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TimeEffect
Member
Oh. But its on sci fi right now, right?
They should really cut Raw to 2 hours. Theyll have 4 hours of WWE programming.
It'll be Xavier. He seems more along the line of what they want for talk show appearances and stuff. He might not be the guy who's going to put on some five-star wrestling clinic, but who is, nowadays?
It's been on USA since January.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Why do you think they called up Apollo
Liquidsnake
Banned
Best theme in Wrestling tho.
On the other hand, prepare to have some impressively lame undercard matches on the split PPVs as they struggle to fill the three hours with half a roster. Social Outcasts vs the Ascension or some such.
I wonder if they'll have the balls to move Cena to Smackdown full time.
How else are they going to keep him away from Ramen?
slightconfuse
Banned
Great American Bash 96 looking good.
Stiners vs Fire and Ice!!
Stiners vs Fire and Ice!!
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Kofi straight up said he will retire from WWE if they break up the New Day.
I don't see why they should break up anyway, what happened to teams being allowed to last for years?
Sweeney Tom
Banned
The only thing is all 3 can't be on the same show, so which do we get:
Apollo fighting Reigns, or Apollo fighting Corbin? Can't imagine they waste Corbin/Reigns before Mania
That's a dang fine show, slightconfuse. Dang fine.
Can't believe you guys no sold my Usos storyline plan.
Dudes say a lot in wrassling. But, I'm sure he knows when New Day is done, he's not long for this WWE world.
Dudes say a lot in wrassling. But, I'm sure he knows when New Day is done, he's not long for this WWE world.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I haven't watched Smackdown in years. Now I sort of have to. Goddamnit. Well played WWE.
I don't want to lose to a little guy.
You still don't, don't worry.
I don't even know what this means.
Actually if you want to give them the benefit of the doubt (!!!!!WARNING!!!!) a lot of the win trading occurs from Raw > Smackdown. So Uso #1 will be pinned by Gallows on Raw but the rematch on Smackdown will have Uso #2 pin Anderson. If they are splitting the talent roster then there won't have as much opportunities to do so, at least in the same week...
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The problem with the brand split is you have to double up all of your belts, which makes all of them stupid because Sami Zayn or some shit can win the wiener belt on SmackDown and pretend he's the world champ.
I mean, solution is to make the champions appear on both programs (although in reality they only appear on one since they feud with someone specific).
I mean, solution is to make the champions appear on both programs (although in reality they only appear on one since they feud with someone specific).
Eh, he's been in WWE a long time, he's a good 5 or 6 years older than Big E/Xavier, and his years of languishing as a perennial midcard champion can make it clear without the New Day he's never going anywhere. This is the first time since 2009 he's been focused on meaningfully, and it's obviously going to be the highlight of his entire career.
There can only be one top wiener.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Having two world titles that are theoretically equal is just a stupid look.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Well I guess AJ will be some kind of Champion, so I am happy for him. I just hope its not the wiener belt.
Professor Beef
Banned
oh is it that time of the month week where Sunflower suggests stopping something that people enjoy?
How do you think Edge won 11 world titles in like 4 years?
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I do if Smackdown gets Cena. Or Kevin Owens. Or AJ Styles. Or Sasha. Or Rollins. Or anyone else I like.
You can just watch the specific matches somewhere, rather than endure an entire show. I promise it's far more enjoyable.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
If I read it correctly the press mentioned "distinct" styles. So it's plausible one brand will be the traditional WWE approach while the other could be more like NXT.
This just feels weird to me. I can see the shows being more boring thanks to even more in-ring promos which are already feeling long in the tooth. I like New Day but I can do without the 5 minute plus promo every week. I'm already tired of Enzo because they do the same, but they're more repetative.
This just feels weird to me. I can see the shows being more boring thanks to even more in-ring promos which are already feeling long in the tooth. I like New Day but I can do without the 5 minute plus promo every week. I'm already tired of Enzo because they do the same, but they're more repetative.
Professor Beef
Banned
I agree with this. Have more #1 contender's matches on each show, and have the actual contenders meet and be decided on Raw, since it's technically the "main" show.
Edge became champion first in 2006 when the shows had star power. A bigger problem is when guys who aren't quite ready get WHC runs and get multiple chances (CM Punk who is a 3x WHC).
The two-belt system might be beneficial when there's many main event caliber guys (like there was between 2003 until 2007). It allowed guys like Eddie to get a run because Triple H was hoarding the title on the other show for years.
New page?
Eh, I think the second you make RAW the "main show" in the brand split the entire split is dead in the water. That's what happened to wreck the last one in the end, Smackdown stopped mattering and eventually they just ended the split.
Maybe it'll force their hand in giving some of the other talent character development time, instead of the same like 10 people every single week.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
I like this idea too. One thing I hated since coming back to wrestling was understanding how some guys are "8 time champs" despite only holding the WWE WHC belt once or twice.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Why do you think its stupid? Because having two titles sucks and it gives them an excuse to fudge a bunch of shit for no legitimate reason, like letting Roman break CM Punks title reign or some shit
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Women/Tag Teams should never be split imo. Although I would not be opposed to seeing the Dudleys be broken up so we could get Bully Ray 2.0
Liquidsnake
Banned
"Nashs first move was to present a Nitro that featured no wrestling in the first hour. None. Not a single solitary match. You might recall that Nitro was a wrestling show. Apparently, Nash thought that wrestling on this wrestling show was unnecessary, and he booked the show like this to prove that theyd draw the same rating if they had zero matches in the first hour as they would if there were ten."
I actually liked when Nash did this, I thought it was pretty cool. I mean I remember the way they introduced Torrie at a firing range ior something like that.
I actually liked when Nash did this, I thought it was pretty cool. I mean I remember the way they introduced Torrie at a firing range ior something like that.
FlammableD
Banned
The NXT women's roster is already paper thin after losing Sasha/Becky/Charlotte and now Emma/Dana. Gotta step up that recruitment big time. Nikki Storm/Athena are good pick-ups but they're only two people.
This is the only way.
avengers23
Banned
Or the next NBA season, when Turner Sports and the NBA start dedicating big national games to Monday night's as well as Thursday nights?
Liquidsnake
Banned
Did you not see the look on Flair's face. He was devastated. I think Charlotte could have handled that a lot better if she wanted to break out on her own.
You know, the funny thing about the two world titles was how much more important the title that was on Raw was.
Like all the prepping and prodding they did for the WHC when it was on Raw, only to have it switched to Smackdown and won by guys like Ziggler and Swagger while the other belt was esteemed THE belt.
sf2fanatic
Member
Even if Cena and Orton are the main stars?