Brand extension idea

[Bobafett]

ok, heres my idea, (i'm eeping ecw out of this at the moment because its easier ti explain using just 2 examples )

Raw And Smackdon each pick 10 "Francise stars" so to speak

so say RAW has: HHH, HBK, Cena, Edge, Orton, Carlito, Masters, Benjamin, Hass and Umaga

and SD! has: Batista, Booker, Rey, Helms, Benoit, Kennedy, Finlay, Undertaker, MVP and Kane

The rest? they can float from one show to the next

but what about the titles you ask..ok..say uper Crazy wins the crusier title from Helms, he temporarily becomes exclusive to SD! untill he drops the belt again at which point he can go to raw if he chooses but as Helms is a SD! franchise man because he signed the deal, even though he loses the belt..he CAN'T move

and the franchise contracts are yearly and from time to time you will get guys becoeing free agents..or signed on as franchise men or sometimes swapping contracts

what you guys think? i know it has room for improvement, but is is ok so far?

[Bobafett]

is it THAT bad?

[Choose Slack]

No.

Just have a 16 man tournament to unify the World Title. Have the U.S Title, IC Title, CW remain the same. Dump the women's division, and have a TLC match to unify the Tag Title.

Kill the brand extension.

[bigHEADinc]

It's not bad, but it would definitely be confusing (especially with 10 contracted per show) and with the fact that, as WWE stands today, guys seem to be shifted from show-to-show at any given time, so it'd be hard to keep up with...

[BorneAgain]

I still maintain one floating belt called the World Television Title to be won by upper and lower mid-carders, could help make for some interesting television, especially as the champion moves from Raw, SD, and ECW in that order from month to month.

[Dr. T is an alien]

borneagain said:

I still maintain one floating belt called the World Television Title to be won by upper and lower mid-carders, could help make for some interesting television, especially as the champion moves from Raw, SD, and ECW in that order from month to month.

This would be a decent thing. It would allow someone that they are grooming for an eventual main event slot to get more exposure than the rest of the midcard, elevating that person up. You can even make a big deal about how the champ gets a cash bonus or something for every show that he defends his belt on, which would add an extra element to the title. How often will this champ agree to defend his belt? Champs that defend the title 3 times a week can "burn out" quicker while someone like Gregory Helms may decide to pick his moments, making him a smart, cowardly heel.

[krzykraka]

keep RAW and its garbage far far away from the awesome show known as Smackdown!

[Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You]

I would hate it because they would spend the next three years describing the structure of the franchise system. Imagine JR mentioning Cena's franchise status 25 times per match.

[cellobaby]

get rid of the already nonexistent brand extension altogether thats what i say

[REDUNBECK~!]

cellobaby said:

get rid of the already nonexistent brand extension altogether thats what i say

You do realize that by doing that you would kill the career of everyone outside of the main event scene, right?

If you merge all three brands, then the main eventers of RAW, ECW, and SD will be on EVERY show EVERY week. You'd have DX/RKO/McMahons AND Cena/Estrada/Khali doing their twenty-minute promos followed by Batista/Kennedy/Teddy Long doing their twenty-minute promo followed by Lashley/Test/RVD doing their twenty-minute promo. And that's the first hour gone. Then you'd have them doing their twenty-minute matches. Second hour gone. No time for anyone else.

Killing the brand extension would, at this point, be a disaster. Dozens of people would be axed or, at best, relegated to house shows only.

[derrtaysouth95]

bigheadinc said:

It's not bad, but it would definitely be confusing (especially with 10 contracted per show) and with the fact that, as WWE stands today, guys seem to be shifted from show-to-show at any given time, so it'd be hard to keep up with...

They aren't shifted...their contracts just "expire" conveniently at will and somehow the g.m. of the show they were on..never notices

[Lance Uppercut]

these ideas sound suspiciously like the first 3 months of the brand split

[Choose Slack]

csm126 said:

cellobaby said:

get rid of the already nonexistent brand extension altogether thats what i say

You do realize that by doing that you would kill the career of everyone outside of the main event scene, right?

If you merge all three brands, then the main eventers of RAW, ECW, and SD will be on EVERY show EVERY week. You'd have DX/RKO/McMahons AND Cena/Estrada/Khali doing their twenty-minute promos followed by Batista/Kennedy/Teddy Long doing their twenty-minute promo followed by Lashley/Test/RVD doing their twenty-minute promo. And that's the first hour gone. Then you'd have them doing their twenty-minute matches. Second hour gone. No time for anyone else.

Killing the brand extension would, at this point, be a disaster. Dozens of people would be axed or, at best, relegated to house shows only.

Wrong. The only thing ending the brand extension would do would limit the amount of wrestlers that break the glass ceiling and become World Champion. I have a feeling that if it wasn't for Smackdown's own World Title, guys like Mysterio, JBL, and Batista probably would've never had a World Title.

What they could do, and they did do this at one point back in the 80's in both WWE and NWA, would be to promote the other 'minor' titles more then pushing DX, Cena, Batista, etc. Spend time developing good storylines, matches, and promo's around the U.S and Intercontinental Title.

[drjayphd (feat. Pitbull)]

A lot of what people have thrown around is just overthinking things. What they really need is consistency and animosity between brands. Raw and Smackdown hate each other, both of them piss on ECW, stuff like that. I know Tazz was trying to push that back when it started, but no one else really seemed to follow through. If they're going to have split brands that actually seem different rather than "here's a bunch of guys", then stop moving people around with no explanation, stop having people show up on different shows the same week for no reason besides they feel like it, just pick a show and have the rosters stick to it. Want to build up inter-brand feuds? WrestleMania sounds good, as does the Survivor Series. But for God's sake, if someone from Raw shows up on Smackdown, have the ENTIRE FRICKIN' ROSTER out to get the intruder.