Post-Mania Booking Outside of Main Event Scene

[CMWaters]

So...I know there are people who at least are saying they are dropping the company after the main (whether they do or don't is irrelevant here).

But let's put aside what happened in that match and anything that happens afterwards, and that includes the run in stuff. There were other matches on the show's two nights with various results, so where do things go from here?

One thing I can see is either the break-ups or at least restructurings of both Damage CTRL and Judgment Day. The former I can see Dakota and Iyo kicking Bayley out of the group for the perceived view that she hasn't gotten anything done while they have busted their asses, cutting a weak link. Judgment Day, with Rhea as Smackdown Champ she may become too busy to be on Raw, and even if he lost I don't think Dominik thinks it's done between him and his dad yet. And with the injury Finn took I don't see him being around for a while.

Speaking of Rhea, since she casually mentioned a few weeks ago "she'll get back to her" in regards to Bianca on an interview, I'm highly expecting them to do a Bianca/Rhea Women's Title Unification match now. If the top titles and the tags are staying together like they are, why not the Women's?

And in a "whatever" note, I fully expect them, assuming Shayna isn't too injured, to pull the trigger on Rousey and Shayna beating Becky and Lita for the tags.

Also I'm 85% sure that Theory is gonna face an NXT call-up on Raw.

[kingoftheindies]

Honestly starting to think both Bayley and Drew may be finishing up. Outside of that? The rosters need shaken up a bit.

Theory I think needs to lose the US title. Not gonna dunk on him as much as I have in the past but I still don't feel he's where they expect him to be and I also think the US title once again needs a bit of a rebuild.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

I agree with the Bianca and Rhea idea considering there's no one left for Bianca to beat other then her. And even with Rhea there isn't many options either on Smackdown. Other then Charlotte it's just Ronda who is in a tag team now, Raquel, and then a bunch of girls who have been jobbed out. Rhea and Becky would be a cool match that would feel big time but they are on separate brands so you can't do that.

Honestly it's just really hard to care at this point and that's not just because of the terrible ending of tonight's show. It's a roster full of talents who are either super stale due to being around for years or talents who have no credibility due to not being booked well. As a result there isn't a lot of great options for matchups all across the card. Really the only solution is to call up like three men and women from NXT and push them up the card quick. And even in that case the end game will just be them jobbing to Roman and Bianca and becoming irrelevant so that would be pointless too.

[DichEvans]

I would like them to build someone for Bianca to have a meaningful feud with. Outside of her two last Mania matches, I can't remember a single opponent of hers in the last calendar year

[A Little Doo Doo]

I've posted this before in another thread, but there's zero reason why the men's tag division can't be the best thing about the main roster coming out of WM.

KO & Sami (c)
Viking Raiders
Street Profits (though I wish they'd both do something else)
Usos (I don't want them anywhere near the titles anymore, but for now I'll include them)
New Day
Braun & Ricochet
Imperium
Legado
Butch & Ridge
Cedric & Shelton
Maximum Male Models
Los Lotharios
Boogs & Elias
Ali & Ziggler (I guess they're a team)
The O.C.
Gargano & Lumis

And you also still have teams waiting to be called up, like Pretty Deadly.

[XIII]

If Charlotte sticks around she’s going to go to Raw and need that title back.

Sami and KO? They’ll probably lose that shit back to the Uso’s lol

Theory maybe a Lashley feud?

Bron Breakker is either getting Theory or Gunther duty for sure since his gimmick is Championship Man.

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They badly need a draft, the women's divisions are stagnant as hell, and even the midcard guys need new challengers. Callups would also be pretty prevalant right now

I also think it might be time to let some people go you clearly don't have plans for, I know that usually happens with a dreaded "Spring Cleaning" but the Pandemic issues have passed and a lot of people could likely find new homes where they'd be used better than this, but on the flipside from certain comments like Bayley and Drew not re-upping his deal? Some people also might be leaving straight up soon, and if they do, you're definitely gonna need to replace them

[yokohamacpfc]

Some people will return after WM:

AJ will feud with Judgement Day.

Orton will target Theory.

Big E and Riddle's returns are up in the air, the former has a severe injury and the latter personal problems both of which are impossible to give a timeline for a return but IF they are good to go (and I'm optimistic given Big E was in the Snickers adverts) then Big E to target Gunther and Riddle to team with/annoy Orton while he goes after the US title.

Street Profits to split after failing to beat team Francophone Friendship for the titles? WM seemed like a last piece of glory for them and the office has big plans for Ford.

Asuka will go Pennywise heel and possibly get a faction.

[theironyuppie]

Apr 3, 2023 0:48:24 GMT -5 ThankGodForSidJustice said:

I agree with the Bianca and Rhea idea considering there's no one left for Bianca to beat other then her. And even with Rhea there isn't many options either on Smackdown. Other then Charlotte it's just Ronda who is in a tag team now, Raquel, and then a bunch of girls who have been jobbed out. Rhea and Becky would be a cool match that would feel big time but they are on separate brands so you can't do that.

Honestly it's just really hard to care at this point and that's not just because of the terrible ending of tonight's show. It's a roster full of talents who are either super stale due to being around for years or talents who have no credibility due to not being booked well. As a result there isn't a lot of great options for matchups all across the card. Really the only solution is to call up like three men and women from NXT and push them up the card quick. And even in that case the end game will just be them jobbing to Roman and Bianca and becoming irrelevant so that would be pointless too.

I suspect they're saving Rhea/Bianca for next Mania. My guess in the meantime is that Charlotte heads over to Raw. She's the one person who could dethrone Bianca and leave people feeling bad for Bianca rather than being glad a long and uneventful (in the sense of character development, she's just stayed the same EST throughout) reign is over.