What do you prefer...

[mattandbenny]

I used to love it when raw & smackdown had different rosters, and you would have a GM of each show, raw champion & smackdown champion, the draft every year, Raw vs. Smackdown teams at survivor series etc. Just wondered if i was one of the few or one of the many - do you prefer it how it is now or Raw vs. Smackdown style?

 

[deezy]

Brand split was only good for two years.

Mainly because you had a full roster of guys with minimal ten years of TV wrestling experience to work with.

Also NXT and WWE seem to be the brand split now.

 

[Hitman81]

I'd be ok with the brand split if they did it better. If it actually looked and felt like different shows. The brand split was ok early on because it had those sorts of elements, then it just slowly melded back together. Whatever they do they just need to make up their damn mind and do it right.

 

[Hitman81]

Also don't bring back the draft, that was fucking retarded. If you want to have a draft do it for NXT people going to Raw or Smackdown, not between the two shows. That makes no sense. If you want people to switch shows then just come up with an angle for them to switch.

 

[My Spot]

I HATE the idea of having 2 "world" titles in 1 company.

 

[LLD2008]

The brand split is good if they do it right, its fun to see rivalry between the two shows, but Smackdown is treated like nothing now, it used to have more meaning back in the day, but now its like if it happened on Smackdown it doesn't matter.

 

[TheN9ne]

The Brand Split was goof for the first 4 years but after that it just wasn't the same. You saw one guy on raw and then on smackdown for no reason.

 

[gspieler]

I HATE the idea of having 2 "world" titles in 1 company.

+1. Although you could have a brand split, and still have a unified champ, which would be contested against a wrestler from the other brand at Mania, SS, etc.

 

[King Bastar]

If you have the necessary amount of stars to sustain a brand split, then I don't mind having it. I just want whatever results in the best story lines and best matches possible. It was good at first when SmackDown was allowed to compete at putting on a good product with Raw and again when SmackDown had small resurgence in 2009, but for the most part it wasn't given the chance to reach the heights that Raw was at.

 

[Goatenstein]

I quit watching in 2002 because of the brand split. Having two world champions is absurd.

 

[Count Zero]

I'd be ok with the brand split if they did it better. If it actually looked and felt like different shows. The brand split was ok early on because it had those sorts of elements, then it just slowly melded back together. Whatever they do they just need to make up their damn mind and do it right.

This. I like the brand split on paper ... in reality it always ended up business as usual.

 

[JamesRyko]

I like both I guess.. If I had to choose I'd pick splitting the roster.

Then again... Maybe they should replace smack down with NXT and let that be a little bit bigger promotion.. Complete separation of rosters and complete separation of writing staff and decision making. That way they can compete with eachother in a some what real way without actually being a threat.

I always thought smack down was a dumb name for a show. Even when it first started... I thought they actually named it after the rock or let the rock name it.

Anyways, I would like to see a second show that is a little less insignificant than what smack down is currently.

 

[rikwebb]

I always thought smack down was a dumb name for a show. Even when it first started... I thought they actually named it after the rock or let the rock name it.

Anyways, I would like to see a second show that is a little less insignificant than what smack down is currently.

From wikipedia:

Throughout the show's early existence, The Rock routinely called SmackDown "his show", in reference to the fact that the name was derived from one of his catchphrases, "Lay the smackdown."

 

[JamesRyko]

Yes, I know.. Hence my thought mentioned in my above post..

 

[EJRMAN513]

Brand split is good. 2 world champions is bad.

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

I prefer one brand, pre-2002.

 

[JamesRyko]

I think the problem is just the fact that smack down isn't a relevant show... All they use it for is hype and recapping the storylines... I want a second show that is as relevant and entertaining as RAW. Split or no split doesn't matter...

Smack down should be a live show also.

 

[TheN9ne]

I think the problem is just the fact that smack down isn't a relevant show... All they use it for is hype and recapping the storylines... I want a second show that is as relevant and entertaining as RAW. Split or no split doesn't matter...

Smack down should be a live show also.

I don't understand why Smackdown isn't live. I don't get why WWE don't want a second show to continue things that had happened on Monday Night.

 

[Goatenstein]

I don't understand why Smackdown isn't live. I don't get why WWE don't want a second show to continue things that had happened on Monday Night.

It is much cheaper to tape Smackdown and other shit. They also have to edit crowd noise and stuff because they can't have their loser Roman Reigns booed vociferously on live shows more than once a week.

 

[My Spot]

I don't mind Smackdown being taped but it's just a recap show now with filler matches.