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Post by attitudeeraguy22 on Jul 26, 2022 13:56:37 GMT -5
If they reinforce it they'll need more talent. Nick Khan is anti more talent. They don’t have a lack of talent. Between the men’s roster, part timers, women’s division, and NXT talent, they could fill out rosters on both shows. But you have to get stars on both. Smackdown was so great for awhile because they had the biggest fish (Roman) while Raw really couldn’t catch up. Now, Raw has guys like Cody and Orton and they overloaded in the draft. Raw got better while Smackdown lost depth. it was much better before those two were hurt. You just need to have stacked rosters on both brands.
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Post by Mecca on Jul 26, 2022 14:16:11 GMT -5
If they reinforce it they'll need more talent. Nick Khan is anti more talent. They don’t have a lack of talent. Between the men’s roster, part timers, women’s division, and NXT talent, they could fill out rosters on both shows. But you have to get stars on both. Smackdown was so great for awhile because they had the biggest fish (Roman) while Raw really couldn’t catch up. Now, Raw has guys like Cody and Orton and they overloaded in the draft. Raw got better while Smackdown lost depth. it was much better before those two were hurt. You just need to have stacked rosters on both brands. Most of NXT is not ready for primetime...
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 26, 2022 15:06:03 GMT -5
If they reinforce it they'll need more talent. Nick Khan is anti more talent. They don’t have a lack of talent. Between the men’s roster, part timers, women’s division, and NXT talent, they could fill out rosters on both shows. But you have to get stars on both. Smackdown was so great for awhile because they had the biggest fish (Roman) while Raw really couldn’t catch up. Now, Raw has guys like Cody and Orton and they overloaded in the draft. Raw got better while Smackdown lost depth. it was much better before those two were hurt. You just need to have stacked rosters on both brands. Unless you’re completely emptying out the top talent at NXT through callups, the main roster can definitely use some depth signings in the men’s, women’s and tag divisions.
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Post by sportatorium on Jul 26, 2022 15:07:12 GMT -5
Do Fox and/or USA require exclusivity for certain wrestlers? If not exclusivity, regularity. If Fox says, we only want Roman Reigns on our show- and it's written into their deal that they can ask for that, then the brand split will have to continue. If it's less formal than that, then I would imagine they can end it.
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Post by attitudeeraguy22 on Jul 26, 2022 17:13:35 GMT -5
They don’t have a lack of talent. Between the men’s roster, part timers, women’s division, and NXT talent, they could fill out rosters on both shows. But you have to get stars on both. Smackdown was so great for awhile because they had the biggest fish (Roman) while Raw really couldn’t catch up. Now, Raw has guys like Cody and Orton and they overloaded in the draft. Raw got better while Smackdown lost depth. it was much better before those two were hurt. You just need to have stacked rosters on both brands. Most of NXT is not ready for primetime... There’s many that are though. The Toxic Attraction ladies, Breakker, Creed Bros, Solo, Carmelo, Waller, and D’Angelo could all be called up and I think they’d all fit in well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2022 17:14:13 GMT -5
Most of NXT is not ready for primetime... There’s many that are though. The Toxic Attraction ladies, Breakker, Creed Bros, Solo, Carmelo, Waller, and D’Angelo could all be called up and I think they’d all fit in well. Grimes and Io should've both been called up ages ago, too.
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Post by Mecca on Jul 26, 2022 17:20:37 GMT -5
Breakker I think would suck hard on the main, he has literally no character.
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Post by attitudeeraguy22 on Jul 26, 2022 17:20:59 GMT -5
There’s many that are though. The Toxic Attraction ladies, Breakker, Creed Bros, Solo, Carmelo, Waller, and D’Angelo could all be called up and I think they’d all fit in well. Grimes and Io should've both been called up ages ago, too. Good call. I’m not a big Grimes fan, but he’s been in NXT long enough to eventually get a chance. Io too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2022 17:22:00 GMT -5
Breakker I think would suck hard on the main, he has literally no character. I'd put him in a tag team first. Watching his promo with Grimes a few weeks ago, I also got the feeling he'd be better as a heel.
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Post by Mecca on Jul 26, 2022 17:22:46 GMT -5
IO will probably still leave, if you were her why would you trust them?
