/Riley against 3MB, What would be wrong with pitting John Cena against a lower carder? The little jimmies and casuals will tune in/buy a ticket to see John Cena no matter who he's wrestling, whether its JTG, or Randy Orton. And while Cena is just going to Cena-Up and win with the Five Moves of Doom anyway, he can still make another guy look good by bumping around for their offense for 5-10 minutes. The casuals who don't know any better will think, "Wow, he's actually beating up John Cena. He must be good." WWE needs to take that short term hit for its long term future. The only way that these lesser talents will ever get over is if WWE actually treats them like they matter. You're basically saying that "These guys aren't over, they shouldn't even bother trying". I agree with you here, I was just taking a shot at the example. Also, with that being said, WWE should ease into that sort of thing. Maybe have a smaller guy pick up wins, then challenge Cena in a grudge match or something and have a small feud with him before Cena's main feud at the time or something.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jan 1, 2014 9:54:14 GMT -5
That would be worse than just mid-carders on Smackdown. What would Alex Riley talk about on MizTV? His commentary? SmackDown is only the B-show. Riley or any other guest on MizTV doesn't have to talk about anything. Now I have this image in my head of Miz and Riley just standing in the ring unable to make conversation. [long pause] Miz: So Riley....uh, what have you been up to. Riley: Nothing much, doing some commentary. Miz: Me too. Oh, and I'm fueding with Kofi again. Riley: That's nice. [another long pause] Miz: Well...I guess I'll see you around. Riley: Yeah...bye. [segment ends]
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Jan 1, 2014 19:19:08 GMT -5
Id mark if TLC's song "Scrubs" was the SmackDown theme song. No! Del Rio's a scrub A scrub is a guy that can't no heat from me Ever since he ditched his rides For his aggressive side He's failed to interest me
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 19:26:47 GMT -5
Smackdown could benefit from being narrated by a quirky new wrestler named James Delano, who has no idea what he's in for as he enters the wide world of WWE.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 1, 2014 19:35:12 GMT -5
Smackdown could benefit from being narrated by a quirky new wrestler named James Delano, who has no idea what he's in for as he enters the wide world of WWE. I think Big E Langston has the voice to be the "narrator".
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 19:37:32 GMT -5
If we get Scrubs on Smackdown, does this mean that Regal is Dr. Cox?
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Jan 1, 2014 19:37:48 GMT -5
So sick of the Smackdown roster hanging out the passenger side of their best friend's ride, trying to holler at me.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 1, 2014 19:42:59 GMT -5
If we get Scrubs on Smackdown, does this mean that Regal is Dr. Cox? I think Punk is Dr. Cox.
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