Here we go again-Comments on Brand Fusion!

[Favre4Ever]

I know its been done, repeatedly probably, but I thought i'd bring it back up, say a few things, and hear some ideas.

The worse that Smackdown gets, the more evident it is that the Brands must fuse once more. Things have reached a point where there is no longer equalibrium between the two shows, and i blame that in a big way on Benoit going to RAW. When he declared that the RAW heavyweight Championship was more important than the Smackdown championship, he was pretty much saying that RAW was better than Smackdown.

An argument that i've been hearing alot is "there are way to many people now for the brands to come back together!!" I can think of 3 solutions.

The first is layoffs. Pure and Simple. To much talent + bad ratings = time for layoffs. And not the layoffs we WANT, like Big Show and A-Train. People like Paul London and Tajiri would be getting fired out the shitter.

The second is combine the shows and deal with it. Hey, ya did it during the Invasion angle. Hell, so many people were working for the company that if you were lower card you might get lucky with a match a month.Come on now.

And the 3rd is kinda my favorite, but doesnt really concur with the attention span of the average person- Bring in the 3-hour RAW! 3 Hours = more time = more talent to show! TV time for everyone! And no more Striperella! Sweeet.

I hate to bring this thread up again, but right now its my only big solution to the Smackdown crisis.

The GM's would have to share power, and if you ever wanted good guy Angle again, Olympic Slam + Eric Bischoff = immediate face turn! So many possibilitys....well ill finish it up. Post your ideas people.

[Mayo]

Fusion of the two brands would basically be Vince saying that his huge idea didn't work, and his ego probably wouldn't be able to take something that big. Too many mid and low card wrestlers are already being held down as it is, so imagine how bad it would get if it was all just one brand. The brand extension allows guys like RVD, Cena, Booker T, Orton, and many others to get more exposure and allow new stars to be molded. I for one would not want to see Kurt Angle, HBK, HHH, and Taker taking up half of the program every single night. Guys like Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit became stars once they got a chance to shine after the brand extension. The travel schedule is also much less hectic since the wrestlers get more days off, and the big four interpromotional PPV's are something that you can look forward to.

The only positive affect of a brand fusion would be the scrapping of many titles, especially one of the tag titles. The tag division is very weak on both shows, and it would greatly improve if the good tag teams were all together. The WWE/heavyweight titles and the US/IC titles, respectively, would have to be unified, which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. However, there would be many main eventers and midcarders that would not be challenging for title at any given time, so this would not be a very good idea.

Another somewhat positive affect would be eliminating the B-show, Smackdown. There should be an angle between Raw and Smackdown at Summerslam where a big name from Raw faces a big name from Smackdown, and the Smackdown guy wins (say, Taker vs. HHH for example). This would give Smackdown some credibility back, and after that, the writers should definitely stop saying that Smackdown is the minor leagues.

I would keep the two brands separate as it is, since it would be very difficult to revert back, and I think it is working well right now.