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Post by attitudeeraguy22 on Jul 26, 2022 17:22:52 GMT -5
Breakker I think would suck hard on the main, he has literally no character. He’s got the intangibles. Literally he could just be a Brock Lesnar that dominates and has his uncle’s promo charisma and I think that can be a future star. Guys like Orton, Batista, and Cena weren’t immediate charisma machines either. Breakker has all the potential. Guarantee he will be one of WWE’s big players within five years.
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Post by Mecca on Jul 26, 2022 17:26:03 GMT -5
Breakker I think would suck hard on the main, he has literally no character. He’s got the intangibles. Literally he could just be a Brock Lesnar that dominates and has his uncle’s promo charisma and I think that can be a future star. Guys like Orton, Batista, and Cena weren’t immediate charisma machines either. Breakker has all the potential. Guarantee he will be one of WWE’s big players within five years. Tough to say, will WWE's style change, will it stay the same, so much is in flux now it's hard to make a call on much.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 26, 2022 21:05:36 GMT -5
IO will probably still leave, if you were her why would you trust them? Because Triple H is in charge and he pushed her as god-tier in NXT when he was in charge?
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jul 26, 2022 23:26:46 GMT -5
WWE: *separates brands* "End the brand split!" WWE: *merges brands* "We need another brand split!" Me quoting myself from 2 years ago:
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Post by ARI WOW WOW on Jul 27, 2022 0:00:04 GMT -5
WWE: *separates brands* "End the brand split!" WWE: *merges brands* "We need another brand split!" Me quoting myself from 2 years ago: OK so then, either way, it doesnt matter, it matters how its done. Like, with limited spots, you can 50/50 the mid-card while relegating the under-card to MainEvent and Superstars orrr elevate the mid-card with wins against the under-card on Raw/Smackdown. We need to first see what changes are gonna be brought to the booking of the shows. With Vince's ways, hard split is more beneficial, imo.
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Post by Facetious on Jul 27, 2022 0:20:39 GMT -5
I honestly think with Vince out of the mix you could easily make it work. SD 2016 was fantastic, while Raw was... your standard 3 hour slog.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Jul 27, 2022 0:38:06 GMT -5
Restock the coffers with talent, enforce the brand split more strongly, separate the unified titles again. ^^^ This. The new regime deserves a shot to see what they can do with the current formula, which can absolutely work if you adhere to the VERY EASY rules to follow that a certain someone forgot about like 2 weeks after the brand split.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 27, 2022 0:44:30 GMT -5
Sure, end it if you want to fire literally dozens of wrestlers. If you don't want to do that, then, no.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jul 27, 2022 9:49:27 GMT -5
Brand split: existsDozens of people on boards: SHOULD WE END THIS It's worth reexamining but no, keep it and reinforce it. Build more stars if you don't think you have enough viable stars for two brands. To reiterate my theory: Hard brand split. On set of titles, champions pull double duty of a (mostly) staggered basis. Both shows get four PPV’s a piece, the big four are cross brand, and further the Rumble and Survivor Series also features NXT stars. Two drafts every great, one is just swapping between the brands the other is NXT call ups.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Jul 27, 2022 11:30:33 GMT -5
Brand split: existsDozens of people on boards: SHOULD WE END THIS It's worth reexamining but no, keep it and reinforce it. Build more stars if you don't think you have enough viable stars for two brands. To reiterate my theory: Hard brand split. On set of titles, champions pull double duty of a (mostly) staggered basis. Both shows get four PPV’s a piece, the big four are cross brand, and further the Rumble and Survivor Series also features NXT stars. Two drafts every great, one is just swapping between the brands the other is NXT call ups. The only thing I'd disagree with is the one set of titles. I'd prefer unified champions at the top of each division (heavyweight, women, tag, women's tag, even cruiserweight if you're feeling motivated), but split midcard titles per brand. (Yes, this also implies that they're going to book the midcard, women, and tag divisions as anything more than an afterthought.) Did it though? I remember both years people enjoyed Smackdown more and always complained about Raw. There’s never been a time where both shows were appreciated at the same time. I don't think that's because of the brand split itself, though, just the writing and the way talents were used. I remember in 2016 everyone thought SDL got bitch slapped in the draft, but it was still a consistently great show every week up until about mid 2017. The latter was a function of the former. WWE raided SD's roster for main eventers, they built up new stars on SD and made it a consistently great show.
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