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(26 May 2016, 8:19 pm)MrFozz Although I watched wrestling back then? I dont really remember much about the roster split...IIRC was the original brand split used to deal with the WCW/ECW wrestlers that joined during the Invasion? I also seem to remember someone saying that Vince was trying to plug the gap left by WCW/ECW by starting competition within the WWE itself
Do you think the World Championship will be split again with seperate Raw and Smackdown Titles or would it be along the lines of thw original idea the Champ is not tied to one show...
Who would actually benefit from a Brand Split? Would it work as a way to bring NXT wrestlers onto the roster quicker?
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The big news of today, and really for the week, month and maybe the year, is that WWE and USA Network is moving Smackdown to Tuesdays and running it as a live show. Additionally, they are going to attempt to relaunch the brand split and according to our Dave Meltzer, they are going to be aggressive in signing talent outside the company to help restock the cupboards.
As history has told us, WWE’s first brand split eventually failed due to the crossover of the big stars on their two shows -- especially guys like John Cena. If they want to truly create two brands, they need to be two distinct brands with different aesthetics that may have WWE DNS but not the same look, feel, and even sound. Unfortunately, that also might mean a return to the dual champion era with one distinctively being pushed far heavier than the other. (Basically, the WWE title defended on RAW and especially when Cena wore the strap.)
There are still questions to be answered (dual tours? Dual monthly Network events? What about NXT?), but this is the company’s latest attempt to do something different with the 5+ live hours they have on USA every week. NXT showed that when done organically, uniquely, and firmly using wrestling’s roots as the foundation, having two promotions under one banner can work if you put them in two different parts of the wrestling universe and believe in both succeeding equally.
But if WWE doesn’t learn from history, they are doomed to repeat it….with just as much McMahon on our TV screens as ever.
(26 May 2016, 8:19 pm)MrFozz Although I watched wrestling back then? I dont really remember much about the roster split...IIRC was the original brand split used to deal with the WCW/ECW wrestlers that joined during the Invasion? I also seem to remember someone saying that Vince was trying to plug the gap left by WCW/ECW by starting competition within the WWE itself
Do you think the World Championship will be split again with seperate Raw and Smackdown Titles or would it be along the lines of thw original idea the Champ is not tied to one show...
Who would actually benefit from a Brand Split? Would it work as a way to bring NXT wrestlers onto the roster quicker?
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The big news of today, and really for the week, month and maybe the year, is that WWE and USA Network is moving Smackdown to Tuesdays and running it as a live show. Additionally, they are going to attempt to relaunch the brand split and according to our Dave Meltzer, they are going to be aggressive in signing talent outside the company to help restock the cupboards.
As history has told us, WWE’s first brand split eventually failed due to the crossover of the big stars on their two shows -- especially guys like John Cena. If they want to truly create two brands, they need to be two distinct brands with different aesthetics that may have WWE DNS but not the same look, feel, and even sound. Unfortunately, that also might mean a return to the dual champion era with one distinctively being pushed far heavier than the other. (Basically, the WWE title defended on RAW and especially when Cena wore the strap.)
There are still questions to be answered (dual tours? Dual monthly Network events? What about NXT?), but this is the company’s latest attempt to do something different with the 5+ live hours they have on USA every week. NXT showed that when done organically, uniquely, and firmly using wrestling’s roots as the foundation, having two promotions under one banner can work if you put them in two different parts of the wrestling universe and believe in both succeeding equally.
But if WWE doesn’t learn from history, they are doomed to repeat it….with just as much McMahon on our TV screens as ever.
